{"product_id":"giles-giles-fripp-the-brondesbury-tapes","title":"Giles Giles \u0026 Fripp - The Brondesbury Tapes","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoving into 93a Brondesbury Road in 1968, Peter Giles, Michael Giles and Robert Fripp’s North London flat soon became a centre of creative activity for the trio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeeling energised after the frustrations they’d experienced while recording The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles \u0026amp; Fripp at Decca, they soon established their living space into a home studio (consisting of one Revox reel-to-reel tape machine) which was frequently visited by ex-Fairport Convention vocalist Judy Dyble, a then unknown Ian McDonald and, later in 1969, by Greg Lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe musical output from that period is often mentioned as providing King Crimson fans with a glimpse into the early incarnation of the band’s sound and composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe popular Crimson ballad ‘I Talk To The Wind’ appears here in two early versions with one featuring Peter Giles on vocals and the other with Judy Dyble on vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParts of Fripp’s ‘Suite No.1’ would later be transformed into ‘Prelude: Song Of The Gulls’ and his ‘Why Don’t You Just Drop In’ became, with new lyrics, ‘The Letters’ for 1971’s album “Islands”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fripp-composed ‘Passages of Time’ is also of interest, consisting of a driving bolero rhythm and a middle-eight section that would later find its way onto King Crimson’s “In the Wake of Poseidon” as ‘Peace - A Theme’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the audio quality is limited in places due to the original source, the 2025 remastering by David Singleton has improved the sound significantly compared to previous issues.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":64322737078649,"sku":null,"price":15.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/Giles_Giles_Fripp-ASelectionfromTheBrondesburyTapes-CD-DGM5028-0633367797629-FL_5a7170aa-081f-436a-9bcb-dc7063327150.webp?v=1787903083","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/giles-giles-fripp-the-brondesbury-tapes","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}