* * * * GENTLE GIANT * * * *

* * * * LIVE AUDIO RECORDINGS * * * *

(compiled by Jack Skelly)

This page lists all of the band’s live audio recordings that I have ever heard of, up to this point.

Maybe you know of more.

If you do know of any others, please write and let me know!!

JAskelly@aol.com

AUD - an audience recording made by someone at the concert

SB - a soundboard recording made at a concert or in a studio

RADIO - a recording made from an AM or FM radio broadcast

TV - a recording made from a television broadcast

PART A.

THESE ARE LIVE RECORDINGS AVAILABLE TO TRADERS AND COLLECTORS. SOME ARE MORE COMMON THAN OTHERS, BUT ALL CAN BE FOUND.

Apr. ?, 1971 AUD Dusseldorf, West Germany - Philipshalle the only available show to have Martin Smith on drums. includes Giant and Why Not?, as well as the only known recording of Martin’s original drum solo during Nothing At All

July ?, 1971 AUD Novara, Italy just a short 10 minute recording with two partial songs. the venue is unknown and the date is unconfirmed. although the tape has always been attributed to Novara, there’s no way to verify that

Sep. 5, 1971 AUD Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle a 30 minute tape, though it appears to be a complete opening set

Jan. 21, 1972 AUD Essen, West Germany - Grugahalle first of several known tapes from the band’s first successful tour with Jethro Tull. a common GG bootleg named GARGANTUA is of this show, although the bootleg incorrectly lists a date of 1971 and even incorrectly lists Martin as the drummer, when it is actually Malcolm Mortimore. the original tapeof the show, available to traders, is actually a tiny bit longer than what appears on the bootleg

Jan. 22, 1972 AUD Frankfurt, West Germany - Festhalle Messgelande this show often incorrectly appears on trade lists as Offenbach from May 12, 1972

Jan. 24, 1972 AUD Vienna, Austria - Konserthaus only the last three songs of the set are on this recording. at the time, Giant closed their shows with a small excerpt from the national anthem of whatever country they were in at the time. this recording has the only known version of the Austrian National Anthem

Feb. 2, 1972 AUD Bologna, Italy - Palazzo Dello Sport the band played two shows this day and one was recorded, but it's not known which one. the tape includes a snippet of the Italian National Anthem

Feb. 5, 1972 AUD Novara, Italy - Palasport this tape, comprising the full six song set played that night, is often listed as being recorded in Varese, Italy on Feb. 4, but the listing of Novara on Feb. 5 seems more likely. the band opens with Giant and ends with another version of the Italian National Anthem

Feb. 5, 1972 AUD Novara, Italy – Palasport this is a second tape of this Novara gig, recorded by someone else in the crowd. however, it is incomplete, missing the first two songs

Apr. 28, 1972 AUD Cheltenham, England - Town Hall this is from John Weather’s first tour with the band, when they opened for a Jimi Hendrix film. it’s also the only known tape to include the song Schooldays. the exact date and even the city are still open to debate on this one

May 12, 1972 AUD Offenbach, West Germany - Stadthalle includes the earliest known version of Peel the Paint, as well as a slightly longer excerpt from the West German National Anthem than appears on earlier tapes

May 13, 1972 AUD Kronau, West Germany - Grosse Mehrzweckhalle again includes the longer version of the West German National Anthem

Aug. 8, 1972 RADIO London, England - BBC Studio Session this is the only known BBC Session of the band’s to surface so far that has not been officially released. the BBC’s master tape is apparently lost, but a forward-thinking UK fan recorded the session himself off the radio. this tape is of very high quality

Sep. 15, 1972 AUD Los Angeles, California - Hollywood Bowl an infamous recording of Giant on their first US tour opening for Black Sabbath. the crowd treated the band poorly, as can be clearly heard on the tape. sometimes, an incorrect date of Oct. 15, 1972 appears on trade lists

Oct. 7, 1972 AUD Montreal, Quebec - University Sports Center

Oct. 14, 1972 AUD Rochester, New York - Rochester War Memorial taken from the band’s second successful tour with Jethro Tull

Nov. 13, 1972 AUD New York, New York - Madison Square Garden

Dec. 10, 1972 AUD Paignton, England - Festival Hall

Dec. 30, 1972 AUD Bologna, Italy - Palasport

Jan. 2, 1973 AUD Genova, Italy - Teatro Alcione the last known recording to include Phil Shulman. it’s also the only one to include him playing any live material from the OCTOPUS album. often, the year is erroneously given as 1974

Mar. 16, 1973 AUD New York, New York - Felt Forum only the last half of the set

Mar. 18, 1973 AUD Allentown, Pennsylvania - Fairgrounds

Mar. 22, 1973 AUD Quebec City, Quebec - Palais Montcalm there is often a great deal of confusion concerning recordings from GG’s Canadian shows of early 1973. for instance, tapes of both of the Quebec City shows exist, though there is no way to tell which tape is which. sometimes, one of them is mistakenly listed as being from Montreal, but it is indeed from Quebec City

Mar. 23, 1973 AUD Quebec City, Quebec - Palais Montcalm this is, of course, the second Quebec City show

Mar. 24, 1973 AUD Montreal, Quebec - University Sports Center there are two separate recordings of this show known to exist, taped by two different people in the audience. one is this full 75 minute show

Mar. 24, 1973 AUD Montreal, Quebec - University Sports Center this is the second tape of the same Montreal show listed above. however, this recording is of lesser quality and is only about 45 minutes long. to confuse the issue even more, this 45 minute version is often mistakenly listed as being from Sherbrooke, Quebec. Giant did indeed play in Sherbrooke in March 1973, but the tape of that gig has not surfaced

Apr. 3, 1973 AUD Fort Wayne, Indiana - The Lantern

Sep. 17, 1973 AUD Plymouth, England - Guildhall this particular tape includes the only known live recording of an extended Kerry Minnear keyboard solo. it appears in the middle of the band’s brand new medley, Excerpts from Octopus, but was apparently dropped from the set right away. this keyboard solo has, however, been officially released on the SCRAPING THE BARREL box set

Sep. 22, 1973 AUD Manchester, England - Stoneground

Oct. 17, 1973 AUD Treviso, Italy - Teatro Garabaldi

Oct. 19, 1973 SB Torino, Italy - Palazzo Dello Sport this soundboard recording originally came from the personal archive of a band member. however, it eventually leaked out into trading circles. the date is very often listed as Jan. 1974, but that is not correct, the band not even being in Italy at that time. this recording is now officially available on the SCRAPING THE BARREL box set

Oct. 20, 1973 AUD Genova, Italy - Teatro Alcione

Oct. 21, 1973 AUD Travagliato, Italy - Supertivoli

Oct. 29, 1973 AUD Frankfurt, West Germany - Jahrhunderthalle

Nov. 16, 1973 RADIO Golders Green, England - Hippodrome this is the BBC In Concert recording officially released on the OUT OF THE FIRE CD. however, although that official release does not include all of the announcer’s narration, there are tapes circulating around that do, including at least one of very high quality.

Mar. 14, 1974 AUD Plymouth, England - Guildhall

Mar. 19, 1974 AUD Watford, England - Town Hall

Apr. 5, 1974 AUD Munster, West Germany - Munsterlandhalle the Alucard release of the IN A GLASS HOUSE album includes, as a bonus track, one song taken from this recording

Apr. 8, 1974 AUD St. Gallen, Switzerland - Kongresshaus Schutzengarten

Oct. 9, 1974 AUD West Hollywood, California - Whiskey a Go Go the band played five consecutive nights at this nightclub, all very well received. this recording is from the first night

Oct. 10, 1974 RADIO Long Beach, California - Long Beach Auditorium during their five night stay at the Whiskey a Go Go, the band was filmed in nearby Long Beach for the ABC-TV “In Concert” program. their performance of Excerpts from Octopus filmed there was eventually broadcast on Jan. 3, 1975. a number of radio stations simulcast the audio portion of that performance and tapes of that radio simulcast trade among collectors

Oct. 23, 1974 AUD Parsipanny, New Jersey - Joint in the Woods

Nov. 1, 1974 AUD New York, New York - Academy of Music Giant played many times at this popular New York venue and this is from the first time

Nov. 4, 1974 AUD Detroit, Michigan - Cobo Hall

Nov. 6, 1974 AUD Flint, Michigan - I.M.A. Auditorium

Nov. 6, 1974 AUD Flint, Michigan - I.M.A. Auditorium there also exists a brief portion of the soundcheck from the above listed show, which includes a bit of Cogs In Cogs

Nov. 21, 1974 AUD Basel, Switzerland - Volkshaus

Nov. 26, 1974 SB Rome, Italy - Palazzo dello Sport

Nov. 28, 1974 AUD Torino, Italy - Palazzo dello Sport

Jan. 18, 1975 RADIO New York, New York - Academy of Music GG played two shows at the Academy on this date and this tape is from the “King Biscuit Flower Hour” radio program which broadcast about 15 minutes of the evening’s material on Sep. 28, 1975. this broadcast includes Cogs In Cogs, which does not appear on the official KING BISCUIT PRESENTS GENTLE GIANT release, taken from the same pair of concerts. which of the two shows this broadcast was taken from is not entirely clear

Jan. 18, 1975 SB New York, New York - Academy of Music what appears to be a complete performance has recently surfaced on the internet, although it could be the first show, second show, or a composite of both. it includes all of the music on the official KING BISCUIT PRESENTS GENTLE GIANT release plus the opening number, Cogs In Cogs. however, it is not the same version of that song that was broadcast as part of the above listing, obviously coming from the other of the day’s two performances. this particular rendition of Cogs In Cogs can only be found on this internet-sourced recording

Jan. 24, 1975 AUD Toronto, Ontario - Convocation Hall

Jan. 24, 1975 AUD Toronto, Ontario - Convocation Hall a second recording of the same concert recorded by a different fan in attendance

Jan. 24, 1975 AUD Toronto, Ontario - Convocation Hall there is also a brief section of the soundcheck available from this same night. it includes segments of So Sincere and, surprisingly, No God’s a Man, a number never played live before an audience

Jan. 27, 1975 RADIO Cleveland, Ohio - Agora recorded by Cleveland’s WMMS Radio. it was broadcast, in edited form, on Jan. 29 and tapes of that hour-long broadcast are available

Feb. 13, 1975 SB West Hollywood, California - Capitol Studios while in southern California on this date, the band slipped into Capitol Studios to record a number of songs currently in their live set. sometime in March, an edited version of this studio recording was broadcast as part of a longer “Gentle Giant Special” on Los Angeles’ KMET Radio. this broadcast has been heavily bootlegged under various titles, including the erroneously named SANTA MONICA FREEWAY. the band did play a gig in Santa Monica later this same evening, but this recording is not of that gig

Feb. 17, 1975 AUD Chicago, Illinois - Auditorium Theater

June 21, 1975 AUD Dusseldorf, West Germany - Philipshalle

1975 TV German ZDF-TV Broadcast the audio portion of this television broadcast has long traded among collectors. it was filmed in Belgium and, although the exact date of filming is unknown, it was broadcast on Aug. 10, 1975 on ZDF’s “Sonntagkonzert” program. it is often incorrectly described on traders’ lists as being from Prague, Czechoslovakia. this entire broadcast has now officially been released on both a DVD and an audio CD in the GIANT ON THE BOX DVD set

July 20, 1975 FM Rock Around the World Broadcast this is actually an American broadcast of a small portion of the London In Concert BBC broadcast from Nov. 16, 1973. however, it includes a small bit of music not aired during the original 1973 broadcast and not included on OUT OF THE FIRE

Aug. 16, 1975 AUD Boston, Massachusetts - Boston Garden on this tape, the band played a very short excerpt from “Plain Truth” as an intro to the song “Free Hand”

Aug. 23, 1975 AUD Hempstead, New York - Calderone Concert Hall

Sep. 24, 1975 AUD Frankfurt, West Germany - Jahrunderthalle

Oct. 3, 1975 AUD White Plains, New York - Music Hall

Oct. 4, 1975 AUD Boston, Massachusetts - Orpheum Theatre

Oct. 7, 1975 RADIO Hempstead, New York - Ultrasonic Studios another show that’s been heavily bootlegged through the years though, at times, it’s incorrectly listed as being from Baltimore. the band played in front of a studio audience and the entire performance was broadcast live over New York’s WLIR Radio. some bootlegs and circulating tapes only include a portion of the show, while others include the entire 70 minute performance. three songs from this studio performance also were broadcast in England on July 14, 1976 on BBC Rock Hour

Oct. 9, 1975 AUD Waterbury, Connecticut - Palace Theater

Oct. 10, 1975 AUD Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Spectrum surprisingly good quality for an audience recording

Oct. 11, 1975 AUD New York, New York - Academy Of Music

Oct. 11, 1975 AUD New York, New York - Academy Of Music a second tape of this show has recently come to light, but it is incomplete

Oct. 18, 1975 AUD Cincinnati, Ohio - Riverfront Coliseum

Oct. 22, 1975 AUD St. Louis, Missouri - Opera House

Oct. 28, 1975 AUD Berkeley, California - Community Theater

Nov. 2, 1975 AUD San Diego, California - Golden Hall

Nov. 12, 1975 RADIO Stockholm, Sweden - Studentkaren recorded by Sweden’s Radio 3 and then broadcast, probably a few days later. it was rebroadcast in edited form in January 1976, but it’s not clear if the original broadcast was edited. copies circulating around are indeed in edited form, at about 55 minutes in length

Nov. 17, 1975 AUD Dusseldorf, West Germany - Philipshalle

Nov. 27, 1975 AUD Zurich, Switzerland - Volkshaus

Nov. 29, 1975 RADIO Paris, France - Olympia little is known about this tape, which is of a French AM radio broadcast. all copies appear to be about 30 minutes long and have numerous cuts and edits. it is not known if the performance was broadcast live or at a later date, nor is it known if a tape of the complete performance exists. a French announcer’s voice appears at spots during the broadcast

June 18, 1976 AUD New York, New York - Central Park - Wollman Rink Giant appeared as part of New York’s annual Shaefer Music festival. one known recording of this show is of the band’s complete set

June 18, 1976 AUD New York, New York - Central Park - Wollman Rink a second tape of this show, from a different member of the audience, is incomplete, at about 60 minutes in length

July 3, 1976 RADIO Hempstead, New York - Calderone Concert Hall this is a popular recording among collectors. the band’s full set, minus all of the encore music, was broadcast live over New York’s WLIR Radio as part of that station’s Bicentennial celebration

July 3, 1976 AUD Hempstead, New York - Calderone Concert Hall a partial audience recording of this concert has recently surfaced. amazingly, it’s missing the entire main set, but it does contain all of the encore material missing from the radio broadcast listed above, including the two final surprise encores, In the Midnight Hour and Happy Birthday. the final song was dedicated to the USA on the occasion of its Bicentennial

July 7, 1976 RADIO Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre the first 50 minutes or so of GG’s set appear on this radio broadcast, aired over Chicago's WXRT Radio. it’s not known if the rest of the concert was recorded

July 16, 1976 AUD Santa Barbara, CA - Arlington Theater

July 18, 1976 AUD San Diego, CA - Balboa Stadium

July 22, 1976 AUD Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum

Sep. 17, 1976 AUD Gothenburg, Sweden - Konserthuset

Sep. 19, 1976 AUD Lund, Sweden - Olympen-Sparta

Jan. 1977 SB London, England - Pinewood Studios in preparation for their upcoming North American tour in February 1977, GG rented a soundstage in London. there, they ran through their entire planned live show and fine-tuned all the details. they recorded the entire set for their own benefit, but it was never, at the time, intended for release, and was never available to collectors either. however, it has now been officially released on the SCRAPING THE BARREL box set

Feb. 20, 1977 AUD Quebec City, Quebec - Centre des Congress this is the first of several recordings from the band’s Feb. - Mar. tour of North America, during which they premiered four new songs which had not yet been recorded. the four songs eventually saw release on the MISSING PIECE album later in the year

Feb. 22, 1977 AUD Toronto, Ontario - Maple Leaf Gardens

Feb. 26, 1977 AUD Upper Darby, Pennsylvania - Tower Theater

Feb. 27, 1977 AUD New York, New York - Avery Fisher Music Hall

Feb. 28, 1977 AUD Hempstead, New York - Calderone Concert Hall

Mar. 6, 1977 AUD Detroit, Michigan - Ford Auditorium whereas other tapes taken from this tour show the band playing for approximately 100 minutes, this complete show lasted only about 60 minutes because GG served as the opening act for Renaissance

Mar. 19, 1977 AUD Dallas, Texas - Electric Ballroom this is only a 5 minute snippet of the band’s soundcheck before the concert. on the tape, they run through two incomplete takes of “For Nobody”. it is unknown whether a longer recording of the soundcheck, or the concert itself, for that matter, exist

Mar. 30, 1977 AUD San Diego, California - Golden Hall

Mar. 31, 1977 AUD Los Angeles, California - Shrine Auditorium this recording contains the song “In the Midnight Hour” played as a second encore

Oct. 5, 1977 AUD Heidelberg, Germany – Stadthalle

Oct. 8, 1977 AUD Basel, Switzerland - Mustermesse Riehenring

Oct. 29, 1977 AUD Upper Darby, Pennsylvania - Tower Theater some copies of this are missing the encore, but a complete copy is around

Nov. 1, 1977 AUD Montreal, Quebec - Montreal Forum

Nov. 5, 1977 AUD New York, New York - Palladium the Palladium is actually the same venue originally known as the Academy of Music

Nov. 5, 1977 AUD New York, New York – Palladium a second tape, recorded by a different source. it includes all of John Weathers’ humorous introduction to Funny Ways, some of which is missing from the tape in the previous listing

Nov. 8, 1977 AUD New Haven, CT - Yale University - Woolsley Hall

Nov. 12, 1977 AUD Boston, Massachusetts - Paradise Club the band played three consecutive nights at this Boston club. this tape is from the second night

Nov. 13, 1977 AUD Boston, Massachusetts - Paradise Club taken from the band’s third of three consecutive nights at this club

Nov. 15, 1977 RADIO Cleveland, Ohio - Agora Cleveland’s WMMS Radio recorded this concert and broadcast an edited version a few days later. the edited version is about 55 minutes long

Nov. 15, 1977 AUD Cleveland, Ohio - Agora in addition to the edited radio broadcast listed above, a tape of the entire concert is also available, recorded by a member of the audience

Jan. 5, 1978 RADIO Golders Green, England - Hippodrome this is from the BBC TV “Sight and Sound” broadcast, also simulcast on BBC Radio. although the audio portion has long been popular with collectors, that is now moot, as the entire show is available officially on the OUT OF THE FIRE release

May 8, 1980 AUD Syracuse, New York - Stage East the earliest known tape from the CIVILIAN tour

May 13, 1980 AUD Cleveland, Ohio – Agora

May 16, 1980 AUD Upper Darby, Pennsylvania - Tower Theater although generally believed to be from Upper Darby, this tape may, in fact, be from the Palladium in New York on May 17

May 18, 1980 RADIO New Haven, Connecticut - Toad's Place broadcast live over WPLR Radio in New Haven

May 22, 1980 AUD Boston, Massachusetts - Paradise Club (early show) Giant played two shows on this date in Boston. a high quality tape exists of the early show

May 24, 1980 RADIO Hempstead, New York - Calderone Concert Hall another live radio broadcast, this time heard over New York’s WLIR

May 25, 1980 AUD Owings Mills, Maryland - Painter's Mill

May 29, 1980 AUD Atlanta, Georgia - Agora broadcast live over WKLS Radio in Atlanta

June 8, 1980 RADIO Denver, Colorado - Rainbow Music Hall KAZY Radio in Denver recorded this show and broadcast about an hour of it starting at midnight the next morning of June 9. there are incomplete versions of the broadcast circulating around, as well, but the full 60 minutes are available

June 13, 1980 AUD West Hollywood, California - The Roxy (early show) Giant played three nights at this famous nightclub. each night, they put on two shows, for a total of six concerts. June 13 was their first night at the Roxy

June 14, 1980 AUD Los Angeles, California - The Roxy (early show)

June 14, 1980 AUD West Hollywood, California - The Roxy (late show) this is from their second night at the Roxy

June 14, 1980 AUD West Hollywood, California - The Roxy (late show) there is a second tape of this date’s late show also available to traders. however, it is a touch shorter and the quality is a bit less

June 16, 1980 SB West Hollywood, California - The Roxy (late show) a roadie for the band recorded, direct from the house mixing desk, their very last performance, the late show on their third night at this club. copies of this tape circulating around are slightly longer than the version released officially on the LAST STEPS album

PART B.

THESE ARE PRIVATELY-HELD RECORDINGS NOT AVAILABLE TO TRADERS AND COLLECTORS. SOME ARE HELD BY BAND MEMBERS, WHILE OTHERS ARE HELD BY THE ORIGINAL TAPERS WHO ARE NOT COMFORTABLE DISTRI