* What's Old?

"What's New" entries from the past. I keep these to document the evolution of the Gentle Giant web site. They also provide a handy way to navigate the site by date.

2005

December 15, 2005 December 6, 2005 November 30, 2005 November 20, 2005
September 28, 2005
August 1, 2005
July 29, 2005 July 19, 2005 July 18, 2005 July 12, 2005 July 6, 2005 July 5, 2005
June 28, 2005 June 26, 2005 June 16, 2005 June 15, 2005
May 29, 2005 May 20, 2005 May 16, 2005 April 29, 2005 April 28, 2005 April 14, 2005
March 25, 2005 March 11, 2005 March 2, 2005 March 1, 2005 February 21, 2005
January 6, 2005

2004

November 19, 2004 November 4, 2004
October 27, 2004 October 26, 2004 October 18, 2004
September 30, 2004
July 16, 2004 July 15, 2004 July 14, 2004
June 20, 2004 June 11, 2004 June 15, 2004
May 5, 2004
April 22, 2004
March 28, 2004
February 24, 2004 February 1, 2004
January 30, 2004 January 20, 2004 January 13, 2004

2003

December 4, 2003
November 6, 2003
September 15, 2003 September 12, 2003 September 11, 2003
August 4, 2003
July 10, 2003
June 20, 2003 June 6, 2003 June 2, 2003
May 9, 2003
April 16, 2003 April 13, 2003
March 31, 2003 March 13, 2003 March 9, 2003
February 21, 2003 February 20, 2003 February 17, 2003 February 16, 2003 February 15, 2003 February 14, 2003 February 13, 2003 February 12, 2003 February 11, 2003 February 3, 2003

2002

December 22, 2002 December 19, 2002 December 4, 2002
November 21, 2002
October 31, 2002 October 17, 2002 October 15, 2002
July 24, 2002 July 17, 2002
June 5, 2002
May 13, 2002 May 7, 2002
April 15, 2002
March 31, 2002
February 14, 2002 February 11, 2002 February 8, 2002 February 6, 2002
January 30, 2002 January 29, 2002 January 28, 2002 January 27, 2002 January 25, 2002 January 24, 2002 January 23, 2002 January 22, 2002 January 21, 2002 January 20, 2002 January 17, 2002 January 16, 2002 January 14, 2002 January 10, 2002

2001

December 26, 2001 December 25, 2001 December 24, 2001 December 18, 2001 December 17, 2001 December 11, 2001 December 10, 2001 December 9, 2001 December 6, 2001 December 5, 2001 December 4, 2001 December 3, 2001
November 29, 2001 November 27, 2001 November 26, 2001 November 25, 2001 November 19, 2001 November 18, 2001 November 16, 2001 November 15, 2001 November 14, 2001 November 13, 2001 November 10, 2001
June 14, 2001 June 12, 2001
May 25, 2001
January 16, 2001 January 15, 2001

2000

December 29, 2000
October 18, 2000 October 17, 2000 October 1, 2000
August 3, 2000
July 28, 2000 July 26, 2000
May 29, 2000
April 9, 2000
February 25, 2000 February 17, 2000 February 6, 2000
January 30, 2000 January 13, 2000 January 11, 2000

1999

December 29, 1999 December 22, 1999 November 18, 1999
September 2, 1999
July 19, 1999 June 23, 1999 June 22, 1999
May 10, 1999
April 21, 1999
March 14, 1999
February 28, 1999 February 26, 1999
January 22, 1999 January 18, 1999 January 15, 1999

1998

December 31, 1998

December 28, 1998 December 24, 1998 December 17, 1998 December 14, 1998 December 13, 1998
October 9, 1998
September 1, 1998
August 31, 1998 August 3, 1998 August 1, 1998
June 24, 1998
May 25, 1998 May 21, 1998
April 21, 1998 April 18, 1998
March 4, 1998 March 3, 1998 March 1, 1998
February 23, 1998 February 22, 1998 February 21, 1998 February 16, 1998 February 12, 1998 February 1, 1998
January 19, 1998 January 14, 1998

1997

December 9, 1997 December 7, 1997 December 4, 1997
November 30, 1997 November 23, 1997
October 28, 1997 October 24, 1997 October 12, 1997 October 5, 1997
August 30, 1997 August 20, 1997
July 30, 1997 July 1, 1997 June 29, 1997
  • A previously unknown track, Bringing Me Down, has been discovered, and my information on other unreleased tracks has been updated.
    • June 28, 1997
  • Delerium Records has an article about Gentle Giant's career.
  • Civilian is scheduled to be released on CD in the USA in August 1997 by One Way Records. Ray Shulman did the remastering. The bonus track, Heroes, is included.
    • June 22, 1997
  • News about a possible new CD release of Gentle Giant's work tapes, tentatively titled Under Construction.
    • June 20, 1997
  • We welcome Gordon Raphael to the fan music page.
    • June 11, 1997
  • This web site now has a privacy policy.
    • June 7, 1997
  • Some analysis of Memories Of Old Days, by Richard Beck.
  • Steve Lottich's take on Civilian.
  • Old album reviews from Keyboard Magazine: Free Hand, Interview, Playing the Fool, and The Missing Piece
  • Learn the origins of the "breaking glass" sounds from In A Glass House.
    • May 25, 1997
  • Where is the downbeat in Two Weeks In Spain? Find out on the Cool Stuff page.
    • April 12, 1997
  • Sorry that there have been so few updates recently, but I'm hard at work trying to finish my Ph.D. thesis. I have dozens of pieces of new material to add to this site, but no time. Don't worry, it'll all get here sometime. Any major new announcements will be posted here immediately.
    • March 26, 1997
  • Toby Trott created a picture in memory of Martin Smith.
    • March 24, 1997
  • More details about Martin Smith.
    • March 12, 1997
  • Tragic News: Martin Smith, Gentle Giant's original drummer, died on March 2 of internal hemorrhaging. Everybody please play Gentle Giant and Acquiring the Taste this week in memory of a man who helped create progressive rock history. We will miss you Martin!!!
    • March 11, 1997
  • The Reapers album cover.
    • March 9, 1997
  • New review of The Last Steps.
  • Updates on the singles page. Please send me more singles cover art!
    • March 3, 1997
  • New photo of Ray on the video page, thanks to Arlo West.
    • March 2, 1997
  • Badge from the Giant For A Day tour, thanks to Biffy the Elephant Shrew.
    • February 27, 1997
  • Some new information on what Kerry, Ray, John, and Martin Smith are doing now, thanks to Dan Bornemark, Udi Susser, Alastair Gittens.
    • February 24, 1997
  • Full cover pictures for In A Glass House, thanks to Patrick Little!
  • Terrapin Records might be releasing a vinyl version of The Last Steps in summer 1997.
    • February 23, 1997
  • Dan's new book, NetResearch, has just been published.
  • Gentle Giant's 7-inch singles.
    • February 18, 1997
  • Ray Shulman has composed the soundtrack to a computer game, Privateer 2: The Darkening.
    • February 17, 1997
  • New picture of a sticker from the Free Hand tour. (Thanks to Biffy the Elephant Shrew.)
  • A review of Out Of The Woods.
  • I've redesigned the album pages to be easier to navigate. Let me know what you think. So far, I've done it only for the original 12 albums and the 3 later releases.
    • February 16, 1997
  • We welcome Rhoadsmith to the fan music page.
    • February 10, 1997
  • Giant Tracks, the new Gentle Giant tribute album, is now available for advance orders! CD-quality audio samples and extensive liner notes are available now.
    • February 7, 1997
  • Save The Tapes Project! Dan Bornemark of Sweden has just returned from England, where he transferred a huge collection of Gentle Giant material, some unreleased, onto digital media. The result may be a future CD boxed set!! I'll post more news as I receive it. A future issue of Proclamation will have detailed information.
    • February 5, 1997
  • The March issue of Q Magazine (UK) has a mini-interview with Derek Shulman.
    • February 4, 1997
  • A few new entries on the video page.
  • We welcome Kenneth Jonsson to the fan music page.
  • The artwork for Giant Tracks is finally complete, so the CDs can now be pressed! Watch for a major announcement about availability within the next few days!!
    • February 3, 1997
  • Gentle Giant CDs in print.
    • January 31, 1997
  • A new page for rare and unreleased tracks.
    • January 27, 1997
  • Louie Mastro, creator of two pieces on Giant For A Life, has died: an apparent suicide. Mastro's debut album, Mermaid in the Mist, was released not long ago by Mellow Records. Mastro's home page is still available.
  • Giant For A Life has been postponed until mid-February 1997 due to technical difficulties. (This is unrelated to Louie Mastro's death.)
  • See a t-shirt from the Civilian tour, 1980. (Thanks to Jim Stewart.)
    • January 17, 1997
  • Lots of new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
    • January 5, 1997
  • The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page has been restructured and expanded.
    • January 3, 1997
  • Two new photographs from Jason Rubin: a blow-up octopus balloon from the Octopus tour, and a picture of the Gentle Giant moving company (a real, but unrelated, moving company).

    • 1996

    December 24, 1996
  • A special Christmas picture on the main page, thanks to Andrea Seminatore! (No longer on the main page.)
    • December 23, 1996
  • New humor: Convenience and A Gentle Christmas Tale.
  • Some new ticket stub pictures.
  • Fixed a photo credit on The Last Steps page: it now reads "Kerry, Derek" instead of "Derek, Kerry." (Thanks to eagle-eyed Scott Cleveland!)
    • December 18, 1996
  • Dan's book Bandits on the Information Superhighway is now available in German: Gauner und Ganoven im Internet. His new book, NetResearch: Finding Information Online, is due in February.
    • December 16, 1996
  • Dan Bornemark has a new album, Fruktsallad, on which Ray Shulman plays violin.
    • December 12, 1996
  • We welcome Marc Chauvette to the GG fan music page.
    • December 11, 1996
  • The 1997 Gentle Giant Convention has been postponed until May or June
    • December 10, 1996
  • New web pages (and artwork from Dan Bornemark) for Motive and the Gentle Giant + Three Friends compilation albums. (Thanks Dan!)
    • December 5, 1996
  • Cover photos from The Last Steps, thanks to Rainer Boettchers.
  • Dan's new monthly column, "Net Smarts," has begun in the January 1997 issue of Keyboard Magazine. "Net Smarts" discusses online resources and issues of interest to electronic musicians.
    • December 2, 1996
  • The old items from this "What's New" page have been moved to a separate page so this one will load faster. (Thanks Patrick!)
  • The track listing for Gargantua has been corrected -- the album lists "Giant" instead of "Alucard". (Thanks Patrick!)
    • December 1, 1996
  • An official GG convention home page has been set up in Norway.
    • November 26, 1996
  • An Acquiring the Taste MIDI file from Dan Bornemark.
  • New album cover scans from Jon Roberts and Hiroshi Nagano: Gargantua, Playing The Fool in Wonderland, and The Last Giant Step.
    • November 22, 1996
  • Additional graphics are being sprinkled onto the Gentle Giant Home Page by Toby Trott and Rainer Boettchers. Thanks! Even with the new images, the pages should still be fairly quick to download, as they are small and I am employing some HTML trickery to speed things up.
    • November 20, 1996
  • Covers for Amongst The Darkers, Playing The Foole - A Stake Through The Heart, and The Vertigo Trip.
    • November 17, 1996
  • A link to Bob Parker's Giant List of Great Music.
  • A new Three Friends MIDI file by Georg Mueller.
    • November 13, 1996
  • The Last Giant Step web page had an error that chopped out a lot of text. The page is fully readable again.
    • November 12, 1996
  • Major update on information for the Gentle Giant Convention.
  • Major update for the Proclamation page.
    • November 11, 1996
  • Giant Edits.
  • In case you didn't notice, the main page now has some new links at the top for quick navigation, and a rewritten introduction.
  • An error caused several album pages on the discography page to be inaccessible. This has been fixed.
  • JJ Warren created a Gentle Giant radio program played on Magic 105 FM.
    • November 8, 1996
  • Rock Around the World, on the radio show page, featured GG three times.
  • A new discography page. Let me know if you like it, or if you prefer the old discography page.
    • November 7, 1996
  • New pictures for Pretentious and Giant Steps, thanks to a sea monkey....
    • November 6, 1996
  • Some airlines are having sales on international flights right now, through November 8. If you're thinking about attending the Gentle Giant Convention in Oslo....
    • November 5, 1996
  • More news about the 1997 Gentle Giant Convention in Oslo.
  • The Last Steps CD has just been received by Terrapin Records will be released on November 11.
  • Album covers for Edge Of Twilight, Out of the Woods, and the old Italian Super Star compilation, thanks to Claude Wacker!
    • October 30, 1996
  • A Gentle Giant Convention is scheduled for January 1997 in Oslo, Norway.
    • October 24, 1996
  • New version of the concert list.
    • October 23, 1996
  • Red Steel now has a new web site. It's still under construction and I can't find any GG stuff yet.
  • The Last Steps has just gone into production and will be released in the UK on November 18, 1996, according to Terrapin Records. No USA distributor has been found yet, but for now, it will be available as an import or directly from Terrapin.
  • I previous reported that a 2CD compilation called "Dusky Voices" was coming from Terrapiin Records. This was a misunderstanding between Terrapin and myself. "Dusky Voices" was an old name for Edge of Twilight which was just released. There is no album called "Dusky Voices."
    • October 22, 1996
  • The version of Acquiring The Taste on Edge of Twilight is the first on CD that does not have the "bent note" defect.
  • Remember to visit the Fan Music Page regularly to learn about music written by Gentle Giant fans. The latest addition is Steffen Presley, whose latest album was recently reviewed in Keyboard Magazine.
  • The liner notes from Edge of Twilight are now online.
    • October 21, 1996
  • Edge of Twilight is now available.
    • October 11, 1996
  • The Last Steps is now due at the end of October 1996 (finally).
    • October 2, 1996
  • The Power and the Glory has been released in the USA by One Way Records. It contains the bonus track The Power and the Glory. At this point, all GG albums are in print in the USA except In A Glass House and Civilian.
    • October 1, 1996
  • The title of the On-Reflection Gentle Giant tribute album has been chosen: Giant Tracks. The URL for the album's web page has changed.
  • "Dan's Definitive Guide to Gentle Giant on CD" is now available in Italian, thanks to Andrea Seminatore.
    • September 30, 1996
  • A new excerpt from .com's cover of "Heroes" on the Giant Tracks tribute page. By the way, you can hear the piece in its entirety on IRock show #60 (requires RealAudio 3.0, available from the IRock site).
    • September 26, 1996
  • The spoken interview text from Interview. (Thanks to Paul Moore.)
    • September 19, 1996
  • The liner notes for Free Hand are now online, thanks to Seong-Woo Kim.
    • September 16, 1996
  • Updated information on Out of the Woods, including the liner notes.
  • Proclamation number 5, though greatly delayed, has not been forgotten. (Geir's eye injury has seriously affected his work, but he reports that his health is now improving.) Reportedly, Geir is now "laying lands on the last two articles that need to be included."
    • September 6, 1996
  • Jordan Rudess, keyboardist for the Dixie Dregs, recently emailed me to say that Gentle Giant is one of his biggest influences. He has a new album coming in early 1997 that may be of interest to GG fans.
    • August 29, 1996
  • Douglas Johnson showed me that the lyrics to "Isn't It Quiet And Cold" are slightly different on Out of the Woods and Gentle Giant. Thanks!
    • August 26, 1996
  • The main page of this web site is accessed approximately 12,000 times per week. Yow!
    • August 21, 1996
  • See the track list for the upcoming Gentle Giant tribute album by Mellow Records, Giant For A Life.
  • The upcoming live album, Live - The Last Steps, has been retitled and will be released in late September 1996 by Red Steel Music (distributed by Terrapin).
    • August 19, 1996
  • Dan Barrett (maintainer of the GG web site) is working on a second book that should be available in November 1996. (His first book came out in February 1996.)
  • The Trip, a new entry on the GG radio program page.
    • August 13, 1996
  • Polygram's upcoming compilation album will be titled Edge Of Twilight and will be released in the UK on October 7, 1996.
    • July 24, 1996
  • Out of the Woods, the new album of unreleased GG tracks from the BBC, has been released!
    • July 9, 1996
  • The lyrics of Memories of Old Days are finally complete, thanks to Derek Shulman.
    • July 5, 1996
  • The Rough Guide to Rock has an entry for Gentle Giant.
    • July 2, 1996
  • Liner notes from the Terrapin Trucking CD release of Playing the Fool.
    • June 23, 1996
  • Liner notes from the Castle CD of Playing The Fool.
    • June 21, 1996
  • More concert memories.
    • June 12, 1996
  • A new page devoted to music written by GG fans. Not much material yet... send more!
  • Terrapin Trucking's liner notes for Giant For A Day.
    • June 11, 1996
  • Terrapin Trucking's liner notes for The Power and the Glory, The Missing Piece, and Civilian.
  • Polygram's anthology release date has been moved to September 2, 1996.
    • May 21, 1996
  • New photos from Carl Lender!
    • May 20, 1996
  • Tragic news: Kevin Gilbert, a participant on the Gentle Giant tribute album, died on May 17. Cause of death was determined as "accidental asphyxiation," and no foul play was involved. Kevin was a founding member of the progressive rock band Giraffe, and also played in Toy Matinee. Kevin was an extremely talented composer and recording artist. He will be greatly missed!!
    • May 15, 1996
  • All rumors about the GG reunion have been removed from from this page. They have been moved to a new rumors page.
    • May 12, 1996
  • Gentle Giant was ranked 67th in the prestigious Record Collector (UK) 1996 poll of the most collectable artists, climbing from number 94 last year.
  • Updated concert listing.
    • April 30, 1996
  • Terrapin Trucking Records Ltd has been purchased by Red Steel Music, and the name is now Terrapin Records (UK) Ltd. The upcoming live CD, The Last Steps, will be released on schedule. It is being mastered the first week of May, artwork is under way, and reportedly it will be released in late May. I will post more information as I receive it.
    • April 26, 1996
  • On-Reflection, the Gentle Giant mailing list, is now available in a digest format!
    • April 22, 1996
  • Reports say that Malcolm Mortimore, the drummer on Three Friends, appeared on the latest Chris Jagger CD, Rock the Zydeco (1996).
    • April 17, 1996
  • The new BBC archives CD will be called Out of the Woods.
    • April 10, 1996
  • An interview and concert review from the LA Free Press, 1977.
  • Some ticket stubs, courtesy of Stephane Sladek.
    • March 28, 1996
  • DEFECT: The new compliation album Champions of Rock, from Disky Communications, was mastered partly at the wrong speed. All of the tracks from Giant For A Day are too slow, and the pitch is too low by half a step. (Thanks to Mikko Pellinen for this report.)
    • March 27, 1996
  • John Weathers has left the group Man, allegedly due to "creative differences."
    • March 22, 1996
  • 17 new photos!
    • March 14, 1996
  • The King Biscuit Flower Hour is trying to "clear for release" a Gentle Giant concert from 1975. This may be the concert widely bootlegged as Amongst The Darkers. This information comes from rec.music.progressive, and I'll post more details as I learn them.
    • March 13, 1996
  • New information about Polygram's Gentle Giant anthology.
    • March 11, 1996
  • Mellow Records announces Giant for a Life, a 2CD tribute album. This is not the same as the On-Reflection GG tribute album.
    • March 5, 1996
  • Some new tribute album info.
  • A new compilation album from Disky Communications (Dutch).
    • March 1, 1996
  • A second audio excerpt from Jeff McClelland's version of Pantagruel's Nativity.
    • February 29, 1996
  • An audio excerpt is available from Jeff McClelland's version of Pantagruel's Nativity.
  • Windsong is making a CD of unreleased Gentle Giant recordings!
    • February 28, 1996
  • Read an excerpt from Dan's new book.
    • February 26, 1996
  • An audio excerpt is available from Arlo West's version of I'm Turning Around.
  • In 1996, One Way Records plans to release more Gentle Giant CDs in the USA: The Power And The Glory, Playing The Fool, and Civilian. Details about sound quality will be posted when I hear the discs.
    • February 22, 1996
  • The contents of every issue of Proclamation, the Occasional Gentle Giant Magazine.
  • Terrapin Trucking Records now has a web page and an email address: simon@teratruk.demon.co.uk.
    • February 21, 1996
  • More cool stuff.
  • A page for the upcoming Polygram UK anthology.
  • A brand new FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page.
  • Krokus plays Gentle Giant?
  • The Sherman Hemsley story.
  • Cleaned up the main page. Moved a few pages around.
    • February 19, 1996
  • A NEW LIVE ALBUM!!! (An official release!)
    • February 16, 1996
  • An interview with Derek Shulman.
    • February 5, 1996
  • The lyrics have been restored to all albums.
    • February 1, 1996
  • Updated information about the Gentle Giant tribute album project.
    • January 26, 1996
  • Reunion news!
    • January 9, 1996
  • Dan Barrett just wrote a new book. Pardon the blatant advertisement. :-)

    • 1995

    December 28, 1995
  • You can now click on all album cover pictures to view an enlarged version.
  • More concert memories.
    • December 12, 1995
  • Subscription information for the on-reflection mailing list has changed.
  • Information on The Last Giant Step.
    • November 20, 1995 (after a long hiatus)
  • Updated information about Proclamation, the Gentle Giant magazine.
  • The liner notes from Interview.
  • Information on Playing the Foole - A Stake Through the Heart.
  • A new page of concert memories from fans.
  • Information about Damon Shulman, son of Phil, who has a CD out.
  • New cool stuff entries about The Power and the Glory, and His Last Voyage.
  • A few new unofficial recordings listed.
    • October 17, 1995
  • Terrapin Trucking will be offering a Gentle Giant T-shirt soon: perhaps sometime in November. It is a black T-shirt with the "giant head" logo on it. Terrapin is also setting up its own Web site. Stay tuned for more details.
  • Terrapin Trucking has kindly given its permission for their Gentle Giant "giant head" logo, album covers, and liner notes to be reproduced on these Web pages. Thank you!
    • October 10, 1995
  • We've been mentioned in "Q" magazine in the UK, November 1995!
    • September 11, 1995
  • Hot News!!!
  • Interview with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull about GG.
  • A new interviews index page.
    • September 2, 1995
  • The results of a poll asking GG fans about their other favorite artists.
    • August 17, 1995
  • Triad, a radio show that used to feature progressive rock artists like Gentle Giant.
    • August 10, 1995
  • A great new quote from Jonathan Roberts.
    • July 27, 1995
  • A MIDI file for Three Friends (the song, not the whole album).
  • The (nearly) complete archives of the On-Reflection mailing list! They are not very conveniently presented, but this will improve.
  • More information about Gary Green.
    • July 21, 1995
  • Humor: the top ten reasons why you should not listen to Gentle Giant.
  • Information on the Italian live album, Giant Steps Forward.
  • New cool stuff entries. Eric Olsson talks about Interview, and Magraith@aol.com talks about Civilian.
    • July 7, 1995
  • Made the home page look a little neater, with easy-to-read bold keywords.
    • June 20, 1995
  • A new concert listing page. (Thanks to Francois Angers!)
    • June 18, 1995
  • A MIDI File of "Cogs in Cogs." (Thanks to JD Mack!)
    • June 16, 1995
  • The Gentle Giant Home Page moved to a new address, http://www.cs.umass.edu/~barrett/gentlegiant.html.
    • May 16, 1995
  • A new "Live Concert Information" section on the main page. So far, we have only one concert from 1975.
    • May 11, 1995
  • Brief information about the compilation album The Vertigo Trip. (Thanks to David Hodson!)
  • A note from Geir Hasnes describing his Gentle Giant magazine, Proclamation.
  • Modified the look of this "What's New" page a bit.
  • A restructured and updated Gentle Giant humor page.
    • May 9, 1995
  • Scanned images of Electronic Genius. (Thanks to Claude Wacker!)
    • May 4, 1995
  • Information about a planned Gentle Giant tribute album, created by fans.
    • May 1, 1995
  • A new cool stuff entry from Johan Bryntesson, concerning the track Giant.
    • April 28, 1995
  • Swapped Kerry and Derek's names in several photos. Sigh....
    • April 10, 1995
  • A defect has been discovered in the Vertigo CD release of Octopus. Thanks to Espen Beranek Holm!
  • The Simon Dupree and Amen pages now have pictures.
    • April 8, 1995
  • The Simon Dupree and the Big Sound page has been completely reorganized. There are now separate pages for Without Reservations and Amen, plus the extensive liner notes from Amen.
    • April 6, 1995
  • A page about Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, the Shulmans' band before Gentle Giant. Thanks to Geir Hasnes!
    • March 28, 1995
  • The liner notes from Giant Steps have been extended to include the entire original interview from ZIGZAG Magazine. Thanks to Geir Hasnes!
  • The liner notes from the compilation album, Pretentious. Thanks to Henry Benson!
    • March 15, 1995
  • The liner notes from Giant Steps, including an interview with Derek and Ray. Thanks to Paal Jensen!
    • March 14, 1995
  • The band members were incorrectly identified in the group photo: Ray and John were reversed. This has been fixed. (Thanks to Louis Cloutier.)
    • March 13, 1995
  • A new photo gallery, scanned from the Italian Super Star compilation album, thanks to Rajesh Prabhu.
  • More cool stuff found in various Gentle Giant compositions.
  • Updated information on the Japanese pressing of Gentle Giant's first album, thanks to Mick Oldridge.
  • A new interview with Phil Schulman by Arlo West. Thanks to Bill Laidig for the HTML conversion.
    • March 3, 1995
  • Information on Amongst The Darkers.
  • New track listing of Terrapin release of Playing The Fool.
  • Acquiring The Taste was never called "Motive." It was once released in the "Motive" series by Mercury, however.
  • Information on the Italian Superstar compilation album.
  • Information on Gentle Giant merchandise through the years.
    • February 24, 1995:
  • A new GIF image with 12 album covers, thanks to Chad Bacho!
    • February 10, 1995:
  • Information on the 1977 compilation album, Pretentious, thanks to Gary Pfeifer.
    • February 8, 1995:
  • A humor page.
  • Information on Kerry Minnear's Christmas album released with The Reapers.
    • February 7, 1995:
  • Updated results from the "favorite Gentle Giant album" poll conducted on the "On Reflection" mailing list.
    • February 5, 1995:
  • An original essay on The Power And The Glory, by Dan Barrett.
  • Ratings of the albums, including polls conducted in the mailing list On Reflection and the newsletter Proclamation.
    • Early February, 1995:
  • The final music on In A Glass House has been identified.
  • When you select a song title, you are brought to the assocated album page and then moved to the beginning of the song lyrics. (Except for live track names, still which leave you at the top of the album page.)
  • I added this "what's new" page.
  • Correction to Doug Larson's address for buying CD's.
  • Where to buy Gentle Giant CD's.
  • Correction to the lyrics of the song Interview. They were taken correctly from the liner notes, but Derek actually sings something else. (Thanks to Chad Bacho.)
    • January 1995:
  • Just about everything! The whole site has been reconstructed. New albums pages, list of cool stuff in GG's music, information on the band and its music, and much more.

    • 1994

    September 6, 1994
  • The birth of a realization.... The Gentle Giant Web Site is born! Very sketchy discography.

    • This page is maintained by Daniel J. Barrett