Mcdonald And Giles

KING CRIMSONのオリジナル・メンバーであるIan McDonald(g/p/org/sax/flu/vo)とMichael Giles(drs)によるデュオ・ユニット、英Islandから発表された'70年唯一作が英DGMより200g重量盤として'23年アナログ・リイシューが決定!

傑作『IN THE COURT OF ～』を生み出しつつもツアーの重圧から脱退、Peter Giles(b)やTRAFFICのSteve Winwood(organ/p)等を迎え制作。同時期に発表されたKING CRIMSONの『IN THE WAKE ～OF POSEIDON』に収録された'Cadence And Cascade'の原曲'Flight Of The Ibis'をはじめ、CRIMSON本体の叙情的世界を継承しつつ、より柔和で内省的な世界観を展開。名曲'Birdman'組曲をはじめ楽曲/内容共に、70年代の"もう一つのKING CRIMSON"を描き出したファン必携/必聴の秀作です!!

Following the meltdown of the original King Crimson lineup, Ian McDonald and Michael Giles brought brother Peter Giles back, which helps to account, in some ways, for the resemblance of this album to the 1968 Giles, Giles & Fripp recordings -- though the songs here tend to go on at some length, combining prog rock's traits of length and multiple sections with some of the lighter feel of the GG&F days. The 20-minute "Birdman" tends toward self-indulgence, while "Tomorrow's People - The Children of Today" loses focus halfway and spends the next four minutes being a blithering -- if pretty -- musical idiot. The main attraction is really the performances turned in by McDonald and the Giles brothers -- they all sound fabulous, even when waffling musically, while Michael Giles has a unique drum tone that never has been duplicated (Giles himself abandoned the sound for his later career in Jackson Heights and as a session drummer). Peter Giles returned to the accounting trade, alas, while Ian McDonald eventually wound up as part of Foreigner, which is another tale entirely. ~ Steven McDonald