GILES, GILES & FRIPP The Cheerful Insanity of…Orig M-

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GILES, GILES & FRIPP "The Cheerful Insanity of Giles Giles and Fripp" original Canadian Deram lp M-

1968/Cdn/Deram DES 18019….. here’s a very rare original Canadian pressing of this UK pop psych classic. The thick cover has light to moderate mainly wear top and bottom, there is light corner wear, small delete hole top left corner, the bottom seam has light wear, very light soiling and aging along the opening edge on the white back, there is a 1” split in the paper on the spine and there is also light wear there, this split/wear is at the end of the title “AND FRIPP”(see picture), overall the cover is solid and in good condition with no seam splits. The vinyl is in strong Excellent to M- condition with a couple of  very light small inaudible marks. The record plays clean with excellent fidelity. To my ears the sound quality is pretty much on par with the UK Deram pressing. The labels are clean with one light spindle mark. This Canadian pressing is very rare and the only one  I’ve seen for several years! Please check my auctions for other rock, and psych lp’s. Good luck and thanks for looking!

Track listing

The Saga of Rodney Toady

1. Northmeadow (Peter Giles)
2. Newly-weds (Peter Giles)
3. One in a Million (Michael Giles)
4. Call Tomorrow (Peter Giles)
5. Digging My Lawn (Peter Giles)
6. Little Children (Robert Fripp)
7. The Crukster (Michael Giles)
8. Thursday Morning (Michael Giles)

Just George

1. How Do They Know (Michael Giles)
2. Elephant Song (Michael Giles)
3. The Sun is Shining (Michael Giles)
4. Suite No. 1 (Robert Fripp)
5. Erudite Eyes (Robert Fripp)

 Personnel

Giles, Giles & Fripp

• Robert Fripp: Guitars
• Peter Giles: Bass
• Michael Giles: Drums, Percussion

Additional Personnel

• Ted Barker, Cliff Hardy: Trombone
• R. Cohen, G. Fields, K. Isaccs, B. Pecker, W. Reid, G. Salisbury: Violin
• John Coulling, Rebecca Patten: Viola
• A. Ford, Charles Tunnell: Cello
• Ivor Raymonde: String Arrangements
• "The Breakaways": Backing Vocals
• Mike Hill, Nicky Hopkins: Keyboards

The group formed in their native Bournemouth, Dorset area in August 1967 when the Giles brothers sought a singing keyboard player through a newspaper advertisement. Fripp, a non-singing guitarist responded but was hired anyway. Between late 1967 and late 1968 the group lived in Brondesbury Road, London. Throughout their time at the house they made many demo recordings. The early home demos soon led to a record contract with UK Decca's newly formed Deram Records division. In April 1968 the group recorded an album The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp. The album is divided into two parts, "The Saga of Rodney Toady" and "Just George". The names of the parts came from the titles of spoken word pieces recited by members of the band and spread out, so that they link the musical works on the A and B sides. Though two-thirds of the band would later form King Crimson, the album, arguably, does not represent the traditional progressive rock style. Rather, it is a mix of various styles (folk, classical, pop, psychedelic rock and sacred music).

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MINT: as stated with no defects

M- OR NEAR MINT: as stated near Mint!, or Mint Minus, same thing, very clean with no defect to sound or visual appearance, one scuff or mark may be permitted but it will be mentioned in the description, a near Mint record looks and plays very clean

EXCELLENT: not much below near Mint, may have a delete hole and/or a minor defect or two not visually detracting from the cover, the vinyl will appear shiny and in clean condition with very minor defects not affecting the sound, still very clean and very collectable!

VG++ still a very nice copy with minimal cover wear and/or delete/splits, still visually appealing, the vinyl will retain it's original gloss and can have some minor scuffs/scratches that don't affect play very much

VG+ a little more cover/ring wear and delete, splits etc., the vinyl will still retain much original gloss with a bit more scuffs and/or scratches I may list a very rare or desirable item with a lower grade, I will try to list all defects, both cover and vinyl no matter the condition, I also play grade the records on high end equipment and will give an honest play grade as well as visual grade, considering the number of records I buy on line my grading is very conservative and fair.

AIR POSTAGE TO USA IS $10 ...OR $8 SURFACE IF THE PACKAGE WEIGHS LESS THAN 500 GRAMS(one regular weight pressing).........USA AIR POSTAGE FROM 500 GRAMS TO 1 KILO IS $15 AND SURFACE MAIL IS $12(usually 1-3 lp’s depending on individual weight), I can also send heavier packages to the USA by expedited surface mail, this option includes a tracking number and free insurance up to $100 for $15 to $20 depending on weight, insurance over $100 is $1.00 for each additional hundred dollars.

INTERNATIONAL AIR POSTAGE(depending on destination) UNDER 500 grams is $17 to $20(one regular weight lp), OVER 500 grams is $30 to $36(usually up to 3 lp’s depending on individual weight), SURFACE MAIL IS AVAILABLE OVERSEAS for  $12(500 grams) $15 (500 - 1000 g),OVERSEAS AIR POSTAGE BETWEEN 1000g AND 2000g (usually between 3 and 6 lp’s depending on individual weight) is $49 to $55.

IN CANADA..POSTAGE IS $7 IN Ontario and Quebec, $10 elsewhere in Canada.

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