* * * * 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 unreleased 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 tape of 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                               

 

Jan. 30, 1972        AUD        Bern, Switzerland - Festhalle                             an afternoon performance.  includes a short bit of the Swiss 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

                                         

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  also from the second tour with JethroTull    

 

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

                          

Dec. 30, 1972       AUD        Bologna, Italy - Palasport

                          

Jan. 2, 1973         AUD        Genova, Italy - Teatro Alcione                            often, the year on this one is erroneously given as 1974

 

Jan. 5, 1973         AUD        Vicenza, Italy - Palazzo dello Sport                   the last known recording to include Phil Shulman

 

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                     the only complete headlining tape from the band’s 1973 Canadian tour 

 

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. 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, a high quality tape circulates that does

                          

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. ?, 1974         RADIO     Long Beach, California - Long Beach Auditorium sometime around 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 - Stadtcasino

                                               

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 more 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                   there is also a brief section of the soundcheck available from this same night, recorded by someone else.  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           

                                                                                                                    

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.  this entire 70 minute performance is available to collectors.  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           mostly complete

 

Oct. 11, 1975       AUD        New York, New York - Academy Of Music           a second source which is incomplete but includes a few small bits not found on the previously listed tape

 

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, in edited form, probably a few days later.  copies of this broadcast floating around among collectors have just a fraction more applause and band chatter than on the official LIVE IN STOCKHOLM ’75 release

 

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 and a recording of the band’s complete set is available

                                         

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 5, 1976          AUD        Elyria, Ohio - The Joker                                        

                          

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

 

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. 25, 1977       AUD        Boston, Massachusetts - Orpheum Theater

                          

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

 

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                     the complete show, including the encore, is available

                                         

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

                                         

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.  the full 60 minute broadcast is available to collectors

 

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        West Hollywood, 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 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 DISTRIBUTING THEM.

 

 

Sep 8, 1972          SB           New Orleans, Louisiana - Municipal Auditorium               although one track from this concert has seen official release, the remainder of the recording resides with the band

 

Apr. 5, 1974         AUD        Munster, West Germany - Munsterlandhalle                      this is a second, totally different recording than the available one listed in Part A.  although a few minutes of it appear on the GG AT THE GG DVD, the rest is believed to now reside with members of the band

 

Nov. 22, 1974       AUD        St. Gallen, Switzerland - Kongresshaus Schutzengarten 

 

Jan. 18, 1975        SB           New York, New York - Academy of Music (first show)                       King Biscuit recorded this concert but it is not clear how much of it, if any, was included in their Gentle Giant radio broadcast.  likewise, the KING BISCUIT PRESENTS GENTLE GIANT album and an internet-sourced recording from this evening both may or may not contain some music taken from this show.  it is difficult to piece together what is available but, whatever the case, the original master tape of this complete concert is believed to still exist

 

Jan. 18, 1975        SB           New York, New York - Academy of Music (second show)   the same problems described in the above listing hold true for this show, as well, concerning how much of each of the evening’s two performances are presently available to collectors.  however, the original master tape of this full concert is believed to still exist

 

Jan. 29, 1975        AUD        Utica, New York - Utica Memorial Auditorium    

                                                                                                                    

Feb. 13, 1975       SB           West Hollywood, California - Capitol Studios                    this heavily bootlegged studio recording was described in Part A.  however, what appear to be the original tapes of this recording were recently located.  they include songs not appearing on any bootlegs or tapes of the session that are trading among collectors.  these more complete tapes are not yet available to the public, but there’s a chance they may be in the future

 

Nov. 24, 1975       AUD        Basel, Switzerland - Mustermesse Reihenring  

 

Sep. 23, 1976       SB           Dusseldorf, West Germany - Philipshalle                           this is the first of four concerts the band recorded to provide possible material for a planned live album.  much of the music has seen official release on PLAYING THE FOOL, UNDER CONSTRUCTION and as bonus material on a recent Alucard reissue of IN A GLASS HOUSE, though more remains unreleased

 

Sep. 25, 1976       SB           Munich, West Germany - Circus Krone Building    the second of four concerts taped by the band for possible release.  Only Funny Ways from this gig was included on PLAYING THE FOOL, while the rest of the show is still unreleased

 

Sep. 30, 1976       AUD        Zurich, Switzerland - Volkshaus                        

 

Oct. 1, 1976         AUD        Neuchatel, Switzerland - Temple Du Bas

 

Oct. 5, 1976         SB           Paris, France - Pavillon de Paris                        the third of four concerts the band recorded for a possible release.  several songs from this show appear on PLAYING THE FOOL, but most of the music has not been released

 

Oct. 7, 1976         SB           Brussels, Belgium                                               this is the fourth and final concert taped by the band for possible official release.  only two songs from the show appear on PLAYING THE FOOL, including, of course, Breakdown in Brussels.  the rest of the show is still unreleased.  the exact venue of the show has not yet been determined

 

Oct. 8, 1977         AUD        Basel, Switzerland - Mustermesse Riehenring      one version of this, listed in Part A, is trading among collectors.  however, another version of higher quality was taped by someone else in the audience and is not available to collectors

 

Nov. 18, 1977       SB           Chester, Pennsylvania - Widener University                      a soundboard recording currently held by a band member

 

June 13, 1980       SB           West Hollywood, California - The Roxy (early show)                        as explained in Part A, GG played six shows in three nights at this nightclub in 1980.  tapes of four of these concerts are available to collectors already.  however, the Roxy’s soundman at the time professionally recorded all six shows.  he has not made any of these recordings available

 

June 13, 1980       SB           West Hollywood, California - The Roxy (late show)                          professionally recorded by the Roxy’s soundman

 

June 14, 1980       SB           West Hollywood, California - The Roxy (early show)                        professionally recorded by the Roxy’s soundman

 

June 14, 1980       SB           West Hollywood, California - The Roxy (late show)                          professionally recorded by the Roxy’s soundman

 

June 16, 1980       SB           West Hollywood, California - The Roxy (early show)                        professionally recorded by the Roxy’s soundman

 

June 16, 1980       SB           West Hollywood, California - The Roxy (late show)                          professionally recorded by the Roxy’s soundman.  this is not the same recording, described in Part A, that was made by a roadie direct from the house mixing desk and was used for the official LAST STEPS album.  although both are soundboard recordings, this one is supposedly of higher quality

 

 

 

 

PART C.

THESE ARE RECORDINGS RUMORED TO EXIST.  I CANNOT AT THIS TIME VERIFY THE EXISTENCE OF ANY OF THESE, AND MANY OF THE RUMORS ARE PROBABLY UNFOUNDED.   HOWEVER, I’M PRETTY CONFIDENT AT LEAST SOME OF THESE RECORDINGS ARE REAL.

 

 

Feb. 26, 1971       AUD        London, England - Horseshoe Pub                     although this recording has been rumored, no evidence has yet surfaced to prove its existence

 

Apr. 24, 1972        AUD        Glasgow, Scotland - City Hall

 

Jan. 3, 1973         AUD        Rome, Italy - Palazzo dello Sport                       definitely not a reliable rumor

 

Oct. 13, 1973       AUD        Rome, Italy - Palazzo dello Sport

 

Oct. ?, 1973         AUD        Heidelberg, West Germany                                the date of this rumored tape could just as well have been June or July of 1973.  the venue is not known

 

Feb. ?, 1974         FM          San Francisco, California - Winterland               GG played here on Feb. 14 and 15.  possibly, some of Giant’s performance on one of those nights was broadcast over the city’s KSAN radio station

 

Mar. 20, 1974       AUD        Bedford, England - Civic Hall

 

???                      AUD        Marietta, Ohio - Marietta College                       believed to be from sometime in late 1974

 

???                      AUD        Torquay, England                                               a tape may exist of a Torquay gig from sometime in the 1970’s, although the specific date and even the year of the gig are not known.  this tape was allegedly recorded at either Pavilion Theatre or the Torquay Town Hall

 

Feb. 3, 1975         SB           Denver, Colorado - Ebbets Field                         a local Denver audio corporation professionally recorded many of the shows at this nightclub, many of them broadcast on Denver radio.  all these reel-to-reel tapes still exist.  it is not known if this GG show is among the ones recorded, but it is very possible

 

Feb, 4, 1975         SB           Denver, Colorado - Ebbets Field                         as is the case with the above listing, it’s very possible a tape of this show was recorded and still exists as the property of a local Denver audio corporation

 

Oct. 1, 1975         AUD        Largo, Maryland - Capitol Center

 

May 31, 1976       AUD        Torino, Italy - Palazzo dello Sport

 

June 27, 1976       AUD        Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall                           although the master of this recording is missing, copies are still believed to exist

 

June 28, 1976       AUD       Montreal, Quebec - Place des Nations

 

Feb. 23, 1977       AUD       Montreal, Quebec - Montreal Forum

 

June 15, 1980       AUD        San Francisco, California - Old Waldorf Hotel       rumors of this tape’s existence have surfaced a couple times, though they are probably false

 

 

 

 

PART D.

THESE ARE RECORDINGS THAT APPARENTLY ONCE EXISTED BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, ARE NOW PRESUMED LOST.

 

                                         

Apr. 5, 1971         AUD        Munich, West Germany - Circus Krone Building    from the band’s first real European tour, opening for Colloseum

 

Jan. 21, 1972        AUD        Essen, West Germany - Grugahalle                    recorded by a different source than the one listed in Part A.  this tape deteriorated and is no longer usable

 

June 13, 1972       RADIO     London, England - BBC Studio Session              the BBC no longer possesses the master tape of this session.  however, a fan recorded it off the radio and kept the tape for quite a while before finally losing it.  the tape included the song Three Friends

 

Mar. 4, 1973         AUD        Winchester, England - King Alfred’s College                     this was Giant’s very first gig as a five-piece band, Phil having just departed.  a poor quality reel-to-reel tape recorded right in front of the speakers no longer exists

 

Mar. 4, 1973         AUD        Winchester, England - King Alfred’s College                     amazingly, a second recording of this historic gig, taped on cassette, is also believed lost

 

Mar. 16, 1973       AUD        New York, New York - Felt Forum                                      unlike the partial recording listed in Part A, this missing recording was of the band’s complete set

 

Oct. ?, 1973         AUD        Padova, Italy

 

Aug. 30, 1975       AUD        Montreal, Quebec - Autostade

 

Nov. 12, 1975       SB           Stockholm, Sweden - Studentkaren                                  as explained above, a portion of this recording was broadcast over Swedish radio.  the original producer of that broadcast has tried unsuccessfully to locate the remaining unaired portions of the concert and now believes they no longer exist                                                      

 

May 22, 1980       AUD        Boston, Massachusetts - Paradise Club (late show)           a recording of this was made but was later stolen, so it is now missing

 

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