Scraping the Barrel

Scraping the Barrel
Box set by Gentle Giant
Released	15 November 2004
Recorded	1966-2000
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	228:00
Label	Alucard
Producer	Dan Bornemark[1]
Gentle Giant chronology
Under Construction (1997) Scraping the Barrel (2004)

Scraping the Barrel was the second of two box sets of the English progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 2004. This was to collect together all the unreleased material, demos, outtakes and the odd live recordings that were available to the band.

Track listing

Disk 1 - Total Time 77:49 - Material from "Giant" through to "Free Hand"

1. "Giant" - Vocal Mix
2. "Alucard" - Derek, Master of Ceremonies
3. "Pantagruels Nativity" - Vocal Mix
4. "Schooldays" - Piano, Studio
5. "Schooldays" - Grand Piano, Studio
6. "Working All Day" - Demo
7. "Peel the Paint" - Different Solo
8. "Mr. Class & Quality" - Intro Bits + Complete Solos
9. "Three Friends" - Piano Experiment
10. "Three Friends" - Vocal Mix
11. "Kerry's Kindness"
12. "Think of Me with Kindness" - Studio Outtake
13. "Keyboard Concerto" - Plymouth 1973
14. "In a Glass House" Intro
15. "Runaway/Experience" Segue
16. "Way of Life" without Vox
17. "Proclamation" - Rehearsal before take
18. "Proclamation" - Demo
19. "Playing the Game" - Experiment
20. "Playing the Game" - Pick'n'Mix
21. "Playing the Game" - Alternative Part
22. "The Boogie and the Woogie" - Cogs
23. "No God's a Man" - Demo
24. "No God's a Man" - Vocal Mix
25. "The Face" - Demo
26. "Valedictory" Starts
27. "The Power and the Glory" - Imbetweenies
28. "The Power and the Glory" - Demo / Band / Studio Pick'n'mix
29. "The Power and the Glory" Second Song
30. "With Gentle Giant on KMET" Jingle (10 October 1974 L-A Whisky A-Go-Go)
31. "On Reflection" - Rehearsal Chaos
32. "Free Hand" Riff
33. "His Last Voyage" - Vocal Mix

Disk 2 - Total Time 74:11 - Material from "Free Hand" through to "Civilian"

1. "His Last Voyage" - Demo
2. "Talybont" - Special mix
3. "Talybont" - Demos
4. "Mobile" - Demos
5. "Mobile" - Studio Outtake
6. "Give it Back" - Guitar
7. "Give it Back" - Funny voices
8. "Another Show" - M8
9. "Empty City" - Studio Outtake
10. "Empty City" - Guitar and Rhodes Mix
11. "Empty City" - Vocal Mix
12. "Timing" - Demo
13. "Intro '77"
14. "Two Weeks in Spain" - Rehearsal
15. "Two Weeks in Spain" - Studio
16. "12 bar Warmup + Who Do You Think You Are?" Outtake + Rehearsal
17. "Rock Me Baby"
18. "As Old as You're Young"
19. "Winning" - Band Rehearsal - Odd M8
20. "Winning" - Lights Rehearsal - Pinewood
21. "For Nobody"
22. "For Nobody" - Vocal Mix
23. "Friends" - Demo
24. "Rock Climber" - Band rehearsal
25. "Shadows on the Street"

Disk 3 - Total Time 76:00 - New recordings, and old solo projects

1. "Home Again" (Kerry Minnear)
2. "Moog Fugue" (Kerry Minnear)
3. "Move Over" (Kerry Minnear)
4. "Really Don't Know" (Kerry Minnear)
5. "Heaven's Tears" (Kerry Minnear)
6. "Flower Arranging" (Kerry Minnear)
7. "Living In a Restaurant" (Kerry Minnear)
8. "You Make Me Very Happy" (Kerry Minnear)
9. "Get Out of My Way" (Kerry Minnear)
10. "Wisdom Was Calling" (Kerry Minnear)
11. "Good Christian Men Rejoice" (Kerry Minnear)
12. "Hava Nagila" (Simon Dupree and the Big Sound)
13. "Homeland" (Simon Dupree and the Big Sound)
14. "Burn My Working Clothes" (John P. Weathers)
15. "On Safari" (Shout: Gary Green, Ray Shulman; with Sally Minnear)
16. "Starting Line" (Demo) (Shout: Gary Green, Ray Shulman)
17. "Running Away" (Demo) (Shout: Gary Green, Ray Shulman)
18. "Our World" (Gary Green)
19. "Back To the Front" (Gary Green)
20. "Prehistoric Boss Level" (Ray Shulman)
21. "Volcano" (Ray Shulman)

Disk 4 - Misc

1. Various MP3 files and visual images.

Personnel

• Gary Green - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, 12 string wah-wah guitar, donkey's jawbone, cat calls, voice
• Kerry Minnear - electric piano, organ, mellotron, vibraphone, Moog, piano, celeste, clavichord, harpsichord, tympani, maracas, lead vocals
• Derek Shulman - alto sax, clavichord, cowbell, lead vocals
• Phil Shulman - alto & tenor sax, clarinet, trumpet, piano, claves, maracas, lead vocals
• Ray Shulman - bass, violin, viola, electric violin, Spanish guitar, tambourine, 12 string guitar, organ bass pedals, skulls, vocals
• Martin Smith - drums, tambourine, gongs, side drum
• Malcolm Mortimore - drums, percussion
• John Weathers - drums, percussion

Release details

• 2004, UK, Alucard ALUGG04, Release Date 15 November 2004, CD

References

1. "Scraping the Barrel - The Gentle Giant Home Page". www.blazemonger.com. Retrieved 2009-09-01.

External links

• "GENTLE GIANT Scraping The Barrel music reviews and MP3". www.progarchives.com. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
• "Scraping the Barrel - The Gentle Giant Home Page". www.blazemonger.com. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
• "allmusic ((( Scraping the Barrell > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-09-01.