Under Construction (Gentle Giant album)

Infobox Album | Name = Under Construction
Type = Album
Artist = Gentle Giant


Released = 1997
Recorded = Various
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 146:28
Label = Alucard
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Under Construction"
(1997)
Next album = "Scraping the Barrel"
(2004)

"Under Construction" was the first of two box sets of the English progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1997.

__NOTOC__This was to collect together all the unreleased material, demos, outtakes and the odd live recordings that were available to the band.

Track listing

*Disc 1 - Total Time 73:00 - Entirely Unreleased Material
# Radio Bit – 0:13
# Freedoms Child – 3:57
# Hometown Special – 4:24
# Weekend Cowboy – 3:46
# Bringing Me Down – 5:50
# Nothing at All – 8:23
# Rondo-Playing the Game – 1:33
# DVS Guitars – 6:28
# Robin Hood – 1:40
# Interview Whispers – 1:04
# Interview [Live] – 7:00
# Timing [Live] – 9:49
# Unreleased Civilian Track – 4:59
# You Haven't a Chance – 4:12
# Sample Archive – 9:18

*Disc 2 - Total Time 73:18 - Demos and Out-takes
# House, the Street, the Room – 1:50
# Prologue – 0:40
# Schooldays – 2:54
# Peel the Paint [Demo Version] – 0:22
# Peel the Paint [Studio] – 4:22
# Mr. Class and Quality – 3:02
# Advent of Panurge – 0:56
# "SHH" – 0:15
# Inmates Lullaby – 3:37
# Way of Life – 7:07
# Experience – 6:51
# So Sincere [Demo Version] – 3:30
# So Sincere [Studio] – 3:28
# Intro 74 – 2:23
# Cogs in Cogs – 1:43
# Intro 76 – 1:40
# Just the Same – 1:42
# Free Hand – 2:58
# Time to Kill – 3:32
# Interview Demo – 2:02
# Give It Back – 2:23
# Design – 0:46
# Another Show – 2:24
# Empty City – 3:36
# I Lost My Head [Demo Version] – 2:31
# I Lost My Head [Studio] – 1:41
# Convenience (Clean and Easy) – 1:03
# Freedoms Child [Demo Version] – 3:18
# Kerry – 0:01

All songs written by Shulman, Shulman, Shulman and Minnear and arranged by Gentle Giant.

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

Release details

*1997, UK, Alucard ALU GG CD1, Release Date ? ? 1997, CD
*2001, UK, Alucard PINKGCD1, Release Date 5 November 2001, CD (reissue)