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Do not go into this album with the idea that this is King Crimson. Despite Mr. Fripp and the Giles brothers, this bears very little resemblance to the music of the Crimson King. The first clue, in all of the photos on this album, Fripp is (gasp!) smiling.
A friend of mine once said that the one common aspect of all of the early music from the great proggers of the seventies is silliness. This is true of The Nice, early Pink Floyd, and even band's like Tomorrow (Steve Howe's pre-Yes group). But few were as silly as Giles, Giles & Fripp.

The songs are all short, mostly under three minutes, and are not bad, for sixties psychedelia. Fripp plays mostly jazzy sounding riffs, only breaking out on the classical sounding Suite No. 1. The songs are divided into two groups, each strung together by some Monty Python- esque spoken word sections (remember the Gumby sketches?). 

All-in-all, this is not an amazing album, but certainly a welcome part of my collection. 

Info: Progarchives
Poster: NZB-MAGIC
Studio Album, released in 1968

Songs / Tracks Listing 
The Saga of Rodney Toady 
1. North Meadow (2:29)
2. Newly-Weds (2:07)
3. One in a Million (2:25)
4. Call Tomorrow (2:31)
5. Digging My Lawn (1:50)
6. Little Children (2:48)
7. The Crukster (1:35)
8. Thursday Morning (2:50)
Just George 
9. How Do They Know (2:14)
10. Elephant Song (3:15)
11. The Sun Is Shining (3:06)
12. Suite No. 1 (5:33)
13. Erudite Eyes (5:05)

Bonus Tracks on 1992 CD realease 
14. She Is Loaded (3:11)
15. Under the Sky (4:01)
16. One in a Million (mono single) (2:25)
17. Newly-Weds (mono single) (2:44)
18. Thursday Morning (mono single) (2:57)
19. Thursday Morning (stereo single) (2:57)

Total Time: 59:28

Line-up / Musicians 
- Pete Giles / bass guitar, vocals
- Michael Giles / drums
- Robert Fripp / guitars

Guest musicians : 
- R. Cohen, W. Reid, K. Isaacs, G. Salisbury, B. Pecker & G. Fields / violins 
- J. Coulling & R. Patten / violas 
- Nicky Hopkins & Mike Hill / keyboards 
- C. Tunnell & A. Ford / celli 
- C. Hardie & T. Barker / trombones 
- The Breakaways / backing vocals

Releases information 
LP Deram Records (820 965-2) UK 1968 

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