2nd Chance Album Review - The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp

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Just one year before prog-rock titans King Crimson released their first album, two-thirds of that band released their first and last studio album as the erstwhile trio of Giles, Giles & Fripp-guitarist Robert Fripp, Peter Giles on bass and brother Michael on drums. Released in 1968, the height of the Psychedelic era, The Cheerful [...]

Just one year before prog-rock titans King Crimson released their first album, two-thirds of that band released their first and last studio album as the erstwhile trio of Giles, Giles & Fripp-guitarist Robert Fripp, Peter Giles on bass and brother Michael on drums. Released in 1968, the height of the Psychedelic era, The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp promptly sank into oblivion. But it's worth revisiting. Read on, Daddy-O