Ep108: Derek Shulman of Gentle Giant
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2018
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Prog Rock legends Gentle Giant have an extensive history and catalogue of rare records. Founder Derek Shulman discusses the band, Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, the missing multitrack tapes, the latest remix release with Steven Wilson, and heaps more. Plus a Gentle Giant track for listeners of The Vinyl Guide to enjoy!
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Now she sits by the river side watching the waters glide by with a sign. |
| 0:45.2 | Well, hey everyone, welcome to this week's episode of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for fans and collectors of vinyl records. |
| 0:54.8 | And this week we are talking about the legendary Prague rock band, Gentle Giant, with band founder, musician-turned-record-executive Derek Shulman. Now, today we're going to talk about the history of Gentle Giant, the band founder, musician-turned record executive Derek Shulman. |
| 0:58.8 | Now, today we're going to talk about the history of Gentle Giant, the rare records, |
| 1:03.7 | the early days of Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, their run-ins with the Beatles, the lost master tapes, and heaps more, including a discussion on the newly remastered Gentle Giant |
| 1:09.8 | vinyl release three- piece suite, a collection |
| 1:12.8 | of songs from the first three gentle giant albums remastered by Stephen Wilson and available |
| 1:18.7 | on vinyl or of course you can get the five to one mix on Blu-ray anywhere fine music is purchased. |
| 1:24.6 | Oh, you are going to enjoy this show and it's brought to you in part this week by the best manual record cleaner in the universe. |
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| 1:34.9 | Recently, I bought a box of old dirty 45 singles from a charity shop. |
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| 1:50.2 | Even some of the records were collectible. I found some first issue Beatles singles, some Who singles. I even found some 80s records, which now look and sound brilliant thanks to the groove washer. I posted a bunch of |
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| 2:13.9 | And with that, let's talk to Derek Shulman about the history and the records of Gentle Giant. |
| 2:20.2 | Do you listen to and collect vinyl records? |
| 2:22.9 | Well, you're in luck. |
| 2:24.4 | Welcome to The Vinyl Guide, the podcast made for record nerds like yourself. |
| 2:28.7 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 2:32.3 | All right, I heard my name. |
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