GENTLE GIANT   OCTOPUS
1972
01. The Advent Of Panurge (4:42)
02. Raconteur Troubadour (4:02)
03. A Cry For Everyone (4:04)
04. Knots (4:10)
05. The Boys In The Band (4:33)
06. Dog's Life (3:11)
07. Think Of Me With Kindness (3:31)
08. River (5:52)

Total playing time: 34:18

Kerry Minnear: all Keyboards, Vibraphone, Percussion, Cello, Moog, Lead & Backing Vocals
Raymond Shulman: Bass violin, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
Gary Green: Guitars, Percussion
Derek Shulman: Lead Vocals, Alto Saxophone
Philip Shulman: Saxophones, Trumpet, Mellophone, Lead & Backing Vocals
John Weathers: Drums, Congas & Percussion

Many thanks to Martin Rushant for laugh coinspin & variable speed oscillator, & Mike Vickers, Moog operator

All titles composed by Minnear/Shulman/Shulman/Shulman
Produced by Gentle Giant
Engineer: Martin Rushant
Mastering engineer: Cliff Morris
Tape operator: Geoff Young
Over-all American supervision: Murray Krugman
Recorded at Advision Studios, London
Cover concept & design by John Berg
Art by Fluid Drive
Illustration: Charles White III
Design: Kenny Kneitel
Lettering: Michael Doret

Mastered for CD by Gert van Hoeyen

(P) © 1972 Phonogram Ltd., London

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