Under Construction was the first of two box sets

Boxed set

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 of the English progressive rock band Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...

, released in 1997.

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

Track listing

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

Disc 1 - Total Time 73:00 - Entirely Unreleased Material

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

Disc 2 - Total Time 73:18 - Demos and Out-takes

1. "House, the Street, the Room" – 1:50
2. "Prologue" – 0:40
3. "Schooldays" – 2:54
4. "Peel the Paint [Demo Version]" – 0:22
5. "Peel the Paint [Studio]" – 4:22
6. "Mr. Class and Quality" – 3:02
7. "Advent of Panurge" – 0:56
8. "SHH" – 0:15
9. "Inmates Lullaby" – 3:37
10. "Way of Life" – 7:07
11. "Experience" – 6:51
12. "So Sincere [Demo Version]" – 3:30
13. "So Sincere [Studio]" – 3:28
14. "Intro 74" – 2:23
15. "Cogs in Cogs" – 1:43
16. "Intro 76" – 1:40
17. "Just the Same" – 1:42
18. "Free Hand" – 2:58
19. "Time to Kill" – 3:32
20. "Interview Demo" – 2:02
21. "Give It Back" – 2:23
22. "Design" – 0:46
23. "Another Show" – 2:24
24. "Empty City" – 3:36
25. "I Lost My Head [Demo Version]" – 2:31
26. "I Lost My Head [Studio]" – 1:41
27. "Convenience (Clean and Easy)" – 1:03
28. "Freedoms Child [Demo Version]" – 3:18
29. "Kerry" – 0:01

Personnel

• Gary Green
  Gary Green
  Gary Green is a British musician. During the 1970s, he was the guitarist for the progressive rock band Gentle Giant. Green was with the band from the debut album Gentle Giant all the way to the last album Civilian. Green's style was different from most of his peers, being a more "blues" based...
  
   - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, 12 string wah-wah guitar, donkey's jawbone, cat calls, voice
• Kerry Minnear
  Kerry Minnear
  Kerry Minnear is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist who played in the innovative progressive rock band Gentle Giant during the 1970s....
  
   - electric piano, organ, mellotron, vibraphone, Moog, piano, celeste, clavichord, harpsichord, tympani, maracas, lead vocals
• Derek Shulman
  Derek Shulman
  Derek Shulman is a British musician and singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record executive...
  
   - alto sax, clavichord, cowbell, lead vocals
• Phil Shulman
  Phil Shulman
  Phil Shulman , was a member of the progressive rock group Gentle Giant from 1970 to 1972 and performed on their albums Gentle Giant, Acquiring the Taste, Three Friends and Octopus....
  
   - alto & tenor sax, clarinet, trumpet, piano, claves, maracas, lead vocals
• Ray Shulman
  Ray Shulman
  Raymond Shulman is a British musician, and the youngest of three brothers in progressive rock band, Gentle Giant.Born in Portsmouth, Shulman's father was a trumpet player in a jazz band, and that was the first instrument he learned to play...
  
   - 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)