I recently picked up a retrospective album of Giles, Giles and Fripp, a 2001 CD called The Brondesbury Tapes (1968). This album shows a lot of experimentation as well as the folk-rock side of what would later become King Crimson, including two fully-formed renditions of “I Talk to the Wind”, one of which features Judy Dyble on vocals.
The Giles Brothers first played with Johnny King & the Raiders and with Dave Anthony & the Rebels in 1960 and 1961. Though neither band ever made any recordings, Al Kirtley of the Rebels played piano on “Hypocrite”, the first track on the Giles, Giles and Fripp CD,The Brondesbury Tapes (1968).
(March 2013)
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When writing about the Giles Brothers – which was never actually a band, though Peter Giles and Michael Giles were in numerous rock bands, often at the same time – I was mostly exploring the origins of King Crimson. I worked extra hard to get an associated album, contacting Bomp! Records specifically about making sure that the Giles, Giles and Fripp album, The Brondesbury Tapes (1968) was included in the order. (The other man in the group is Robert Fripp, the only continuous member of King Crimson over the decades).
(March 2015)
