The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles & Fripp

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The Saga Of Rodney Toady
A1	North Meadow
A2	Newly-weds
A3	One In A Million
A4	Call Tomorrow
A5	Digging My Lawn
A6	Little Children
A7	The Crukster
A8	Thursday Morning Arranged By – Ivor Raymonde
Just George
B1	How Do They Know
B2	Elephant Song
B3	The Sun Is Shining
B4	Suite No. 1
B5	Erudite Eyes

Credits

• Backing Vocals – The Breakaways
• Cello – A. Ford*, C. Tunnell*
• Engineer – Bill Price (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to A8, B1 to B5), Martin Smith (tracks: A3)
• Keyboards – Mike Hill , Nicky Hopkins
• Performer – Michael Giles, Peter Giles, Robert Fripp
• Photography [Cover] – Gered Mankowitz
• Producer – Wayne Bickerton
• Trombone – C. Hardie*, T. Barker*
• Viola – J. Coulling*, R. Patten*
• Violin – B. Pecker*, G. Salisbury, G. Fields*, K. Isaacs*, R. Cohen*, W. Reid*
• Written-By – M. Giles* (tracks: A3, A7, A8 to B3), P. Giles* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5), Fripp* (tracks: A6, B4, B5)

Notes

Concept album, with a theme for each side. Tracks are interspersed with comments, which together "tell" a story.

Dates of composition:
A - Oct. 1967
A1 - July 1967
A2 - Feb. 1968
A3 - Nov. 1965
A4 - March 1968
A5 - June 1967
A6 - April 1967
A7 - Oct. 1966
A8 - June 1967
B - March 1967
B1 - March 1967
B2 - June 1967
B3 - April 1967
B4 - March 1968
B5 - Feb. 1968

Ref ZAL 8330/8331 appear on label

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: SLDT 3895 8 / SLDT 3896 8

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SML 1022	Giles, Giles And Fripp	The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles And Fripp ‎(LP, Album)	Deram	SML 1022	UK	1968
TAKRL 1948	Giles, Giles And Fripp	The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles And Fripp ‎(LP, Album, RE, Unofficial)	The Amazing Kornyfone Record Label	TAKRL 1948	US	Unknown
CRP203	Giles, Giles And Fripp	The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles And Fripp ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Cherry Red Phonograph	CRP203	UK	2013
GGFCD 120103, GGFCD-120103	Giles, Giles And Fripp	The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles And Fripp ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	King Crimson Family, King Crimson Family	GGFCD 120103, GGFCD-120103	Russia	Unknown
SHOT008	Giles, Giles And Fripp	The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles And Fripp ‎(LP, Album, RE, Unofficial)	Shot	SHOT008	UK	2005

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