The Cheerful Insanity of Giles Giles & Fripp (The Songs)

The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp is the only studio album by the English band Giles, Giles and Fripp. The music shows a varied mix of psychedelic pop, folk, jazz and classical influences. The songs on each LP side are connected with comedic spoken word pieces, "The Saga of Rodney Toady" and "Just George", which tell stories. The album had little recognition on first release, but has gained more attention through multiple reissues. According to Robert Fripp the album sold only 500 copies. This information came from his royalty statement, but it seems unlikely that this was the total number sold on initial release. Most copies are stereo, but a rare mono LP was also released in the UK. The original United States and Canadian editions had a different cover from that of the UK version. There are at least four CD editions: the first was in Japan with no bonus tracks, followed by US and UK releases with bonus tracks compiled from singles and previously unreleased recordings. A later Japanese re-issue in a paper sleeve contained the bonus tracks as well as a bonus paper sleeve reproduction of the US cover. Subsequent editions on Esoteric and Deram followed this format. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Che...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)