Scraping the Barrel


Scraping the Barrel was the second of two box sets of the English progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 2004.

Track listing

Disk 1 - Total Time 77:49 - Material from ''Gentle Giant'' through to ''Free Hand''

  1. "Giant" - Vocal Mix
  2. "Alucard" - Derek, Master of Ceremonies
  3. "Pantagruels Nativity" - Vocal Mix
  4. "Schooldays" - Piano, Studio
  5. "Schooldays" - Grand Piano, Studio
  6. "Working All Day" - Demo
  7. "Peel the Paint" - Different Solo
  8. "Mr. Class & Quality" - Intro Bits + Complete Solos
  9. "Three Friends" - Piano Experiment
  10. "Three Friends" - Vocal Mix
  11. "Kerry's Kindness"
  12. "Think of Me with Kindness" - Studio Outtake
  13. "Keyboard Concerto" - Plymouth 1973
  14. "In a Glass House" Intro
  15. "Runaway/Experience" Segue
  16. "Way of Life" without Vox
  17. "Proclamation" - Rehearsal before take
  18. "Proclamation" - Demo
  19. "Playing the Game" - Experiment
  20. "Playing the Game" - Pick'n'Mix
  21. "Playing the Game" - Alternative Part
  22. "The Boogie and the Woogie" - Cogs
  23. "No God's a Man" - Demo
  24. "No God's a Man" - Vocal Mix
  25. "The Face" - Demo
  26. "Valedictory" Starts
  27. "The Power and the Glory" - Imbetweenies
  28. "The Power and the Glory" - Demo / Band / Studio Pick'n'mix
  29. "The Power and the Glory" Second Song
  30. "With Gentle Giant on KMET" Jingle
  31. "On Reflection" - Rehearsal Chaos
  32. "Free Hand" Riff
  33. "His Last Voyage" - Vocal Mix

    Disk 2 - Total Time 74:11 - Material from ''Free Hand'' through to ''Civilian''

  34. "His Last Voyage" - Demo
  35. "Talybont" - Special mix
  36. "Talybont" - Demos
  37. "Mobile" - Demos
  38. "Mobile" - Studio Outtake
  39. "Give it Back" - Guitar
  40. "Give it Back" - Funny voices
  41. "Another Show" - M8
  42. "Empty City" - Studio Outtake
  43. "Empty City" - Guitar and Rhodes Mix
  44. "Empty City" - Vocal Mix
  45. "Timing" - Demo
  46. "Intro '77"
  47. "Two Weeks in Spain" - Rehearsal
  48. "Two Weeks in Spain" - Studio
  49. "12 bar Warmup + Who Do You Think You Are?" Outtake + Rehearsal
  50. "Rock Me Baby"
  51. "As Old as You're Young"
  52. "Winning" - Band Rehearsal - Odd M8
  53. "Winning" - Lights Rehearsal - Pinewood
  54. "For Nobody"
  55. "For Nobody" - Vocal Mix
  56. "Friends" - Demo
  57. "Rock Climber" - Band rehearsal
  58. "Shadows on the Street"

    Disk 3 - Total Time 76:00 - New recordings, and old solo projects

  59. "Home Again"
  60. "Moog Fugue"
  61. "Move Over"
  62. "Really Don't Know"
  63. "Heaven's Tears"
  64. "Flower Arranging"
  65. "Living In a Restaurant"
  66. "You Make Me Very Happy"
  67. "Get Out of My Way"
  68. "Wisdom Was Calling"
  69. "Good Christian Men Rejoice"
  70. "Hava Nagila"
  71. "Homeland"
  72. "Burn My Working Clothes"
  73. "On Safari"
  74. "Starting Line"
  75. "Running Away"
  76. "Our World"
  77. "Back To the Front"
  78. "Prehistoric Boss Level"
  79. "Volcano"

    Disk 4 - Misc

  80. Various MP3 files and visual images.

    Personnel