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Playing the Fool - The Official Live is a live album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant which was released in 1977. The album contains versions of songs from all of the band's studio albums to that point except for Acquiring the Taste (although a section from the title track of that album is featured in "Excerpts from Octopus"). The original UK LP came with a 12-page booklet that has not been reproduced in any of the CD editions.

Playing the Fool - The Official Live

Live album by

Gentle Giant

Released

18 January 1977

Recorded

23 September – 7 October 1976 in Düsseldorf, Paris, Brussels and Munich

Genre

Progressive rock
experimental rock

Length

78:09

Label

Chrysalis (UK)
Capitol (U.S.)

Producer

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant chronology

Interview
(1976)

Playing the Fool - The Official Live
(1977)

The Missing Piece
(1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Babyblaue Seiten	14.33/15 link
Sea of Tranquility	link

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, and Ray Shulman except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Notes	Length
1.	"Just the Same/Proclamation"	Düsseldorf, 1976-09-23	11:13
2.	"On Reflection"	Düsseldorf, 1976-09-23	6:20

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Notes	Length
3.	"Excerpts from Octopus (The Boys in the Band/Raconteur Troubadour/Acquiring the Taste/Knots/Organ Bridge/The Advent of Panurge)"	Minnear, Shulman, Shulman, Phil Shulman	Paris, 1976-10-05	15:35
4.	"Funny Ways"	Minnear, Shulman, Shulman, Shulman	Munich, 1976-09-25	8:35

Side three
No.	Title	Notes	Length
5.	"The Runaway/Experience"	Paris, 1976-10-05	9:31
6.	"So Sincere"	Paris, 1976-10-05	10:22

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Notes	Length
7.	"Free Hand"		Brussels, 1976-10-07	7:40
8.	"Sweet Georgia Brown"	Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard	Brussels, 1976-10-07	1:15
9.	"Peel the Paint/I Lost My Head"	Minnear, Shulman, Shulman, Shulman ("Peel the Paint")	Paris, 1976-10-05	7:35

35th anniversary re-release edition

Disc 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Just the Same"	5:57
2.	"Proclamation/Valedictory"	5:18
3.	"On Reflection"	6:20
4.	"Excerpts from Octopus"	15:39
5.	"Funny Ways"	8:30
Total length:		41:44

Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
6.	"The Runaway"	3:56
7.	"Experience"	5:36
8.	"So Sincere"	10:20
9.	"Free Hand"	7:40
10.	"Sweet Georgia Brown (Breakdown in Brussels)"	1:21
11.	"Peel the Paint/I Lost My Head"	7:32
Total length:		36:25

The track listing and times differ depending on the specific release.

Personnel

Gentle Giant

Gary Green – electric and acoustic 6- and 12-string guitars, backing vocals, alto and soprano recorders, percussion
Kerry Minnear – electric piano, backing vocals, clavinet, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, cello, vibes, tenor recorder, percussion
Derek Shulman – lead vocals, alto saxophone, soprano recorder, bass, percussion
Ray Shulman – bass, backing vocals, violin, acoustic guitar, soprano recorder, trumpet, percussion
John Weathers – drums, backing vocals, vibes, tambourine, percussion

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1977	US Billboard 200	89

References

The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 424.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/playing-the-fool-the-official-live-mw0000201185

v t e Gentle Giant
Gary Green Kerry Minnear Derek Shulman Ray Shulman John Weathers Phil Shulman Martin Smith Malcolm Mortimore
Studio albums	Gentle Giant Acquiring the Taste Three Friends Octopus In a Glass House The Power and the Glory Free Hand Interview The Missing Piece Giant for a Day! Civilian
Live albums	Playing the Fool

На других языках

- [en] Playing the Fool

[ru] Playing the Fool

Playing the Fool (в переводе с англ. — «изображая дурака») — девятый двойной концертный альбом британской рок-группы Gentle Giant, выпущенный лейблом Chrysalis Records в 1977 году.

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