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| Released | 4 November 2002 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Studio | The Cottage Studio, Dorset, England | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, progressive rock | |||
| Producer | Michael Giles | |||
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Progress is a solo album recorded by original King Crimson drummer Michael Giles. It was recorded in 1978, but unreleased until 2002.
The album was recorded in the 70s (mostly in 1978) in Giles home studio after he and former King Crimson keyboardist and woodwind player recorded their 1970 collaborative album McDonald and Giles. [2] It was released 24 years after being completed (in 2002), it has only been released on CD and with no vinyl or official digital release. [3]
The album features extensive contributions from Caravan multi-instrumentalist Geoffrey Richardson (who plays guitar, viola, flute and contributes voice and fretless bass to track 6); the album also features Giles, Giles and Fripp alumni and Giles brother, Peter Giles who plays bass guitar on most tracks with the rest being handled by John G. Perry. Keyboards were played by Giles, Canterbury based keyboardist Dave MacRae and Strawbs keyboardist John Mealing
Giles handles vocals & voices on 4 of the 12 tracks on the album (with contributions from Perry and Richardson on 3 & 5 respectively) with 6 of the tracks being instrumentals and the other 2 tracks feature voices by folk singer Catherine Howe. The album features a small brass section on two tracks which was arranged by Derek Wadsworth and features the alto sax, trumpet, flugelhorn and trombone.
All words and music composed, recorded and produced by Michael Giles. [4]
| No. | Title | Vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Sunrise" | Instrumental | 0:56 |
| 2. | "Departure" | Instrumental | 3:13 |
| 3. | "Rolling" | Giles with John G. Perry | 3:47 |
| 4. | "Daydream" | Instrumental | 1:00 |
| 5. | "Moving" | Giles with Geoffrey Richardson | 4:14 |
| 6. | "Midsummer Day" | Giles | 6:01 |
| 7. | "Progress" | Giles | 6:03 |
| 8. | "Sunset" | Catherine Howe | 3:46 |
| 9. | "Shunter" | Instrumental | 2:43 |
| 10. | "Rocking" | Instrumental | 2:10 |
| 11. | "Night Dream" | Instrumental | 2:08 |
| 12. | "Arrival" | Howe | 6:08 |
| Total length: | 42:08 | ||
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