Giant - What's In This Life For You mp3 download

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Giant can be best described as a psychedelic rock or psychedelic funk band from the late 1960’s. The group contained nine members and was arranged by Al Del Monte and David Spinozza who were both members of Giant. The group appears to have reached the climax of their success with the 1970 Mercury Records recording of “What’s In This Life For You”. Unfortunately, the album was never released by Mercury and Giant fell into musical obscurity. I first discovered Giant after listening Queen of Downs on “Status Breaks – Heavy Sounds for Today’s Connoisseur”. Queen of Downs represents the best of what the group was capable of. The song is laced with the types of riffs, breaks and vocals that were indicative of the genre and style of the time. Queen of Downs can be classified as early funk or psychedelic rock but this simple and broad description does not summarize the group’s overall sound. With songs like Plastic World, Queen of Downs, Think! What’s In This Life For You, Range Rider, In My World (which sounds similar to Bossa Nova) and One Night Stand Man that is reminiscent of the instrumentals from the “School House Rock” animated shorts of the early 1970’s. Perhaps it was the group’s genre ambiguities and (Mercury Records) releases by artist with better defined listener bases such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Butler, Rod Steward and Melba Moore that caused the sheaving of Giant’s album; on the other hand a band with a sound as diverse as Giant is a treasure for the beat digging producer or disc jockey looking for something very few others have found. This album may be slightly advanced for the beginner vinyl aficionado but for those who are searching for obscure funky laced tracks with production value, “What’s In This Life For You” can be the hidden gem in your arsenal that sets your sound apart from the other’s. kM kELLAM

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Hey kuttmaster: I am so grateful for your very kind words for the album Giant. For David Spinozza and myself, it was a labor of love. Unfotunately Mercury Records was going thru a transition and decided we were not a part of that. It was so fun recording with a very young, extreemly talented group of young boys from Westchester County. Christee Thompson came into our lives at just the right time and she was a blast of a singer and organist. David went on to become one of the premier studio guitarists in America.He was a great friend and I cherished our time together. After having the great fortune to work with the prolifc Jeff Barry and Jimmy Ienner I decided to leave music for a saner life. My son discovered you and showed this to me. Thank you so very much for recognizing and saluting a work and a group that was cut way too short. As for me, you made my day and year. Haha. My children think I am a rock star. Thank you and much success in the future.