Description MCDONALD & GILES.GATE-FOLD COVER UK 1ST PRESSING ISLAND "I" PINK RIM 1970 McDonald and Giles is an album of music released by British musicians Ian McDonald and Michael Giles in 1971. The album was first issued on Island Records (ILPS 9126) in the UK and in the US as Cotillion Records (SD 9042), a division of Atlantic Records. The album was recorded at Island Studios between May and July 1970. Although McDonald and Giles remains popular among King Crimson fans, its commercial success was limited. The duo did not record a second album. Ian McDonald and Michael Giles were members of the original King Crimson line-up, and were featured performers on the band's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King (1969). Both left the group at the end of its first North American tour in 1969, although Giles appeared on the second King Crimson album, In the Wake of Poseidon (1970), as a session musician. Two other King Crimson members also worked on McDonald and Giles: Peter Giles and Peter Sinfield. The music on McDonald and Giles contains many of the pastoral and musically complex elements of King Crimson, while generally avoiding that band's darker tendencies. The song "Flight of the Ibis" has a similar melody and rhythm to King Crimson's "Cadence and Cascade", with different lyrics. The album contains a guest appearance by Steve Winwood, playing organ and piano on "Turnham Green". Winwood's group Traffic were working on John Barleycorn Must Die at Island Studios at the same time. Michael Giles' drum solo in "Tomorrow's People – The Children of Today" has been sampled by a number of rap and hip-hop artists, most notably the Beastie Boys, on the track "Body Movin'" from the album Hello Nasty. ORIGINAL STEREO 1ST UK PRESSING 1970 VERY (EARLIEST EVER!!!) MATRIX RECORDS LABEL ISLAND "I" PINK RIM / PALM TREE CAT NUMBER : ILPS 9126 THE DISC IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GATE-FOLD COVER PRINTED BY E J. DAY GROUP LONDON MATRIX NUMBERS SIDE 1 ILPS 9126 A-2U SIDE 2 ILPS 9126 B-2U SIDE 1 THE VINYL IS IN STUNNING NR/MINT CONDITION VERY CLEAN YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE CONDITION SIDE 2 THE VINYL IS IN STUNNING NR/MINT CONDITION VERY CLEAN YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE CONDITION THE GATE-FOLD COVER SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE LIGHT CREASES NO WRITING, VERY GOOD EDGES WITH READABLE SPINE & SHARP OPENINGS-GRADES EASILY EXCELLENT + OR BETTER CONDITION A SMALL BIT OF DAMAGE TO THE SPINE AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO"S THE ORIGINAL WHITE RECORD INNER SLEEVE EXCELLENT CONDITION NO SPLIT SEAMS NO TEARS THE LABELS NR/MINT CONDITION SIDE ONE. 1)SITE IN C.(TURNHAM GREEN,HERE I AM, AND OTHERS) 2)FLIGHT OF THE IBIS. 3)IS SHE WAITING? 4)TOMORROW'S PEOPLE- THE CHILDREN OF TODAY SIDE TWO. 1)BIRD-MAN,(THE INVENTOR'S DREAM (Q.U.A.T.) THE WORKSHOP.WISH-BONE ASCENSION,BIRD-MAN FLIES,WINGS IN THE SUNSET,BIRDMAN, THE REFLECTION. HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE I GENERALLY GRADE QUITE CONSERVATIVELY TO AVOID ANY DISAPPOINTMENT Return policy Returns accepted ALL ITEMS MUST BE SENT BACK WITHIN 14DAY"S OR NO REFUND WILL BE GIVEN PLEASE DO NOT PAY FOR ANY ITEM"S BEFORE I SEND YOU YOUR INVOICE! THE PROOF OF POSTING IS ALWAYS OBTAINED FROM THE POST OFFICE THANK YOU FOR LOOKING All records will be carefully packed by me I take great care packaging every item to ensure safe shipment to you When posted records are sent i removed from the sleeve to prevent seam splitting, and posted in proper mailers between cardboard stiffeners. Postage costs include the cost of packing materials. Any questions please feel free to ask Postage Europe postage and packing - £12 for one LP (Registered Air Mail). Rest of the world postage and packing - £15 for one LP (Registered Air Mail). Return policy Returns accepted