![]() 'Birdman' (music: Ian McDonald, lyrics: Peter Sinfield) 21:22.'Tomorrow's People – The Children of Today' (Michael Giles) 7:00.'Flight of the Ibis' (music: Ian McDonald, lyrics: BP Fallon) 3:11.There are a few slightly different segues in the song 'Birdman' and the sections of this song are marked as separate tracks on the CD. Some of the tracks of the 2002 edition have very minor editing. A phrase near the beginning of 'Suite in C' has slightly different lyrics. The revised version can be recognised by the use of green lettering on the cover instead of pink. In 2002 the group members authorised a revised version of the CD with improved sound. This version was the same as the original vinyl but was mastered from a tape copy several generations removed from the original master. It came in both jewel box and paper sleeve versions. Peter Giles returned to the accounting trade, alas, while Ian McDonald eventually wound up as part of Foreigner, which is another tale entirely.The first CD edition was released in Japan in the early 1990s. The main attraction is really the performances turned in by McDonald and the Giles brothers - they all sound fabulous, even when waffling musically, while Michael Giles has a unique drum tone that never has been duplicated (Giles himself abandoned the sound for his later career in Jackson Heights and as a session drummer). The 20-minute “Birdman” tends toward self-indulgence, while “Tomorrow’s People – The Children of Today” loses focus halfway and spends the next four minutes being a blithering - if pretty - musical idiot. Following the meltdown of the original King Crimson lineup, Ian McDonald and Michael Giles brought brother Peter Giles back, which helps to account, in some ways, for the resemblance of this album to the 1968 Giles, Giles & Fripp recordings - though the songs here tend to go on at some length, combining prog rock’s traits of length and multiple sections with some of the lighter feel of the GG&F days. ![]()
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