VpG Ep.: 98 - Gino Vannelli . The Gist of the Gemini(1976)

Hoy nos trasladamos al epicentro creativo de 1976 para desglosar una obra que desafía cualquier etiqueta reduccionista: The Gist of the Gemini, el cuarto álbum de estudio del virtuoso italo-canadiense Gino Vannelli. Grabado en los legendarios AIR Studios de Londres bajo la ingeniería del mítico Geoff Emerick, este disco representa la culminación de una búsqueda por fusionar la grandiosidad de la música clásica, la elasticidad del jazz y la fuerza del pop progresivo, logrando una joya técnica de la era analógica.

TRACKS
A1-Love Of My Life (Gino Vannelli)
A2-Ugly Man (Gino Vannelli)
A3-A New Fix For '76 (Gino Vannelli)
A4-Omens Of Love (Gino Vannelli)
A5-Fly Into This Night (Gino Vannelli)
B1-Prelude To The War (Gino Vannelli)
B2-The Battle Cry (Joe Vannelli)
B3-To The War (Gino Vannelli)
B4-Carnal Question (Gino Vannelli)
B5-After The Last Battle (Gino Vannelli)
B6-To The War (Reflection) (Gino Vannelli)
B7-Summers Of My Life (Gino Vannelli)

Músicos
Gino Vannelli – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano (6), clavinet (8, 11)
Joe Vannelli – acoustic and electric pianos, clavinet, synthesizers, string and brass arrangements
Richard Baker – organ, synthesizers, synth bass, string and brass arrangements
Jay Graydon – electric guitars
Ross Vannelli – acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Graham Lear – drums
John J. Mandell – timpani, percussion
Dido Morris – congas, cuica, timbales
Dianne Brooks – backing vocals
Brenda Russell – backing vocals
The John McCarthy Choir – backing vocals (6)