Gentle Giant: Free Hand version on vinyl 2LP in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in Europe in publishing company Alucard on 25. June 2021.

"Free Hand" is the seventh album by Gentle Giant, originally released in 1975. It is their most commercially successful album with a Top 40 placement on the Billboard charts and also represents the culmination of the group's artistic maturation process from their eponymous 1969 debut to classics like "In A Glass House" and its immediate predecessor "The Power & The Glory". The album title and title track is a reference to the liberating end of the contract with longtime parent label Vertigo and a new beginning with Chrysalis. The seven tracks on the album are brimming with enthusiasm and balance between the wonderfully playful, spun GG signature sounds and the top-notch songwriting by the band around Derek and Ray Shulman. From the intricate vocal style of "On Reflection" to the fragile medieval feel of "Talybont" and the Celtic inspired rocker "Time To Kill" to the varied rhythmic interplay of "Just The Same". The lyrics are partly literary, but also comment on the band's life as rock musicians. As with "The Power And The Glory", "Octopus" and "Three Piece Suite" (a compilation of tracks from the first three albums), STEVEN WILSON, the main writer and Gentle Giant fan, has remixed the album. The result sounds businesslike, fresh and modern. The "Free Hand" remaster will be released in three configurations: as a CD+Blu-ray with Dolby Atmos 5.1 surround sound and animated small art films for each track. There is an original flat mix, an original four mix and an instrumental mix. Also a digipack CD with Steven Wilson remix and a double LP (180g in gatefold sleeve) with Steven Wilson remix and original flat mix!

Album spans genres Rock and Progressive rock. & 180g 2LP Steven Wilson 2021 Remix + Original Flat Mix Gatefold Vinyl.

Gentle Giant: Free Hand version on CD in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in Europe in publishing company Alucard on 25. June 2021.

"Free Hand" is the seventh album by Gentle Giant, originally released in 1975. It is their most commercially successful album with a Top 40 placement on the Billboard charts and also represents the culmination of the group's artistic maturation process from their eponymous 1969 debut to classics like "In A Glass House" and its immediate predecessor "The Power & The Glory". The album title and title track is a reference to the liberating end of the contract with longtime parent label Vertigo and a new beginning with Chrysalis. The seven tracks on the album are brimming with enthusiasm and balance between the wonderfully playful, spun GG signature sounds and the top-notch songwriting by the band around Derek and Ray Shulman. From the intricate vocal style of "On Reflection" to the fragile medieval feel of "Talybont" and the Celtic inspired rocker "Time To Kill" to the varied rhythmic interplay of "Just The Same". The lyrics are partly literary, but also comment on the band's life as rock musicians. As with "The Power And The Glory", "Octopus" and "Three Piece Suite" (a compilation of tracks from the first three albums), STEVEN WILSON, the main writer and Gentle Giant fan, has remixed the album. The result sounds businesslike, fresh and modern. The "Free Hand" remaster will be released in three configurations: as a CD+Blu-ray with Dolby Atmos 5.1 surround sound and animated small art films for each track. There is an original flat mix, an original four mix and an instrumental mix. Also a digipack CD with Steven Wilson remix and a double LP (180g in gatefold sleeve) with Steven Wilson remix and original flat mix!

Album spans genres Rock and Progressive rock. Mix Steven Wilson 2021 Remix.