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'Giles, Giles and Fripp' were a quirky English late sixties band featuring brothers Michael Giles on drums, Peter Giles on bass guitar and vocals, and rounded out by Robert Fripp on guitar.
The group formed in their native Bournemouth, Dorset area in 1967 when the Giles brothers put an ad in a newspaper looking for a singing keyboard player. Fripp, a non-singing guitarist responded but was hired anyway. Between late 1967 and late 1968 the group lived at a London house in Brondesbury Road. Throughout their time at the house they made many demo recordings. These tapes led to a record contract with U.K. Decca's newly formed Deram Records division.
In April 1968 the group recorded an album for Deram ''The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp'' and two singles. All of the Deram recordings sold poorly. In autumn 1968 the group added Ian McDonald on saxophone, flute and clarinet, and Judy Dyble, previously with Fairport Convention, on vocals. Ian McDonald's clarinet overdubs appeared on the single version of ''Thursday Morning''. The label then rejected their next studio sessions including "She Is Loaded" and "Under The Sky". Later Deram recordings now appear as bonus tracks on the CD. Judy Dyble did not appear on any of the Deram recordings.
They continued to record at home. Dyble was only with the group for a short time but did perform with the group on a few songs including "Make It Today" and an early version of ''I Talk To The Wind''. A collection of the home recordings were eventually released in 2002 as ''The Brondesbury Tapes''. Though the recordings are mono they have good sound and are close to studio quality for the period.
In late 1968 Peter Giles left the group. Michael Giles, Robert Fripp and Ian McDonald went on to form the first King Crimson line-up, rounded out by bassist/vocalist Greg Lake and lyricist Peter Sinfield. Peter Giles would go on to appear on the second Crimson album In the Wake of Poseidon in 1970, and more recently joined with 21st Century Schizoid Band. Judy Dyble would go on to join Trader Horne. In 1971, Michael Giles and Ian McDonald released an album together as McDonald and Giles.