''Thud'' is the first studio album by the
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artist
Kevin Gilbert. It was released in 1995. The album was his last release before his accidental death in 1996.
Track listing
Some distributions of the album were also co-packaged with a bonus CD entitled "Kashmir & Thud EP" including five additional tracks:
Personnel
*Kevin Gilbert - vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, drums (5, 7), cello
*
Bill Bottrell
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Between 1967 and 1970, Bottrell attended Cresc ...
- backing vocals, guitar (3), pedal steel guitar (7)
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Brian MacLeod
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- drums, percussion
*Dan Schwartz - bass (1, 3, 7, 8)
*Robert Ferris - backing vocals (4, 6)
*Skip Waring, Toby Holmes, Jay Mueller and Bruce Friedman - brass section (9)
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Lyle Workman - electric guitar (2)
Additional personnel for ''Kashmir & Thud EP'' include:
*Kevin Gilbert - vocals, guitars, bass, mic feedback (3), foot tambourine (4), arrangements (1)
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Corky James
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- guitars (1), arrangements (1)
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Dave Kerzner
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- mellotron (3), orchestron (1)
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Nick D'Virgilio - drums (3), percussion (4)
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Russ Parrish
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Early life
Russell John Parrish was born in Redwood City, California ...
- guitars (3), bass (4)
*Satnam Ramgotra - tabla (1)
*T.A. Ronn - dobro (4)
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Toss Panos
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- drums (1)
Trivia
*The photography used as the front cover of ''Thud'' was taken by famous German surrealist photographer
Herbert List
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*Two of the songs on ''Thud'', namely "All Fall Down" and "Shrug (Because of Me and You)", were originally recorded by Giraffe and have been reworked by Kevin for this release.
*The original title of "Shadow Self" is "Late for Dinner," which still appears on the ''Thud'' promo release. Gilbert said the track was renamed by mistake in a printing error.
References
External links
*
Thud on progarchives.com'
1995 albums
Kevin Gilbert albums
Albums produced by Bill Bottrell
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