APHRODITE'S CHILD - 666 VERTIGO SWIRL 1st Press 1972 EX PINK FLOYD

	£		52
	$		69

APHRODITE'S CHILD -

666

VERTIGO

6673 001

1st DE press 1972 

machined 1st press matrices 

Credits

• Bass, Backing Vocals – Demis Roussos
• Bass, Tenor Saxophone, Congas, Drums, Backing Vocals – Harris Halkitis*
• Composed By – Vangelis Papathanassiou*
• Drums, Backing Vocals – Lucas Sideras
• Engineer [Assistant] – Jean-Claude Conan
• Engineer [Recording] – Roger Roche
• Guitar, Percussion – Silver Koulouris*
• Lyrics By – Costas Ferris
• Lyrics By [Greek Text] – Yannis Tsarouchis
• Narrator – John Forst
• Organ, Piano, Flute, Percussion, Vibraphone, Backing Vocals – Vangelis Papathanassiou*
• Producer, Arranged By – Vangelis Papathanassiou*
• Trombone – Michel Ripoche

Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (Cat. no. disc 1): 6333 500
• Other (Cat. no. disc 2): 6333 501
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped): 10 AA6333500 1Y 320
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped): 10 AA6333500 2Y 320
• Matrix / Runout (Runout C, stamped): 10 AA6333501 1Y 320
• Matrix / Runout (Runout D, stamped): 10 AA6333501 2Y 320
• (FROM : DISCOGS.COM)

This was an ultimate freak out album in its time -- a weird amalgam of group chants, Moog excursions, obligatory pop and narrations with Vangelis Papathanassiou on keyboards. Despite the moments of absolutely flat pop (one track per side) it barely affects the flow of the rest of this mind-bending and bad trip-inducing potpourri. Recorded under the influence of “SAHLEP”(!), it begins with “The System,” all steam hammer effects over chants until Silver Koulouris’ “Pinball Wizard” guitar introduces “Babylon” and the emergence of Aphrodite’s Child’s inner power trio -- a trip regrettably underrepresented here as ambient instrumentals abound: “The Four Horsemen” is all tinkling chimes and deep echo; “The Lamb” is an instrumental with blaring bouzouki-type keyboards, while “Aegean Sea” is all twinkling stars over a moonless Mediterranean until Lucas Sideras’ huge drum kit cracks open a fissure with Koulouris’ distorto guitar. Chimes appear out of the brief and barely audible “The Waking Beast” as a distant voice wails mournfully in Greek continues over a low synthesizer drone when “The Marching Beast” bursts in at ten times the volume with oscillating keyboard runs and punctuated by a ridiculous Tull-like flute trill.

 What follows is “The Battle of The Locusts” / “Do It.” A narrator intones the title in double echo, and it’s Ash Ra Tempel meets Santana in a burn out that gets persistently interrupted by the announcer as though he’s giving a play-by-play on the sidelines. But the Apocalypse will not be televised, but only represented by magnificent power trio rocking out to their highest extreme and Silver Koulouris goes for it via an angry mass of wah wah at the end.

Vinyls: EX . Stunning deep glossy and heavy vinyl. These have barely been played. Beautiful glossy vinyls without any marks or major hairlines.  Just one wispy retraction type hairlines can be made out on each side but these are very faint indeed and need a strong light to be seen. The labels are NM and the album looks like it was only bought last week, time warp condition. I subjected the records to a detailed listen on my high end system and it sounded stunning. Lovely channel separation without any distortion or crackle. These are a beautiful upgrade.  Definitely in the upper quartile for this album which is hardly ever found these days.

Gatefold Sleeve: VG+ to EX.  Without doubt a hard  sleeve to still find intact but this one is great!!! The art work to the laminated front is absolutely stunning with very vivid colours. The spine is just about legible but has some wear. The opening is still super crisp but has a tiny 0.5 cm tear, blink and you'll miss it. The pictures are part of the description.  NO splits, NO writing, NO tears, a couple of minorsmall creases near the edges. A great, well looked after album that has been stored with care for the past 47 years. 

This is a unique investment opportunity!!! The next prog album to go completely through the roof. Finding this album in any condition at all is nearly impossible so late in the day. Get this while you still can. This value of the album is only going to go one way ... up and up ... until it will be totally unavailable at all for a reasonable price.

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Though there are rarely ever any problems with my items, I always try my very best to describe everything exactly!  PLEASE REMEMBER to contact me FIRST,  if you have any problems at all, before you leave feedback and star ratings, so I get a chance to turn any negative experience into a positive one!  I can always happily sort anything out for you, if you let me know you have a problem!  This way no one has to leave Negative/Neutral feedback - and we both walk away happy! Similarly with the amount of stars, anything less than a full 5 * rating is effectively detrimental to a seller's rating as lower ratings will incur higher Final Value Fees  and lower priority in the bidlists eventually making it unattractive to list items on Ebay at all. I know of at least one major previous Ebay seller who has decided not to list via Ebay again. Please do NOT bid if you cannot give me at least 1 chance to sort everything out to your FULL satisfaction in the unlikely event of a problem.  Thanks again!!

This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.