GENTLE GIANT OCTOPUS UK PRESS VERTIGO UNPLAYED TOP MINT

	£		27
	$		36

GENTLE GIANT "OCTOPUS" MEGA RARE ORIGINAL UK STEREO PRESSING, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AWESOME CONDITION, ARCHIVE COPY!!! I BOUGHT THIS RECORD FROM NEW AND NEVER PLAYED IT!!! UNBELIEVABLE, ONE PLAY ONLY SINCE 1972!!! THIS IS THE 4th ALBUM BY GENTLE GIANT, RECORDED AT THE ADVISION STUDIOS IN LONDON FROM JULY TO AUGUST 1972 AND RELEASED ON DECEMBER 1, 1972!!!

OCTOPUS IS KNOWN AS THE HARDEST GENTLE GIANT ALBUM AND MARKED A CHANGE IN DRUMMERS FROM MALCOLM MORTIMORE TO JOHN WEATHERS!!! 

100% ORIGINAL UK PRESSING FROM 1972 ON THE VERTIGO SPACESHIP LABELS!!!

PLEASE NOTE: THIS ALBUM ON THE SPACESHIP LABELS IS MUCH RARER AND HARDER TO FIND THAN ON THE VERTIGO SWIRL LABELS!!! IT IS A ORIGINAL 1st PRESS, BECAUSE IT WAS PRESSED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTERS AND CONTAINS THE EARLIEST Y1/Y1 MATRIX ENDINGS ON BOTH SIDES!!! THESE PRODUCE THE BEST SOUND, NO LATER PRESSINGS SOUNDS LIKE THIS ONE WITH Y1/Y1 MATRIX ENDINGS!!!

ORIGINAL AND VERY VERY HARD TO FIND UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD COVE, PRINTED IN ENGLAND!!! THIS IS AN UNTOUCHED ARCHIVE COPY IN MINT CONDITION, NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE!!! ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN SUCH A PERFECT CONDITION LIKE THIS ONE!!!

 COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE!!!

TOP AUDIO ON ALL FREQUENCIES, PLAYED ONCE FROM NEW!!!

THIS IS YOUR FINAL UPGRADE!!!

Release date: 1972

Label/number: VERTIGO/SPACESHIP 6360 080 

Stamped Matrix numbers side one: 6360080 1Y//1 (EARLIEST MATRIX!!!)

Stamped Matrix numbers side two: 6360080 2Y//1 (EARLIEST MATRIX!!!)

VINYL

I BOUGHT THIS RECORD FROM NEW AND NEVER PLAYED IT ALL THE YEARS, SO IT LOOKS SHOP NEW AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT SHEEN!! THE RECORD IS IN AWESOME/NEW CONDITION AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!! UNDER VERY STRONG LIGHT, MAYBE ONE OR TWO OF THE LIGHTEST SLEEVE REMOVAL MARKS ARE VISIBLE, BUT NO OTHER MARKS, HAIRLINES, SCRATCHES ETC.!!!! SO I GRADED THE VINYL AS TOP MINT(-)!!! UNBELIEVABLE FOR A RECORD WHO IS 39 YEARS OLD!!!! IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A BETTER LOOKING COPY!! THIS IS YOUR FINAL UPGRADE FOR SURE!!!

AUDIO

I PLAYED THE COMPLETE RECORD AT VERY LOUD VOLUME!!! THE AUDIO QUALITY IS JUST AMAZING!!!! BOTH SIDES PLAYS CRYSTAL CLEAR!!!! THERE ARE NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS!!!!! TOP AUDIO SEPERATION/PERFECT AUDIO ON ALL FREQUENCIES!!!!! I PLAYED TRACK FOR TRACK AND ALL I´VE HEARD WAS THE LIGHTEST OF STATIC AND MAYBE A HANDFUL OF THE LIGHTEST SOFT/STATIC KLICKS, THAT´S ALL!!!! ON MY SYSTEME THE COMPLETE RECORD PLAYS ABSOLUTELY TOP/ PERFECT!!!! IN MY OPINION ONLY THE EARLIEST PRESSINGS HAVE THE BEST AUDIO QUALITY!! THIS IS THE EARLIEST PRESS EVER AND IT SOUNDS SUPERB!!!! VERY VERY  VIBRANT, CLEAR AND DEEP STEREO SOUND, PERFECT AUDIO SEPERATION, TOP ON ALL FREQUENCIES!!! PLAYS 100% FLAT WITHOUT ANY SKIPS OR STICKS!!! FINAL AUDIO UPGRADE!!!

COVER

THIS IS THE 1st PRESS UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER PRINTED IN ENGLAND!!! IT´S SHOP NEW/UNTOUCHED SINCE 1972 AND THE BEST COPY I´VE EVER SEEN FROM THIS ONE!!! PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES, AND YOU´LL SEE A PERFECT COVER WITHOUT ANY FLAWS!!! ULTRA RARE AND HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION!!!! UNLAMINATED COVERS ARE VERY VERY FRAGILE AND NORMALLY ALWAYS TOTALLY TRASHED BUT THIS ONE IS IN AWESOME/NEW CONDITION!!! SO I GRADED THE COVER AS TOP MINT(-)!!! NO WAY TO FIND A BETTER COPY, AGAIN THIS IS YOUR FINAL UPGRADE FOR SURE!!!

LABELS

THE ORIGINAL VERTIGO SPACESHIP LABELS ARE IN PERFECT/NEW CONDITION!!!! THERE ARE NO SPINDLE MARKS ETC.!!! THIS IS THE EARLIEST PRESS WITH Y1/Y1 MATRIX ENDINGS!!! ULTRA RARE TO FIND!!!!

INNER SLEEVE

THIS FANTASTIC RECORD COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE!!!

I´M A VINYL LOVER!! ALL MY RECORDS ARE 100% STRICTLY AND CONSERVATIVE GRADED!!!

PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES BELOW!!!

I´M LOCATED IN GERMANY AND WILL SHIP WORLDWIDE, SO PLEASE ASK FOR SHIPPING COSTS BEFORE BIDDING!!!

PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER AUCTIONS OF RARE AND HARD TO FIND 60s AND 70s VINYL!!!!