GRAVY TRAIN 1971 LP (BALLAD OF) PEACEFUL MAN 1979 RE SOUTH AFRICA VERTIGO SWIRL
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GRAVY TRAIN - 1971 LP (A BALLAD OF) A PEACEFUL MAN - 1979 SOUTH AFRICAN REISSUE ON VERTIGO SWIRL 6360 051 WITH DARK BLUE LABELS - RECORD IS VERY WELL-PRESERVED EXCELLENT MINUS CONDITION - COVER IS NOT GATEFOLD LAMINATED AND IN VG+ CONDITION DUE TO SMALL SPLIT OF THE SPINE - ORIGINAL UK PRESSING IS R4 ON RARITY SCALE (SEE PICTURES)
SOME INFORMATION FROM INTERNET ABOUT THIS RELEASE Line-up: Norman Barrett, voc, gtr/ Barry Davenport, dr/ J.D.Hughes, fl, keyb, sax, voc/ Les Williams, bsgtr, voc.
Production: John Peel for Mike Vaughan Productions Ltd..
Photography by Robert Lambert & Robert Lee.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured by unknown.
Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios.
Track listing A-side: Alone in Georgia/ (A Ballad Of) A Peaceful Man/ Jule''s Delight.
Track listing B-side: Messenger/ Can Anybody Hear Me/ Old Tin Box/ Won't Talk About It/ Home Again.
There are no running time indications anywhere.
The Vertigo logo on front is orange.
Matrix number A-side:
6360051 1Y//1 1 1 3
Matrix number B-side:
6360051 2Y//1 1 1 1
Rarity scale: R4
The Train tries on their second LP to concoct a slightly more commercial sound with generally favourable results. Hughes' flute is mixed into the front, which is advantageous, since it is one of the best features in the music. There are multi-part vocals, very succesfully so on the closing Home again. Strings on Alone in Georgia do not work, because they are in unsubtle discord to the music. The title track is fine and diverse prog-rock. Mellotron is being used to good effect on Messenger. This all makes for an overall notable record, that due to poor promotion did not leave any trace in 1971. Now it's one of the main collectibles on Vertigo and one can only hope that the surviving bandmembers still have a box of this in their attic.
The contrast on the cover between a dark-skinned hand an a very white and wet egg is memorable enough. Our copy is laminated.
The lettering echoes mildly the contrast and fits in nicely.
Almost overgrown with weeds, the band looks moody and self-conscious on the inside.
Notes: this seems to exist with the Vertigo wording underneath the spindle hole, although technically this appears impossible.
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