Gentle Giant SELF TITLED DEBUT LP UK 1ST PRESS VERTIGO SWIRL EX/EX+

	£		285
	$		378

GENTLE GIANT - GENTLE GIANT

IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

FIRST PRESS VERTIGO SPIRAL LABEL

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360020 
• MATRIX: 6360020 1Y//1 v 420 1 1 / 2Y//1 v 420 1 1

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SPIRAL LABELS ARE IN  PRISTINE CONDITION. THE SPIRAL SIDE IS IMMACULATE AND THE WHITE SIDE EVERY BIT AS GOOD. NO MARKS OR STAINS. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED. THERE ARE 4-5 SM,ALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. IN DAYLIGHT IT APPEARS FLAWLESS.

UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE SOME ULTRA FINE HANDLING LINES AND SOME  WISPY HAIRLINES.

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

I WOULDN'T NORMALLY LIST ANYTHING OF THIS GRADE BUT DUE TO ITS SCARCITY AND THAT IT PLAYS THROUGH VERY NICELY I HAVE DECIDED TO OFFER IT UP FOR AUCTION

DESPITE THIS NOT BEING A MINT COPY THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL WHEN A DISC HAS A LITTLE BACKGROUND CRACKLE. I AM CERTAIN THAT MOST COLLECTORS CAN PUT UP WITH A LITTLE BACKGROUND BUT NOT IF THERE IS A DISTORTION TO THE SOUND.

THE VINYL PLAYS WITH SOME LIGHT BACKGROUND THROUGH THE MORE QUIET PASSAGES, AND HAS RANDOM LITTLE DUST POPS AND TICS

I GRADE THIS AS EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT PLUS

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN THOUGH AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED HOWARDS  GATEFOLD SLEEVE WHICH IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE DEPICTED BY THE VO PRICE CODE BOX AND CATALOGUE NUMBER IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER ON THE REAR SURFACE.

THIS LIKE MANY NON LAMINATED SLEEVES WAS TERRIBLY PRONE TO SEVERE COLOUR LOSS AND I HAVE LOST COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF THESE SLEEVES OF THIS TYPE THAT I HAVE SEEN THAT HAVE RUBBED BADLY. DUE WHOLLY TO THE FACT THAT THE COLOUR USED WAS A FINE POWDERY FINISH AND RUBBED AWAY ALMOST BY LOOKING AT IT.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN, AND HAS 99% OF THE COLOUR RETAINED. THERE IS A THIN SLIVER OF ADARK LINE PARALLEL TO THE SPINE AND A COUPLE REALLY TINY SPECKS OF WHITE.

IT'S ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT AT THIS TIME THAT THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE ANYWHERE ON THE FRONT SURFACE

THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINE. THREE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE HAS MOST OF THE DELICATE COLOUR  RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP END, AND A FEW WHITE FLECKS RANDOMLY ALONG THE SURFACE.

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS SIMILAR WITH A LITTLE MORE TOWARDS THE RIGHT CORNER

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. THE COLOURS ARE ALL THERE AND HAVE REMAINED UNRUBBED. THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS HAVE THE TINIEST SPECK OF RUBBING, AND THERE IS A COUPLE OF WHITE SPOTS SHOWING ON THE LEADING EDGE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH SOME  BURRING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONT EDGE

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS PRISTINE AS THE FRONT . IN FACT THERE IS NOTHING OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF REALLY TINY LINES NEXT TO THE EDGES. ALL OF THE COLOUR IS PRISTINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD, REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS

THE POLY LINED VERTIGO SWIRL INNER SLEEVE IS UNSPLIT AND UNCREASED WITH A LITTLE GLUE AGEING TO THE SEAMS. IT HAS THE CORRECT 1070 (OCTOBER 1970) DATE PRINTED IN THE LEFT CORNER

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY