MINTY CLEAN UK = VERTIGO = GENTLE GIANT 1st 1970 Prog Psych NO USA ISSUE
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~ RARE UK VERTIGO ~
NO USA RELEASE -- VERY FIRST LP BY:
GENTLE GIANT
((1st LP))
UK (spaceship) VERTIGO - 6360 020
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GENTLE GIANT
((1st LP))
MINTY CLEAN COLLECTIBLE
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Old early 70's pressing in nice gatefold cover of the VERY FIRST GENTLE GIANT album, released in 1970 ...the LP was NOT released in the USA, and YES, the cover was used for the USA pressing of Gentle Giant's "Three Friends" ... which confuses everything, but again again, this first Gentle Giant album was not released in the USA and remains highly collectible....even though it looks like the common USA cover design Lp...
Formed on the late 60's by the Shulmman brothers, GENTLE GIANT is known as the paradigmatic progressive rock band. With an uncomparable musicianship, they went as far as no one ever did into unexplored grounds in the progressive music, navigating over dissonant 20th-century classical chamber music, medieval vocal music, and jazzy edges.
Gentle Giant's eponymous first album (also called Tall Tales) remains a classic debut. The three Shulman brothers (of Glaswegian origin) were the backbone of a 60's pop outfit before being completely disgusted from the music busness , stopping a successful venture by breaking up and they took the drummer with them before finding Minnear and Green on keys and guitar respectively. The great thing about this album is maybe the most immediate and sincere album, maybe also the one recorded with the most urgency. On the downside, when GG complicates things a bit, it appears like they do for no particular reason except maybe to complicate for the sake of it (more on this/my opinion in the third paragraph) but later when they will do this, it will be better concealed.
This debut holds almost every element that will make their following albums classic prog albums. Here in this album their ideas sound FRESH, inventive and groundbreaking, some adjectives that I would not use to present you their sixth or seventh album (Power and Freehand) where they almost sound stale and less inspired.
Right from the fairly aggressive-sounding guitars of Giant to the Rigby-esque Quiet And Cold to the definitive Alucard , the first vinyl side sweats out their exuberance, their enthusiasm as if they wanted to avenge themselves from the years of forced hit-playing with Simon Dupree And The Big Sound by taking out their frustration on the studio magnetic tapes by torturing them to exhaustion. Then comes the pièce de resistance in the form of the 9 min Everything Is All (pardon the fun pun) with its absolutely orgasmic intro and developing into a wild track embodying one of the rare drum solo I find not boring - maybe because it is interrupted for a while by a jazzy Liszt-sounding KB. However the rest of the albums pales in comparison with this superb start, a bit like a rookie sprinting right from the start of the 1500 meter race , they seem to run out of steam. The needless Hendrix winks at electrifying their national anthem, being totally useless
- Gary Green / lead guitar, 12 string guitar
- Kerry Minnear / keyboard, some bass, cello, lead vocals, backing vocals, some tuned percussion
- Derek Shulman / lead vocals, backing vocals, some bass
- Phil Shulman / winds, recorder, lead vocals, backing vocals
- Ray Shulman / most bass, violin, some guitar, percussion, backing vocals
- Martin Smith / drums, percussion
Giant (6:22)
Funny Ways (4:21)
Alucard (6:00)
Isn't It Quiet And Cold? (3:51)
Nothing At All (9:08)
Why Not (5:31)
The Queen (1:40)
CONDITION: The cover fragile delicate British gatefold rated M- really nice... with no split seams, no bends, no writing ...highly nice...
The vinyl is all glossy clean over both sides, M- and plays minty clean TOP level ...both the Vertigo labels are CLEAN
keeper copy!
A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTIBLES!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for more & more of similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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