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GENTLE GIANT - 1972 LP OCTOPUS - ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESSING ON VERTIGO SWIRL LABELS 6360 080 - GATEFOLD COVER PRETTY MUCH WORN OUT WITH RUBBED SURFACE AND 2" SPLIT OF THE LOWER EDGE VG CONDITION - - RECORD HAS NUMBER OF VERY LIGHT SUPERFICIAL MARKS NO SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS SOME BACKGROUND STATIC NOISE ON QUIET PARTS - LABELS VERY CLEAN (SEE PICTURES) - OVERALL STILL PRETTY DECENT COLLECTIBLE ITEM - RARITY SCALE R2
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS RELEASE: 
Line-up: Gary Green, gtr/ Kerry Minnear, voc, keyb, vibr, vlc/ Derek Shulman, voc, sax/ Philip Shulman, voc, sax, trp/ Ray Shulman, voc, bsgtr, vl/ John Weathers, dr.
Production: Gentle Giant.
Cover-art by Roger Dean.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured by unknown.
Recorded at unknown.

Track listing A-side: The Advent Of Panurge/ Raconteur, Troubadour/ A Cry For Everyone/ Knots. Track listing B-side: The Boys In The Band/ Dog's Life/ Think Of Me With Kindness/ River.
All tracks by Kerry Minnear + Derek Shulman + Philip Shulman + Ray Shulman.

The Vertigo logo on front is green.
There are no running time indications anywhere.

Matrix number A-side:
6360080 1Y//1 ▼420 1 1 2

Matrix number B-side:
6360080 2Y//1 ▼420 1 1 5

Rarity scale: R2 
With the excellent Weathers wielding the sticks instead of Mortimer, GG pulls all stops. Nothing is left of the restrained and forced impression made by Three Friends. This whole record breathes adventure, courage and complexity in a way never heard before within rockland, a promise fulfilled. Renaissance stylings are introduced, as is bone-dry hard-rock with polyphonic parts. At times the music weaves a net of syncopated notes that can carry you away into never trodden realms. The vocal parts of the opening track defy the ability to hear them all at once. Subtle contrapoint is used in Raconteur, troubadour. Highlight for many: the utmost complex vocals of Knots, a title well-chosen. Also very commendable: the trip through different musical areas (and eras) of River. The first GG album without any real flaws, this stands as one of the best British records of the seventies.

A wild octopus swirls through the frontcover, even the waves he causes look like claws. This is a bad-tempered octopus, friends! Look at the lovely pattern on its very head. Ugly and beautiful.
The lettering is just good enough, saved through the intelligent use of its colours.
Inside the lyrics and on the background it's our monster again, this time in aqua blue and white.
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