GENTLE GIANT Octopus LP 1972 VERTIGO 1st Press

	£		134
	$		178

HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY 'ONE OFF' FRIDAY NIGHT AUCTIONS (ENDING LATE FRIDAY 1ST AUGUST!)!!!!

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Gentle Giant called "Octopus" and is an ORIGINAL 1972 UK Vertigo 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Vertigo 'Spiral' label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST LPs ON THE VERTIGO LABEL - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1972 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS - AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION - WITH A BRILLIANT RECORD!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1972 UK VERTIGO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS VERTIGO 'SPIRAL' LABEL, 1ST PRESS 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS, VERTIGO INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Vertigo UK 1st Pressing from 1972 and is in GREAT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is 6360 080 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Vertigo Label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!! 

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, only 2 or 3 light scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL JUST PRESSED LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also GREAT to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  The record plays with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes a Vertigo inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition and still FULLY 'poly lined' (though it looks a bit too fresh looking for my liking, and could well be a re-pro inner)!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press Gatefold Cover is in GREAT condition overall - and still very VERY presentable indeed!!!!  The cover has NO edge wear (apart from some almost INVISIBLE 'touching in' traces!), NO splits, NO spinal wear (apart from some almost INVISIBLE 'touching in' traces!), only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), only some typical slight rubbing (almost unavoidable on this cover!), NO sticker tears (though there is a small area on the cover front that has been 're-stuck' at some point), and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the inside of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with barely ANY yellowing AT ALL, NO grubbyness, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  And despite this cover being VERY solid & presentable, with NO major structural defects AT ALL - I will ONLY grade the cover Good+ (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if better to avoid any disappointment!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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