Gentle Giant "Acquiring The Taste" 1971 ## OH SO RARE ## OZ 1st.Press EX LP

	A$		90
	$		60

Description

                           Gentle Giant – Acquiring The Taste

Label: Vertigo – 6360041 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Australia Released: 1971 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1 Pantagruel's Nativity 6:49 A2 Edge Of Twilight 3:48 A3 The House, The Street, The Room 6:04 A4 Acquiring The Taste 1:36 B1 Wreck 4:37 B2 The Moon Is Down 4:45 B3 Black Cat 3:53 B4 Plain Truth 7:42
Condition Description & Other Information ## Highly Sought After Worldwide ## ... ## Averages $99.01 on Discogs in Australia, & double that anywhere else... 44 Discogs Members in OZ own a copy whilst 225 Members are on the waiting list!! ## The Vinyl is described as Excellent & was fully play-tested earlier today, playing with wonderful sound quality......Several spindle marks to both labels. Side 2 label has a round black sticker which probably covers the name of the previous owner & to its right there is a very small blue pen squiggle. Side 1 label has a manufacturing error where they had accidentally printed 2 labels one on top of the other... parts of this overlap are still visible. There are a reasonable number of fine hairlines & sleeve marks to both sides of the record. The Vinyl has retained much of its rich waxy lustre. Cont'd...  The Gatefold Cover is described as VG+. There is some visible edge/spine & corner-wear. There are some fine cracks to spine & edges with associated wrinkles.  There is ring wear to front & verso. There are some colour losses to edges & spine. 2cm seam split to one edge & a 2cm seam split to bottom spine... in both cases there are some paper losses to the edges and a some losses encroaching from those splits into the cover by about 1cm. Previous owners name neatly penned to top right inner gatefold sleeve. There are some areas of foxing to front & verso. Stains & marks to each sleeve.  Please see attached photos & message me Henry Butler with any queries... 

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