Gentle Giant S/T debut Vertigo 1973 gatefold NEAR MINT VINYL sleeve damage
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Gentle Giant
Self-titled debut
Label:Vertigo 6360 020, Vertigo 6360020 Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Gatefold
Country:UK Released:1973 Genre:Rock Style:Prog Rock
AllMusic: Astonishingly daring debut album, not as focused or overpowering as King Crimson's first but still crashing down barriers and steamrolling expectations. The mix of medieval harmonies and electric rock got stronger on subsequent albums, but the music here is still pretty jarring. Kerry Minnear was probably the only prog rock keyboard player of the era who allowed his synthesizers to sound like themselves and not mimic orchestras; Gary Green's guitars are alternately loud and brittle or soft and lyrical, and always surprising; and the presence of saxes and trumpets (courtesy of Phil Shulman) was unusual in any rock band of the era -- all of which explains how Gentle Giant managed to attract a cult following but hadn't a prayer of moving up from that level of recognition. "Funny Ways" was the softest prog rock song this side of Crimson's "I Talk to the Wind," but a lot of the rest is pretty intense in volume and tempo changes. "Nothing at All" by itself is worth the price of purchase.
Tracklist
A1 Giant
A2 Funny Ways
A3 Alcard
A4 Isn't It Quiet And Cold
B1 Nothing At All
B2 Why Not
B3 The Queen
Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc Ltd.
Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
Printed By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
Made By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
Arranged By – Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Philip Shulman, Ray Shulman
Bass [Most], Violin, Guitar, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Ray Shulman
Cello [Cellist] – Claire Deniz (tracks: A4)
Design [Cover Artiste Extraordinaire] – George Underwood
Drums, Percussion – Martin Smith
Engineer – Rob Baker
Keyboards, Bass [Some], Cello, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Percussion [Tuned] – Kerry Minnear
Lacquer Cut By – DB
Lead Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar – Gary Green
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass [Some] – Derek Shulman
Liner Notes – Tony Visconti
Producer – Tony Visconti
Saxophone, Trumpet, Recorder, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Phil Shulman
Tenor Horn [Tenor Hornist] – Paul Cosh (tracks: A1)
Written-By – Shulman, Minnear, Shulman, Shulman
Released on the Vertigo "spaceship" label design,in a portrait style matt gatefold sleeve.
1st cat# on labels, 2nd cat# on rear of sleeve above VO PRICE CODE
A3 appears on the label erroneously as ''Alcard''.
Made in England
1970
CONDITION: 12" vinyl is NEAR MINT in a plastic-lined paper inner sleeve in a gatefold hard card picture sleeve (FAIR - water damage and rippling)
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