ROD STEWART Gasoline Alley 1970 UK VERTIGO 1st PRESS - TEXTURED GATEFOLD
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125
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166
£ 125
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Mar 6, 2017
Sold Date
Feb 24, 2017
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£ 24
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ROD STEWART Gasoline Alley 1970 UK VERTIGO 1st PRESS - TEXTURED GATEFOLD
ROD STEWARTGasoline Alley
UK VERTIGO (6360 500) FIRST PRESSING (September 1970)
LOVELY ORIGINAL COPY - PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST VERTIGO SWIRL LABELS
MATRIX: 6360500 1Y?1 420 11 4 / 6360500 2Y?1 420 11 1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL HEAVILY TEXTURED GATEFOLD COVER “Sleeve printed and made by Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd”
COMPLETE WITH THE POLY-LINED VERTIGO INNER SLEEVE
Gasoline Alley follows the same formula of Rod Stewart's first album, intercutting contemporary covers with slightly older rock & roll and folk classics and originals written in the same vein.
The difference is in execution. Stewart sounds more confident, claiming Elton John's "Country Comfort," the Small Faces' "My Way of Giving," and the Rolling Stones' version of "It's All Over Now" with a ragged, laddish charm.
Like its predecessor, nearly all of Gasoline Alley is played on acoustic instruments -- Stewart treats rock & roll songs like folk songs, reinterpreting them in individual, unpredictable ways.
For instance, "It's All Over Now" becomes a shambling, loose-limbed ramble instead of a tight R&B/blues groove, and "Cut Across Shorty" is based around a howling, Mid-eastern violin instead of a rockabilly riff.
Of course, being a rocker at heart, Stewart doesn't let these songs become limp acoustic numbers -- these rock harder than any fuzz-guitar workout. The drums crash and bang, the acoustic guitars are pounded with a vengeance -- it's a wild, careening sound that is positively joyous with its abandon.
And on the slow songs, Stewart is nuanced and affecting -- his interpretation of Bob Dylan's "Only a Hobo" is one of the finest Dylan covers, while the original title track is a vivid, loving tribute to his adolescence. And that spirit is carried throughout Gasoline Alley. It's an album that celebrates tradition while moving it into the present and never once does it disown the past.
ROD STEWART vocals
RON WOOD guitar
RONNIE LANE bass
KENNETH JONES drums
Side A:
Gasoline Alley
It's All Over Now
Only A Hobo
My Way Of Giving
Side B:
Country Comfort
Cut Across Shorty
Lady Day
Jo's Lament
I Don't Want To Discuss It
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine with nothing but wispy hairlines under bright light
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Plays beautifully throughout - an odd one-off light tick noted and a touch of low-level surface on some of the quietest moments - nothing really - sounds great
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
The heavily lectured cover is sharp and clean with just a touch of rub to the bottom edge
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period @£3 for each additional LP
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791 (GS 7.0.6 (791))
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