VERTIGO LP 6366-100: GENTLE GIANT - In A Glass House - 1973 GERMANY 1st Issue NM
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Aug 30, 2018 Sold Date
Oct 1, 2015 Start Date
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Background -

Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except Malcolm Mortimore, were multi-instrumentalists. Although not commercially successful, they did achieve a cult following.

The band's onetime stated aim was to "expand the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of becoming very unpopular", although this stance was to alter significantly with time.

Gentle Giant's music was considered complex even by progressive rock standards, drawing on a broad swath of music including folk, soul, jazz, and classical music. Unlike many of their progressive rock contemporaries, their "classical" influences ranged beyond the Romantic and incorporated medieval, baroque, and modernist chamber music elements. The band also had a taste for broad themes for their lyrics, drawing inspiration not only from personal experiences but from philosophy and the works of both François Rabelais and R. D. Laing. In 2015 they were recognised with the lifetime achievement award at the Progressive Music Awards.

The core of what was to become Gentle Giant comprised three brothers: Phil Shulman (born 1937), Derek Shulman (born 1947) and Ray Shulman (born 1949). The brothers were of Scottish-Jewish descent. Phil and Derek were born in Glasgow, Scotland, in The Gorbals, which was then a notorious slum. The family moved to Portsmouth, England, where Ray was born. Their father was an army musician turned jazz trumpeter, who continued his musical work in Portsmouth. He encouraged his sons to learn various instruments; and Phil, Derek, and Ray all became multi-instrumentalists. During the early 1960s, Derek and Ray became interested in playing rhythm-and-blues and formed a band in order to do so. Phil — originally acting as a manager figure in order to look after his much younger brothers — eventually became a band member himself.

Gentle Giant was formed in 1970 when the Shulman brothers teamed up with two other multi-instrumentalists, Gary Green (guitar, mandolin, recorder etc.) and Kerry Minnear (keyboards, vibraphone, cello etc.), plus drummer Martin Smith, who had previously drummed for Simon Dupree and the Big Sound. The classically trained Minnear had recently graduated from the Royal College of Music with a degree in composition, and had played with the band Rust. Green was essentially a blues player and had never worked with a band above the semi-professional level, but adapted readily to the demanding music of the new band. The Shulman brothers, meanwhile, settled into typically multi-instrumental roles of their own: Derek on saxophone and recorder; Ray on bass and violin; Phil on saxophone, trumpet, and clarinet.

In a Glass House is an album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1973.

One of Gentle Giant's most popular albums (although the band themselves were not happy with it at the time, being made under pressure of Phil Shulman's departure), it was available in North America only as a rare import. This was because their US label Columbia Records rejected the album as uncommercial. As a result Columbia dropped the band from the label which contractually allowed the band to take ownership of the original master recording and all rights to it. This cleared the way for the first "official" release of the title in the United States on CD on the band's own Alucard label. It is the first Gentle Giant album after the departure of Phil Shulman.

The album is allegedly a concept project based on the aphorism "Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones". The record begins and ends with the sound of breaking glass.

The final track of the album is hidden. Following the song "In a Glass House", there is a delay then a brief recapitulation of every other track on the album. The album cover had a black and white lithograph of the group covered with clear plastic ("glass") on a die-cut.   

  • LP made by VERTIGO / WWA Records, in GERMANY

  • LP released in 1973

  • LP is recorded in STEREO

  • Record Catalog Number: 6366 100

  • Record Labels are primarily GREEN with SILVER and some white lettering, known as the SPACESHIP label, with the VERTIGO logo (see pics)

This listing is for a rare, out of print LP title - an OPENED and in near MINT minus condition LP PRESSED and ISSUED by VERTIGO / WWA Records of a highly collectible title from their catalog - a superb title featuring -

Gentle Giant

LP Title -

In A Glass House

Track Listing -
All songs written and composed by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, and Ray Shulman, except where noted.
Side one
1. "The Runaway" - 7:24
2. "An Inmate's Lullaby" - Minnear, R. Shulman - 4:27
3. "Way of Life" - 7:45

Side two
4. "Experience" - 7:47
5. "A Reunion" - Minnear, R. Shulman - 2:08
6. "In a Glass House" - Minnear, R. Shulman - 7:41
7. "Index" - 0:20

Performers -

    Derek Shulman - lead vocals on tracks 1-4 and 6, alto saxophone (track 6), soprano saxophones (track 6), descant recorder (track 1)
    Gary Green - 12 string acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 5, 6), 6 string electric guitars (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6), steel guitar (track 6), mandolin (track 6), tambourine (track 6), treble recorder (track 3)
    Kerry Minnear - Moog (tracks 1, 3, 6), Hammond organ (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6), piano (tracks 1, 3, 4), Clavinet (tracks 1, 4, 6), electric piano (tracks 5, 6), Thomas Organ (tracks 3, 4), clavichord (track 4), celesta (track 2), glockenspiel (tracks 1, 2, 4), marimba (tracks 1, 2), vibraphone (track 2), tympani (track 2), cello (track 5), descant recorder (tracks 1, 3), lead vocals on tracks 1 and 3-6
    Ray Shulman - bass (tracks 1, 3-6), acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 6), violin (tracks 3, 6), violins (track 5), electric violin (track 4), tambourine (track 4), backing vocals (tracks 1, 6)
    John Weathers - drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6), bass drum (track 5), cowbell[8] (track 6)

    CONDITION Details:

    The LP jacket is in near mint minus condition! The jacket is tight and clean, with NO seam splits. The corners are solid, with just a bit of shelf wear the seams and corners. There is a small sticker on the back of the jacket. The jacket is TEXTURED with a clear glass/plastic panel on the front and comes with an insert - the insert has a name written on it, in ink. The colors on the jacket are sharp...just lovely (see pictures with this listing as they are of the actual item).

    The LP is in near mint minus condition! We found that the vinyl looked superb on this vintage LP. There are no significant marks and the LP retains much of the original gloss and sheen - obviously well taken care of! There are NO serious spindle marks on the record labels either. Just beautiful GERMAN made vinyl!

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    • Very Good Plus = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.

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