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SHIPPING: 1972 SWIRL VERTIGO BRITISH PROGRESSIVE COLLECTIBLE ORIGINAL PRESSING Gentle Giant Three Friends UK - SWIRL VERTIGO -6360 070 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ATTENTION THERE WILL BE SHIPPING DELAYS WITH ALL LISTINGS THIS WEEK DUE TO TRAVELING.
LP s FOR THIS WEEK CANNOT BE POSTED UNTIL APPROX 11 - 14 - 2014 OR 4 to 5 DAYS LATER THAN OUR NORMAL SCHEDULED SHIPPING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentle Giant Three Friends BEAUTIFUL TOP ARCHIVE COPY SCARCE 1972 ORIGINAL British pressing on the highly collected SWIRL VERTIGO label ...the very first Gentle Giant...confusing as it is a completely different cover to the one titled Three Friends in the USA...
Despite some dark passages, particularly the scathing Mister Class And Quality? , Three Friends is an album better remembered for its sense of humor and arrangements that bring the phrase an embarrassment of riches to mind.
As impressive a musical statement of direction as it is, building on the promise of earlier songs like The House, The Street, The Room, Three Friends fails to make much of a social statement a charge that could also be levelled against The Power and The Glory .
In the final analysis, childhood is good and adulthood is bad the artist, the laborer and the white-collar worker all get tarred with the same brush.
Better to focus on the music: majestic, intricate, playful, grating, the sextet seems able to change gears on a whim, weaving Kerry Minnear s keyboards, Gary GREEN s guitars and Ray SHULMAN s bass into a vivid tapestry e.g., Three Friends .
Unlike a lot of progressive acts who were wont to combine complexity with brute force, GENTLE GIANT plays a gentle hand, letting the music speak for itself with humanity and seeming humility.
There are so many sublime moments on here -- the childlike break in the opening Prologue and the closing theme on Three Friends always come to mind -- you ll wonder why GENTLE GIANT never found the glories of success as with YES and ELP.
If you re not familiar with Three Friends , you owe it to yourself to make its acquaintance.
Prologue 6:12 Schooldays 7:33 Working All Day 5:07 Side II Peel The Paint 7:25 Mister Class And Quality? 5:51 Three Friends 3:00 CONDITION: The Cover: is a fragile gatefold cover is a solid M- top clean final collection copy --- stiff colorful all over, flat square with 4 sharp corners ...no split seams, no writing, no delete marks, remains a pristine collectible rarity from 1972 England.
The Vinyl: is all glossy clean and clear M- looking and playing TOP level...the SWIRL Vertigo labels are both VERY clean...
A cool addition to anyone s music library SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for head people...
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Thanks GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG ,VG , VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, no marks EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, clean VG a bit more scuff or markls still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean trashed VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING
