VERY RARE ORIGINAL LP RECORD UK LIKE NEW PROGRESSIVE ROCK ALBUM

Gentle Giant

" Octopus "

ORIGINAL UK VERTIGO SWIRL LP

1972

[ 6360 080 ]

FIRST PRESS 1Y  /  2Y  MATRIX NUMBERS

Made in ENGLAND

A SUPERB COPY of this original UK pressing on the spiral Vertigo label. This is considered by many to be their best album. A superb UK progressive - rock LP. UK originals are becoming scarce now !!

THE BEST COPY EVER !!!

GATEFOLD COVER SLEEVE : NM ~ M- [ Beautiful mat gatefold like new ,looks like just came out fresh from the manufactury (maybe one or two very light mini storaging wear that you might not recognize,even corners are intact!!] I don't know how i was able to keep it all these years as intact clean and amazing shape as this one!!! 

Labels are Mint !

VINYL RECORD : NM  ~ Mint- [ still looks like new,thick heavy vinyl still shiny,not even a hairline that i can see!!].

THIS IS YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO OWN THE NICEST COPY EVER!!

Track list

SIDE ONE: 1.The Advent of Panurge
2.Raconteur Troubadour
3.A Cry for Everyone
4.Knots
SIDE TWO: 1.The Boys in the Band
2.Dog's Life
3.Think of Me with Kindness
4.River

Members / Musicians

Derek Shulman (ex Simon Dupree & The Big Sound) - Lead Vocals,Alto Saxophone.
Gary Green - Guitars,Percussion.
Raymond Shulman (ex Simon Dupree & The Big Sound) - Bass,Violin,Viola,Skulls,GuitarPercussion,Vocals.
John Weathers (ex Eyes Of Blue, ex Big Sleep, ex Man, ex Wild Turkey) - Drums,Congas,Percussion.
Kerry Minnear - All Keyboards,Lead and backing Vocals,Vibraphone,Percussion,Cello,Moog. Phil Shulman (ex Simon Dupree & The Big Sound) - Lead and backing Vocals,Saxophone,Trumpet,Mellophone.

Gentle Giant was a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was notable for the particular complexity and sophistication of its musical material and for the diverse musical skills of its members (all of whom, bar the first two drummers, were accomplished multi-instrumentalists).

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. While never achieving the commercial heights of progressive rock contemporaries such as Genesis, Yes or Emerson Lake & Palmer, Gentle Giant was considered to be one of the most experimental bands in the genre (as well as one of the most experimental rock bands of the 1970s).

Gentle Giant's music was considered complex even by progressive rock standards, drawing on a broad swathe 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 mediaeval, baroque, and modernist chamber music elements. The band also had a taste for broad themes for their lyrics, drawing inspiration not only from personal events but from philosophy and the works of both François Rabelais and R.D. Laing.

The new line-up of the band delivered the Octopus album later in 1972 - generally agreed to represent the start of the band's peak period. The hardest and most "rocking" Gentle Giant album to date, Octopus was allegedly named by Phil Shulman's wife Roberta as a pun on "octo opus" (eight musical works, reflecting the album's eight tracks). In 2004, Ray Shulman commented '(Octopus) was probably our best album, with the exception, perhaps of Acquiring the Taste. We started with the idea of writing a song about each member of the band. Having a concept in mind was a good starting point for writing. I don't know why, but despite the impact of The Who's Tommy and Quadrophenia, almost overnight concept albums were suddenly perceived as rather naff and pretentious." The album maintained Gentle Giant's trademark of broad and challengingly integrated styles. One of the highlights was the intricate madrigal-styled vocal workout "Knots", lyrically inspired by the work of R.D. Laing.

Before embarking on the Octopus tour, the band played a gruelling set of dates supporting Black Sabbath...!

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