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6360 074 - 6360 083
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6360 074
 CATAPILLA - CHANGES (summer 1972)


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Line-up: Robert Calvert, sax/ Brian Hanson, dr/ Anna Meek, voc/ Ralph Rolinson, keyb/ Carl Wassard, bsgtr/ Graham Wilson, gtr.
Production: Colin Caldwell.
Cover-art by Martin Dean.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at Marquee Studios, London..

Track listing A-side: Reflections (Graham Wilson + Robert Calvert + Anna Meek)/ Charing Cross (Graham Wilson + Robert Calvert + Anna Meek).
Track listing B-side: Thanks Christ For George (Graham Wilson + Robert Calvert + Anna Meek)/ It Could Only Happen To Me (Graham Wilson + Robert Calvert).

The Vertigo logo on front is yellow.
There are no running time indications anywhere.
There are composition credits in the gatefold, not on the label

Matrix number A-side:
6360074 1Y//1 ▼ 420 1 1 3
Matrix number B-side:
6360074 2Y//1 ▼ 420 1 1 3

Rarity scale: R4



The nucleus is intact and with different sidemen Catapilla ploughs ahead on the scary road they chose for their own. Exorcising and often wordless vocals by Meek still dominate the soundscapes, as do Calvert's ubiquitous saxes, frequently two at the time. No concessions to sales figures anywhere in sight, the music aims at spiritual cleansing. A lot of echo, a lot of overdubs and long, long tracks govern the style. At times this leads to gaps in the tension, but when it gels it's downright chilling. Best features are the silent passages after wild orgies of sound, that work like sanctuaries after some cosmic ordeal, like the end of Reflections will show you. Also noteworthy: the strange mixture of slow hard-rock and Eastern melodies on Thank Christ for George, as well as the unexpected tranquillity of the closing track. Unique sounds that make for uneasy but rewarding listening.

Scary cover, too. A giant die-cut catterpillar gnaws its way through the cabbage leaves. Will they come for you too?
The lettering is perhaps a bit too tolerantly chosen. Too much trouble to design your own letters?
The inside shows the backside of the caterpillar, which is prolongued even into the inside of the cover where the disc has its place. Interesting idea!



6360 075
We have just heard that Paul Jones had this catalogue number assigned to his (shelved) second album!
Only six tracks seem to have survived on tape. Does anyone know the projected title?

The track titles that has been found on the tape at Universal were:
Voices/ Wrestler/ Two Tough Kids/ Peter/ Life Story/ Marooned


According to Paul Jones there were more, but these are the ones that were preserved.



6360 076
  IAN CARR - BELLADONNA (autumn 1972)


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Line-up: Roy Babbington, bsgtr/ Gordon Beck, keyb/ Ian Carr, trp, flhrn/ Allan Holdsworth, gtr/ Dave Macrae, keyb/ Brian Smith, sax, fl/ Clive Thacker, dr/ Trevor Tomkins, perc.
Production: Jon Hiseman.
Cover-design by Denise Valentine for Design Machine.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at Phonogram Studios.

Track listing A-side: Belladonna (Ian Carr)/ Summer Rain (Ian Carr).
Track listing B-side: Remadione (Brian Smith)/ Mayday (Ian Carr)/ Suspension (Ian Carr)/ Hector's House (Brian Smith).

The Vertigo logo on front is white and on the backcover.
There are no running time indications anywhere.
There are composition credits in the gatefold, not on the label

Matrix number A-side:
6360076 1Y//1  1 1 5
Matrix number B-side:
6360076 2Y//1  1 1 5

Rarity scale: R2



At least Carr got the credit for this album all for himself now and with the departure of Jenkins and Marshall and the coming of Holdsworth you would expect a total change of course. But, no way. On the contrary, all tracks have the same predictable structure: an atmospheric intro of percussion with a lone wind instrument, before rechanneling into only vaguely structured cold jazz. Some vexing naturalisms (like imitated raindrops etc.) pop up, and yes, we know by now how these people sound under Carr's baton. This album holds no extra values, so if you heard the previous ones, you may now skip this and rejoice in your well-earned leisure.

Something druggy (you know, belladonna and that sort of thing, eh?) the lady cover-designer must have thought and so there is Carr and a maiden fair in a field of poppy. Well, well, well.
The lettering is druggy too and looks much better than the lame image on front would make you believe.
The inside has a green and white duotone collage of the musicians, which is, although nothing extraordinary, after the insipid front quite a deliverance.



6360 077
  JACKSON HEIGHTS - RAGAMUFFIN'S FOOL (autumn 1972)


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Line-up: Brian Chatton, voc, keyb/ Mo Fletcher, cb/ Mike Giles, dr/ Keith Harris, banj/Laurie Jay, dr/ Lee Jackson, voc, bsgtr, gtr, harm/ John McBurnie, voc, gtr, keyb/ Race McCleod, dr/ Oli Oliver, vl.
Production: Lee Jackson.
Cover-art by Grahame Berney.
Photography by Keith MacMillan
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by Howards Printers .
Recorded at
Phonogram Studios.

Track listing A-side
: Maureen (Jackson Heights)/ Oh You Beauty (John McBurnie)/ As She Starts (John McBurnie + Brian Chatton)/ Bebop (John McBurnie + Brian Chatton)/ Catch A Thief (Brian Chatton + Lee Jackson).
Track listing B-side: Ragamuffin's Fool (John McBurnie + Brian Chatton)/ Chorale [Five Bridges Suite] (Keith Emerson + Lee Jackson)/ Chips And Chicken (John McBurnie + Brian Chatton)/ Poor Peter (Lee Jackson)/ Bellyfull Of Water (John McBurnie + Brian Chatton).

The Vertigo logo on front is beige.
There are no running time indications anywhere.
The composer credits are on the backcover, not on the label.

Matrix number A-side
:
6360077 1Y//2 ▼420 1 1 3

Matrix number B-side
:
6360077 2Y//2 ▼420 1 1 6

Rarity scale: R2



The formula of the previous effort is being continued here and again the results are ambiguous. It seems almost impossible, but this album has exactly the same flaw as the other one: a strong A-side opposed to a weak B-side.The whole of side A balances somewhere between King Crimson, Yes and pop-music, no mean feat. Maureen may sound like Yes trying a pop song, it's still a succesfull attempt. Harmonically inventive on As she starts, etherical on Oh you beauty, this is a great start. Best track is to follow, the classical-tainted and mellotron-loaded Bebop. The Canterbury-styled To catch a thief is agreeable too. We also appreciate the interest in cinematic history that the title of this track betrays, especially when the label is called Vertigo. On side B it's all downhill, the Nice cover is superfluous, Poor Peter is even fake-country, the worst style imaginable, the other tracks are a grey mass. Only the title track escapes the malaise more or less. How can people capable of the first side produce such substandard tracks?

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Now this is a nice drawing, straight from the nursery rhyme book. It may be a single cover, but it is beautifully embossed by a cap and bells motive (see scan above). Looks lovely! The backcover has another drawing, just as great. For good measure a poster is thrown in too. It shows the three main members before an excerpt of the drawing, but the photograph is much too dark and poorly posed, too.
The lettering is just as nice as the drawings are.

Notes: Our copy has the field with the bandname pasted on the cover. Also on the inside of the cover you can see the difference in paper structure. Anyone with a copy that lacks this strange characteristic?



6360 078
  not released in Britain but it was in Peru!, please refer to that page.



6360 079
JADE WARRIOR - LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM (autumn 1972)



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Line-up: David Duhig, gtr/ Tony Duhig, gtr, bsgtr/ Jon Field, fl, gtr, perc/ Glyn Havard, voc, bsgtr, gtr/ Alan Price (not that one, I suppose), dr.
Production: Jade Warrior.
Cover-art by Kunio Hagio.
Photography by unknown
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at
Nova Sound Studios.

Track listing A-side
: A Winter's Tale (Tony Duhig + Jon Field + Glyn Harvard) 5'06''/ Snake (Tony Duhig + Jon Field + Glyn Harvard) 2'55''/ Dark River (Tony Duhig + Jon Field + Glyn Harvard) 6'26''/ Joanne (Tony Duhig + Jon Field + Glyn Harvard) 2'50''/ Obedience (Tony Duhig + Jon Field + Glyn Harvard) 3'12''.
Track listing B-side: Morning Hymn (Tony Duhig + Jon Field + Glyn Harvard) 3'36''/ May Queen (Tony Duhig + Jon Field + Glyn Harvard) 5'22''/ The Demon Trucker (Tony Duhig + Jon Field + Glyn Harvard + David Duhig) 2'34''/ Lady Of The Lake (Tony Duhig + Jon Field + Glyn Harvard) 3'17''/ Borne On The Solar Wind (Tony Duhig + Jon Field + Glyn Harvard) 3'12.

The Vertigo logo on front is black.
There are no running time indications on the label, they are inside the gatefold.

Matrix number A-side
:
6360079 1Y//4 ▼420 1 1 5

Matrix number B-side
:
6360079 2Y//4 ▼420 1 1 3

Rarity scale: R2



It's the same recipe, but as it mostly tastes well, why change? Raucous hard-rock contrasts with meditative spacey episodes, flute as always to the fore, we know this. New is the increase of mixtures within the same song. Like etherical flute over sombre and rolling rhythms in Dark river, or a touch of Hendrix over rhythmical contrasts in Joanne. Even the soaring guitar can be the meditative element, as happens in Obedience, a song with a decidedly uncool title. African rhythms bear a frolicking flute and a cutting fuzz guitar in May queen. A slight step foreward is a step forward too. Compared with later albums for Island this still sounds adventurous, and thus better. Only the monotonous The demon trucker does not keep the high standard up.

Another great drawing, combining traditional Japanese woodcuts with western comics culture. One of those covers that you can look at often, and still discover new details every time. The colours are very well-chosen too
The lettering is good enough, again no unlucky japanizing here.
Inside the lyrics and pictures of band members. OK, but a bit simplistic.



6360 080
GENTLE GIANT - OCTOPUS (autumn 1972)



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Line-up: Gary Green, gtr/ Kerry Minnear, voc, keyb, vibr, vlc/ Derek Shulman, voc, sax/ Philip Shulman, voc, sax, trp/ Ray Shulman, voc, bsgtr, vl/ John Weathers, dr.
Production: Gentle Giant.
Cover-art by Roger Dean.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at
unknown.

Track listing A-side
: The Advent Of Panurge/ Raconteur, Troubadour/ A Cry For Everyone/ Knots.
Track listing B-side: The Boys In The Band/ Dog's Life/ Think Of Me With Kindness/ River.
All tracks by Kerry Minnear + Derek Shulman + Philip Shulman + Ray Shulman.

The Vertigo logo on front is green.
There are no running time indications anywhere.

Matrix number A-side
:
6360080 1Y//1 ▼420 1 1 2

Matrix number B-side
:
6360080 2Y//1 ▼420 1 1 5

Rarity scale: R2



With the excellent Weathers wielding the sticks instead of Mortimer, GG pulls all stops. Nothing is left of the restrained and forced impression made by Three Friends. This whole record breathes adventure, courage and complexity in a way never heard before within rockland, a promise fulfilled. Renaissance stylings are introduced, as is bone-dry hard-rock with polyphonic parts. At times the music weaves a net of syncopated notes that can carry you away into never trodden realms. The vocal parts of the opening track defy the ability to hear them all at once. Subtle contrapoint is used in Raconteur, troubadour. Highlight for many: the utmost complex vocals of Knots, a title well-chosen. Also very commendable: the trip through different musical areas (and eras) of River. The first GG album without any real flaws, this stands as one of the best British records of the seventies.

A wild octopus swirls through the frontcover, even the waves he causes look like claws. This is a bad-tempered octopus, friends! Look at the lovely pattern on its very head. Ugly and beautiful.
The lettering is just good enough, saved through the intelligent use of its colours.
Inside the lyrics and on the background it's our monster again, this time in aqua blue and white.

Notes:  There are two different publishers label credits known of this. The alternate crediting (to Alucard Music) looks like this:

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This was released in the USA on Columbia (KC 32022) in a nice gimmicks cover: a die-cut curd jar with an octopus caught within.



6360 081
SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND - FRAMED (end of 1972)



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Line-up: Zal Cleminson, gtr/ Chris Glen, bsgtr/ Alex Harvey, voc/ Phil Kenzie, sax/ Eddie McKenna, dr/ Hugh McKenna, keyb.
Production: Alex Harvey Band.
Cover-design by Bloomsbury Group.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at
Morgan Studios.

Track listing A-side
: Framed/ Hammer Song/ Midnight Moses/ Isobel Goudie a) My Lady Of The Night b) Coitus Interruptus c) Virgin And The Hunter.
Track listing B-side: Buff's Bar Blues/ I Just Want To Make Love To You (Willy Dixon)/ Hole In Her Stocking/ There's No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother, They're Burning Big Louie Tonight/ St.Anthony.

The Vertigo logo on front is gray.
There are no running time indications anywhere.
There are no composer's credits anywhere (isn't that actually illegal?).

Matrix number A-side
:
6360081 1Y//1 ▼420 1 1 3

Matrix number B-side
:
6360081 2Y//1 ▼420 1 1 3

Rarity scale: R2



After a largely chequered career, Harvey emerged with hard-rockers Tear Gas to back him as a live sensation. How difficult it is to catch the excitement of a band like this on vinyl is brought to the surface by Framed. Songs derived from simple blues structures must always have a little surplus in whatever musical way to attract the ear. Most of the tracks here do not have this extra. As a sad example may serve the ominously titled Buff's bar blues. On the other hand there is the cunningly instrumentated Isobel Goudie, a track that readily proves that the SAHB is able to do more than rattle with stereotypes. And the bizarre (to put it mildly) lyrics of ''Christmas Tree'' are at least uncommon. Fans of bulldozer-rock may dig St.Anthony,  but on the whole there is not enough originality found here, some crashing guitar parts of Cleminson notwithstanding.

The cover is just grey, with a small window cut out to reveal Harvey behind bars. Isn't this barrenness driven a bit too far? On the backcover the band indulges in garbage and litter, very tasty!
The lettering adapts itself to the bleakness and fits to the image.
Inside we discover that our man is indeed incarcerated in a frighteningly shabby jail. A picture of the band is present too.

Notes: An old article in Record Collector claims that this was only issued on swirl Vertigo as a promo. This is clearly not correct.
Subsequent pressings with the ''ufo'' label omit a caption about Phonogram on the top left hand side of the back cover.



6360 082
STATUS QUO - PILEDRIVER (end of 1972)



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Line-up: John Coghlan, dr/ Jimmy Horowitz, keyb/ Alan Lancaster, bsgtr, gtr, voc/ Richard Parfitt, gtr, keyb, voc/ Francis Rossi, gtr, voc/ Rob Young, harm.
Production: Status Quo.
Cover-design by unknown
Photography by Steve Campbell.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at
  I.B.C. Studios.

Track listing A-side
: Don't Waste My Time (Francis Rossi + Rob Young) 4'18''/ O Baby (Francis Rossi + Richard Parfitt) 4'33''/ A Year (Alan Lancaster + Bernard Frost) 5'50''/ Unspoken Words (Francis Rossi + Rob Young) 5'10''.
Track listing B-side: Big Fat Mama (Francis Rossi + Richard Parfitt) 5'53''/ Paper Plane (Francis Rossi + Rob Young) 2'57''/ All The Reasons (Richard Parfitt + Alan Lancaster)/ Roadhouse Blues (Doors) 7'28''.

The Vertigo logo on front is black.
There are no running time indications on the label, they are on the backcover.
There are no composer's credits on the label, they are on the backcover.

Matrix number A-side
:
6360082 1Y//1 ▼420 1 1 10

Matrix number B-side
:
6360082 2Y//1 ▼420 1 1 4

Rarity scale: R1



Quo is one of the greatest enigmas of rock. How can a mildly inventive psych band with two reasonably interesting albums under its belt transform into a mindless boogie-riffing machine? On this first outing for Vertigo, if we counted right the eighth one in all, there is nothing left of anything that even ressembles originality or intention. Only the slightly different A year escapes the general debility, otherwise it's all repetition and convention. Well, the blues-rock of Unspoken words is listenable too (but where did we hear this before... almost got it... no, it escaped...). Public taste surely treads strange paths.

Pretty characteristic and very rhythmical live shot on the cover, but it is framed in the prototype of mindlessness designing. A cover unworthy of Vertigo's standards. The backcover is just plain dreary, but it also shows an inane ape, playing with an inflatable rocket titled ''Piledriver''. It would be nice to think that this is a finger pointing towards self-reflection, but then again, we are quite sure it is not.
The lettering is unspeakable. A brutal misuse of one of mankind's greatest achievements: written language.
Lyrics inside, decent photographs of the delinquents and the ape again. You never know...

Notes: This was released in the USA on A&M (SP-4381) in 1974.

Recently a bootleg swirl release is circulating with this catalogue number too: Black Sabbath's Still paranoid in 75.
The origins of this release are unclear.



6360 083
JOHN DUMMER'S OOBLEEDOOBLEE BAND - OOBLEEDOOBLEE JUBILEE (beginning of 1973)



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Line-up: John Dummer, dr/ Mike Evans, vl/ Dave Kelly, gtr, voc/ Adrian Pietryga, gtr, keyb/ Iain Thomson, bsgtr, voc/ Kingsley Ward, keyb.
Production: Fritz Fryer for Boggle Productions.
Cover-art by unknown
Photography by unknown.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at
  Rockfield Studios.

Track listing A-side
: Passing Through (Dave Kelly) 2'45''/ Hello L.A. Bye Bye Birmingham (Delaney Bramlett + M.Davis) 3'50''/ Oobleedooblee Jubilee (trad.) 2'40''/ I've Been Scorned (Staples) 9'00''.
Track listing B-side: Lovin' Man (Jo-Ann Kelly) 3'40''/ The Monkey Speaks His Mind (Dave Kelly) 3'30''/ Fairy Tale (Iain Thompson) 4'45''/ Sometimes (Adrian Pietryga) 4'00''/ Too Much Monkey Business (Chuck Berry) 2'45''.

The Vertigo logo on front is black.
There are no running time indications on the label, they are on the backcover.

Matrix number A-side
:
6360083 1Y//1  1 1 1
Actually it's 6360068, but ''68'' has been crossed out and ''83'' has been added by hand and shpws only faintly.

Matrix number B-side
:
6360083 2Y//1  1 1
Same mistake as with the A-side.

Rarity scale: R2



At least the guitar of Dave Kelly does its best to entertain us, but although the playing is tight, most of this record is superfluous blues-derived routine music. The material is nondescript and bleak. Sorry, we have heard all this before and better too. The Chuck Berry cover is the tragic nadir, one of the worst covers of this ubiquitous song ever. This is a soup all water and almost no vegetables (or fish, or lobster, or mutton, for that matter). What a dismal way to end a series of records like this!

The somewhat mentally impaired bee on the front is likable. Look at the clever use of four hands. He's akin to Superman, too!
The lettering is perfectly in tune with the image. Pity the designer was not credited on the cover.
There is no inside! The first Vertigo album to be released in just a single cover and nothing more. Sign of the times...



numerical intermezzo

Above release was the last in chronological order to appear with a swirl label. There were, however, quite some releases in Britain that did boast a swirl label, but were assigned an irregular catalogue number, mostly for reasons beyond our conjecture. We will evaluate these releases below in numerical order.



6325 250
THOMAS F. BROWNE - WEDNESDAY'S CHILD (summer of 1971)



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Line-up: Thomas F.Browne, voc, gtr, dr/ Jerry Donahue, gtr/ Pat Donaldson, bsgtr/ Raymond Donnez, keyb/ Mike Jones, gtr/ Gary Wright, keyb.
Production: Thomas F. Browne & Mike Jones.
Cover-design by unknown
Photography by unknown.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at
  Island Studios & Olympic Studios.

Track listing A-side
: Gentle Sarah/ Carry My Lord/ Bown Bown Bomm/ Dark Eyed Lady/ It's Coming.
Track listing B-side: Hold On/ Tomorrow Is Another Day/ Poor Man Smile/ The Alamo.
All tracks by Thomas F. Browne + Mike Jones.

The Vertigo logo on front is white.
There are no running time indications anywhere.

Matrix number A-side
:
6325250 1Y//1 ▼420  1 1 2

Matrix number B-side
:
6325250 2Y//1 ▼420 1 1

Rarity scale: R2



What could go wrong with a backing band like this? Well, almost everything! Boring songs are boring songs, no matter how tastefully arranged or played. Probably Phonogram tried to jump on the singer/songwriter bandwagon. They could have better taken someone else, we guess, as the following words are actually part of the lyrics:. See them how they run/ goin' round in circles/ everybody's making money/ exceptin' me and you/ la la la/ la la la/ la la la/ la la la. Well, you deserved it, Thomas!
Two superimposed photographs of Mr. Browne do not really make us happy. A pile of sand and a compartment window do not either. A cover in accordance to the music, this is pre-Photoshop, of course.
The lettering is a bit better than the image, but not too exciting either.
Inside we spot the lyrics and again twice our singer, looking very relaxed. Horrible trousers he's got.

Notes: The label shows four persons who get a production credit, the cover only two.



6333 500/501
 (6673 001)

APHRODITE'S CHILD - 666 (summer of 1972)



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Line-up: John Forst, narr/ Harris Halkitis, bsgtr, sax, perc/ Silver Koulouris, gtr/ Irene Papas, voc/ Vangelis Papathanassiou, keyb, fl, vibr/ Michel Ripoche, trb, sax/ Demis Roussos, voc, bsgtr/ Lucas Sideras, dr, voc.
Production: Vangelis Papathanassiou.
Cover-design by unknown, cover-art inside by M.Dubré.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at
  Europasonor.

Track listing A-side disc 500
: The System (0'25'')/ Babylon (2'52'')/ Loud, Loud, Loud (2'45'')/ The Four Horsemen (6'10'')/ The Lamb (4'40'')/ The Seventh Seal (1'35'').
Track listing B-side disc 500: Aegian Sea (5'23'')/ Seven Bowls (1'25'')/ The Wakening Beast (1'07'')/ Lament (2'55'')/ The Marching Beast (2'00'')/ The Battle Of The Locusts (1'45'')/ Do It (1'45'')/ Tribulation (0'32'')/ The Beast (2'23'')/ Ofis (0'17'').
Track listing A-side disc 501
: Seven trumpets (0'30'')/ Altamont (4'45'')/ The Wedding Of The Lamb (2'49'')/ The Capture Of The Beast (2'49'')/ (5'16'')/ Hic Et Nunc (3'00'').
Track listing B-side disc 501: All The Seats Were Occupied (19'27'')/ Break (2'55'').
All tracks by Vangelis Papathanassiou + Costas Ferris.

The Vertigo logo on front is red.

Matrix number A-side disc 500
:
6333500 1Y//1 ▼420  1 1 3

Matrix number B-side disc 500
:
6333500 2Y//1 ▼420 1 1

Matrix number A-side disc 501:
6333501 1Y//1 ▼420  1 1 3

Matrix number B-side disc 501:
6333501 2Y//1 ▼420  1 1 2

Rarity scale: R2



If you thought you knew all about Vangelis and Demis Roussos, then this double album will probably prove you wrong. This is a record with a wide scope and although the border to pretentious kitsch is sometimes crossed (small wonder with such a title and concept), the bulk of the music is listenable and even interesting. Quite a lot of energy went into nice slices of prog-rock with elaborate arrangements, which sound mature and full of ideas. Furthermore there is Greek folk on The wedding of the lamb, short incisions of odd wind instruments on Tribulation and some unclassifiable music with traces of eastern scales, church music and scorching guitars, too. Side C tends to over-exposure, but also contains a track noted by the sign for infinity, which is either an unforgettable experience or one of the most ridiculous failures ever. The vocal solo by Irene Papas on this track defies all categories. Orgasm, exorcism, bottomless fear, ecstacy, hysteria, it's all there and convincingly so. Side D is mostly typical of the prog times, but also contains quite a lot of persuading music.

A bit too easy the cover seems to us. On the other hand, it's very identifyable.
The lettering is stale and the placing of the band name is a blank error (we hope it is, if it is meant this way, so much the worse).
Inside a nasty drawing of a mafia car that has just pressed another car (a little 2CV) off the road into a wall of masonry. Parts are flying everywhere. Brrr...

Notes: The cover mentions another catalogue number: 6673 001. It seems to have been common practice on double albums issued by Phonogram/Philips, that the cover is assigned an extra number. Now why should that be?



6342 010
LIGHTHOUSE - ONE FINE MORNING (spring of 1971)



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Line-up: Richard Armin, vlc/ Ralph Cole, gtr/ Don DiNovo, vla/ Paul Hoffert, keyb, vibr/ Keith Jollimore, sax, fl/ Bob McBride, voc/ Peter Pantaluk, trp/ Skip Prokop, dr/ Howard Shore, sax, fl/ Larry Smith, trp, trb/ Louie Yacknin, bsgtr, cb.
Production: Jimmy Lenner.
Cover-art by Martin Dean & Roger Dean.
Photography by unknown.
Liner notes: by unknown.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at
  unknown.

Track listing A-side
: Love Of A Woman (Skip Prokop + Ralph Cole)/ Little Kind Words (Skip Prokop)/ Old Man (Larry Smith)/ Sing, Sing, Sing (Skip Prokop + Ralph Cole)/ 1849 (Skip Prokop + Ralph Cole).
Track listing B-side: One Fine Morning (Skip Prokop)/ Hats Off [To The Stranger] (Skip Prokop + Bob McBride + McGraw)/ Show Me The Way (Skip Prokop)/ Step Out On The Sea (Skip Prokop)/ Sweet Lullabye (Skip Prokop).

The Vertigo logo on front is blue.
There are no running time indications anywhere.
There are no composers credits on the label, they are inside the gatefold.

Matrix number A-side
:
6342010 1Y//1 ▼420  1 1 4

Matrix number B-side
:
6342010 2Y//2 ▼420 1 1

Rarity scale: R1



On paper this kind of band looks a great idea: well-developed musicians from different disciplines that play a host of instruments. This way you do not have to hire studio cracks and can arrange and polish at leasure at home. In real life, though, almost no acceptable album at all has been produced by such bands. This one is no exception. Great musicians these all are, but somehow brass, strings and rock do not readily match. The arrangements are too thick, too loud or when they are restrained they are too sweet. A track like Old man is a good point in case: the much too honeyed strings and the hopeless block-playing of the brass are about everything that can damage a ballad. The dull swing of Sing, sing, sing is particularly irksome too. The lyrics mirror the music: love and understanding and all, but much too bulky to be acceptable, let alone trustworthy. So there you are: another album with competent, even excellent musicianship, completely squandered on an ill-chosen course. Oh, they're Canadian, by the way.

One of those typical Dean landscapes adorns the cover A tower, partly organic, partly man-made, rises above a moving sea. The backcover shows the same tower in morning light and placid water. Very unwordly.
The lettering is so small as to be non-existent, probably not to disturb the image. Your magnifying glass will show you that it's placed at 12 o'clock.
Inside again the tower in white and black, some information on the lads and a nice photograph of them too.

Notes: This was released in the USA on Evolution (3007) in 1971 in a different cover.



6342 011
LIGHTHOUSE - THOUGHTS OF MOVIN' ON (begining of 1972)



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Line-up: Richard Armin, vlc/ Ralph Cole, gtr/ Don DiNovo, vla/ Paul Hoffert, keyb, vibr/ Keith Jollimore, sax, fl/ Bob McBride, voc/ Peter Pantaluk, trp/ Skip Prokop, dr/ Howard Shore, sax, fl/ Larry Smith, trp, trb/ Louie Yacknin, bsgtr, cb.
Production: Jimmy Lenner.
Cover-art by Martin Dean & Roger Dean.
Photography by unknown.
Liner notes: by unknown.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at
  unknown.

Track listing A-side
: Take It Slow [Out In The Country] (Ralph Cole + Larry Smith + Keith Jollimore)/ What Gives You The Right (Howard Shore)/ You And Me (Howard Shore)/ Fly My Airplane (Paul Hoffert)/ I'd Be So Happy (Skip Prokop).
Track listing B-side: I Just Wanna Be Your Friend (Skip Prokop + Bob McBride)/ I'm Gonna Try To Make It (Larry Smith + Keith Jollimore)/ Rockin' Chair (Skip Prokop + Ralph Cole)/ Walk Me Down (Bob McBride)/ Insane (Skip Prokop + Bob McBride).

The Vertigo logo on front is white.
There are no running time indications anywhere.
There are no composers credits on the label, they are inside the gatefold.

Matrix number A-side
:
6342011 1Y//1 ▼420  1 1 1

Matrix number B-side
:
6342011 2Y//2 ▼420 1 1

Rarity scale: R1



We're almost a year after the debut for Vertigo and all hands are still on board. Although this is laudable, the second record sounds strongly like the first with only marginal improvements. Yes, they have listened to Deja vu, but even though some of the arrangements are less obvious, the songs still are sticky and completely predictable. What a shame, so much musical expertise gone to waste.

The Deans didn't like this job either. They simply put another version of the cover from the debut on the front, this time bordered by a flat and unpalatable black. An insect was added. Almost incredible that this design was accepted by the Vertigo bosses. Maybe they thought it would give Lighthouse something like a corporate identity?
The lettering is at least visible this time, quite an improvement!
Inside another black and white tower, straight from the bin with discarded attempts, a live photo and some notes on the individual players.

Notes: This was released in the USA on Evolution (3010) in 1972 in a different cover.
Strange enough the British cover of the first album (admittedly a slightly better design) was used in Japan to adorn the second Lighthouse album.



6360 500
ROD STEWART - GASOLINE ALLEY (autumn of 1970)

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Line-up
: Kenny Jones, dr/ Ronnie Lane, bsgtr/ Rod Stewart, voc/ Ron Wood, gtr.
Production: Lou Reizner & Rod Stewart.
Cover-design by Marcus Keef.
Photography by Marcus Keef.
Liner notes: by Ron Wood & Rod Stewart.
Cover manufactured by Howards Printers.
Recorded at  unknown.

Track listing A-side: Gasoline Alley  (Rod Stewart)/ It's All Over Now (Bobby Womack + Shirley Womack)/ Only A Hobo (Bob Dylan)/ My Way Of Giving (Steve Marriott + Ronnie Lane).
Track listing B-side: Country Comforts (Elton John + Bernie Taupin)/ Cut Across Shorty (Wayne + Wilkin + Walker)/ Lady Day (Rod Stewart)/ Jo's Lament (Rod Stewart)/ I Don't Want To Discuss It (D.Cooper + B.Beatty + E.Shelby).

The Vertigo logo on front is pink.
There are no running time indications anywhere.

Matrix number A-side:
6360500 1Y ▼1 420  1 1 2

Matrix number B-side:
6360500 2Y ▼2 420 1 1 8

Rarity scale: R1


It's Rod time again and everything here sounds like being hurled onto tape in one single take. That is advantageous on infectious tracks like My way of giving, but this, of course, was written by real songwriters, and becomes a tasty and highly atmospheric kind of disorder. Also prime time on Cut across shorty, that could have been one of the better Stones' cuts from this era. The fake country-blues of the title track is nice enough too. Unfortunately Stewart still cannot write material of any consequence, so two cuts disqualify themselves almost immediately. The pseudo-funk of I don't want to discuss it is as awful as it gets, so this must be filed into the category of thoroughly chequered efforts.

What an awful and depressing street is on the cover! A hobo lies discarded in the gutter as well, just holding himself with an effort onto a lamppost. Iron bars obstruct the windows. Horrible, but beautiful! Two variations are known: a textured ''pebbly'' cover and a smooth one, as seen above. The textured one is the first. There are transitional copies that have the first sleeve and the second label, just for fun, I suppose.
A third variation has popped up! This has a rough cover with additional information ''Made in England'' on the label.
The lettering is fine too with just enough altering to make it look individual. Especially the framing pink hairlines around it are very delicate.
Inside Rod poses in the same posture as the hobo, although clad in a fire-red and white fashionable outfit. Look at those shoes! Still, he must be somehow identifying himself with his counterpart on front.

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Notes: This was released in the USA on Mercury (SR 61264) in 1970 with a different cover design. On first pressings the cover was textured.
Gasoline Alley was a comic strip originally written and drawn by Frank King and inaugurated in 1918. It still stands as one of the highlights of US cartoon drawing from the 20th century.

A cassette was released in the UK, with artwork taken from inside the gatefold cover, and has cat.nr. 7145 001

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6360 609
ATLANTIS - ''same'' (beginning of 1973)




The cover was for this album was imported from Germany and is therefore identical with the one from the German issue. It was, however, supplemented with a swirl inner sleeve. It retains its German catalogue number.
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As this was one of the original German Vertigo issues (the only one to be granted a UK release), the album is evaluated in the Germany section.


Matrix number A-side
:
6360500 1Y//1 ▼420  1 1 2

Matrix number B-side
:
6360500 2Y//1 ▼ 420 1 1 2

Rarity scale: R1






6360 700
JIM CROCE - YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM (autumn of 1972)



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Line-up: H.J. Boyle, gtr/ Gary Chester, dr/ Jim Croce, voc, gtr/ Joe Macho, bsgtr/ Maury Muehleisen, gtr/ Jim Ryan, bsgtr/ Tommy West, bsgtr, keyb
Production: Terry Cashman & Tommy West for Interrobang Productions.
String arrangements by Pete Dino.
Cover-design by Design Machine.
Photography by Design Machine.
Liner notes: by unknown.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at
  unknown.

Track listing A-side
: You Don't Mess Around With Jim (3'00'')/ Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Brighter Day (2'49'')/ New York's Not My Home (3'05'')/ Hard Time Losin' Man (2'23'')/ A Long Time Ago (2'18'')/ Walkin' Back To Georgia (2'47'').
Track listing B-side: Operator [That's Not The Way It Feels] (3'45'')/ Time In A Bottle (2'24'')/ Rapid Roy [The Stock Car Boy] (2'40'')/ Box No.10 (2'22'')/ Photographs And Memories (2'03'')/ Hey Tomorrow (2'40'').
All tracks by Jim Croce.

The Vertigo logo on front is brown.

Matrix number A-side
:
6360700 1Y*1 420  1 1 4

Matrix number B-side
:
6360500 2Y*1 420 1 1 2

Rarity scale: R1



Competent, no doubt, but strongly and safely in the well-known singer/songwriter mode and not contributing anything to the canon we did not already know. The backing band plays proficiently, though pretty inconspiciously too. Many songs have a touch of country. The main problem is, that the record seems to be filled with two songs only, a fast one and a fairly slow one, and that these are repeated with only slight differences here and there. You will probably understand that this is not our idea of an adventurous record.

The front image is screaming ''rustic, even rural, yet tough''. Great moustachio he's sporting, great cigar too! Look at the fine quality wood they used for the window pane!
The lettering manages to offset the whole image by putting much too much weight on the right, as amateurish as you can get it. On the back Croce now has his cigar in his right hand. The moustache is still on his upperlip.
The lyrics are featured on the inside, some of them actually readable, and another photo of Croce. This time he is relaxedly balancing a foot on his guitar case, while standing at the edge of an empty road. Have a good journey, Mr. Croce!.

Notes: This was released in the USA on ABC (X-756) in 1972.



6360 701
JIM CROCE - LIFE AND TIMES (end of 1972)


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Line-up
: Kenny Asher, keyb/ Gary Chester, dr/ Jim Croce, voc, gtr/ Michael Kamen, ob/ Joe Macho, bsgtr/ Maury Muehleisen, gtr/ Alan Rolnick, gtr/ David Spinoza, gtr/ Tommy West, keyb
Production: Terry Cashman & Tommy West for Interrobang Productions.
String arrangements by Pete Dino.
Cover-design by Ruby Mazur.
Photography by Paul Wilson.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at
  The Hit Factory, NY..

Track listing A-side
: One Less Set Of Footsteps (2'46'')/ Roller Derby Queen (3'28'')/ Dreamin Again (2'38'')/ Careful Man (2'22'')/ Alabama Rain (2'14'')/ Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business [Singin' The Blues] (2'05'').
Track listing B-side: Next Time, This Time (2'51'')/ Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (3'02'')/ These Dreams (3'12'')/ Speedball Tucker (2'25'')/ It Doesn't Have To Be That Way (2'31'').
All tracks by Jim Croce.

The Vertigo logo on front is white.

Matrix number A-side
:
6360701 1Y//1 ▼420 1 1 2

Matrix number B-side
:
6360500 2Y//2 ▼420 1 1 1

Rarity scale: R4



Maybe this is the American answer to Cat Stevens? Muehleisen plays a great guitar here and the record contains at least one classic: the Sinatra-covered Bad, bad Leroy Brown, taken a few steps up by the Voice. Some of these tunes are actually infectious and the few ballads like These dreams are well-arranged. Still this is more apt for young, ironing housewives than for you or us, we guess. Some real emotion notwithstanding, most of this is till too commonplace to really excite.

Deep furrrows adorn Mr.Croce's face which again adorns the front, while on the back he is in a much better mood and in fact charming.
The lettering echoes the colour of the denim shirt very nicely. It's simple and adequate.
The lyrics are featured on the inside, some of them actually readable, and another photo of Croce. This time he is singing and playing. Well, why not, indeed..

Notes: This was released in the USA on ABC (X-769) in 1973.
The British version is extremely rare.



6499 268/269
 (6641 077)

KRAFTWERK - ''same'' (autumn of 1972)


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Line-up: Klaus Dinger, dr/ Andreas Hohmann, dr/ Ralf Hütter, keyb, bsgtr, harm/ Florian Schneider-Esleben, fl, vl, perc, gtr.
Production: Ralf Hütter & Florian Schneider-Esleben & Connie Planck.
Cover-design by unknown.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Recorded at
  unknown.

Track listing A-side disc 268
: Ruckzuck (7'47'')/ Stratovarius (12'10'').
Track listing B-side disc 268: Megaherz (9'30'')/ Vom Himmel Hoch (10'12'').
Track listing A-side disc 269
: Klingklang (17'36'')/ Atem (2'57'').
Track listing B-side disc 269: Strom (3'52'')/ Spule 4 (5'20'')/ Wellenlänge (9'40'')/ Harmonika (3'17'').
All tracks by Ralf Hütter + Florian Schneider-Esleben..

The Vertigo logo on front is blue.

Matrix number A-side disc 268

6499268 1Y//1 ▼420  1 1 3

Matrix number B-side disc 268
:
6499268 2Y//1 ▼420 1 1 1

Matrix number A-side disc 269:
6499269 1Y//1 ▼420  1 1

Matrix number B-side disc 269:
6499269 2Y//1 ▼420  1 1 1

Rarity scale: R3



Strange case of an original reissue, as this is a package of the two first Kraftwerk albums, already released in Germany before as Kraftwerk 1 and Kraftwerk 2. Although Kraftwerk is most remembered for its synthesizer spaghetti, these albums prove that there is more to them than you may have realized. The first album indeed incorporates avalanches of electronics, but hardly any synths. Flute and organ rule. Embryonic forms of later developments are found, like short-ridden rhythms, a narrow harmonic horizon and mechanically affected repetitions. But at times the music veers towards sonic landscapes, industrial sounds inclusive. Where a drummer is heard, both Can and Faust come to mind., but mostly there are alternatively serene and unsettling carpets of sound. This must have sounded completely non-commercial in 1972.  By ditching the drums, the second album is only rock by  far-fetched association and there is in fact nothing left to connect this music to any anglo-american styling. Some Asian influences can be determined on Klingklang. Much more extreme is Atem, that consists of almost three minutes worth of a breathing human being, slightly electronically altered. A far cry from anything that ressembles the blues! Strom is a lesson in complete immobility. These courageous attempts make Kraftwerk worth remembering, much more so than their robotics of later date.

The cover shows quite aptly the monitoring of an oscillator, a device amply found on their albums. The turquoise and black is impressive. Luckily the designer did not simply mirror this image on the backcover. Instead he provided new oscillation patterns, superbly positioned. Laminated cover.
The lettering is a heady mix of industrial and hand-made, again well-chosen.
Inside a host of portrait photographs, most of them totally dismissable.

Notes: Again the cover mentions another catalogue number. This time it is 6641 077, the same one as advertised below.
On the B-side of the second disc, ''Wellenlänge'' has been erroneously spelled as ''Wellenlange''.


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We found this very graphic ad in OZ 47 from april 1973. Three quid seems a bargain...

and it really only was 3 pounds...

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6499 407/408
(6657 001)
VARIOUS
ARTISTS - VERTIGO ANNUAL 1970 (end of 1970)



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Contributing bands: Colosseum, Rod Stewart, Jimmy Campbell, May Blitz, Juicy Lucy, Fairfield Parlour, Magna Carta, Affinity, Black Sabbath, Gracious, Cressida, Nucleus, Manfred Mann Chapter Three, Bob Downes, Dr.Strangely Strange, Uriah Heep.
Production: various.
Cover-design by Marcus Keef
Photography by Marcus Keef.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by Howards Printers.
Recorded at
  various.

Track listing A-side disc 407
: Elegy (James Litherland) Colosseum/ Handbags And Gladrags (Michael d'Abo) Rod Stewart/ Half Baked (Jimmy Campbell) Jimmy Campbell/ I Don't Know (May Blitz) May Blitz.
Track listing B-side disc 407: Mississippi Woman (Juicy Lucy) Juicy Lucy/ In My Box (Peter Daltrey + Eddie Pumer) Fairfield Parlour/ Goin' My Way [Road Song] (Chris Simpson) Magna Carta/ Three Sisters (Lynton Naiff + Linda Hoyle) Affinity.
Track listing A-side disc 408: Behind The Wall Of Sleep (Black Sabbath) Black Sabbath/ Introduction (Paul Davis + Martin Kitcat) Gracious/ To Play Your Little Game (John Heyworth) Cressida/ Elastic Rock (Karl Jenkins) Nucleus.
Track listing B-side disc 408: One Way Glass (Manfred Mann + Thomas) Manfred Mann Chapter Three/ No Time Like The Present (Bob Downes) Bob Downes/ Summer Breeze (Tim Booth) Dr.Strangely Strange/ Gypsy (Mick Box + David Byron) Uriah Heep.

The Vertigo logo on front is white.
There are no running time indications anywhere.
There are no composers credits on the label, they are inside the gatefold.

Matrix number A-side disc 407

6499407 1Y//1 ▼420  1 1 1

Matrix number B-side disc 407
:
6499407 2Y//1 ▼420  1 2 3

Matrix number A-side disc 408
6499408 1Y//1 ▼420  1 1 8

Matrix number B-side disc 408
:
6499408 2Y//1 ▼420  1 1 4


Rarity scale: R1



The title of this double label sampler leads one to believe that there were plans for an annual release, but Vertigo never got any further than 1970. Contrary to the ''Heads together'' sampler, this one contains previously released material only and so serves quite succeedingly as an introduction to Vertigo's miracles. The contents are chosen with taste: almost every track is among the best from the respective album and therefore this sampler comes recommended for anyone who wants to start to explore what the fuzz is all about.

Red foliage surely is a favourite of Keef. This time a naked lady on a dotted hobby-horse fronts the landscape. A small boy dressed in parade uniform plays the drum and looks at her. Quite striking, but a bit overdone, too.
The lettering is chosen in accordance to the ''annual'' idea and could have been taken from any children's annual of the times.
Inside the horse's head is displayed in a coloured negative photograph and also proudly quotes underground magazine ''it'': Vertigo is the least pretentiously and most happily married of the 'progressive' labels to emerge from 'neath the wings of the large record companies. They said that... The quote is taken from it no.74 from Februari 1970.

Notes: As the cover image has too strong an erotic colouring, the Spanish branch thought it better to issue this in an altered sleeve. Take a look at the Spain pages!
Some copies have a special price sticker on front (see scan of the cover).



6830 032
VARIOUS ARTISTS - VERTIGO SAMPLER JULY 1970 (white label promo)


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Contributing bands: Bob Downes Open Music/ Gracious/ Magna Carta/ May Blitz/ Nucleus.
Production: various.

Track listing A-side: No Time Like The Present (Bob Downes) Bob Downes Open Music/ Fugue in 'D' Minor (Paul Davis + Martin Kitcat) Gracious / Elizabethan (Chris Simpson) Magna Carta/ Squeet (May Blitz) May Blitz..
Track listing B-side: 1916 (Karl Jenkins) Nucleus/ Elastic (Karl Jenkins) Nucleus/ Introduction (Paul Davis + Martin Kitcat) Gracious/ Keep Off The Grass (Bob Downes) Bob Downes/ Airport Song (Chris Simpson) Magna Carta.

Matrix number A-side:
6380032 1Y//2 ▼420 1 1 2
Matrix number B-side:
6380032 2Y//2 ▼420 1 1 2

Rarity scale: R5


This white label only sampler was not meant to be released commercially, so there was no cover made. Instead, it came with a crudely typed cue-sheet, stating title and artist. Mayby this was sent to DJ's and radio stations. Except May Blitz, all featured bands have two tracks a piece. Surely a diverse album, although it's unclear why Fairfield Parlour is not represented.

Notes: Nucleus' Elastic rock is wrongly listed as ''Elastic''.
Bob Downes Open Music is once credited as just Bob Downes.



6830 067
VARIOUS ARTISTS - NEW VERTIGO POPULAR MATERIAL (white label promo, spring of 1971)


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Contributing bands: Ian Carr/ Catapilla.
Production: various.

Track listing A-side: Elements I & II (Ian Carr) Ian Carr/ Changing Times (Ian Carr) Ian Carr / Bedrock Deadlock (Ian Carr) Ian Carr/ Spirit Level (Ian Carr) Ian Carr.
Track listing B-side: Embryonic Fusion (Catapilla) Catapilla.

Matrix number A-side:
6380067 1Y//1 ▼420 1 1 1
Matrix number B-side:
6380067 2Y//1 ▼420 1 1 2

Rarity scale: R5


Another very small pressing, white label only, this time we know that there are just 30 copies. There is no cue-sheet (with our copy that is), but we have the order form from Vertigo to the pressing plant (see scan above), where this amount is clearly stated at the bottom. Side A is taken from Ian Carr's Solar plexus (side A there also), side B from Catapilla's self titled debut (also side B from this latter record). Probably Vertigo saw the need to push their jazz-rock ambitions a bit. Needless to say, that there are almost no copies surviving.

Notes: Catapilla is again credited as ''Caterpillar'', just as the proof sleeves of their first record do.



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VARIOUS ARTISTS - VERTIGO SAMPLER (II)

Another one of those strange samplers has recently surfaced. The contents are quite surprising: two tracks each by Cressida, Rod Stewart and Black Sabbath, placing this somewhere around the end of 1969. The cue sheet, seen below, tells it all. Needless to say that this is R5 on the rarity scale.

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7567 001
VARIOUS ARTISTS - VERTIGO 2LP (cassette only)

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Contributing bands: Manfred Mann Chapter III/ Juicy Lucy/ Fairfield Parlour/ Gracious/Magna Carta/ Black Sabbath/ Nucleus/ Cressida/ Colosseum/ Bob Downes/ May Blitz/ Uriah Heep/ Affinity/ Rod Stewart..
Production: various.

Track listing A-side: Travelling Lady (Mike Hugg) Manfred Mann Chapter III/ Who Do You Love (Bo Diddley) Juicy Lucy / Free (Peter Daltrey + Eddie Pumer) Fairfield Parlour/ Fugue In D Minor (Paul Davis + Martin Kitcat) Gracious/ Elizabethan (Chris Simpson) Magna Carta/Warning (Aynsley Dunbar) Black Sabbath/ Torrid Zone (Karl Jenkins) Nucleus.
Track listing B-side: Depression (Angus Cullen) Cressida/ The Machine Demands A Sacrifice (Colosseum + Pete Brown) Colosseum/ West II (Bob Downes) Bob Downes/ Tomorrow May Come (May Blitz) May Blitz/ Lucy Blues (Mick Box + David Byron) Uriah Heep/ All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan) Affinity/ Street Fighting Man (Mick Jagger + Keith Richard) Rod Stewart.

Rarity scale: R4


Quite useful sampler, though the emphasis lies a bit too much on cover versions for our tastes. One wonders why this should be called ''2LP'', since the contents are not much longer than a single LP could carry. Do you still have a cassette player?

Not too much fantasy and imagination has gone into the cover, but at least it is clear and swirly.

Do by all means now switch to one of the pages from abroad countries to see more swirl marvels!

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