Brazilian Vertigo
released quite some British albums with a swirl label. Slight
differences to the covers were being made. Some few examples thereof
may be found below. Fold-out covers and other extras were in most cases
abandoned. Early releases did not yet adopt the practice of the full
swirl logo on the A-side, but divided the information over both sides.
Later issues did correct this. On those later releases the first white
circle contained ''Vertigo'', the second stated ''lado A'', similar to
Argentina. Matrix numbers were hand-etched and showed the country
pressing code for Brazil, 200, alongside the catalogue number and the
side. There was at least one (maybe more) sampler issued, unique to
Brazil.
6360
011
BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID (1971)
Brazilian backcover for 6360 011.
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First Brazilian label with info of one side only.
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Matrix number A-side:
200 6360011 A3
Matrix number B-side:
200 6360011 B3
Rarity scale: R2
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The contents are the same as on the
British counterpart, but the fold-out cover was reduced to a single one
that sported a photograph on the back not used with the British release
(see scan
above). The front cover was identical to Britain, though pretty badly
reproduced. At 1 o'clock , the wording ''Ind. Brasileira'' clearly
defined the country of origin.
6360
047
BLACK SABBATH - ''same'' (1973)
Second Brazilian label with
info of both sides on the B-side.
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Matrix number A-side:
200 6360047 A1
Matrix number B-side:
200 6360047 B1
Rarity scale: R2
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After the success of Paranoid, it would seem logical to belatedly
release Sabbath's debut in the few countries where that album wasn't
introduced yet. They even assigned a ''lost'' catalogue number to this
release. One enigma cleared away...
The cover design followed the British one, but discarded the gatefold.
The information was therefore transferred to the backcover in a new
font.
6360
062
JADE WARRIOR - RELEASED (1972)
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Matrix number A-side:
200 6360062 A1
Matrix number B-side:
200 6360062 B1
Rarity scale: R3
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Musically identical to the British
release. The poster cover was deemed too much and the same
simplification (more or less) as with the
German
cover was applied. Contrary to that release, there was no poster
issued. A most unattractive bar was inserted uppermost, part of a
''rock power'' program to convince potential buyers. On the backcover
one of the six original panels was used, including all lyrics.
6360
066
WARHORSE - RED SEA (1972)
Has been spotted, but we do not know the differences yet.
At least we have a label scan now...
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6360
073
BEGGAR'S OPERA - PATHFINDER (1972)
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Matrix number A-side:
200 6360073 A1
Matrix number B-side:
200 6360073 B1
Rarity scale: R2
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Again the same contents as with its
British counterpart. This time the six-part fold-out poster was reduced
to a single cover, with the topmost panels (logically) providing the
image. The title was tranferred from the bottom of the UK issue to a
location underneath the band name.
6361
000
VARIOUS ARTISTS - CRAZY BABY CRAZY
(1971)
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Participating bands - see track listing.
Cover-art by Alain
Voss.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by unknown.
Track listing A-side: Ride
The Sky (Lucifer's Friend)/ Hard Rain Fallin'
(Sir Lord Baltimore)/ Telephone Girl (Assagai)/ Wholesale Love
(Buddy Miles)/ Damn Fool (Exuma)/ Pilot (Blue Cheer)/ Run Baby Run
(Hotlegs)/ Lady In Black (Uriah Heep)/ We're So Much In Love (Madeleine
Bell)/ Jakaranda (Lally Stott) totalling 18'15'' .
Track listing B-side:
Thinking Of My Life (Juicy Lucy)/ Paranoid (Black Sabbath)/ St.Louis
(Warhorse)/ Life (Legend)/ Don't Leave Me Now
(Jimmy Campbell)/ Fire Queen (May Blitz)/ No Time Like The Present (Bob
Downes)/ The Kettle (Colosseum)/ Sarabande (Beggar's Opera) totalling
17' 25''.
The Vertigo logo on front is very
pink.
Matrix number A-side:
200 6361000 A1
Matrix number B-side:
200 6361000 B1
Rarity scale: R4
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Not only because of its, well, catchy
cover and not only because of the fact that an avalanche of artists
otherwise not known to record for the label makes its appearance, is
this a remarkable sampler. The musical contents are also pretty unique.
The bosses have edited each track to fit into the next one, thereby
creating an unsettling suite of totally disparate shreds of music, that
sometimes works very well, but most of the time leaves the listener
completely bewildered. An obscure rarity for sure.
The cover is destined to be a seventies prototype, albeit not a very
creative one. The abstractions at the bottom right are incomprehensible
and the lady is your home-made pop-art icon translated into a seventies
idiom. Oh wait, it's a comic strip figure, actually. The backcover is
of singular interest: no less than 12 samplers in this vein are
depicted, all in black and white, unfortunately. Two of these (Jazz Baby Jazz and Cool Baby Cool) even have a label
logo on front, respectively Verve and Reprise. Also quite tantalizing
is the inner sleeve around our copy, as it gives us the line-up for a
sampler like ''Underground baby'', which among others boasts Bert
Sommer and The Road. Groove Baby
Groove even has The Beatles, The Who and Web alongside Shocking
Blue and Charlie Brown and many others. Strange fare altogether!
Notes: ''Blue Cheer''
is misspelled on the front cover as ''Blue Cher''. A wink towards Sonny
Bono?
6333
502
APHRODITE'S CHILD - BREAK (1972)
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Line-up: Silver Koulouris, gtr, perc/ Vangelis Papathanassiou,
keyb, fl, vibr, perc/ Demis Roussos, voc, bsgtr/ Lucas Sideras, voc, dr.
Production: Vangelis
Papathanassiou.
Cover-design by
M.Dubré.
Liner notes: none.
Cover manufactured
by Matiz Gráfica e Editôra Ltda..
Recorded at
Europasonor.
Track listing A-side:
Babylon (2:52)/ The Four Horsemen
(6:10)/ The Lamb (4:40)/ Aegian Sea
(5:24)/ The Beast (2:23).
Track listing B-side: 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:
200 6333502 A1
Matrix number B-side:
200 6333502 B1
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Instead of the slightly sprawling
double album the UK was treated with, Brazilian Vertigo opted for a
somewhat lighter version, a single album, carefully put together from
the orginal issue. The title ''666'' was substituted, the album was now
labelled ''Break'', the A-side of the single released simultaneously.
This and the B-side of the single bookend a rather sobered apocalypsis.
Though
we may miss some of the best tracks, notably The wedding of the lamb,
it was certainly more on the safe side to release this without Irene
Papas' orgiastic vocal solo. But the B-side is laudably similar to the
counterpart's D-side, a wise choice in our eyes.
The sinister artwork from the inside of the UK release here served as
the front. The backcover is pitch black with the sparse credits. It's a
single cover, of course.
SINGLES
and EP's
Almost certainly there are more
Brazilian
single releases (and EP's) on Vertigo swirl. If you can access any of
these,
please let us know... We have until now just found the following with
picture sleeves:
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Brazilian picture sleeve for 6276 008, Black Sabbath Tomorrows dream/ Laguna sunrise/ Changes/
St.Vitus dance. |
Brazilian
picture sleeve for 6299 003, Black Sabbath Sabbath bloody sabbath/ Rat salad/ Fluff/
Paranoid. |
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Apart from these we have seen without a
picture sleeve:
6032 900
APHRODITE'S CHILD
A: Break. B: Babylon.
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