Spanish Vertigo album covers are laminated and made of thin board. They did not adapt to the "VO" prefix, but used an own invention instead, the prefix "5847", followed by 900, 901 and so on, until the "6360" prefix was inaugurated with Fairfield Parlour's album.

Spanish A-side labels have ''cara A'', meaning side A, in the second white circle. They also have an extra wording concerning copyright at the perimeter. As with early Dutch releases, the logo is upside down. This was not corrected on consecutive releases.	A distribution wording of parent company Phonogram (Fonogram in Spain) appears on Spanish backcovers.	Spanish albums (not only those of Vertigo) have the date of the ''legal deposit'' somewhere on the label, mostly at around 1 o'clock. The perimeter wording is - naturally - in Spanish. Titles are often translated into that language too.

The matrix numbers of the Spanish albums are machine-stamped and can be divided as follows:
850 5847901 *A*1
country code, catalogue number, side, mother disc.

We will now proceed with album releases that were substantially altered when compared to their British counterparts, as far as we are aware of them.

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Presumably offended by the degree of nakedness of the British cover, Spanish Vertigo took the (milder) Dutch cover and erased the ambiguous person from the middle, replacing it with another copy of the band logo. Very clumsy, but thus not giving any occasion to offend the general public. Liner notes and titles inside the gatefold are in Spanish.

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To increase readability, Vertigo Spain altered the lay-out of the Black Sabbath debut album, but in the process spoiled the balance of the image quite severely. The liner notes and the titles are again in Spanish.

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Not amused by the exclamation sign as only reference apart from a very small band name, the Spanish branch inserted the name of the band prominently on the Gracious album. The texture of the cover was discarded. The backcover was slightly altered too.

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The 6-part poster cover of the British release was understandably  rejected, but the new design will probably not have appealed much to Roger Dean, creator of the art-work. For some reason beyond our conjecture, a framework of such a different style is superimposed upon the design, that its message becomes a completely different one. So we are at home and see this through a window, or what? Strange... The backside shows just the rocket.

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The original design was extremely simplified for this rare Spanish version. Musical contents are the same as for the UK version.

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Cover-design by Castán/Barea. Liner notes: by unknown. Cover manufactured by Foco, S.A., Madrid. Track listing A-side: Yellow Eyes (2'50'')/ Three-Horned Dragon Kings (6'06'')/ Telephone Girl (4'50'')/ A Winter's Tale (5'11'')/ Snake (3'02''). Track listing B-side: We Have Reason To Believe (3'50'')/ Masai Morning (6'47'')/ Obedience (3'19'')/ Mannamoto's Dream (5'35'')/ Eyes On You (3'04''). All tracks by Jade Warrior. The Vertigo logo on front is white. Matrix number A-side: 850 6360094 *A*1 Matrix number B-side: 850 6360094 *B*1 Rarity scale: R3

Nothing's wrong with this sampler, that catches some of the best moments of the first three albums. It goes without saying, that you can mourn some tracks that weren't elected, but on the whole this is a welcome record to make your acquaintance with the band. If you ever are able to find a copy, that is.

The sombre churchyard photograph with too little contrast is just about acceptable. It is seriously disturbed, though, by the stars and stripes on holiday above.
The lettering is very clear, yes sir, very clear indeed. What a waste!
The liner notes on the back are in Spanish.

Notes: B2 is subtly misspelled. ''Three-horned dragon king'' is how it should be, and this is something completely else than ''Three horned dragon kings''.

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Spanish Vertigo undoubtedly produced a lot of singles too, but these are not very widely spread. We are certain that there are more swirl singles issued in Spain, than the ones we have on display here. If you own any of these, please contact us!

Singles matrix numbers are machine-stamped and just as straightforward as the ones on the albums:
850 6059025 *A* 1 for the first single depicted below: country code, catalogue number, side, mother disc.
The prefix ''6059'' is split in two in Spain.



The labels are very similar to those of the albums. The A-side is in B-side style on all singles we have so far encountered.

Here are a few single sleeves for your pleasure:

Spanish picture sleeve for 6059 247, Def Leppard Hello America/ Wasted.	Spanish picture sleeve for 6073 253, Jim Croce Operator/ New York's not my home.	Spanish picture sleeve for 6078 220, Nazareth Holy roller/ Railroad boy.

The Spanish version of 6073 256 (Jim Croce) has a different B-side: Next time, this time, instead of Hard time losin' man.

Also spotted: 6832 160, Kayak Starlight Dancer/ Irene with a swirl promo label.

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