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Complete with 6-part fold-out poster cover, no less. A bit flimsier paper, yes, true. New, exciting, catalogue number!
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20 001
GENTLE GIANT - same (1972)
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Cover manufactured
by unknown.
The Vertigo logo on front is
off-white and mutilated by the cutting machine.
Matrix number A-side:
20001 A
Matrix number B-side:
20001 B
These are machine-stamped on our copy.
Rarity scale: R3?
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Quite an alteration has been applied to
the cover. The art-work by George Underwood was halved: only the upper
part (the face itself) shows. The occiput of the bald-headed giant was
cruelly obscured by a yellow bar with a ghastly border. The Spanish
translation of the band name looms large on this new graphical element.
The
colours of the image were dramatically intensified, leaving no trace of
the atmosphere of the original in place. The old catalogue number, 6360
020, was only vaguely corrected into the new one just below the swirl
logo on the cover. The backcover was put together from Spanish titles
and the small art-work, originally inside the gatefold, but the image
is printed mirror-wise. Most remarkable trait of the cover must be the
blurb in the lower left corner. ''Contiene el hit: Nada en Absoluto''
is stated modestly. Are we really to be informed that Nothing at all was a hit in
Venezuela? Did Giant receive any royalties?
20 003
GENTLE GIANT - ACQUIRING THE TASTE
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More of Gigante Gentil, which must have been quite a succesful formation in Venezuela!
Especially the back cover is interesting, since it suggets that possibly Uriah Heep's Look At Yourself could be a swirl release...
The cover itself is only slightly tampered with, fortunately. |
20 004
MAY BLITZ - THE SECOND OF MAY
20 007
BLACK SABBATH - VOL. 4 (1972)
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Cover manufactured
by unknown.
The Vertigo logo on front is
yellow.
Matrix number A-side:
VERTIGO 20007 A
Matrix number B-side:
VERTIGO 20007 B
These are machine-stamped on our copy.
Rarity scale: R2
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A simplification to the cover, as was
to be expected: gatefold and book-sleeve were discarded and a single
sleeve substituted. The orange of the British issue was altered to dark
yellow. The information was transferred to the backcover.
20 013
BLACK SABBATH - SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH (1976)
SINGLES
If Nada
en absoluto was a hit, then there should be Vertigo singles
too... Anyone?
URUGUAY
Uruguayan Vertigo swirl albums have
''Vertigo'' in the first white circle on the A-side. At 11 o'clock at
the B-side the wording ''Industria Uruguaya'' leaves no doubt about
their origins, as does ''Made in Uruguay'' at 6 o'clock. Matrix number
are machine-stamped. Uruguayan covers are Souith-American style: two
pages held together by a plastic outer sleeve. In Uruguay the swirl
label survived rather longer than in most other countries. Promo issues
were adorned with a stamp stating ''Muestra invendible''.
6366
101
BLACK SABBATH - SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH
(1977)
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Cover manufactured
by As.
The Vertigo logo on front is
white.
Matrix number A-side:
5417 B 6366101
Matrix number B-side:
5417 A 6366101
Rarity scale: R3?
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Another example of a latin country that
reduces the alleged erotic contents of a cover. The suggested
copulation of the British cover (Vertigo 6360 115) is benignly covered
with a large blue field. The bandname is now very conspicious. Just
compare to the UK cover depicted below.
6360 130
THIN LIZZY - FUGA DE LA CARCEL
[Jailbreak] (1977)
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Regular
label above and promo stamped label below
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9124 100
BLACK SABBATH - EXTASIS TECNICO
[Technical Ecstasy] (1978)
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Uruguay translated the title here and released this with a genuine swirl label. |
We have not yet found any single releases from Uruguay, but it seems
certain that there are some in existence.
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