GENTLE GIANT - THREE FRIENDS LP - Original UK 1972 VERTIGO -PROG -Price Reduced
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GENTLE GIANT - THREE FRIENDS (1972)
Very Rare Progressive LP from 1972 , on Vertigo 6360 070 .
[ Three Friends (1972) is a concept album by the British progressive rock band Gentle Giant. The group's third album was also their first American release to chart, peaking at #197 on the Billboard 200. It marked a change in drummers from Martin Smith to Malcolm Mortimore.
It is Gentle Giant's first concept album, dealing with three childhood friends whose lives take them very different places. However, each of the three friends are not satisfied with their new lives and eventually reunite into a team to achieve their goals easier. It was also their first self-produced album. The two former albums were produced by David Bowie and T.Rex producer Tony Visconti.
Gary Green's guitar solo on "Peel the Paint" uses an echoplex belonging to Mike Ratledge that Green's brother Jeff, a roadie with Ratledge's band Soft Machine, had borrowed.
The song "Schooldays" starts off with the sounds of a schoolyard playground in England. Ray Shulman told Songfacts about the song: "We started off using the sound effects of the schoolyard so it would be very nostalgic, and that's a whole song about being at school together, and how these friends went their own different ways. One goes into manual labour, one goes into clerical work, and one is an artist." ]
I have added some photos - sorry my camera is only 2.3M .
The cover is a little scuffed and creased on the back . The inner sleeve is slightly discoloured and creased .
The vinyl has some lines/scratches on both sides . I am no expert in record grading but would possibly say the condition is around VG/G . I cannot clean the LP as I do not have the knowledge or equipment .
( I've reduced the price slightly . )
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