ROD STEWART Gasoline Alley (Vertigo 6360 500) RARE UK 1st Pressing Swirl MINT
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ROD STEWART Gasoline Alley (Vertigo 6360 500) RARE UK 1st Pressing Swirl MINT!
Original UK first pressing of Rod Stewart`s second solo album "Gasoline Alley" on Vertigo Records (June 1970). A near-impossible find in this condition!
"Like its predecessor, nearly all of Gasoline Alley is played on acoustic instruments -- Stewart treats rock & roll songs like folk songs, reinterpreting them in individual, unpredictable ways. For instance, "It's All Over Now" becomes a shambling, loose-limbed ramble instead of a tight R&B/blues groove, and "Cut Across Shorty" is based around a howling, Mideastern violin instead of a rockabilly riff. Of course, being a rocker at heart, Stewart doesn't let these songs become limp acoustic numbers -- these rock harder than any fuzz-guitar workout. The drums crash and bang, the acoustic guitars are pounded with a vengeance -- it's a wild, careening sound that is positively joyous with its abandon. And on the slow songs, Stewart is nuanced and affecting -- his interpretation of Bob Dylan's "Only a Hobo" is one of the finest Dylan covers, while the original title track is a vivid, loving tribute to his adolescence. And that spirit is carried throughout Gasoline Alley. It's an album that celebrates tradition while moving it into the present and never once does it disown the past." - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com
GRADING:
MINT- COVER. Original unlaminated sleeve in pristine condition. Please see photos for details.
- Gatefold sleeve "Printed and made by Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd."
- A few tiny, near-invisible creases to the spine.
- No wear at all to edges, corners or opening edge: Practically perfect.
- Includes original custom-printed Vertigo Records inner sleeve in MINT- condition.
MINT- RECORD with virtually no signs of previous play!
- Perfect vinyl on both sides, with impeccable audio reproduction throughout.
- Under strong lighting a very few lightest hairlines, from sleeve removal only.
- Other than that, no hairlines, scuffs or any other visible signs of previous play.
- Original Vertigo Records "swirl" labels with a few spindle lines on each label.
- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "6360 500 1Y ? 1 420 1 5 5" and "6360 500 2Y ? 1 420 1 5 1 5".
- This record is certified to be an original UK pressing of "Gasoline Alley", released in June 1970.
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