Gentle Giant – Gentle Giant
Tracklist
| A1 | Giant | |
| A2 | Funny Ways | |
| A3 | Alucard | |
| A4 | Isn't It Quiet And Cold? | |
| B1 | Nothing At All | |
| B2 | Why Not? | |
| B3 | The Queen |
Companies, etc.
- Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc Ltd.
- Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
- Printed By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
- Made By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
Credits
- Arranged By – Ray Shulman
- Bass [Most], Violin, Guitar [Some], Percussion, Backing Vocals – Ray Shulman
- Cello ['Cellist] – Claire Deniz (tracks: A4)
- Cover, Artwork [Cover Artiste Extraordinaire] – George Underwood
- Drums, Percussion – Martin Smith (12)
- Engineer [Recording Engineerist] – Rop Baker*
- Keyboards, Bass [Some], Cello ['Cello], Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Percussion [Tuned] – Kerry Minnear
- Lacquer Cut By – DB* (tracks: B1 to B3)
- Lead Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar – Gary Green
- Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass [Some] – Derek Shulman
- Liner Notes – Tony Visconti/Record Producer*
- Producer [Produced By] – Tony Visconti
- Saxophone [Sax], Trumpet, Recorder, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Phil Shulman*
- Tenor Horn [Tenor Hornist] – Paul Cosh (tracks: A1)
- Written-By – Shulman*
Notes
Released on the Vertigo "spaceship" label design, in a portrait style matte gatefold sleeve.
First cat.# 6360020 on rear of sleeve above VO PRICE CODE, 2nd cat.# 6360 020 on labels.
A3 appears as "Alucard" on cover, but as "Alcard" on label.
A4 appears as "Isn't It Quiet And Cold?" on cover, but as "Isn't It Quiet And Cold" on label.
B2 appears as "Why Not?" on cover, but as "Why Not" on label.
Made in England
℗ 1970
Runouts are stamped.
First cat.# 6360020 on rear of sleeve above VO PRICE CODE, 2nd cat.# 6360 020 on labels.
A3 appears as "Alucard" on cover, but as "Alcard" on label.
A4 appears as "Isn't It Quiet And Cold?" on cover, but as "Isn't It Quiet And Cold" on label.
B2 appears as "Why Not?" on cover, but as "Why Not" on label.
Made in England
℗ 1970
Runouts are stamped.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Price Code (Boxed): VO
- Other (Inner sleeve, Patent No.): 800513 & 973939
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, label): 6360 020.1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, label): 6360 020.2
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): 6360020 1Y//1▽ 420 1 1 2 3
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): 6360020 2Y//3 420 1 2 DB
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): 6360020 1Y//1▽ 420 113 2 1 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): 6360020 2Y//3 420 05 1 2 DB
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): 6360020 1Y//1▽ 420 1B 20 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): 6360020 2Y//3 420 05 11 DB 21
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): 6360020 1Y//1▽ 420 113 2 6 ̶1̶
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): 6360020 2Y//3 420 05 12 DB 4
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): 6360020 1Y//1▽420 113 1 2 ̶1̶
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): 6360020 2Y//3 420 05 11 DB 3
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): 6360020 1Y//2 13 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): 6360020 2Y//3 420 05 12 DB 10
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): 6360020 1Y//1▽420 113 1 3
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): 6360020 2Y//3 420 05 11 DB 15
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 8): 6360020 1Y//1▽420 113 2 1 ̶1̶
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 8): 6360020 2Y//3 420 05 12 DB 4
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 9): 6360020 1Y//1▽420 113 2 8 ̶1̶
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 9): 6360020 2Y//3 420 05 12 DB 5
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 10): 6360020 1Y//1▽420 113 1 9 ̶1̶
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 10): 6360020 2Y//3 420 05 11 DB 21
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 11): 6360020 1Y//1▽420 113 1̶
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 11): 6360020 2Y//3 420 05 11 DB 1 0
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 12): 6360020 1Y//1▽420 1113 1 1 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 12): 6360020 2Y//3 420 05 1 1 1 DB
Other Versions (5 of 77)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Gentle Giant (LP, Album, 1st press) | Vertigo | 6360 020, 6360020 | UK | 1970 | |||
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Gentle Giant (LP, Album, Repress, Small Swirl) | Vertigo | 6360 020, 6360020 | UK | 1970 | ||
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Gentle Giant (LP, Album, Unipak Gatefold) | Vertigo | 6360 020 | New Zealand | 1970 | ||
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New Submission
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Gentle Giant (LP, Album, First german pressing) | Vertigo | 6360 020 | 1970 | |||
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New Submission
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Gentle Giant (LP, Album, Gatefold ) | Vertigo | 6360 020 | 1970 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Great sounding press, if you don’t mind not having the swirl and want to save some dollar this is the press to go for. -
Side A is a moogfest; Side B has a drum solo!
This is a Blues Rock album (never mind the discogs Styles, which are always a blend of wishful thinking and sales pitch), from before Gentle Giant figured out they should be doing prog. Kind of a typical evolution, it seems. This has a lot of the tropes of a band's first album. It's a bit heavy on the lagniappes, and a little light on the substance. It finishes off with a rendition of God Save the Queen, which is almost mandatorily trite from a first album. But this was only three years after Jimi Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner, so maybe they figured they were safe. -
This is an excellent copy. Although it does not use the classic vertigo swirl label design, the matrix is the same as the OG. if you can find a clean copy, go for it, and save some money in the process.
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