BB LUCKY DIP's #86
Lucky Dip's will be a mystery gift to those who choose to pick them up.
Today's links: VERTIGO Albums Part 07 (061 - 070)
“… it was clear that nobody was expecting anything like this. Many wouldn’t have heard any prog rock before, or had only heard the kind of prog that gave the genre a bad name. This was a performance to convert the sceptics.” Bob Leiser
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Vertigo Records is a record company that originated in the United Kingdom. It was a subsidiary of the Philips/Phonogram record label, launched in 1969 to specialise in progressive rock and other non-mainstream musical styles. Today it is operated by Universal Music Germany, and the UK catalogue was folded into Mercury Records, which was absorbed in 2013 by Virgin EMI Records, which was renamed back to EMI Records in June 2020.
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BB THANk you so much THESE LP's ared wonderful what a great classic label
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome doors97426.
ReplyDeleteThe Vertigo label has some real hidden treasures.
Volume * will follow in the future. with some rare albums.
Cheers.
Good to see Bob Leiser back!
ReplyDeleteHeres a good one:
“I hail from the industrial heartland of the North East of England (where men are men and sheep are worried) - and I had a comfortable career mapped out for myself as an electrician in the chemical industry. But somehow I never really fitted in.”
Dave Sturt - (Jade Warrior - Basses: Fretless, Upright, Acoustic, Fretted. Sound Shaping, Samples, Keys, Heavy Breathing, Production)
Stay safe
Cheers
Stephen
Thanks Stephen,
DeleteI am sure some will enjoy this quote also.
I always loved Jade Warrior. Especially the second album.
Cheers.
Love the Vertigo albums thanks! What a diverse label, always interesting stuff
ReplyDeleteHi Unknown.
DeleteAgreed a great label that offers many gems.
Cheers.
I must thank you for all the Lucky Dips you post, such a fantastic range of music and so much to discover. Keep up the amazing work!
ReplyDeleteThank you Frank,
DeleteI try to make the choices interesting .
I am glad to hear you find them interesting.
Cheers.
Thanks for the Vertigo series. Those were a special time when you could be assured that what came out on a particular label (such as Elektra, Charisma, or Harvest) would always be interesting, and in some cases, groundbreaking.
ReplyDeleteThanks DK.
DeleteI have always collected what ever vertigo label albums I could get my hands on. There was always something great to find.
Volume 8 will be a great one.
Cheers.
Thanks for another Lucky Dip!!! I like specially the ones relating the Vertigo label!!! I've found many gems I didn't know!
ReplyDeleteCheers
I am happy that you keep on enjoying the Lucky Dips.
DeleteVertigo offered many wonderful moments.
Cheers.
THANK YOU!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou're always welcome Manolis.
DeleteCheers.
Hi Butterboy,
ReplyDeleteI'm hearing Legend - Moonshine.
For info, this released in 1971 i/o 1972 (original LP Vertigo 6360 063 UK).
Thx for great job.
Dominique (Reims, France)
Re myself too,
ReplyDelete# Assagai - 1971 - Assagai, for info backing vocals by Jade Warrior & 3 tracks composed by JD's members :
A1 - Barazinbar, B2 - Sanga and B4 - Kinzambi
# Aphrodite's Child - 1972 (i/o 1971) - 666 (2xLP) red front cover.
For info,
In 1977, these both LPs were reissued in UK with black cover (Vertigo 6641 581).
The 1972 brasilian single version called "Break" is released under reference 6333 502 & contains only 7 tracks. The cover shows a crashed and glided 2CV Citroën.
asap.
Hi Vertiglove,
DeleteLoving the little bits of facts that sit behind each release. Appreciated.
Cheers.
bonjour Butterboy
Deletethanks for your comment
a little mistake with Assagai :
plse read " #Assagai - 1971 - Zimbabwe " and not the eponym album (see yr list nr 041)
apologies !
Dominique
Hi BB... a small correction for you
ReplyDeleteYou meant: VERTIGO Albums Part 07 (061 - 070)
Hi mrRadio,
DeleteThanks friend.
Cheers.
re / about Assagai - Zimbabwe
ReplyDeleteI found another detail : this album with reference Vertigo 6309 079 UK is just a promo test never released on Vertigo . The LP has been edited with the same reference 6309 079 by Philips.
DB
Thanks, vertiolove.
DeleteCheers.