LP - Gentle Giant – Three Friends - Original 1 press UK - 1972 - M / M

Gentle Giant – Three Friends
Gentle Giant - Three Friends album cover
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Label: Vertigo – 6360 070
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 1972
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock
A1 Prologue
A2 Schooldays
A3 Working All Day
B1 Peel The Paint
B2 Mister Class And Quality?
B3 Three Friends
Licensed From – Phonographic Performance Ltd
Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc Ltd.
Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
Published By – Excellency Music
Bass [Basses], Violin, Twelve-String Guitar [12 String Guitar], Vocals – Ray Shulman
Design [Sleeve Design] – Rick Breach
Drums – Malcolm Mortimore
Engineer – Martin Rushent
Guitar [Guitars], Percussion – Gary Green
Keyboards, Vibraphone, Percussion, Synthesizer [Moog], Vocals – Kerry Minnear
Producer – Gentle Giant
Saxophone [Saxes], Vocals – Philip Shulman
Vocals – Derek Shulman
Voice [Boy's Voice] – Calvin Shulman (tracks: A2)
Written-By – Gentle Giant
Released on the Vertigo "swirl" label design in a matt gatefold sleeve with a polylined "swirl" inner.

No "Made in England" text on B-side label.
℗ 1972

This is the first issue with the misspelt "Feel The Paint" on the label, later corrected to “Peel The Paint”.

There is also a near identical release, with "Made in England" text at 1 o'clock on the B-side label.

Licences for the use records for public performance may be obtained from Phonographic Performance Ltd., Evelyn House, 62 Oxford Street, London, W.1.

On inner sleeve:
MADE IN ENGLAND British Patent No. 800153 & 973913
Matrix / Runout (A-side stamped, variant 1): 6360070 1Y//2▽420 11 7 4
Matrix / Runout (B-side stamped, variant 1): 6360070 2Y//2▽420 11 4 04
Matrix / Runout (A-side stamped, variant 2): 6360070 1Y//2▽420 11 3 4
Matrix / Runout (B-side stamped, variant 2): 6360070 2Y//2▽420 11 3 04
Matrix / Runout (A-side stamped, variant 3): 6360070 1Y//2▽420 11 7 04
Matrix / Runout (B-side stamped, variant 3): 6360070 2Y//2▽420 11 6 04
Matrix / Runout (Lacquer cutting location ID): 420
Matrix / Runout (B-side label): 6360 070.2
Price Code: VO
Other (Inner sleeve, Patent No.): 800153 & 973913