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| Garnett, Gale - My Kind of Folk Songs
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(RCA Victor LSP-2833 US-64 VG+ 275:-)
Gale Zoë Garnett was born in Auckland, New Zealand; her family moved to Canada when she was 11, and she made her public singing debut in 1960. In 1964, Garnett scored a Top Five pop hit with her original composition "We'll Sing in the Sunshine," and recorded her debut album, MY KIND OF FOLK SONGS, for RCA Victor.
Original US STEREO pressing on the black "Stereo Dynagroove" label.
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| Genesis - Trespass
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(Charisma CAS-1020 UK-72 VG+ 275:-)
A really breakthrough moment for Genesis – the first album to really unleash the majesty of the group in the Peter Gabriel generation! The songs here are longer than before, and show the expansive vision that the group only barely cracked with their debut – taken into longer-form songs that are a perfect showcase for Gabriel's mad vision and theatricality.
UK 2nd pressing in gatefold sleeve with lyric insert.
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| Gentle Giant - Aquiring the Taste
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(Vertigo 6360.041 UK-71 VG+ 2750:-)
A perfectly balanced little set from Gentle Giant - a record that's progressive, but never overly jamming - jazzy, but still rock-based enough to contain some great straight ahead tunes - and whimsical, but never too flowery or hippy dippy!
Gentle Giant were one of the few who could strike this balance so well, and an album like this is a perfect example of the great niche they carved out for themselves at the time. The keyboards here are especially great - and feature lots of moog and mellotron that shines through the tunes with an almost flute-like feel.
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| Gilmour, David - Live at Pompeii
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(Sony 89854-64971 EU-17 EX 1000:-)
On July 7th & 8th 2016, David Gilmour performed two spectacular shows at the legendary Pompeii Amphitheatre in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. The concerts were the first-ever rock performances played to an audience in the ancient Roman amphitheatre, which was built in 90 BC and entombed in ash when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.
4LP 180g Box Set with a 24-page photo booklet in a Heavyweight Slipcase.
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| Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun
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(Warner Bros WS-1749 UK-69 VG/VG+ 500:-)
A classic set from the Grateful Dead – and one that features the group mixing studio tracks with their rising fame as a must-see live act! The package features both concert and studio recordings, and there's a wonderfully optimistic, late 60s vibe to the whole thing - mixing catchiness and complexity together in ways that few of their contemporaries could match.
Original UK pressing. The sleeve shows general wear and creasing.
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| Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead
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(Mobile Fidelity MFSL-2-367 US-12 EX 1250:-)
An essential early document of the Grateful Dead – a double-length collection of live material that was one of the first to give the rest of the world a chance to hear what they could provide to their ever-growing concert audiences!
The tracks were mostly recorded in New York in early 1971, and have the group really spinning out their special sort of magic in ways that are a nice change from their studio records – looser, more jamming, and maybe more acoustic too – that shift from psych to roots that was already going on, but delivered here with the sort of warmth that would hold their fans in sway for years to come.
Half-Speed Production and Mastering by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. Numbered, Limited Edition (#001704).
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| Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown
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(Noise N-007 Ger-84 EX 350:-)
Emerging from the early-to-mid 1980s heavy metal scene of their native Gladbeck, Germany, Grave Digger has been referred to as one of the so-called "big four" of German power metal, along with Helloween, Rage and Running Wild.
Hammering home one huge speed metal riff after another, "Heavy Metal Breakdown" starts off balls to the wall and just gets heavier. More importantly, though, Grave Digger has enough imagination, verve, and (despite the fact that they'd surely hate to admit it) pop smarts to keep the whole thing interesting.
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| Greenslade - Greenslade
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(Warner Bros K-46207 UK-73 VG+ 300:-)
Formed in 1972 by former Colosseum keyboard player Dave Greenslade, the band also featured former Web and Samurai member Dave Lawson, former Colosseum bass player Tony Reeves and drummer Andrew McCulloch (formerly with King Crimson and Fields).
The caliber of the members ensured that the group would be innovative, ground breaking and dynamic in their musical approach and would also be notable due to the absence of a guitarist within their ranks. Their debut album featured such future classic compositions as 'Feathered Friends', 'Melange', 'Drowning Man' and 'Sundance'.
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| Guns n Roses - Lies
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(Geffen 924198-1 Ger-88 VG+ 475:-)
At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys: nice boys don't play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynistic, and violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally sensitive.
This album includes previously released material from the "Live ?!*@ Like a S̲u̲i̲c̲i̲d̲e̲" EP, released on Uzi Suicide Records. This is the first, uncensored issue with the "Ladies, welcome to the dark ages" and "Wife-beating has been around for 10,000 years" cover.
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| Guns n Roses - Welcome to the Sessions
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(Club 51 GNR05 US-89 VG+ 600:-)
At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys: nice boys don't play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynistic, and violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally sensitive.
All songs recorded at the band's 1987 sessions. The demos sound good, but some are just poor recordings.
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