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Vertigo (swirl label LPs)
Vertigo Records was the late 60s progressive rock arm of the Philips Records empire. It is still in existence today as part of Mercury, but it is the early UK releases with "swirl" or "spiral" labels that are most sought after by collectors. Probably the most well known are the first four Black Sabbath LPs, but the list of artists who appeared on this label is long and varied including such diverse acts as Status Quo, Rod Stewart and Kraftwerk. We think the list below is complete, please mail if your information is different.
Albums
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| VO 1 | Colosseum | Valentyne Suite | LP |
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| VO 2 | Juicy Lucy | Juicy Lucy | LP |
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| VO 3 | Manfred Mann | Manfred Mann Chapter Three | LP |
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| VO 4 | Stewart, Rod | An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down | LP |
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| VO 6 | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | LP | First press is black inside gatefold & has "A Philips Record Product" on the label |
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| VO 7 | Cressida | Cressida | LP |
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| 6360 001 | Fairfield Parlour | From Home To Home | LP |
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| 6360 002 | Gracious! | Gracious! | LP |
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| 6360 003 | Magna Carta | Seasons | LP |
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| 6360 004 | Affinity | Affinity | LP |
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| 6360 005 | Downes, Bob | Electric City | LP |
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| 6360 006 | Uriah Heep | Very 'Umble, Very 'Eavy | LP |
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| 6360 007 | May Blitz | May Blitz | LP |
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| 6360 008 | Nucleus | Elastic Rock | LP |
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| 6360 009 | Doctor Strangely Strange | Heavy Petting | LP |
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| 6360 010 | Campbell, Jimmy | Half Baked | LP |
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| 6360 011 | Black Sabbath | Paranoid | LP | First press has larger spiral logo on label |
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| 6360 012 | Manfred Mann | Chapter Three Volume 2 | LP |
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| 6360 013 | Clear Blue Sky | Clear Blue Sky | LP |
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| 6360 014 | Juicy Lucy | Lie Back And Enjoy It | LP |
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| 6360 015 | Warhorse | Warhorse | LP |
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| 6360 016 | Patto | Patto | LP |
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| 6360 017 | Colosseum | Daughter Of Time | LP |
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| 6360 018 | Beggars Opera | Act One | LP |
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| 6360 019 | Legend | Legend (Red Boot) | LP |
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| 6360 020 | Gentle Giant | Gentle Giant | LP |
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| 6360 021 | Bond, Graham | Holy Magick | LP |
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| 6360 023 | Gravy Train | Gravy Train | LP |
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| 6360 024 | Tippett, Keith | Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening | LP |
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| 6360 025 | Cressida | Asylum | LP |
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| 6360 026 | Still Life | Still Life | LP |
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| 6360 027 | Nucleus | We'll Talk About It Later | LP |
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| 6360 028 | Uriah Heep | Salisbury | LP |
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| 6360 029 | Catapilla | Catapilla | LP |
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| 6360 030 | Assagai | Assagai | LP |
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| 6360 031 | Nirvana (UK) | Local Anaesthetic | LP |
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| 6360 032 | Patto | Hold Your Fire | LP |
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| 6360 033 | Jade Warrior | Jade Warrior | LP |
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| 6360 034 | Matthews, Ian | If You Saw Thro' My Eyes | LP |
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| 6360 037 | May Blitz | Second Of May | LP |
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| 6360 038 | Daddy Longlegs | Oakdown Farm | LP |
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| 6360 039 | Carr, Ian | Solar Plexus | LP |
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| 6360 040 | Magna Carta | Songs From The Wasties Orchard | LP |
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| 6360 041 | Gentle Giant | Acquiring The Taste | LP |
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| 6360 042 | Bond, Graham | We Put Our Magick On You | LP |
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| 6360 043 | Tudor Lodge | Tudor Lodge | LP |
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| 6360 045 | V/A | Heads Together, First Round | LP |
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| 6360 046 | Ramases | Space Hymns | LP |
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| 6360 048 | Dr Z | Three Parts To My Soul | LP |
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| 6360 049 | Freedom | Through The Years | LP |
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| 6360 050 | Black Sabbath | Master Of Reality | LP | In a "box" style cover, some with poster |
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| 6360 051 | Gravy Train | (A Ballad Of) A Peaceful Man | LP |
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| 6360 052 | Ben | Ben | LP |
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| 6360 053 | Absalom, Mike | Mike Absalom | LP |
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| 6360 054 | Beggars Opera | Waters Of Change | LP |
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| 6360 055 | Dummer, John | Blue | LP |
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| 6360 056 | Matthews, Ian | Tigers Will Survive | LP |
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| 6360 059 | Jones, Paul | Crucifix In A Horse Shoe | LP |
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| 6360 060 | Hoyle, Linda | Pieces Of Me | LP |
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| 6360 062 | Jade Warrior | Released | LP |
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| 6360 063 | Legend | Moonshine | LP |
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| 6360 064 | Hokus Poke | Earth Harmony | LP |
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| 6360 066 | Warhorse | Red Sea | LP |
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| 6360 067 | Jackson Heights | 5th Avenue Bus | LP |
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| 6360 068 | Magna Carta | In Concert | LP | ||
| 6360 069 | Gordon | Gordon | LP |
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| 6360 070 | Gentle Giant | Three Friends | LP |
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| 6360 071 | Black Sabbath | Vol 4 | LP | Initially with booklet, reissued with spaceship label |
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| 6360 072 | Freedom | Is More Than A Word | LP |
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| 6360 073 | Beggars Opera | Pathfinder | LP |
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| 6360 074 | Catapilla | Changes | LP |
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| 6360 076 | Carr, Ian | Belladonna | LP |
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| 6360 077 | Jackson Heights | Ragamuffin's Fool | LP | Some with poster |
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| 6360 079 | Jade Warrior | Last Autumn's Dream | LP |
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| 6360 080 | Gentle Giant | Octopus | LP |
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| 6360 081 | Harvey, Alex | Framed | LP |
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| 6360 082 | Status Quo | Piledriver | LP | ||
| 6360 083 | Dummer, John | Oobleedooblee Jubilee | LP |
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| 6657 001 | V/A | Vertigo Annual 1970 | LP | Double LP |
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| 6360 500 | Stewart, Rod | Gasoline Alley | LP | ||
| 6830 032 | V/A | Vertigo Sampler July 1970 | LP | White label promo only |
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| 6325 250 | Browne, Thomas F | Wednesday's Child | LP |
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| 6342 010 | Lighthouse | One Fine Morning | LP |
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| 6342 011 | Lighthouse | Thoughts Of Moving On | LP |
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| 6830 067 | V/A | New Vertigo Popular Material | LP | White label promo only |
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| 6333 500/501 | Aphrodite's Child | 666 | LP | Double LP, original in red sleeve |
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| 6360 700 | Croce, Jim | You Don't Mess Around With Jim | LP |
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| 6360 701 | Croce, Jim | Life And Times | LP |
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| 6441 077 | Kraftwerk | Kraftwerk | LP | Double LP, reissued with spaceship label |
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| 6360 609 | Atlantis | Atlantis | LP |
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