Condor/Dawes/Gazelle job lot

I don't know what to think of that "Gazelle" frame. I have been through all of the catalogues of the eighties just to be sure, but I don't think the Gazelle race dept. ever made or had made a bonded frame. Could this have been made by Raleigh for the UK market? Or has someone stuck some Gazelle decals on it? I am leaning towards the latter.
There were tons of officially rebadged Vitus frames weren't there. This could be unofficial...or a prototype / sample.
 
Could be a fairly 'standard' seat cluster, catching the light oddly, and thus the imagination. Similarly, the front end could be lugged but it is a poor photograph to be sure. The decals all look early 80s, and seem to me quite likely legit. Not really a brand to fake?
 
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