BLACK SABBATH "Paranoid" 1970 UK VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL

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BLACK SABBATH "Paranoid" 1970 UK VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL
LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE, SWIRL INNER, SUPERB AUDIO!!!
BLACK SABBATH
Paranoid

HERE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT, UK VERTIGO (2401 001) ORIGINAL PRESSING (September 1970) OF BLACK SABBATH'S CLASSIC SECOND LP, "Paranoid"

PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL WITH DEEP CUT GROOVES WHICH DELIVERS ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING, CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VERY SHARP AUDIO, THE LP HAS THE VERTIGO SWIRL LABELS WITH THE MATRICES: 6360 01 1Y*2 / 6360 011 2Y*2 AND IS HOUSED IN THE DEEPLY GLOSSY, OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER (a later variant sleeve as the very first issue sleeves were un-laminated)

Paranoid was not only Black Sabbath's most popular record (it was a number one smash in the U.K., and "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" both scraped the U.S. charts despite virtually nonexistent radio play), it also stands as one of the greatest and most influential heavy metal albums of all time.
Paranoid refined Black Sabbath's signature sound -- crushingly loud, minor-key dirges loosely based on heavy blues-rock -- and applied it to a newly consistent set of songs with utterly memorable riffs, most of which now rank as all-time metal classics. Where the extended, multi-sectioned songs on the debut sometimes felt like aimless jams, their counterparts on Paranoid have been given focus and direction, lending an epic drama to now-standards like "War Pigs" and "Iron Man" (which sports one of the most immediately identifiable riffs in metal history).
The subject matter is unrelentingly, obsessively dark, covering both supernatural/sci-fi horrors and the real-life traumas of death, war, nuclear annihilation, mental illness, drug hallucinations, and narcotic abuse. Yet Sabbath makes it totally convincing, thanks to the crawling, muddled bleakness and bad-trip depression evoked so frighteningly well by their music.
Even the qualities that made critics deplore the album (and the group) for years increase the overall effect -- the technical simplicity of Ozzy Osbourne's vocals and Tony Iommi's lead guitar vocabulary; the spots when the lyrics sink into melodrama or awkwardness; the lack of subtlety and the infrequent dynamic contrast. Everything adds up to more than the sum of its parts, as though the anxieties behind the music simply demanded that the band achieve catharsis by steamrolling everything in its path, including its own limitations.
Monolithic and primally powerful, Paranoid defined the sound and style of heavy metal more than any other record in rock history.

SIDE 1: War Pigs / Paranoid / Planet Caravan / Iron Man
SIDE 2: Electric Funeral / Hand Of Doom / Rat Salad / Fairies Wear Bootsf

LABELS: The labels are in SUPERB condition - CLEAN, BRIGHT and UNMARKED with just some moderate spindle traces evident when angled under a bright light
VINYL Visual: The vinyl still retains its original DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN. There are a couple of superficial light marks but these have NO major audio consequence WHATSOEVER!!!
VINYL Audio: The audio is absolutely OUTSTANDING - CRYSTAL CLEAR, STRONG, VIBRANT SOUND. There are NO scratches, NO sticks, NO jumps, barely ANY clicks/pops (a few during the always problematic "Planet Caravan") but absolutely NOTHING major and certainly NOTHING I found AT ALL intrusive on play-grading this MASTERPIECE!! The audio has GREAT DEPTH AND CLARITY and the LP sounds STUNNING with NO discernible groove-wear or distortion and must be critically graded a very strong EXCELLENT. SOUNDS FANTASTIC!!!!! NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use strict RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please refer to my feedback and 'about me' page)
SLEEVE: The outer laminated gatefold cover is in GREAT condition. Its BEAUTIFUL DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN has just a little storage surface rubbing which has dulled it slightly (see pics) but it still remains a beautifully CLEAN and CRISP sleeve with SHARP, practically unworn edges and a SHARP spine with all text CLEAR and BOLD. There is a little writing on the inside (see pics) but its small and in my opinion very minor
THE VERTIGO SWIRL INNER BAG IS CLEAN AND UNMARKED WITH NO SPLITS

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THIS REALLY IS A GREAT COPY WHICH DELIVERS ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING AUDIO!!! AND AS WITH ALL MY RECORDS THIS HAS A LOW START PRICE AND NO RESERVE
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