BLACK SABBATH - SABOTAGE 1975 ORIG UK LP NEMS 9119001

	£		74
	$		98

BLACK SABBATH - SABOTAGE (1975)

I AM SELLING AN ORIGINAL UK VINYL PRESSING OF THE SIXTH BLACK SABBATH ALBUM, SABOTAGE THE NEMS LABEL FROM 1975. YOU'LL BE HARD PUSHED TO FIND A BETTER COPY THAN THIS ANYWHERE, I'VE SEEN WORSE SOLD AS MINT!

Sabotage was released on 28 July 1975 and was probably Sabbaths heaviest Album. It had favourable reviews, with Rolling Stone stating "Sabotage is not only Black Sabbath's best record since Paranoid, it might be their best ever", later reviewers such as All Music said that "the magical chemistry that made such albums as Paranoid and Volume 4 so special was beginning to disintegrate". Sabotage cracked the top 20 in the United Kingdom and peaked at number 28 in the United States. It was certified Silver in the UK by the BPI on 1 December 1975 and Gold in the US on 16 June 1997, but was the band's first release not to achieve platinum status in the US. Songs such as "Hole in the Sky", and "Symptom of the Universe" became fan favourites, with the latter's chugging riff even cited as an early example of thrash metal.

PERSONNEL:

Ozzy Osbourne – lead vocals

Tony Iommi – lead guitar

Terry "Geezer" Butler – bass guitar

Bill Ward – drums

Gerald "Jezz" Woodruffe – keyboards

CATALOGUE NUMBER IS NEMS 9119001

 MATRIX NUMBERS ARE 1//2 – 2//1

THE SLEEVE

THE SLEEVE HAS TEXTURED SILK FINISH. IT’S IN EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH NO SIGNIFICANT EDGE OR CORNER WEAR. THE SPINE IS INTACT AND IS TOTALLY READABLE.

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS FANTASTIC AND IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. THE SOUND IS SUPERB WITH NO LOSS OF QUALITY. THERE NO MARKS TO  SPEAK OF ON THIS VINYL AND OF COURSE NO SKIPS OR JUMPS. THE PLAYING SURFACES ARE SHINY CLEAN AND BRIGHT.

THE LABELS

THE LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT TO NEAR MINT CONDITION. CLEAN, BRIGHT, READABLE AND JUST A FEW SPINDLE MARKS THAT I CAN SEE.

SIDE ONE

1.      HOLE IN THE SKY

2.      DON’T START

3.      SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE

4.      MEGLOMANIA

SIDE TWO

1.      THRILL OF IT ALL

2.      SUPERTZAR

3.      AM I GOING INSANE (RADIO)

4.      THE WRIT

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