BLACK SABBATH VOL 4 1st UK PRESS VERTIGO SWIRL EX
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26
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34
£ 26
Sold For
Aug 21, 2011
Sold Date
Aug 14, 2011
Start Date
£ 2
Start price
13
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Great Britain
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Description
Black Sabbath’s fourth powerhouse album on the VERTIGO SWIRL label catalogue number 6360 071. The UK FIRST PRESSING matrices are 1Y // 1 and 2Y // 1, with the famous PORKY and PECKO hand etchings in the run off grooves. This in many people’s view was the last ‘great’ Sabbath album. It has all the trademarks of the three before it, all honed to perfection in this one epoch defining album. Kicking off with ‘Wheels Of Confusion’, the deceptively languid intro quickly leading into another classic, bludgeoning Tony Iommi riff. Ozzie once more lamenting the state of his mind, this track features several musical twists and turns that could easily have lead the band down the ‘Prog Rock’ path. Thankfully, this doesn’t happen, and with ‘Tommorow’s Dream’ we’re back on familiar ground. Here the STUNNING AUDIO QUALITY of this FIRST UK PRESSING is really apparent. It has so much more POWER and PRESENCE than cuts from other parts of the globe. The weak sounding re-issues are no match for the shuddering bass, punchy mid range and crystal clear highs this pressing possesses. The Iommi penned ‘Changes’ needs no introduction, suffice to say that what a pleasure it is to hear it with this kind of clarity. Ozzie’s baleful melody over a gorgeous piano and mellotron arrangement. WONDERFUL !! The chemical fuelled live favourite ‘Supernaut’, features surely one of the truly great rock riffs of all time and a fantastic percussive section that showcases Bill Ward’s thunderous drumming. The bands use of certain substances was legendary around the time this album was recorded and ‘Snowblind’, lyrically, leaves nothing to the imagination. Another stomping riff and arrangement in the mould of ‘Wheels Of Confusion’, with a stinging Iommi solo on the outro. The beautiful acoustic ‘Laguna Sunrise’, with another lovely string arrangement leads into the frantic riffing of ‘St. Vitus Dance’. The last song ‘Under The Sun’ is classic Sabbath doing what they do best. A stomping detuned riff workout that would pave the way for a million ‘Metal’ bands that followed, and all indebted to this fantastic band and their wonderful legacy. The vinyl is in EXCELLENT CONDITION with NO MARKS and has a glossy 'just pressed' look !! There is NO DISTORTION from groove wear. The only clicks on the entire record are in the pointless 'FX', only 3 or 4 in 'Snowblind' and the first 20 seconds or so of 'laguna Sunrise'. There are crackles on the run in to side one but this is gone once the music starts. As I said, the audio reproduction is just AMAZINGLY CLEAR and POWERFUL, as only these First UK PRESSING’S are !! The sleeve has some scuffs and wear to the corners but no damage and the booklet is still attached. It grades as VG. The labels are SPOTLESS and are as clean and bright as the day they were printed. The record comes of course with its ORIGINAL SWIRL INNER which is in VG condition with only a little browning around the edges and some small writing on the top left. So overall, A GREAT EXAMPLE of this classic Sabbath album !
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