BLACK SABBATH "Vol 4" RARE 1972 UK VERTIGO SPACESHIP

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	$		57

 
BLACK SABBATH "Vol 4" RARE 1972 UK VERTIGO SPACESHIP MATTE 'HOWARDS' GF w/ATTACHED BOOKLET EX+ AUDIO

BLACK SABBATH
Vol. 4


HERE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT, UK VERTIGO (De Luxe 6360 071) RARE 'SPACESHIP' PRESSING OF BLACK SABBATH'S CLASSIC "Vol. 4" LP

TO QUOTE RECORD COLLECTOR MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 2008:
“The ‘spaceship’ edition of Black Sabbath Vol 4 has certainty been the subject of much speculation. After all, there was a typing mistake in the RRPG 2008 that made it appear that the more common ‘swirl’ was the rare example. I spoke to Barry Winton (renouned expert in the field), who states that when Vertigo discontinued the ‘swirl’ label they began to repress albums – including all four Sabbath albums – on the ‘spaceship’ label. However, as Sabbath had set up their own WWA label, this was discontinued, as the album was subsequently pressed on their WWA label. Though there are ‘spaceship’ labels for all four Sabbaths, there seem to be less copies of this version of Vol 4 in circulation. Some sources have said as few as 100 are out there, but there are probably more than this. As far as we can establish, Vol 4 was never repressed again on the ‘spaceship’ label”

MATRICES: 6360071 1 1 520 1 5 09 72 / 6360071 2Y//2 ? 420 1 5
THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATTE GATEFOLD COVER “Printed and made by Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd” WITH ATTACHED FOUR PAGE PHOTO INSERT/BOOKLET

EXCELLENT UK COPY OF THIS RARE LABEL VARIANT WHICH PLAYS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION THROUGHOUT

SIDE 1: WHEELS OF CONFUSION / TOMORROW DREAM / CHANGES / FX / SUPERNAUT
SIDE 2: SNOWBLIND / CORNUCOPIA / LAGUNA SUNRISE / ST. VITUS DANCE / UNDER THE SUN

LABELS: The labels are CLEAN, BRIGHT and UNMARKED with just some spindles tightly packed around the centre hole
VINYL Visual: The vinyl has its BEAUTIFUL, original DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN - There are one or two marks and scuffs but these have little audio consequence - the playback is SUPERB
VINYL Audio: The audio is absolutely OUTSTANDING - CRYSTAL CLEAR, DEEP, RICH, VIBRANT SOUND. There are NO scratches, NO sticks, NO jumps and apart from a couple of very light (very minor) background ticks on the quiet experimental "FX" the LP plays to an EXCELLENT+ standard with NO groove-wear and NO distortion. SOUNDS SUPERB - VERY, VERY FINE PLAYING COPY INDEED
SLEEVE: The matte gatefold cover is Nr EXCELLENT (strictly graded) - GOOD and SOLID with little of the common 'ring' to the outer surfaces. The edges and spine have very little wear and all spine text is CLEAR and BOLD but there is some storage wear to the corners. There is also a (small) coloured-in patch of paper loss to the top left on the front but this is barely noticeable (black on black). The inside is CLEAN and UNMARKED and the booklet - which is still fully attached - is PERFECT. Overall a very nice original sleeve
The Swirl inner bag is in great condition with NO splits and just a couple of brown spots (please see photos)

PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY PHOTOS - I USUALLY TAKE QUITE A FEW SO YOU CAN GET A CLEAR INDICATION OF EVERY DETAIL OF THE ITEM
I HAVE UPLOADED AS MANY PICTURES AS I CAN BUT I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUPPLY ANY ADDITIONAL PHOTOS ON REQUEST
EXCELLENT, RARE UK LABEL VARIANT OF THE SABBATH CLASSIC WHICH PLAYS IN GREAT CONDITION THROUGHOUT
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