Black Sabbath MASTER OF REALITY UK 1ST SWIRL 1Y1/2Y1 W/ POSTER PLAYS MINT MINUS

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	$		547

BLACK SABBATH - MASTER OF REALITY

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY MINT MINUS !!! CONDITION

LAMINATED BOX SLEEVE, WITH UK ISSUE POSTER, IN MINT MINUS CONDITION

A GENUINE VERY FIRST PRESS!!!!!!!

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360 050
• MATRIX:6360050 1Y // 1 420 1 2 22 / 2Y // 1 420 1 1 14 
• 1-2 PLAYS EVER 
• MINT CONDITION POSTER
• INCREDIBLE BOX SLEEVE

FINDING A 1-2 PLAY ORIGINAL PRESS  MASTER OF REALITY I PRESUMED WAS A NEAR IMPOSSIBILITY. FINDING ONE COMPLETE WITH THE SOUGHT AFTER POSTER MUST RANK AS ALMOST UNHEARD OF

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLACK AND WHITE SWIRL LABEL IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BLACK SIDE JUST COULD NOT BE BLACKER EITHER, AND THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. IT IS TOTALLY CLEAN AND IN MINT CONDITION.

THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALSO IN PRISTINE, UNRUBBED , AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE CONDITION.

I CANCAN ONLY SEE ONE SMALL SPIDER LINE ON THE SWIRL SIDE OF THE LABEL, AND I HAD TO USE A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO FIND THAT ONE. NONE AT ALL ON THE BLACK SIDE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS LUSTRE OR SHEEN. LOOKING AT THE VINYL IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOT A MARK ON IT ANYWHERE. IN FACT IT IS FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN VIEWED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS STILL NOTHING TO SEE, PERHAPS A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES.

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO THE RUN IN GROOVE ON SIDE ONE THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THERE IS SILENCE DURING THE BUILD UP TO THE COUGHING WHICH INTRODUCES THE SUPERB 'SWEET LEAF'

THIS VINYL PLAYS ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH SIDE ONE, WITH NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES OR CLICKS, BARELY A SECOND OF STATIC IF AT ALL. SIMPLY SUPERB!!

SIDE TWO PLAYS THROUGH ALMOST PERFECTLY WITH JUST SOME LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN THE ULTRA SILENT ' SOLITUDE' THERE ARE ALSO A FEW LITTLE TICS HERE AS WELL, BUT APART FROM THIS THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND LIKE SIDE ONE BARELY A SECOND OF STATIC HEARD ONLY IN THE LINKING GROOVES IF AT ALL

I HEARD NO MORE THAN 1-2 TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT VINYL MINT MINUS. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE HEARD

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

STARTING WITH THE SHAPE: MOST YOU WILL SEE WILL BE  SQUASHED ON THE SPINES AND THIS MEANS THAT THE TWO SPINES HAVE BEEN FLATTENED WHICH EASILY HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN.WHEN THE LP WAS REMOVED THE SLEEVE THEN BECAME VULNERABLE TO ANYTHING PLACED ON TOP OF IT, WHICH IMMEDIATELY FLATTENED THE BOX AND WOULD NEVER LOOK AS GOOD AGAIN.

IN ADDITION BECAUSE IT IS A BOX STYLE THERE ARE TWO TUCK IN FLAPS TOP AND BOTTOM AND THESE ARE ALWAYS SPLIT OR TORN FROM ROUGH HANDLING USUALLY. THE FINAL SET OF PROBLEMS THAT MOST OF THESE SLEEVES HAVE IS SEVERE LAMINATE LIFT DOWN THE TWO SPINE EDGES, AND HEAVY CREASING WHEN THE SLEEVE WAS LAYING FLAT. THEREFORE FINDING AN IMMACULATE SLEEVE IS NIGH ON IMPOSSIBLE, TAKE LOOK AT SOME OTHER AUCTIONS TO SEE WHAT I MEAN.

THIS SLEEVE HAS REMAINED IN IT'S ORIGINAL SQUARE SHAPE DUE TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER REALISING VERY QUICKLY THAT THE BOX WAS LIABLE TO THE DAMAGE I MENTIONED ABOVE AND HOUSED THE VINYL SEPARATELY FROM THE SLEEVE WHICH HAS PROTECTED THE SLEEVE FROM ALL OF THE USUAL PROBLEMS.

THE FRONT SURFACE ABSOLUTELY SPARKLES LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASELINES ANYWHERE, JUST FOUR TINY LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE LEFT SPINE. AND TWO NEAR THE RIGHT ONE. PLUS TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, BUT NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINE ANYWHERE EITHER. ALSO NOT ONE SPECK OF LAMINATE LIFT ANY WHERE ON THE FRONT SURFACE, AND AS MENTIONED ALREADY THIS IS JUST UNHEARD OF

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES I HAVE HANDLED

ALL FOUR EDGES ARE 100% LAMINATED AND PRISTINE.

THE RIGHT HAND SPINE HAS NO LAMINATE LINES WHATSOEVER, AND THUS NO LAMINATE LIFT .

THE TOP FLAP HAS BEEN KEPT OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE AND NOT TUCKED IN LIKE MOST WOULD HAVE BEEN, AND THE ONLY BLEMISHES TO IT ARE THREE LAMINATE LINES AND A LITTLE FLUFFING TO ONE EDGE OT FLAP, WHICH I STRESS HASN'T AFFECTED THE BLACK SURFACE WHATSOEVER.

THE LEFT SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, ALSO ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT, SHOWING JUST TWO MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES ACROSS IT, AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS HAVE VERY VERY LIGHT SPECKS OF RUBBING

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TUCK IN BOX FLAPS, AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO TEARING AS OWNERS ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE OR REPLACE THE RECORD INSIDE THE SLEEVE. IT IS HERE THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER'S DECISION TO KEEP THE RECORD SEPARATE TO THE SLEEVE HAS PAYED DIVIDENDS. FIRSTLY THE TWO FLAPS ARE BOTH VERY VERY STIFF AND NOT LIMP AT THE HINGED AREA LIKE MOST, AND SECONDLY THERE ARE NO TEARS TO EITHER TOP OR BOTTOM FLAP.THESE ARE THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THE FLAPS I HAVE SEEN AS MOST ARE AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED VERY WORN AND MAYBE EVEN TORN. ALL WE HAVE HERE IS A FEW TINY LAMINATE LINES ON THE TOP ONE AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AND TWO MICROSCOPIC ONES ON THE BOTTOM ONE

THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE AGAIN IS HIGHLY GLOSSY AND LOOKS SUPERB. EVERY BIT AS SPECIAL AS THE REST OF THE SLEEVE WITH JUST NO LAMINATE LINES ON ANY OF THE EDGES, AND THE TINIEST SLIVER OF LIFT ON THE RIGHT EDGE

THE ORIGINAL SWIRL INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSPLIT AND FREE FROM ANY CREASES. HAS THE CORRECT 0671 (JUNE 1971) DATE STAMP ON THE BOTTOM OF ONE SIDE. NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER TO THE DIE CUT HOLES

THE POSTER WHICH WAS ONLY EVER INCLUDED WITH THE VERY FIRST BATCH OF FIRST PRESS RELEASES IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND HAS CLEARLY REMAINED IN THIS STATE FROM NEW. IT WAS KEPT INSIDE THE SLEEVE AND PROBABLY HASN'T EVER BEEN OPENED. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES THE FOLD LINES ARE RAZOR SHARP AND THE POSTER WILL NOT LAY FLAT.

IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT IN MINT CONDITION FRONT AND BACK!!!

I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE THAT THE POSTER IS THE SMALL UK ORIGINAL. I POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN SOME COPIES WHICH HAVE A LARGER POSTER INCLUDED WHICH IS A EUROPEAN ONE PROBABLY COMING FROM A GERMAN PRESSING AND THESE ARE FAR EASIER TO COLLECT.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF WHEN LOOKING TO GET ONE OF THESE SETS

THE LP HAS BEEN PLACED INTO A NEW POLY LINED INNER AND THE ORIGINAL SWIRL INNER IS NOW INSIDE A SEPARATE LP HOLDER

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS..  IT IS THAT GOOD

AN ABSOLUTE MUSEUM GRADE SET, AND CAN ONLY APPRECIATE IN VALUE

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY