Black Sabbath SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH UK LP 1ST 1Y1/2Y1 MINT MINUS AUDIO

	£		129
	$		171

BLACK SABBATH - SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED  MINT MINUS!!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING THROUGH THE QUIETEST TRACKS

COMPLETE WITH TEXTURED LYRIC INNER & A GENUINE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE

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• CATALOGUE:WWA 005 
• MATRIX:WWA005 1 Y 1  1 2 9 / WWA005 2 Y 1  1 5 1 1 
• PLAYED JUST ONCE

JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THE SUBJECT OF A FIRST PRESS. WWA ALBUM

A TRUE FIRST PRESS I.E ONE OF THE FIRST BATCH CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS

• THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE 1 Y 1  2 Y 1
• THE LABEL MUST BE SMOOTH ALL THE WAY ACROSS (LATER ONES HAD A RIDGE AROUND THE RIM)
• THE WWA LOGO ON THE LABEL IS SILVER (LATER ISSUES ARE WHITER)
• THE VINYL IS THICKER
• THE INSIDE IMAGE ON THE GATEFOLD GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTER EDGES WITHOUT A BORDER
• THE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE MUST BE TEXTURED NOT SMOOTH
• THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE MUST STATE MANUFACTURED AND PRINTED IN ENGLAND' NO REFERENCE TO HOWARDS PRINTERS

  TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE JET BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. NOT ONE MARK ON THEM, AND THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

ALL OF THE TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UN-RUBBED AND ARE ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

INCREDIBLY THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES AT ALL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE, A CLEAR INDICTAOR OF HANDLING AND CARE AND PLAY!!

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS RETAINED AL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE WHATSOEVER, APART FROM TWO ULTRA FINE WISPY HAIRLINES ON SIDE ONE

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTABLE 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 DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE 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

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB VINYL, AND IN PARTICULAR   THE DELICATE 'FLUFF' WHICH ON MOST COPIES, SOUNDS TERRIBLE. IT IS ALWAYS HERE THAT THIS VINYL LETS ITSELF DOWN, BUT ON THIS COPY IT PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY WITH NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SPECKS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB

AN ABSOLUTELY CLEAN AND CLEAR AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AT ALL ANYWHERE, AND I CANNOT EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF STATIC EITHER.

AN INCREDIBLE VINYL THAT PERFORMS TO THE SECOND HIGHEST GRADE POSSIBLE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT MINUS FOR THE AUDIO

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE. DOES NOT HAVE 'HOWARDS' MENTIONED MAKING IT A FIRST RELEASE SLEEVE

VERY HARD TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION DUE TO THE DUSTY BLACK SURFACE WHICH IS USUALLY BADLY WORN AND THE REAR SURFACE WHICH IS ALWAYS GRUBBY ACROSS THE WHITE AREAS

THIS ONE DOES HAVE SOME MINOR FLAWS BUT IS BETTER THAN  A HUGE PERCENTAGE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN. THE BLACK HAS GREYED A LITTLE AROUND THE BORDERS BUT THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND AMAZINGLY JUST TWO TINY PRESSURE LINES NEAR THE SPINE . NONE ON THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE RIGHT EDGE.

THERE IS A MINUSCULE PAPER NICK ON THE FAR RIGHT FIGURE STANDING ON THE BED. ITS A TINY ONE JUST ON HER HIP

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE A LITTLE LIGHT RUB TO TINY SPECKS ON THE SURFACE, AND ON THE REAR EDGE AT THE TOP THERE IS A SMALL SCUFF WHICH HAS TURNED INTO A SMALL SPLIT IN THE MIDDLE

THE SPINE IS FAT. ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND THE SURFACE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO WEAR OR RUBBING, AND NO SQUASHING EITHER, JUST SOME NATURAL AGEING

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP 

THE REAR SURFACE HAS SOME NATURAL HANDLING AND AGEING TO THE WHITE BORDER

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS AN ABSOLUTELY MINT CONDITION INNER SURFACE.AND SHOWS THE SLEEVE TO BE A FIRST PRESS BY NOT HAVING A BLACK BORDER TO THE PICTURE WHICH RUNS ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTER EDGES.

THE ORIGINAL THIN TEXTURED INNER SLEEVE IS IN MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS, VERY WHITE AND UN-CREASED, AND AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS TEXTURED AND NOT SMOOTH, THIS SHOWS A TRUE FIRST ISSUE INNER

I  GRADE THIS SLEEVE EX+

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