Black Sabbath SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH UK LP 1ST WWA NM

	£		56
	$		74

BLACK SABBATH - SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH

IN SUPERB NMINT CONDITION

ORIGINAL UK WWA FIRST PRESS

• CATALOGUE:WWA 005
• MATRIX:WWA005 2(CROSSED OUT) 1 V (CROSSED OUT) // 2 SIDE 2: WWA005 2 V (SOMETHING ELSE CROSSED OUT) 1  1 1
• CORRECT MARKINGS FOR A FIRST PRESS

WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF SABBATH'S FINEST RECORDINGS. FOLLOWING THEIR SUPERB VOLUME 4, THE BAND LEFT THE VERTIGO LABEL AND RECORDED JUST ONE ALBUM WITH THE WWA LABEL. SBS HAS SINCE BEEN RERELEASED ON THE NEMS LABEL, BUT THIS PRESS IS THE FIRST AND ORIGINAL. IN SUPERB PLAYED ONCE ONLY CONDITION, STILL HAS RESIDUE VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

JET BLACK LABELS IN MINT CONDITION. THIS BASE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THERE ARE NO MARKS AND NO HANDLING STAINS EITHER. THE SILVER LOGO AND TYPEFACE IS IMMACULATE. UNRUBBED, UNWORN AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THERE IS JUST ONE REALLY SMALL SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE INDICATING THE ONE PLAY THE RECORD HAS HAD. A CLOSE EXAMINATION ALSO REVEALS SHARDS OF VINYL RESIDUE STILL SITTING INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE AS FURTHER PROOF OF NOT BEING PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. IT HAS CLEARLY BEEN VERY WELL HANDLED APART FROM ONE BARELY VISIBLE WISP ON SIDE TWO, THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE ONLY A FEW VERY LIGHT HAIRLINES THAT ARE NON SOUNDING. THIS VINYL IS IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION

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 FORST THREE TO FOUR MINUTES OF EACH OF THE EIGHT TRACKS ON THE LP, INCLUDING THE DEAD WAX INTRO TO BOTH SIDES AND THE LINKING GROOVES BETWEEN THE TRACKS. FROM THIS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE JUST HOW SUPERB THIS ALBUM SOUNDS, DUE OF COURSE TO THE FACT THAT IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED. TRACK THREE IS THE VERY BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENTAL 'FLUFF' AND THIS IS A CERTAIN TEST OF THE VINYLS CALIBRE. IT PLAYS SUPERBLY, AND I HAVE INCLUDED THE ENTIRE TRACK IN THE RECORDINGS TO BACK THAT STATEMENT UP. THE ONLY UNWANTED NOISES I HEARD WERE TWO REALLY TINY POPS AT THE END OF TRACK THREE SIDE 2 IN THE LINKING GROOVE, THE OCCASIONAL BARELY AUDIBLE TINY DUST POP, AND THE VERY VERY OCCASIONAL MINISCULE BIT OF STATIC. SO PLEASE HAVE A REALLY GOOD LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS, BECAUSE I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL AS NMINT/MINT-

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, AT ALL ANYWHERE, MEANING THE LP WHEN IT WAS PLAYED WAS PLAYED ON A GOOD DECK WITH AN UNWORN STYLUS. THE CLARITY OF THE SOUND IS MIAGNIFICENT. CLEAR AS A BELL, EVERY NOTE HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS PRODUCED TO BE HEARD.

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS VERY HARD TO FIND IN DECENT CONDITION. LIKE VOLUME 4 THE FRONT SURFACE IS A DUSTY BLACK FINISH AND LIKE VOLUME 4 IT IS PRONE TO COLOUR LOSS AND RUBBING. SO TO FIND ONE THAT LOOKS THE PART IS VERY HARD INDEED.

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS SLEEVE IS ALMOST PERFECT. IT IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS NO CREASES, OR CREASE LINES WHATSOEVER. NOT EVEN THE SMALL LINES THAT YOU WOULD USUALLY FIND DOWN THE SPINAL EDGE. THE BLACK SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY AS NEW WITH JUST A VERY VERY SLIGHT BIT OF LOSS TO THE SPINAL EDGE WITH A COUPLE OF SPOTS NEAR THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. THE BTOOM EDGE HAS THE BAREST TRACE OF SHELF WEAR, WHILST THE TOP EDGE HAS NO SHELF WEAR AT ALL. THE SPINE IS FLAT, CLEAN AND HAS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE. THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IS FURTHER PROOF THAT THE RECORD HAS NOT BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE DOES HAVE SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING AND AGING TO THE DELICATE WHITE POROUS SURFACE, BUT ONCE AGAIN NOTHING LIKE MANY THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE HEAVILY STAINED. OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INNER SURFACE

THE INNER SLEEVE

DELICATE THIN PAPER LYRIC INNER SLEEVE THAT IS IN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE CONDITION. THIS IS BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL OWNER PLACED A POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE DIRECTLY INSIDE THE LYRIC INNER WHERE IT HAS REMAINED EVER SINCE. THIS HAS MEANT THAT ALL OF THE SEAMS OF THE ORIGINAL INNER ARE TOTALLY UNSPLIT. IT ALSO MEANS THAT THERE ARE NO CREASES TO THIS INNER, AND BECAUSE IT HAS BARELY BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ALBUM COVER IT HAS RETAINED VIRTUALLY ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL WHITENESS. A SUPERB EXAMPLE INDEED.

EASILY GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS

ONE FINAL THOUGHT IS THAT THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION 

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

GARRY