Black Sabbath SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH UK LP VERY 1ST PRESS 100% UNPLAYED MINT-

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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

AN INVESTMENT GRADE FIRST PRESS!!!!

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

JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THE SUBJECT OF A FIRST PRESS. WWA PRESSED THIS ALBUM A COUPLE OF TIMES DUE TO THE DEMAND. 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

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 UNRUBBED 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, NOT EVEN ANY WISPY HAIRLINES, THE VINYL JUST HASN'T BEEN PLAYED

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 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

I WAS IN TWO MINDS AS TO WHETER TO PLAY THIS LP FOR THE AUCTION, BUT AS YOU KNOW UNPLAYED DOES NOT MEAN MINT!!! AND SO I HOPE BIDDERS WILL NOT MIND MY ONE EXTREMELY CAREFUL TEST PLAY

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB VINYL, AND IN PARTICULAR THE THIRD SOUNDBITE WHICH HAS  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

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 VINYL NOISE AT ALL ANYWHERE, AND I CANNOT EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF STATIC EITHER.THE ONLY REASON THIS DOES NOT GET A FULL MINT GRADE IS THAT THERE ARE 4 TINY LITTLE TICS ON SIDE 2, TWO IN WHO ARE YOU AND TWO MORE IN THE NEXT TRACK

AN INCREDIBLE VINYL THAT PERFORMS TO THE SECOND HIGHEST GRADE POSSIBLE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT !!!!!

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

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD 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

NOT THIS ONE!!! IT IS MINT CONDITION, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND 100% OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY WORN BLACK SURFACE IS PRISTINE. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THIS BLACK AREA WHATSOEVER, AND IT IS STILL VERY CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT ANYWHERE. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND AMAZINGLY NOT ONE LINE NEAR THE SPINE OR ANY OF THE OTHER EDGES FOR THAT MATTER

THE PINK AND TAN IMAGE IN THE CENTRE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES AMAZINGLY ARE TOTALLY UNWORN,APART FROM THE TINIEST SPECK OF RUB  TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP. THIS SLEEVE HAS SAT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FOR  ALL OF ITS LIFE TO BE IN THIS CONDITION, BECAUSE THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE USUALLY BADLY WORN THROUGH

THE SPINE IS IMMACULATE. ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND THE SURFACE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO WEAR OR RUBBING, AND NO SQUASHING EITHER, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY NO GRUBBINESS THROUGH HANDLING OR AGEING

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS SO CLEAR THAT THE LP JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE,IN THE 39 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN SUPERB WHITE, THE CLEANEST I HAVE EVER SEEN ONE OF THESE SLEEVES. USUALLY THE DELICATE WHITE SURFACE IS GRUBBY AND STAINED, BUT NOT THIS ONE. IT HAS CLEARLY BEEN PRESERVED AND REMAINED UNTOUCHED.ALSO THIS FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE DOES NOT HAVE THE HOWARDS CREDITS (LATER ONES DO) 

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 UNCREASED, AND AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS TEXTURED AND NOT SMOOTH, THIS SHOWS A TRUE FIRST ISSUE INNER

I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE SLEEVE MINT!!!!!

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

GARRY