Black Sabbath SABOTAGE UK LP 1ST PRESS WITH HIDDEN TRACK UNPLAYED MINT MINUS
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BLACK SABBATH - SABOTAGE
IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED MUSEUM QUALITY MINT MINUS !!! CONDITION
OUTSTANDING THROUGH THE QUIETEST TRACKS
NEAR MINT SLEEVE
WITH THE RARE HIDDEN TRACK ' BLOW ON A JUG'
- CATALOGUE:NEMS 9119 001
- MATRIX:9119001 1Y x 2 420 ST 1 1 2 / 2Y//2 ST 1 5 1
- 'STERLING' STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES
A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES
THE WORD STERLING MUST BE STAMPED INTO THE DEAD WAX
THE VINYL IS THICKER THAN REISSUES
THE SLEEVE MUST BE MADE BY ROBERT STACE
THE SLEEVE MUST BE TEXTURED ON BOTH SIDES
THE VERY FIRST PRESSES OF THIS ALBUM HAD AN ADDITIONAL 31 SECOND TRACK PLACED AFTER 'THE WRIT. WHERE BILL WARD WAS PLAYING A PIANO AND OZZY WAS SINGING THE LYRICS 'BLOW ON A JUG' THIS WAS RECORDED AT A VERY LOW VOLUME AND ONLY APPEARS ON SOME OF THE VERY FIRST ISSUES. SO DIG YOUR COPY OUT AND SEE IF IT HAS THIS RARE HIDDEN HALF MINUTE. IT WAS PUT ON THE CD RELEASES AND THE LATER REMASTERS BUT ONLY THE VERY 1ST ISSUE VINYLS HAD IT PRESENT!!!
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 ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE, A CLEAR INDICATOR 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, JUST A A COUPLE OF 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 DECIDED TO GIVE THE RECORD ONE VERY CAREFUL TEST PLAY AS UNPLAYED DOESN'T MEAN MINT. I GUARANTEE IT WILL GO UNDETECTED
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 WHATSOEVER
THE ONLY VERY LIGHT AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC OCCURS IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES ONLY
THERE ARE NO MORE THAN 2-3 TINY LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH
AN INCREDIBLE VINYL THAT PERFORMS TO THE HIGHEST GRADE POSSIBLE
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT MINUS
DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED BUT TEXTURED ROBERT STACE SINGLE SLEEVE
VERY HARD TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION DUE TO THE TEXTURED BLACK SURFACE WHICH IS USUALLY BADLY WORN ON BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK, AND SHOWS UP EVERY CREASE LINE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND ALL OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY WORN BLACK BORDER IS INTACT. NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE ON THIS THIN COVER.
THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES
THERE ARE THREE SMALL LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP EDGE IS UNRUBBED WITH ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOUR FULLY INTACT AND RUNNING FROM TIP TO TIP, WITH JUST THE VERY TIP END OF THE RIGHT CORNER VERY LIGHTLY RUBBED
WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A LITTLE RUBBING TO BOTH CORNERS.
THE SPINE IS IN GREAT SHAPE. ALL OF THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND THE SURFACE IS FLAT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF LIGHT FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSIONS
THE ONLY RUBBING TO THE DELICATE SURFACE OCCURS AT THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS, WHERE THERE IS THE MOST MINUSCULE SPECK OF WEAR TO EACH TIP END, PLUS A COUPLE OF WHITE PIN PRICKS VISIBLE WHERE ONE OF THE LINES NEAR THE SPINE ON THE FRONT HAS CREPT ROUND ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE SPINE
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS SO CLEAR THAT THE LP JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE,IN THE 37 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED.
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT. JUST FOUR TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE AND THATS ALL
THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS, VERY WHITE AND UNCREASED, TOTALLY PRISTINE IN FACT. IT IS THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE AND HAS 5 80 PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER (THE FIVE INDICATING 1975)
I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GRADE THIS NEAR MINT!!!
IT REALLY IS THAT GOOD
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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