Black Sabbath SABOTAGE UK LP VERY 1ST PRESS WITH HIDDEN TRACK NEAR MINT -

	£		193
	$		256

BLACK SABBATH - SABOTAGE

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION

STUNNING NEAR MINT SLEEVE

WITH THE RARE HIDDEN TRACK ' BLOW ON A JUG'

• CATALOGUE:NEMS 9119 001 
• MATRIX:9119001 1Y//1 ST 1 2 4 1 / 2Y//2 ST 1 2 4  
• 'STERLING' STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX 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 APART FROM 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 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

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

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

THERE IS SOME LIGHT OCCASIONAL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES. IN PARTICULAR A LITTLE AT THE START OF TRACK TWO SIDE ONE.

THERE ARE NO MORE THAN 1-2 TINY LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

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

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 100% OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY WORN BLACK BORDER IS PRISTINE. ABSOLUTELY ZERO!!RINGWEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL

THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. NOT EVEN FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSIONS.ONE LITTLE DIMPLE ON THE TOP EDGE AT THE LOWER PART OF THE SPINE ALL OF THE COLOUR HAS BEEN RETAINED WITH THE WHITE TYPEFACE PRISTINE AND PERFECT.

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

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 SEVEN TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE

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

IT REALLY IS THAT GOOD

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

GARRY