Black Sabbath Vol 4 RARE SPACESHIP LABEL UK EX+

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Jun 15, 2008 Sold Date

Jun 5, 2008 Start Date

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Black Sabbath’s fourth powerhouse album on the VERY RARE UK VERTIGO SPACESHIP LABEL, catalogue number 6360 071. Legend has it that ONLY 100 OF THESE UK SPACESHIP PRESSINGS EXIST !! This in many people’s view this was the last ‘great’ Sabbath album. It has all the trademarks of the three before it, all honed to perfection in this one epoch defining album. Kicking off with ‘Wheels Of Confusion’, the deceptively languid intro quickly leading into another classic, bludgeoning Tony Iommi riff. Ozzie once more lamenting the state of his mind, this track features several musical twists and turns that could easily have lead the band down the ‘Prog Rock’ path. Thankfully, this doesn’t happen, and with ‘Tommorow’s Dream’ we’re back on familiar ground. Here the stunning of this UK VERTIGO PRESSING is really apparent. It has so much more POWER and PRESENCE than cuts from other parts of the globe. The weak sounding re-issues are no match for the shuddering bass, punchy mid range and crystal clear highs this pressing possesses. The Iommi penned ‘Changes’ needs no introduction, suffice to say that what a pleasure it is to hear it with this kind of clarity. Ozzie’s baleful melody over a gorgeous piano and mellotron arrangement. WONDERFUL !! The chemical fuelled live favourite ‘Supernaut’, features surely one of the truly great rock riffs of all time and a fantastic percussive section that showcases Bill Ward’s thunderous drumming. The bands use of certain substances was legendary around the time this album was recorded and ‘Snowblind’, lyrically, leaves nothing to the imagination. Another stomping riff and arrangement in the mould of ‘Wheels Of Confusion’, with a stinging Iommi solo on the outro. The beautiful acoustic ‘Laguna Sunrise’, with another lovely string arrangement leads into the frantic riffing of ‘St. Vitus Dance’. The last song ‘Under The Sun’ is classic Sabbath doing what they do best. A stomping detuned riff workout that would pave the way for a million ‘Metal’ bands that followed, and all indebted to this fantastic band and their wonderful legacy. This record is in unmistakably EXCELLENT + CONDITION. There are a few light clicks in the first track for about 45 seconds but barely anymore on the rest of the record, and only the very faintest of surface noise in the absolute quietest of sections, barely audible. As I said, the audio reproduction is just AMAZINGLY CLEAR with NO DISTORTION. The vinyl has a mirror like sheen and is almost completely unmarked. The sleeve has some minor scuffing and some wear to the edges. The inside booklet is totally intact with NO RIPS OR TEARS or marks. The very cool spaceship labels are as colourful as the day they were printed and have no discernable marks. All in all, an EXCELLENT copy of this RARE and classic album.

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