1970 ORIG BLACK SABBATH PARANOID DARK HEAVY HARD PSYCH Ozzy "WAR PIGS"

$

58

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  = ORIGINAL =                                  

   1970 FIRST PRINTING                        

                 BLACK SABBATH

                     PARANOID

\                              USA - (olive green) WARNER BROTHERS - WS 1887  

CLEAN VINYL(!).... Original 1970 first pressing on the  olive green Warner Brothers label and thick gatefold cover ... clean copies getting hard to find after 42 years....

Comes with the original printed WB inner sleeve

Paranoid is the quintessential Sabbath record. It’s also the most accessible. A riff-fest full of hallucinatory lyrics and trapdoor structures, like a good horror film it’s a descent into dark recesses and has a claustrophobic sense that set the bar very high, indeed, for groups groping for that kind of atmosphere.

"War Pigs" remains one of the great album openers, a creepy epic in which Ozzy hilariously rhymes "generals gathered in their masses" with "just like witches at black masses" and gets away with it, while Iommi soars through a set of positively evil riffs. The title track is a proto-punk classic. "Iron Man" is another of the most glorified songs in the bunch, coming off in phantasy doom and gloom. The drifting bong-smoke of "Planet Caravan" is in keeping with the album's mood and one of those mellow moments that would become a hallmark of the group’s albums and most heavy albums forever after. "Electric Funeral" is a disturbing vision of the sort that groups would spend years trying to outdo. "Hand of Doom" is one of the great unsung Sabbath tracks, a druggy post-psychedelic monster of a song that sums up the album's entire dynamic in its seven surly minutes. "Rat Salad" condenses the group’s early jammy tendencies into a short, effective jammer which features a drum solo—Bill Ward's a great drummer. The closer, "Fairies Wear Boots," brings a bit of creepy whimsy to this doom-laden record and puts paid to the whole thing’s bad-trip feel.

In sum: a bizarre, groundbreaking classic that remains a rock and roll funhouse.

A:

War Pigs

7:56

Paranoid

2:49

Planet Caravan

4:25

Iron Man

5:55

B:

Electric Funeral

4:49

Hand of Doom

7:08

Rat Salad

2:30

Fairies Wear Boots

6:14

CONDITION: The Cover: Thick gatefold cover is VG++ having light shelf wear = pretty normal for this 42 year old original with a dark cover that can wear very easy. No split seams, no writing and bright original colors....

The Vinyl: top copy, "EX" (excellent) to M-  well preserved all clean over both sides ...looks fantastic and plays outstanding with no audio problems...has clean labels      

keeper!

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record