1971 UK 'A-1' VERTIGO "BOX" (ORIG) BLACK SABBATH MASTER OF REALITY HARD PSYCH

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• • (HUGE) MINT POSTER INCLUDED !!!!
    
    1971 LAMINATED EMBOSSED "BOX" COVER
  • SWIRL-VERTIGO  FIRST PRINTING!
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  • MASTER OF REALITY
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    BLACK  SABBATH
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    MASTER OF REALITY
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  • (made in England) VERTIGO (swirl) - 6360-050
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    TOP COPY = THIS IS NICE
  • Machine Stamped A-1 / B-2 MATRIX
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  • + ORIGINAL VERTIGO SWIRL INNER SLEEVE
  • 1971 LAMINATED EMBOSSED "BOX" COVER
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  • UK ~ SWIRL "VERTIGO" FIRST PRINTING!
  • MINT ~ 24 x 35  EXTRA-LARGE
    
  •   POSTER
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  1971 BRITISH "box"pressings are THRASHED as it was a popular party record back in the day, remainingcollectiblecopies in condition are seldom available 54 years onward.
  
  Master Of Reality...Titanic, on the eve of Armageddon, cranking it as the bomb drops...
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    Master Of Reality from 1971 is the third album by the British heavy rock band BLACK SABBATH. 
  • The album's "darker" or "sludgier" sound was a significant influence on later heavy metal genres known as doom metal and stoner rock -- yet in 1971, it was just HEAVY ROCK...
  • and heaviest from Black Sabbath yet to hear
    
    For the recording of this album, guitarist Tony Iommi, who had injured his fingers in a factory accident years earlier, decided to de-tune his guitar down three semi-tones (or one and a half steps to C-sharp). This reduced string tension, thus making the guitar easier for him to play. Geezer Butler also de-tuned his bass guitar to match Iommi. The result was a noticeably "darker" or "sludgier" sound.
    
    The album's opening track, "Sweet Leaf," a salute to one of the band's favorite smokeable substances, contains one of rock's heaviest guitar riffs, courtesy of Tony Iommi. Another eternal band favorite is the grim, post-nuclear war tale "Children of the Grave." Vocalist Ozzy Osbourne is in fine voice on "After Forever" and "Lord of this World," while the more tranquil "Solitude" and the instrumental Iommi compositions "Embryo" and "Orchid" offer a bit of variety. Though not quite as influential as PARANOID, MASTER OF REALITY remains one of heavy rock's founding gems.
    
    While other front-runners of hard rock/metal like Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple began dabbling in other musical forms (folk and string symphonies, respectively), Black Sabbath stuck close to its original direction and was rewarded with several of the most enduring rock releases of all time. Coming off the worldwide breakthrough of the band's 1971's landmark, PARANOID, MASTER OF REALITY (released the same year) proved to be Sabbath's third classic in a row. Like all Sabbath albums of the era, not a second of filler is present--even the lesser-known material is superb.
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    Sweet Leaf
    
    After Forever
    
    Children of the Grave
    
    Orchid
    
    Lord of This World
    
    Solitude Into the Void
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  1.   CONDITION:
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  3. The cover: rated: Ex (excellent)
  4. (BOX COVER) with embossed (raised lettering) = only light sign of previous handling (= front, minor few lamination crinkles/lifting at edges only, back cover virtually without)    This original British press remains highly sought and hard to find this clean ~
     
  5. Worthy 1971 Artifact Survivor
     
     
  7. Machine Stamped A-1 / B-2 MATRIXA FINAL COLLECTION KEEPER
     
  
  
  1. The vinyl: Rated: M- is totally glossy & shiny over both sides; original shine, play graded thoroughly enjoyably clean... clean Swirl VERTIGO  labels too
     
  
  The Original Oversized POSTER Is MINT
  
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• A cool addition to anyone's music library!