BLACK SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH 1st UK WWA N.MiNt ArChIvE

	£		163
	$		216

BLACK SABBATH ''SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH'' ORIGINAL UK PRESSING 1ST ISSUE CAT NO. WMA 005 RARE AND EARLY ORIGINAL UK PRESSING!  AWESOME TOP TOP! NEAR MINT AUDIO THROUGHOUT!!VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED VINYL! COMPLETE WITH LYRIC INNER SLEEVE!! AWESOME   GATEFOLD COVER! THE AUDIO IS NEAR PERFECT ON MY SYSTEM! ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE HEARD! 

A NEAR ARCHIVE COPY NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE! 

Another from my personal collection! Listed for its rarety, rarerly seen 1st issue on WMA  with #2 #3 matrix endings! Originally released in the UK on WMA labels then later rereleased on NEMS labels! My main interest in vinyl is the audio quality and from my personal experiance the best audio can only be found on the earliest  pressings. The audio is awesome throughout One of the best that I have heard of this pressing! And also highly collectable!

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is the fifth studio album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1973!!.

With this album, the band expanded upon their slow, crunching style of music and included synthesizers, strings, keyboards and more complex, orchestral arrangements!!

Following the 1972-1973 world tour in support of their Volume 4 album, Black Sabbath again returned to Los Angeles, California to begin work on their next album. Pleased with the Volume 4 album, the band sought to recreate the recording atmosphere, and returned to the Record Plant Studios with new producer and engineer Tom Allom!!.

Although the album credits the band's manager Patrick Meehan as producer, guitarist Tony Iommi said "Meehan's ego got involved, and he stuck his name down as producer". With new musical innovations of the era, the band were surprised to find that the room they had used previously at the Record Plant was replaced by a "giant synthesizer". The band rented a house in Bel Air and began writing in the summer of 1973, but due in part to substance issues and fatigue, were unable to complete any songs. "Ideas weren't coming out the way they were on Volume 4 and we really got discontent" Iommi said. "Everybody was sitting there waiting for me to come up with something. I just couldn't think of anything. And if I didn't come up with anything, nobody would do anything."!!!

After a month in Los Angeles with no results, the band opted to return to England, where they rented Clearwell Castle in The Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. "We rehearsed in the dungeons and it was really creepy but it had some atmosphere, it conjured up things, and stuff started coming out again". While working in the dungeon, Iommi stumbled onto the main riff of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", which set the tone for the new material. Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman was brought in as a session player, appearing on "Sabbra Cadabra" and "Who Are You"!!!

Black Sabbath released Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath on December 1, 1973. For the first time in their career, the band began to receive favourable reviews in the mainstream press, with Rolling Stone calling the album "an extraordinarily gripping affair", and "nothing less than a complete success". Later reviewers such as All Music's Ed Rivadavia cite the album as "a masterpiece, essential to any heavy metal collection", while also displaying "a newfound sense of finesse and maturity"!

Side one

1. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" – 5:45
2. "A National Acrobat" – 6:16
3. "Fluff" – 4:11
4. "Sabbra Cadabra" – 5:59

Side two

1. "Killing Yourself to Live" – 5:41
2. "Who Are You?" – 4:11
3. "Looking for Today" – 5:06
4. "Spiral Architect" – 5:29

The vinyl.

The vinyl is absolutely superbe on initial visual inspection this looks awesome still retains its sheen from new!!!!!! (please note this vinyl LOOKS barely ever played in my opinion Perhapes played only a handful of times that's all. In the last 25 years this has been stored in a case with the vinyl seperated from the sleeve and cover to prevent ringware and damage!!This is how i have always stored my records!! I have played this through track for track prior to listing and the audio quality is superbe TOP TOP TOP! cristal clear and extreemely vibrant!!!!(no) signs of any distortion or grooveware at all!(very light static evident in some very quiet places only)! Only in stronglight could possibly any surface marks\sleeve removal  could possiblty be seen (non) audio sounding To be honest  i couldn't see any needle scratches at all even in extreeme light, at least (none) that effect the absolutely stunning top audio!    The audio on this pressing in my opinion is almost as good as it gets for a very early original! One of the best that I have heard of this pressing! Even in between tracks there is extreemely minimal noise!  I would class myself as highly critical and this is a truly exceptional sounding vinyl and the 5th EVER ALBUM RELEASED  by this awesome band ''black sabbath'' and so hard to find like this! Please check my completed listings of records that i have sold of this calaber and you will see that i normally get it right!

Please note! That i always make this disclaimer! That although I never heard any clicks or pops during the play of this record please allow for the odd static crackle\tick here and there certainly not consistant throughout the audio, but this is a genuine 35 year old vinyl that would have been played on a 35 year old system!!!!! THIS PLAYED VERY NEAR PERFECT ON MY SYSTEM !(NO) DISTORTION AND (NO) SIGNS THAT THIS HAS BEEN OVERPLAYED VERY RARE TO FIND!

Points to note! This has been stored in a case laying dormant for at least 25 years! A build up of dirt and dust in the grooves from laying dormant causes static crackle\ticks! A constant clean before each play is recomended !!!! This would reduce any static and enhance the audio quality!!!!

Audio Sumery!

The best and most vibrant audio on vinyl comes from the earliest stampers\ 1st pressings, This plays through with no problems at all that I heard and will be hard to surpass! Played at very loud volume on a top system there were (no) loud clicks or pops and certainly (no) jumps or skips! perhapes allow for the very very (very) light static  that may be heard in very quiet places very common on 70s pressings (but to be honest i never heard any) and certainly nothing in my opinion that spoilt the overall awesome enjoyment of this album!!

The Record Sleeve

This is the original (very (very) thin paper) lyric record sleeve with no splits or tares just light creasing/staining with age!

The cover

This is the original unlaminated card gatefold cover! PRINTED IN ENGLAND Also the rarest to ever find in this superbe condition (no) splits or tares bare minimal \storageware worth to mention only. Any rubbingware is minimal only also. super straight and square corners! Bare minimal marks/minor indents  to mention  rarely seen in this awesome top condition ORIGINAL!! MUST BE  excellent  PLUS IN MY OPINION! 

As always I have tried to give my honest personal opinion when describing items listed! Although it is my honest opinion! I always urge others to do their own personal research on any items that they are interested in purchasing, before, they commit to bidding!) I have Highlighted all aspects as clearly as possible!! I have taken time to play this vinyl track for track to give a clear and accurate description of the audio quality as i hear it. (please look at my completed listings of albums that I have sold of this calaber (more than 1000 items) and you will see that I normally get it right) I have also provided as many photos as I can and supersized so that all aspects can be seen clearly in strong light!!!!!Please note! These photos are the actual item for sale and not copies of other items!!!!!!!

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