BLACK SABBATH MASTER OF REALITY rare WITHDRAWN TRANSITIONAL COPY.VERTIGO EX/EX
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SLEEVE. THE BOXED VERTIGO STICKERED SLEEVE WITH PINK LETTERING AS APPOSE TO PURPLE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION THE SLEEVE IS NOT CRUSHED AS IT HAS BEEN KEPT WITH CARD INSERT TO KEEP IT SQUARE. LAMINATE IS EXCELLENT WITH NO PEELING
INNER SLEEVE. THE ORIGINAL BLUE PATENTS POLY LINED INNER IS EXCELLENT
VINYL. THIS IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION THE PLAYBACK IS AMAZING WITH JUST THE ODD LIGHT CRACKLE EASILY GRADED AS EXCELLENT POSSIBLY BETTER
RECORD LABEL. MINT
MATRIX. SEE BELOW ON DISCOGS
PLEASE SEE ADDITIONAL PICTURES BELOW AND DISCOGS INFO ON THIS ALBUM.
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TracklistHide Credits
A1 Sweet Leaf Written-By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi* A2 After Forever Written-By – Iommi* A3 Embryo Written-By – Iommi* A4 Children Of The Grave Written-By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi* B1 Orchid Written-By – Iommi* B2 Lord Of This World Written-By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi* B3 Solitude Written-By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi* B4 Into The Void Written-By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi*Companies, etc.
- Printed By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
- Made By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
- Produced For – Tony Hall Enterprises
Credits
- Art Direction – Mike Stanford
- Design – Bloomsbury Group
- Photography By [Poster] – Keef (4)
- Producer – Rodger Bain
Notes
Box-style sleeve with both band name and album title embossed.
Dark pink lettering instead of dark purple (see pictures for comparison).
"WWA 008" catalog number on a sticker, stuck over the original Vertigo 6360 050 catalog number.
Sleeve Printed and made by Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
Misspelled "Sweet Leaf" as "Sweet Life" on back of cover.
Here's some background info: This is a rare, rather uncommon transitional copy of the album. It was released in 1973 when Black Sabbath left the Vertigo label and moved on to WWA-records. The latest Vertigo spaceship-labeled versions came in a box style cover with a pink lettering and the misspelled "Sweet Life", rather than the dark purple lettering on the box sleeve which came with early Vertigo swirl-labeled pressings. When Black Sabbath moved over from Vertigo to WWA, the very first early issues of this album did NOT yet come in the more common flipback sleeve with the WWA-logo on the front (http://www.discogs.com/Black-Sabbath-Master-Of-Reality/release/2332517). Yet, they came with old stock Vertigo box sleeves with the pink lettering and the misspelled "Sweet Life". There is a sticker on the back of the cover with the WWA 008 catalog number, which was stuck over the Vertigo catalog number, above the VO Price code.
Some in original Vertigo box cover with sticker and WWA number
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Etched into first deadwax area of runout on both sides of the record): WWA 008
- Matrix / Runout (Scratched out on both sides): 6360050
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 - Stamped in second deadwax area - "1" and "5" before "3" are both mirrored): 1Y//2?420 15 3 04
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 - Stamped in second deadwax area): 2Y//1?420 1711 04
- Other (Side 1): WWA 008.1
- Other (Side 2): WWA 008.2
- Price Code: VO
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