BLACK SABBATH, Paranoid [olive Warners label ARTISAN] USA EXCELLENT- LP

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60

  Black Sabbath ?– Paranoid Label: Warner Bros. Records ?– 1887, Warner Bros. Records ?– WS 1887 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, CTH  Country: US Released: 07 Jan 1971 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal Tracklist A1 War Pigs 7:55 A2 Paranoid 2:50 A3 Planet Caravan 4:30 A4 Iron Man 6:00 B1 Electric Funeral 4:50 B2 Hand Of Doom 7:10 B3 Rat Salad 2:30 B4 Fairies Wear Boots 6:15 Companies, etc. Recorded At – Regent Sound Studios Recorded At – Island Studios Published By – Essex Music International Ltd. Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Produced For – Tony Hall Enterprises Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Credits Bass Guitar – Terry "Geezer" Butler* Composed By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi* Design [Album], Photography By – Keef (4) Drums – Bill Ward Engineer – Brian Humphries, Tony Allom* Lead Guitar – Tony Iommi Producer – Rodger Bain Vocals – Ozzy Osbourne Notes Green Warner Bros. Records labels with 'WB' shield, and large pressing ring.  Released in a gatefold cover. First catalog number on front cover, second catalog number on spine and labels. Tracklist taken from cover. Tracklist on labels indicates: A1:  War Pigs Luke's Wall B4: Jack The Stripper  Fairies Wear Boots Produced by Rodger Bain for Tony Hall Enterprises Made in U.S.A. © 1970-Warner Bros. Records Inc. All compositions by Iommi/Osbourne/Butler/Ward All compositions published by Essex Music Int. Ltd. 

USA OLIVE GREEN LABEL VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First pressings are made from first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues and re-issues (which are often pressed from whatever tapes or digital sources are currently available - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…why buy an expensive CD pressed on vinyl and experience the worse elements of both formats?)

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: WS-1887 T1 39786-2 ARTISAN H5 /  SIDE B: WS-1887 T1 39786-3 ARTISAN D1.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER CREASE. INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND PLAY SCUFFS. CLEAN LABELS.

 
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