BLACK SABBATH Sabotage 1975 UK NEMS 1st PRESS - ONE PLAY - NEAR MINT
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Jul 30, 2018
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Jul 20, 2018
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BLACK SABBATH Sabotage 1975 UK NEMS 1st PRESS - ONE PLAY - NEAR MINT
BLACK SABBATHSabotage
UK NEMS (9119 001 DE LUXE) FIRST ISSUE (September 1975)
GREAT COPY - ONCE PLAYED AND DELIVERING PERFECT SOUND
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST NEMS BLACK/SILVER LABELS
MATRIX: 9119001 1Y//2 ST 1 1 13 STERLING / 9119001 2Y//2 ST 11 15 STERLING
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY TEXTURED SLEEVE “Printed in England by Robert Stace”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE
Sabotage is the final release of Black Sabbath's legendary First Six, and it's also the least celebrated of the bunch, though most die-hard fans would consider it criminally underrated.
The band continues further down the proto-prog metal road of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, and this time around, the synthesizers feel more organically integrated into the arrangements.
What's more, the song structures generally feel less conventional and more challenging.
For the terrific album opener, "Hole in the Sky," the band largely eschews the standard verse-chorus format, sticking to one or two melody lines per riffed section and changing up the feel before things get too repetitive. The prevalence of this writing approach means that Sabotage rivals Vol. 4 as the least accessible record of Sabbath's glory years. However, given time, the compositional logic reveals itself, and most of the record will burn itself into the listener's brain just fine.
The faster than usual "Symptom of the Universe" is a stone-cold classic, its sinister main riff sounding like the first seed from which the New Wave of British Heavy Metal would sprout . Like several songs on the record, "Symptom" features unexpected acoustic breaks and softer dynamics, yet never loses its drive or focus, and always feels like Sabbath.
Less immediate but still rewarding are "Thrill of It All," with its triumphant final section, and the murky, sullen "Megalomania," which never feels as long as its nearly nine and a half minutes.
But more than the compositions, the real revelation on Sabotage is Ozzy Osbourne, who turns in his finest vocal performance. Really for the first time, this is the Ozzy we all know, displaying enough range, power, and confidence to foreshadow his hugely successful solo career. He saves the best for last with album closer "The Writ," one of the few Sabbath songs where his vocal lines are more memorable than Tony Iommi's guitar parts; running through several moods over the course of the song's eight minutes, it's one of the best performances of his career, bar none. Unfortunately, after Sabotage, the wheels of confusion came off entirely. Yes, there were technically two more albums, but for the non-obsessive, the story of Osbourne-era Sabbath effectively ends here.
Side 1:
Hole In The Sky (4:01)
Don't Start (Too Late) (0:49)
Symptom Of The Universe (6:29)
Megalomania (9:46)
Side 2:
The Thrill Of It All (5:55)
Supertzar (3:42)
Am I Going Insane (Radio) (4:13)
The Writ (8:17)
LABELS: MINT/NEAR MINT
An immaculate set of clean, unmarked labels with one light spindle trace on one side, none on the other
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Both surfaces shine like new but there are some hairlines and thumbnail marks to the surfaces - these are all completely harmless
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault.
No clicks, ticks or pops or even any appreciable surface.
An exceptionally clean player, all round great copy and as good as it gets
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Best I've seen for this textured cover which is as clean, crisp, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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