BLACK SABBATH Sabotage 1975 UK NEMS 1st PRESS - TEXTURED COVER - NEAR MINT
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May 19, 2016
Sold Date
May 9, 2016
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BLACK SABBATH Sabotage 1975 UK NEMS 1st PRESS - TEXTURED COVER - NEAR MINT
BLACK SABBATHSabotage
UK NEMS ?(9119 001 DE LUXE) FIRST PRESSING (September 1975)
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL *NEAR MINT* COPY
PRESSED WITH THE NEMS BLACK/SILVER LABELS
MATRIX: 9119001 1Y//2 ST 13 2 STERLING / 9119001 2Y//2 ST 11 20 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: EXCELLENT+
Unmarked labels with light to moderate spindle traces - seen some use but very well cared for
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
My play-check at volume found nothing - plays beautifully with clean sound
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Apart from a little rub to the spine the cover is great shape
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