BLACK SABBATH VOL 4 1st UK PRESS VERTIGO SWIRL EX
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Black Sabbath’s fourth (and some would say best) powerhouse album on the VERTIGO SWIRL label catalogue number 6360 071. The UK FIRST PRESSING matrices are 1Y // 1 and 2Y // 1, with the famous PORKY and PECKO hand etchings in the run off grooves. This in many people’s view was the last ‘great’ Sabbath album. It has all the trademarks of the three before it, all honed to perfection in this one epoch defining album. Kicking off with ‘Wheels Of Confusion’, the deceptively languid intro quickly leading into another classic, bludgeoning Tony Iommi riff. Ozzie once more lamenting the state of his mind, this track features several musical twists and turns that could easily have lead the band down the ‘Prog Rock’ path. Thankfully, this doesn’t happen, and with ‘Tommorow’s Dream’ we’re back on familiar ground. The Iommi penned ‘Changes’ needs no introduction. Ozzie’s baleful melody over a gorgeous piano and mellotron arrangement. WONDERFUL !! The chemical fuelled live favourite ‘Supernaut’, features surely one of the truly great rock riffs of all time and a fantastic percussive section that showcases Bill Ward’s thunderous drumming. The bands use of certain substances was legendary around the time this album was recorded and ‘Snowblind’, lyrically, leaves nothing to the imagination. Another stomping riff and arrangement in the mold of ‘Wheels Of Confusion’, with a stinging Iommi solo on the outro. The beautiful acoustic ‘Laguna Sunrise’, with another lovely string arrangement leads into the frantic riffing of ‘St. Vitus Dance’. The last song ‘Under The Sun’ is classic Sabbath doing what they do best. A stomping detuned riff workout that would pave the way for a million ‘Metal’ bands that followed, and all indebted to this fantastic band and their wonderful legacy. The vinyl has a glossy sheen and has a mark on either side but these do not affect playback in any way. It plays BEAUTIFULLY with NO CLICKS OR POPS that I can remember, just some crackle in the very quietest parts. It grades as EX. The sleeve grades as Good+ with some wear and the booklet missing from inside. A classic and great Sabbath album !
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