BLACK SABBATH VOL 4 UK LP 1ST SWIRL LABEL MINT-
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BLACK SABBATH - VOLUME 4
- CATALOGUE: 6360 071
- MATRIX: 1Y//1 / 2/Y//1
- PORKY AND PECKO IN THE RUN OFF GROOVE
THIS IS A GENUINE FIRST PRESS SABBATH VOLUME 4 ON THE VERTIGO SPIRAL LABEL FROM 1972.
THIS MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE HAS THE BEST CONDITION SLEEVE I HAVE EVER SEEN, AND COMES DIRECT FROM MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION
THE SLEEVE
A ABSOLUTELY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS SUPERB SLEEVE. I HAVE NO HESITATION RIGHT FROM THE OFF IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS. IT IS TRULY THE BEST EXAMPLE YOU WILL SEE EVER.
THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT ND CLEAN, AND THERE ARE NO CREASES AT ALL. IN ADDITION AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES THIS SO SPECIAL IS THAT THERE IS NO LOSS OF COLOUR AT ALL. THE NON LAMINATED MATT BLACK SURFACE USUALLY ENDS UP VERY SHELF WORN AND THE BLACK RUBS AWAY ON MOST COPIES. THIS LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT LEFT THE PRESS. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 99% UNWORN, AND THE SPINE IS JUST PRISTINE!!
THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT, AND APART FROM A SHADOW OF RUBBING RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS SUSTAINED NO AGING AT ALL. OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVELAS A PERFECTLY STUCK 4 PAGE BOOKLET, EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD BE.
THE ORIGINAL SWIRL INNER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND UNSPLIT
THE RECORD
PLUCKING THE VINYL FROM THE SLEEVE WAS LIKE TAKING A BRAND NEW ALBUM FROM ITS SLEEVE FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT HAD THAT WOW FACTOR. THIS DISC IS JUST IN THE BEST CONDITION IT COULD EVER BE IN. STARTING WITH THE LABELS THEY HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COLOUR AND HAVE NO MARKS, STAINS, OR WRITING ON THEM AT ALL. THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE EITHER. CLEARLY THIS LP HAS BEEN HANDLED WITH IMMACULATE CARE.
THE DISC GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES
GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO SIDE ONE THERE IS TOTAL SILENCE IN THE RUN IN GROOVE. A GREAT SIGN THAT THE ALBUM HAS BEEN RESPECTFULLY HANDLED.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ANY POINT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LP WHICH IS NOTHING MORE THAN I EXPECTED
THE LINKING GROOVES ARE ALSO SILENT
THE MUSIC PLAYS TO PERFECTION, WITHOUT ANY CRACKLES, CLICKS, OR INFACT ANY TRACES OF STATIC OR ANY LIGHT POPS
THIS IS TRULY AS GOOD AS IT GETS.
THIS ALBUM HAS HAD FEWER THAN 5 PLAYS LIFETIME AND IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT
A FINER COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM YOU WILL NEVER FIND
THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT MINT MINUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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