Black Sabbath Paranoid 12" Black Vinyl LP 1970 Warner USA Metal Rock Vintage

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Black Sabbath Paranoid 12" Black Vinyl LP 1970 Warner USA Metal Rock Vintage

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Black vinyl LP grades visually around Very Good (VG) with a moderate glossy sheen and numerous light to moderate sleeve scuffs, hairline surface marks, and cloudy handling rubs across both sides together with some fingerprint smudging and light dust that would benefit from a thorough cleaning before play; no deep gouges, warps, cracks, or edge chips are visible and the olive-green Warner Bros. logo center labels remain fully legible with some spindle wear and no writing or added stickers. Gatefold cardboard jacket with Paranoid sword-wielding figure artwork grades visually around Very Good (VG) with strong front and back color, pronounced overall surface rubbing and scattered small scratches to the dark background, a noticeable ring-wear impression, and corner and edge wear including mild tip rounding and small spine and opening-edge rubs plus light age toning inside the gatefold; the included cream Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders inner sleeve is intact but shows Good Plus (G+) level age

Artist: Black Sabbath.

Title: Paranoid 12-inch vinyl LP album from Black Sabbath, issued as a U.S. Warner Bros. Records gatefold edition with original cover artwork and a printed Warner/Reprise "Loss Leaders" advertising inner sleeve.

Format: 33 1/3 RPM record; Type: LP album; Record size: 12-inch; audio format: stereo heavy metal and hard rock recording.

Label and catalog number: Warner Bros. Records U.S. issue on olive-green Warner Bros. logo center labels; catalog number WS 1887 printed on the labels, spine, and back cover together with STEREO designations and side indicators for Side 1 and Side 2; additional label numbers S39786 and S39787 printed beneath the catalog number.

Release year and origin: early-1970s U.S. pressing manufactured in the United States for Warner Bros. Records, presenting Black Sabbath's classic 1970 studio album Paranoid with English-language text on the jacket, labels, and inner sleeve.

Genre/Style: pioneering early heavy metal and hard rock material emphasizing dark, downtuned guitar riffs, dramatic vocals, and powerful rhythm-section work that helped define the sound of 1970s heavy music.

Material: Vinyl; Color: black; Format: record; Features: 12-inch 33 RPM stereo LP format with cardboard gatefold sleeve, original Paranoid front-cover art, black-and-white band portrait interior panels, and a printed Warner/Reprise promotional inner sleeve used to house the disc.

Case type and front cover: gatefold cardboard jacket whose front artwork shows a motion-blurred figure in a helmet and brightly colored red and orange outfit brandishing a sword in a dark wooded clearing, with BLACK SABBATH PARANOID titling in bold pink lettering at the upper right and the Warner Bros. shield logo and WS 1887 catalog number at the upper left.

Back cover details: rear panel continues the night-forest scene with the sword-wielding figure against a mostly black background, with track listing and side designations printed in white text at the upper left and Warner Bros. credits and copyright information running along the lower margin.

Spine and edges: standard LP-width spine printed with Paranoid Black Sabbath titling, WS 1887 catalog number, and Warner Bros. branding, sized to accommodate the vinyl record and inner sleeve within the gatefold jacket.

Inner gatefold artwork: interior left panel presents a full-length black-and-white photograph of all four members of Black Sabbath standing or seated in tall grass, while the right panel features a portrait of Ozzy Osbourne wearing a large cross pendant beside printed song titles, songwriting credits, and production notes in pink text.

Inner sleeves and inserts: package includes a cream-colored Warner/Reprise "Loss Leaders" inner sleeve featuring promotional album artwork and descriptive text on one side and a sepia-toned photographic scene on the reverse, used for storing the LP when placed inside the gatefold jacket.

Track listing Side 1 (from center label and back cover): War Pigs / Luke's Wall; Paranoid; Planet Caravan; Iron Man.

Track listing Side 2 (from center label and back cover): Electric Funeral; Hand Of Doom; Rat Salad; Fairies Wear Boots.

Personnel and production: performances by Black Sabbath with Ozzy Osbourne on vocals, Tony Iommi on guitar, Geezer Butler on bass, and Bill Ward on drums, produced by Rodger Bain for Tony Hall Enterprises and issued on Warner Bros. Records.

Additional notes: this WS 1887 Warner Bros. U.S. edition of Paranoid offers one of the definitive early heavy metal albums in a 12-inch black vinyl LP format with original gatefold cover and printed inner sleeve, suitable for collectors of Black Sabbath, classic metal, and 1970s rock vinyl.

Barcode and identifiers: catalog number WS 1887 printed on spine, back cover, and labels; S39786 and S39787 numbers on labels; STEREO and 33 1/3 RPM indications on center labels; Made in U.S.A. rim text on labels.

Keywords: Black Sabbath Paranoid WS 1887 12-inch black vinyl LP record 33 RPM Warner Bros. USA gatefold heavy metal hard rock 1970s.

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