Black Sabbath SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH UK LP 1ST WWA MINT

	£		28
	$		37

BLACK SABBATH - SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH

• CAT:WWA 005
• MATRIX: ACB116 A//2  / ACB00166 2Y
• THIS MATRIX NUMBER ON SIDE A IS STAMPED INTO THE DEAD WAX, WHILST ON SIDE TWO THE STAPMED NUMBER IS WWA005 2//2. THIS HAS BEEN SCRATCHED OUT AND THE ACB00166 WAS ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX
• SABBATHS FIRST ALBUM ON WWA

AFTER THE HUGE SUCESS OF SABBATH VOLUME 4, THINGS WENT A BIT PEAR SHAPED WITH THE BAND FORCED TO LEAVE THE VERTOGO LABEL AND SIGN UP WITH WWA. HOWEVER THE LP THAT FOLLOWED THIS WAS SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH ARGUABLY THE BANDS FINEST HOUR. CRITICALLY ACLAIMED THE WORLD OVER. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE BAND HAD RECEIVED SUCH UNANIMOUS POSITIVITY

THIS IS WIOTHOUT A DOUBT A MUST FOR ANY SABBATH COLLECTION, ANHD HERE WE HAVE A COPY THAT IS IN JUST ABOUT THE BEST CONDITION YOU COULD FIND

THE RECORD LABELS

THE BLACK WHITE AND SILVER LABELS  ARE IN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BLACK SURFACE EXTENDS FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE AND THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT EVERYWHWRE. THE SPINDLE HOLE HAS JUST THREE OR FOUR VERY LIGHT SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE WHERE THE ORIGINAL OWNER PLACED THE LP ONTO THE TURNTABLE FOR JUST A FEW TIMES OBER THE LAST 35 YEARS

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE GLOSSY BLACK MIDWEIGHT VINYL. REMOVING IT FROM THE SLEEVE AND GENTLY AND CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE DISC REVEALS A SPOTLESS SURFACE. THIS VINYL APPEARS EXACTLY HOW A NEW VINYL WOULD HAVE LOOKED BACK IN 1973 WHEN THIS DISC WAS ORIGINALLY PRESSED. . THE HIGH GLOSS AND MARK FREE DISC IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE CLEANEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO A SPOTLIGHT (WHICH ARGUABLY ISN'T REALLY A TRUE REFLECTION OF HOW GOOD A VINYL IS, AS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING TO SEE THIS WAY) THE VINYL DISPLAYS NO MORE THAN A FEW RIDICULOUSLY WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE INCLUDED 4 SHORT EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW GREAT THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER ABOVE TO HEAR THEM. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE INTRODUCTION (RUN IN GROOVE) IS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DISC. SO I HAVE STARTED THE RECORDING FROM THE RUN IN GROOVE, HENCE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTS. HOWEVER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY HEAR WHAT THAT RUN IN SOUNDS LIKE, WHETHER IT HAS ANY NOISE ETC. THE OTHER THREE EXAMPLES ARE THE FIRST TRACK FROM SIDE TWO, AGAIN WITH THE RUN IN, AND ONE FURTHER TRACK FROM EACH SIDE COMPLETE WITH LINKING GROOVE SO THAT YOU CAN "HEAR THE SILENCE" BETWEEN THE TRACKS. ONE OF THESE RECORDINGS IS THE VERY6 DELICATE "FLUFF" . I DELIBERATELY CHOSE THIS TRACK AS IT IS THE QUIETEST ON THE ALBUM AND IS USUALLY THE WEAK POINT OF THIS ALBUM, AND ANY UNWANTED NOISE WOULD BE HEARD IN THIS TRACK. THE FACT THAT IT PLAYS SUPERBLY CAN ONLY ENHANCE THE BRILLIANCE OF THIS ALBUM.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE LOUDNESS OF THE CUT IS JUST BRILLIANT AND THIS ALBUM JUST SIMPLY SOUNDS MAGNIFICENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THE PRODUCTION IS IN MY OPINION SECOND TO NONE

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, AND AS THE RECORD STARTS TO PLAY "SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH" IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMETHING SPECIAL. THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE. ALMOST POINTLESS STATING THIS IN LIGHT OF HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD WAS DONE WITH A GOOD QUALITY STYLUS AND NOT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE SUCH AS A WORN, CHIPPED STYLUS, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TRACKING TOO HEAVILY.

EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE,  EACH LINKING GROOVE IS AS SILENT AS THE RUN IN THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD BY NOW. EVEN THE RUN OUT WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS NOISE ON MOST ALBUMS IS AS CLEAR AS A BELL.

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT

THIS NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD IS VERY VULNERABLE TO SEVERE COLOUR LOSS, PARTICULARLY THE BLACK SURFACE WHICH CAN USUALLY BE FOUND VERY WORN AND RUBBED AWAY

THIS SLEEVE HOWEVER IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE FRONT SURFACE IS JUST SUPERB. THE BLACK IS A VERY VERY DEEP AND RICH BLACK AND NONE OF IT HAS WORN AWAY. THIS IS BECAUSE THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT IN PLASTIC SINCE 1973.THE PINK BED SCENCE IS ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION. THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE ON THIS SURFACE AND EVEN THE TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE ARE REDUCED TO ZERO, ALTHOUGH THERE IS ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE MOST MINIMAL SHELF WEAR AND THE SPINE IS JUST PERFECTLY FLAT AND EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE CAN CLEARLY BE READ. THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND CLEARLY SHOWS JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE. THE REAR SURFACE IS AS UNDAMAGED AS THE FRONT ALTHOUGH THERE IS LIGHT AGING TO THE WHITENESS OF THIS SIDE THROUGH HANDLING. JUST LIGHT AND MAINLY TO THE EDGES. THE INNER GATEFOLD IS IN MINT CONDITION.

THE ORIGINAL L MATCHED POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS PRESENT AND PLACED CAREFULLY INSIDE THE SLEEVE, LIGHTLY BROWNED AROUND THE EDGES

THE RECORD HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE, THE ORIGINAL IS INCLUDED AND LEFT INSIDE THE SLEEVE. THE LP WILL BE SENT VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND I WILL PLACE THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION. YOUR NEW PURCHASE WILL ALSO COME HOUSED IN A NEW STIFF PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY