Black Sabbath SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH UK LP 1Y1 2Y1 1ST 3-4 PLAY 100% MINT MINUS

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BLACK SABBATH - SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH

IN MAGNIFICENT 3-4 PLAY MINT MINUS !!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING THROUGH THE QUIETEST TRACKS

COMPLETE WITH TEXTURED LYRIC INNER & A GENUINE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE AND VERY 1ST STAMPED INNER

A SUPERB FIRST PRESS!!!!

• CATALOGUE:WWA 005 
• MATRIX:WWA005 1 Y  v 1  12 25 / WWA005 2 Y v 1  11 16

JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THE SUBJECT OF A FIRST PRESS. WWA PRESSED THIS ALBUM A COUPLE OF TIMES DUE TO THE DEMAND. A TRUE FIRST PRESS I.E ONE OF THE FIRST BATCH CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS

• THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE 1 Y 1  2 Y 1
• THE LABEL MUST BE SMOOTH ALL THE WAY ACROSS (LATER ONES HAD A RIDGE AROUND THE RIM)
• THE WWA LOGO ON THE LABEL IS SILVER (LATER ISSUES ARE WHITER)
• THE VINYL IS THICKER
• THE INSIDE IMAGE ON THE GATEFOLD GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTER EDGES WITHOUT A BORDER
• THE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE MUST BE TEXTURED NOT SMOOTH
• THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE MUST STATE MANUFACTURED AND PRINTED IN ENGLAND' NO REFERENCE TO HOWARDS PRINTERS. THE HOWARDS WAS A SECOND ISSUE SLEEVE
• THE INNER SLEEVE ON THE VERY FIRST PRESSES OMITTED THE PATENT NUMBER AND MADE IN GT BRITAIN AND ONLY ON THE FIRST ISSUES IT WAS HAND STAMPED ONTO THE INNER (SEE PICTURE)

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE JET BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. NOT ONE MARK ON THEM, AND THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

ALL OF THE TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND ARE ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THERE ARE 3-4 SPIDER LINES ROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED IN 42 YEARS

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES FROM SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB VINYL, AND IN PARTICULAR THE THIRD SOUNDBITE WHICH HAS  THE DELICATE 'FLUFF' WHICH ON MOST COPIES, SOUNDS TERRIBLE. IT IS ALWAYS HERE THAT THIS VINYL LETS ITSELF DOWN, BUT ON THIS COPY IT PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH, WITH JUST AN OCCASIONAL SEMI SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC AND A COUPLE OF TINY STATIC TICS

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB. CLEAN WITH AN INCREDIBLE DEEP RICH BASS SOUND

AN ABSOLUTELY CLEAN AND CLEAR AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY THE VERY VERY OCCASIONAL SEMI SECOND OF STATIC HEARD ONLY IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES.

NO VINYL NOISE AT ALL ANYWHERE ELSE , AND I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY MORE THAN 3-4 TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT MINUS!!!

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE ON YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

VERY HARD TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION DUE TO THE DUSTY BLACK SURFACE WHICH IS USUALLY BADLY WORN AND THE REAR SURFACE WHICH IS ALWAYS GRUBBY ACROSS THE WHITE AREAS

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND VERY UNUSUALLY THE BLACK SURFACE IS RICH AND VIBRANT. NO HEAVY RUBBING OR LOSS OF COLOUR JUST SOME VERY VERY LIGHT GREYING TO THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND A SMALL FADED PATCH TO THE LEFT OF THE MIDDLE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. IT IS UNUSUAL AND MAY EVEN BE WHERE THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAS ATTEMPTED TO BLACK IT IN?

THE PINK AND TAN IMAGE IN THE CENTRE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO!!! LINES NEXT TO  THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES AMAZINGLY ARE TOTALLY UNWORN,APART FROM THE BOTTOM RIGHT TIP.THE BLACK RUNS ALL THE WAY FROM CORNER TO CORNER. THE TOP EDGE IS PRISTINE.

 THIS SLEEVE HAS SAT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FOR  MOST OF ITS LIFE TO BE IN THIS CONDITION, BECAUSE THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE USUALLY BADLY WORN THROUGH

THE SPINE HAS ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE  PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND THE SURFACE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO WEAR OR RUBBING, BUT IT HAS AGED AND IS NO LONGER THE GLEAMING WHITE IT ONCE WAS IT IS HOWEVER 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS SO CLEAR THAT THE LP JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE VERY OFTEN IN THE 43 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED.

THE REAR SURFACE IS ONLY VERY LIGHTLY AGED. MOST OF THESE COVERS HAVE VERY POOR WHITE SURFACES, BUT THIS ONE IN THE MAIN IS STILL A VERY VERY WHITE. THERE IS A SLIVER OF BROWN JUST ON THE TOP EDGE, AND A LIGHT SHADOW OF RINGWEAR RIGHT ON THE BOTTOM EDGE IN THE MIDDLE. OTHER THAN THAT A LITTLE LIGHT HANDLING TO THE EDGES

THERE IS NO MENTION OF HOWARDS PRINTERS AT THE FOOT OF THE REAR SURFACE , IDENTIFYING THIS AS A TRUE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS AN NEAR MINT CONDITION INNER SURFACE.AND SHOWS THE SLEEVE TO BE A FIRST PRESS BY NOT HAVING A BLACK BORDER TO THE PICTURE WHICH RUNS ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTER EDGES.THERE HAS BEEN SOMETHING RUBBING AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PANEL WHERE THERE IS SOME GREEN RESIDUE IN THE MIDDLE OF EACH ONE

THE ORIGINAL THIN TEXTURED INNER SLEEVE IS IN MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS, VERY WHITE AND UNCREASED, AND AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS TEXTURED AND NOT SMOOTH, THIS SHOWS A TRUE FIRST ISSUE INNER. IT ALSO HAS THE PATENT NUMBERS STAMPED ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF SIDE ONE.

I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE SLEEVE  NEAR MINT !!!!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY