Black Sabbath SABOTAGE UK LP 1ST PRESS TEXTURED SLEEVE ONE PLAY 100% MINT MINUS
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BLACK SABBATH - SABOTAGE
IN MAGNIFICENT ONCE PLAYED MINT MINUS !!! CONDITION
OUTSTANDING THROUGH THE QUIETEST TRACKS
NEAR MINT SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE:NEMS 9119 001
- MATRIX:9119001 1//Y2 ST 1 1 8 / 2//Y2 ST 1 1 9
- 'STERLING' STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES
A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES
THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE 1 Y 2 / 2Y2
THE WORD STERLING MUST BE ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX
THE VINYL IS THICKER THAN REISSUES
THE SLEEVE MUST BE MADE BY ROBERT STACE
THE SLEEVE MUST BE TEXTURED ON BOTH SIDES
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 IS JUST ONE SPIDER LINE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE, A CLEAR INDICATOR OF HANDLING AND CARE AND PLAY!!
THE VINYL
THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS RETAINED AL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE WHATSOEVER, APART FROM TWO OR THREE NEAR INVISIBLE WISPS
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
THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB
AN ABSOLUTELY CLEAN AND CLEAR AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER
ALMOST NO VINYL NOISE AT ALL ANYWHERE, JUST THE ODD SECOND OR TWO OF LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND, HEARD ONLY IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES
I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS WHATSOEVER THOROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH
A SUPERB VINYL THAT PERFORMS TO AN EXTREMELY HIGH COLLECTIBLE GRADE
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 IT FOR YOURSELF
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED BUT TEXTURED ROBERT STACE SINGLE SLEEVE
VERY HARD TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION DUE TO THE TEXTURED BLACK SURFACE WHICH IS USUALLY BADLY WORN ON BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK, AND SHOWS UP EVERY CREASE LINE. THIS ONE WOULD HAVE GRADED MINT MINUS BUT IT WAS SLIGHTLY STUCK TO AN LP IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE, AND WHEN I SEPARATED THEM THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE FRONT CAME AWAY LEAVING TWO WHITE PATCHES AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE REST OF THIS BLACK AREA WHATSOEVER, AND IT IS STILL VERY CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT ANYWHERE. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE UNRUBBED,
THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND ABSOLUTELY ZERO!! LINES NEAR THE SPINE NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP EDGE IS UNRUBBED WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM TIP TO TIP
THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS THE BLACK COLOUR RUNNING ALL THE WAY ACROSS WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF WHITE VISIBLE ON THE RIGHT TIP END
THE WAFER THIN SPINE HAS ALL OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY RUBBED WHITE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE BLACK SURFACE IS ALL THERE. THE TOP TIP END IS ALSO LIGHTLY RUBBED
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS SO CLEAR THAT THE LP JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES ,IN THE 40 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED.
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT, WITH ONE THUMB IMPRESSION AT THE BOTTOM NEAR THE OPENING EDGE, AND ONE SMALL LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE
THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS, VERY WHITE AND UNCREASED, SOME LIGHT AGEING AT THE VERY EDGES
I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!!!
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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