Black Sabbath VOLUME 4 UK LP 1st Press SPIRAL LABEL FINAL UPGRADE MINT/MINT

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BLACK SABBATH - VOLUME 4

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT!! CONDITION

MINT SLEEVE AND MINT INSERT

A FINAL UPGRADE COPY

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• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360071
• MATRIX: 6360050 1 Y // 1  /  2 Y // 1
• 'PORKY ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX SIDE ONE
• PECKO ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX SIDE  TWO
• ALL FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE VERTIGO SPIRAL LABELS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE SPIRAL SIDE IS FAULTLESS, WHILST THE WHITE SIDE IS JUST PURE WHITE, UNBLEMISHED AND HAS PERFECT TYPEFACE WHICH IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED. THERE ARE JUST 2 SMALL AND VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE. THERE ARE STILL SHARDS OF RESIDUAL VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUS-3T HOW LITTLE THIS HAS BEEN NEAR ANY TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

THE  VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. I CANNOT SEE ANY MARKS ON IT WHATSOEVER, AND IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE WHATSOEVER. THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS I HAVE EVER SEEN

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 AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS. I AM CONVONCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING ABID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS ALBUM PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, AND THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION TO THIS STEREO REPRODUCTION AT ANY POINT

THIS VINYL HAS ONLY HAD THE COUPLE OF PLAYS AND CLEARLY HAS BEEN PLAYED WITH CARE ON A TOP HI FI SYSTEM. THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT AND THE NOTES ARE HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEARLY EXACTLY AS WAS INTENDED, BUT THEN THIS PRESS WAS MASTERED BY NONE OTHER THAN 'GEORGE PECKHAM. THE MASTER CUTTER, AS HIS TRADE MARK PECKO AND PORKY APPEAR IN THE RUN OUT WAX

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS AT ALL

TAKE A LISTEN TO THE VERY VULNERABLE 'CHANGES' WHICH IS THE QUIETEST TRACK ON THE ALBUM. IT PLAYS ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND IS TOTALLY NOISE FREE. THEN LISTEN TO FX THE SMALL TRACK AFTER CHANGES AND YOU WILL BE AS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, THEN LISTEN TO LAGUNA SUNRISE ON SIDE TWO FOR EVEN MORE PROOF OF JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS VINYL IS

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE ANYWHERE, AND NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO SPLIT SECONDS OF STSTIC IN A LINKING GROOVE OR TWO

NO DUST POPS, AND NO STATIC TICS

I CANNOT GIVE THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL ANY OTHER GRADE THAN MINT

BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UNLAMINATED HOWARDS GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THIS SLEEVE IS ONE OF THOSE THAT IS NIGH ON IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN THE SORT OF CONDITION THAT SERIOUS COLLECTORS WOULD WANT TO ADD TO THEIR COLLECTIONS. DUE ENTIRELY TO THE POWDERY BLACK SURFACE WHICH RUBS ALMOST BY LOOKING AT IT, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF COPIES THAT YOU WILL SEE WILL BE HEAVILY POCK MARKED WITH WHITE PATCHES

THIS ONE IS AS CLEAN AS I HAVE SEEN FOR MANY A YEAR. THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD THE FORSIGHT TO PLACE THE SLEEVE IN A SEPERATE OUTER SLEEVE, AND REMOVE AND STORE THE VINYL AWAY FROM THE SLEEVE. THE RESULT BEING ONE SUPERBLY LOOKED AFTER AND AS CLOSE TO MINT CONDITION AS I BELIEVE YOU CAN POSSIBLY FIND

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. FIRST OF ALL IT'S COMPLETELY FLAT AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES.AND INCREDIBLY THERE ARE JUST TWO MICROSCOPIC PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE AND THESE ARE STILL BLACK TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE NOT DEEP

SERIOUSLY THIS IS AS DEEPER BLACK AS I HAVE EVER SEEN, AND THAT INCLUDES THE ONE I BOUGHT ON THE RELEASE DAY. THERE ARE JUST A FEW TOTALLY INSIGNIFICANT PIN PRICKS OF WHITE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE PERFECTLY SHARP AND SQUARE

THE WHITE 'BLACK SABBATH' LOGO IS STILL VERY WHITE AND HAS NOT BEEN STAINED LIKE MANY COPIES.

THE TOP EDGE IS VIRTUALLY THE SAME, BUT ONLY HAS A LITTLE RUB TO THE REAR RIGHT CORNER TIP

THE SPINE IS IMMACULATE WITH ALL OF THE DELICATE BLACK SURFACE INTACT. AND ALL OF THE ORANGE TYPEFACE BEING PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. IN ADDITION THERE IS NO FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHING OF THE SPINE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP, AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE RECORD WAS KEPT OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME IMMACULATE STATE AS THE FRONT . IN FACT THERE ARE NOT EVEN THE TWO LITTLE LINES BY THE SPINE ON THIS SURFACE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE INNER PANELS . MY BELIEF IS THAT BECAUSE THE SLEEVE WAS HOUSED SEPERATELY TO THE RECORD, THAT IT HAS JUST NOT BEEN OPENED FOR YEARS, AND YOU ONLY HAVE TO TAKE ONE LOOK AT THE MINT CREASE FREE 4 PAGE INSERT TO SEE WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. THE INNER BOOKLET IS STILL FIRMLY AFFIXED TO THE SPINE

THE ORIGINAL SWIRL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND REMAINS FLAT AND FREE FROM AND CREASES OR SEAM SPLITS, JUST SOME NATURAL AGEING TO THE EDGES

WITHOUT A SHADOW OF DOUBT THIS SLEEVE GRADES AS CLOSE TO MINT AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE

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

GARRY