Black Sabbath’s First Album VO 6 Spaceship label Ex/Ex Credits Ossie See Matrix

	£		52
	$		68

I’ve beendownsizing my surplus gadgetry etc., brought on following a massive stroke and forcedin to early retirement.

I havenow reached the most treasured part of my man cave – TheRecord Collection. I started collecting records over 45 years ago,mainly from the late 60’s to early 80’s. My first job from leaving school wasworking in a record shop. This gave me access to back catalogue and imports. Whilstmy main interest was (and still is) Classic Prog, Dutch and German prog rock(the more obscure the better!) that job did allow me to explore other genres,so my collection is quite varied. Plus, there are now more modern ways to collectmusic but I’m really going to miss those sleeves!

Black Sabbath’s First Album VO 6 Spaceshiplabel Ex/Ex

Artist

Black Sabbath

Title

Black Sabbath

Format

Single 12” album, gatefold sleeve

Label

Spaceship Vertigo swirl at 180 deg

Catalogue No.

VO 6 847 903 VTY on both sides of label

Matrix A

VO = 6   1Y//2?420 1   1    1  2

Matrix B

V0 6  2Y//2?420   1   1   1 2

Year

1970

Outer Sleeve

Ex Tiny signs of shelf wear on corners, spine intact and readable. Vertigo swirl on top right of front cover. Inside text lists Ossie Osborne. I’m not sure of the real significance of this as I thought the “Ozzy” came much later in his career.

Inner Sleeve

& Inserts

Plain poly-lined sleeve, yellowing

Vinyl

Ex Both surfaces very clean. No scratches, scuffs or marks of any kind

Playing Notes

A few pops on the lead into T1 just before the rain starts

17.30 min single pop – I didn’t actually hear it but it shows on the Audacity recording

S2T2 Some quiet pops during intro but it is vinyl!

Notes

I bought this later than BS4 to start and complete my Sabbs collection but for some reason didn’t get 2 or 3…

It has had very little play – wife wasn’t keen on Sabbath!

But what an extraordinary powerful debut album, kicking off a new genre of music

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I’ll use the UK Record Collector Grading Systemto describe my items. There are some instances where items will fall in betweenthese grades and I may use + or – to give a more accurate description.

M

Mint

The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality.
The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition.

Ex

Excellent

The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening of sound quality.
The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing.

VG

Very Good

The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch.

Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

G

Good

The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches.

The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration etc.

F

Fair

The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise: it may even jump.

The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

P

Poor

The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise etc.

The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

B

Bad

The record is unplayable or might even be broken and is only of use as a collection filler.