BLACK SABBATH "MASTER OF REALITY" FIRST PRESSING LP--STILL SHRINKWRAPPED
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BLACK SABBATH "MASTER OF REALITY" ON 1ST PRESS GREEN WB LABEL (BS2562).
ALBUM JACKET STILL IN SHRINKWRAP WITH PRICE CODE STICKER. EDGE WEAR ON OPENING SIDE/EDGE AS PICTURED - BOTTOM CORNER HAS MORE WEAR TO IT. BOTH TOP & BOTTOM EDGES SHOW VERY MINOR BREAKS (LESS THAN 1/2 INCH) FROM RECORD INSERTION - NO SPLIT TO SPINE.
ORIGINAL POSTER IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - NO DEFACEMENT TO FRONT, NO CREASES OTHER THAN NORMAL FOLD LINES, ONLY COLOR BREAK IS AT CENTER FOLD. GREAT COLOR. BACKSIDE HAS MINOR TAPE REMOVAL MARKS - HAVE NOT AFFECTED POSTER. VERY SMALL, HARDLY NOTICEABLE PIN HOLES IN CORNERS.
LP LABELS IN NM CONDITION - VERY CLEAN. LP LOOKS NICE (VG) WITH NORMAL MARKS FROM PLAY AND INSERTION/REMOVAL FROM JACKET - VARIOUS HAIRLINES AND SCUFFS. PLAYS BETTER THAN VISUAL APPEARANCE WOULD LEAD YOU TO EXPECT - NEAR EXCELLENT FIDELITY THROUGHOUT WITH AN EXTREMELY QUIET (HISS FREE) SOUNDSTAGE. JUST AN OCCASIONAL ERRANT POP HEARD GENERALLY NOTHING RECURRING. LEAD IN TO 1ST TRACK (ORCHID) OF SIDE 2 HAS A COUPLE MINOR CLICKS AND THEN PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY. OTHER THAN THIS, THE RUN INS/OUTS BETWEEN SONGS ARE VIRTUALLY FREE OF HISS AND ANNOYING POPS AND CLICKS. THIRD TRACK "SOLITUDE" PLAYS MOSTLY EXCELLENT LIKE YOU WANT WITH NO DISTRACTING SURFACE NOISE BUT HAS A FEW LOW AUDIBLE CLICKS DURING THE ACOUSTIC LEAD ABOUT 2/3rds OF THE WAY THROUGH - NOT BAD. THE LEAD IN TO "EMBRYO" ON SIDE 1 IS PERFECTLY QUIET AND FINISHES OUT THE SAME LEADING INTO "CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE". THERE WAS ONE MINOR - AS IN BARELY AUDIBLE POP (3 OF SCALE OF 10) HEARD DURING PLAYING OF "EMBRYO" OTHERWISE IT PLAYS PERFECT. "CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE" PLAYS PERFECT THROUGH TO THE END - NICE AND QUIET AT FINISH AS YOU LISTEN TO THE WIND HOWL AT CONCLUSION.
THIS IS A GREAT COMPLETE PACKAGE OF THIS HARD-TO-FIND (IN GOOD CONDITION) ALBUM AND CERTAINLY A NICE ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION (UNLESS YOU WANT A SEALED COPY TO JUST LOOK AT) PARTICULARLY IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A STRONG GOOD SOUNDING/PLAYING COPY THAT HASN'T BEEN BEATEN TO DEATH.
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