BLACK SABBATH "MASTER OF REALITY" TRUE 1ST ISSUE MISPRINT LABEL (exc+ play)
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$ 150 Sold For
Sep 19, 2015 Sold Date
Feb 3, 2015 Start Date
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A TRULY RARE & FABULOUS HIGH QUALITY COLLECTORS ITEM - HERE IS THE TRUE 1ST ISSUE OF BLACK SABBATH'S THIRD RELEASE 1971'S "MASTER OF REALITY" WITH LP'S LABELS TITLED AS "MASTERS OF REALITY" INSTEAD OF "MASTER OF REALITY". 

YOU'LL FIND COPIES OF THIS LP WITH THE NORMAL/CORRECTED LABEL LISTED HERE ON EBAY ALL THE TIME - NOT SO WITH THIS LIMITED PRODUCTION MISPRINTED LABEL WITH EXTRA TRACKS LISTED.  MAKING THIS ONE EVEN RARER IS THE FACT THAT IT PLAYS SO WELL (EXC+) AND COMES WITH A FABULOUS MINT CONDITION JACKET THAT REMAINS NICELY SNUGGLED IN SHRINKWRAP, ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE AND POSTER IN MINT CONDITION.  THERE IS NOTHING THAT NEEDS UPGRADING HERE - QUALITY ALL THE WAY AROUND!!!

NEAR MINT LABELS REFLECT EXTRA/ADDED SONG TITLES ON SIDE ONE "THE HAUNTING" AFTER "CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE AND "STEP UP" AFTER "THE ORCHID" AND "DEATHMASK" BEFORE "INTO THE VOID" ON SIDE 2.

SPECIFICS:

  • LP PLAYS EXC+ VERY CLOSE TO NEAR MINT OVERALL (SEE DETAILS BELOW )
  • JACKET IS NEAR MINT STILL HOUSED IN SHRINKWRAP WITH ORIG INNER SLEEVE - ONLY WEAR TO EXPOSED OUTER EDGE, MOSTLY CORNERS.
  • POSTER IS STRICT MINT CONDITION.  NO TAPE RESIDUE, RIPS OR  TEARS.  NICE DEEP COLOR - NO FADING

COLLECTORS KNOW THIS IS ONE ALBUM THAT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND IN GOOD SHAPE (AUDIO WISE) - THE MAJORITY HAVE EITHER BEEN PLAYED VERY HARD AND/OR NOT TAKEN CARE OFF PROPERLY AND AS A RESULT SUFFER FROM SERIOUS SCRATCHES THAT CAUSE REPEATED POPS AND TICKS AND/OR PRODUCE ANNOYING SURFACE NOISE (HISS & CRACKLE).

IN MY CONSERVATIVE OPINION, THIS VINYL PLAYS EXC++ OVERALL (MAKING THIS ALBUM THAT MUCH MORE OF A RARITY).  PLAY QUALITY IS BORDERING ON NEAR MINT AND CERTAINLY CLOSE TO BEING AUDIOPHILE QUALITY .  BOTH "SOLITUDE" & "ORCHID" - THE 2 TRACKS ON THIS ALBUM WHERE A QUIET SOUNDSTAGE THAT IS  FREE OF HISS AND CRACKLE IS MOST ESSENTIAL, PLAY VIRTUALLY PERFECT - SOLITUDE BEGINS WITH NEAR COMPLETE SILENCE AND PLAYS VERY CLEAN WITH SOME VERY MINOR LOW AUDIBLE (1 OR 2 ON SCALE OF 10) TICKS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT AND MOSTLY AT VERY CONCLUSION/RUN OFF TO NEXT TRACK.  SIMILARLY, "EMBRYO" THE INSTRUMENTAL LEAD-IN TO "CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE" PLAYS WITHOUT ANY ANNOYING HISS/CRACKLE.  "CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE" PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH, WITH THE CONCLUSION FEATURING THE HOWLING WIND AND SPOOKY VOICE OVER PLAYS WITH NO BACKGROUND DISTURBANCE (HISS OR CRACKLE) - JUST THE RECORDED SOUND - FANTASTIC!!!

THE FEW POPS/TICKS YOU HEAR ARE MOSTLY RANDOM IN NATURE AND FAR AND FEW IN-BETWEEN.  WHILE VINYL'S SURFACE REFLECTS NORMAL AMOUNT OF HAIRLINES AND VARIOUS PAPER SCUFFS THERE ARE NO DEEP SCRATCHES THAT CAUSE REPEATED POPS, TICKS OR CLICKS THAT ARE CONSIDERED SEVERE IN NATURE.

THIS ONE IS A BEAUTY!!!  MINT POSTER, SHRINKWRAPPED EMBOSSED JACKET, ORIGINAL WB INNER SLEEVE AND A GREAT PLAYING/SOUNDING LP TO BOOT!!!!  SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?  HIT THE BUY IT NOW BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES - YOU WON'T FIND THIS ANY BETTER!!


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