BLACK SABBATH Master Of Reality UK LP MINT - SHRINKWRAP

£ 156

$ 207

£ 156 Sold For

Apr 28, 2007 Sold Date

Apr 21, 2007 Start Date

£ 8 Start price

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BLACK SABBATH - MASTER OF REALITY

VERTIGO
6360050 1-1 / 2-1
GENUINE FIRST PRESSING
PLAYED NO MORE THAN TWICE EVER!!!!

THE THIRD SABBATH ALBUM, AND ARGUABLY THE HARDEST ON TO COLLECT IN MINT CONDITION. DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE SLEEVE IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ONE THAT DEFIES THE PASSAGES OF TIME. MOST YOU WILL FIND WILL HAVE LARGE CREASES ALL OVER THEM, AND THE SLEEVE WILL HAVE BEEN FLATTENED FROM ITS ORIGINAL BOX LIKE STATE. THE FLAPS WILL ALSO BE TORN IN MOST CASES, AND LASTLY LAMINATE LIFT PLAGUES THIS SLEEVE.

I WANT TO START WITH THE SLEEVE BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE MOMENTS WHEN A PRISTINE EXAMPLE COMES ALONG THAT BEGGARS BELIEF. STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES IT IS STILL IN SHRINK WRAP.

I AM STUNNED BY THIS AS I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE THIS BEFORE. I WAS TRYING TO WRACK MY BRAINS TO SEE IF I COULD REMEMBER IF I EVER SAW THEM LIKE THIS BACK IN 1970, BUT I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER. IT IS CLEAR HOWEVER THAT THIS IS ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP

ONE POSSIBILITY IS THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD THE ITEM SHRINKWRAPPED WHEN NEW TO PROTECT IT.

THE SHRINK HAS SPLIT IN A FEW PLACES. THE TOP AND BOTTOM FLAPS ARE EXPOSED AND THERE IS A SMALL CORNER MISSING FROM THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE. ALL OF THIS IS VISIBLE IN THE PICTURES. I HAS MEANT THAT I AM ABLE TO PEEK UNDERNEATH THE WRAP TO GET A GLIMSE OF THE ACTUAL CONDITION OF THE ORIGINAL LAMINATED SURFACE.

I CAN SEE ONE SMALL LAMINATE LINE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE, AND THAT IS ALL, AND A COUPLE ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM FLAPS

ALSO THIS SLEEVE NORMALLY GETS SQUASHED BUT HERE THE COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX LIKE STATE

I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MINT THAT THIS SLEEVE FULLY WARRANTS A MINT MINUS GRADE CONSIDERING HOW IT USUALLY TURNS UP. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST THAT MONEY CAN BUY, THEN LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THIS.

THE INNER SLEEVE IS THE ORIGINAL VERTIGO SWIRL POLY LINED INNER, AND IS IN EXCELLENT UNSPLIT CONDITION, FINALLY THE VERY VERY RARE POSTER WHICH WAS ONLY INCLUDED IN THE FIRST FEW PRESSINGS. THIS IS IN MINT!!!! CONDITION.

THIS LP HAS IN MY OPINION NEVER BEEN BACK INSIDE THE SLEEVE FROM THE DAY IT WAS REMOVED, AS BOTH THE SLEEVE AND POSTER, AND THE LP WERE HOUSED IN A SEPERATE PLASTIC OUTER COVER.

THE RECORD

THE LABELS ARE IMMACULATE. I LOOK ALWAYS FOR SIGNS O HOW MUCH PLAY THE RECORD HAS HAD DUE TO THE NUMBER OF SPIDER LINES I CAN COUNT, AND I CANNOT SEE ANY AT ALL, WHICH INDICATES NOT ONLY WAS THE ALBUM VERY CAREFULLY HANDLED, BUT THAT IT WAS BARELY PLAYED. I WOULD SAY NO MORE THAN TWO VERY VERY CAREFUL PLAYS EVER!!

GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO THE RECORD

SILENCE!!!

THE RUN IN GROOVE HAS NO BACKGROUND NOISE WHATSOEVER !

SIDE ONE STARTS WITH THE COUGHING INTRO TO THE BRILLIANT SWEET LEAF, AND INSTANTLY I AM ABLE TO SAY THAT THERE IS NOT DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER. IT PLAYS AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS WHICH IS PERFECTLY. EVEN THE QUIET "ORCHID" DOESN'T HAVE ANY BACKGROUND NOISES.

AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE RARITY IN IMMACULATE CONDITION.

THIS SET LOOKS AND PLAYS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS RELEASED BACK IN 1971

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS COULD EVER BE UPGRADED

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

REGARDS

GARRY

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