BLACK SABBATH "SABOTAGE" 1st ISSUE (N. MINT PLAY - AUDIOPHILE QUALITY)
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GET YOUR BLACK ON (SABBATH THAT IS).............
ORIGINAL USA WARNER BROS 1ST ISSUE RELEASE BS2822 FROM 1975 ON WB PALM TREE LABEL. STAMPED "STERLING" IN RUN OFF.
Special Note: I take my vinyl collecting and selling very seriously. Accordingly, I believe you should know exactly what you're buying before you put money down - that's why I go the the lengths I do to detail how an album plays and sounds. I do not merely describe the albums I offer for sale as "PLAYS DECENT" or "SOUNDS GOOD". I do not rely on visual inspection to guess how an album will/should play nor do I casually listen to an album or merely spot check it. Each and every album I list has been thoroughly listened to from beginning to end (both sides) in order to identify any issues and detail any distractions to the overall listening quality/experience. When you purchase an album from me that I've gone to the extent I do (like below) you know exactly what to expect and what you are buying, no guessing or hoping you got lucky with your purchase - that's no way to buy an album.
ASIDE FROM PERSONAL PROBLEMS PLAGUING SABBATH WHEN THEY CUT THIS ALBUM, THIS IS ARGUABLY THE BEST (MY PERSONAL FAV) SABBATH ALBUM (BUT INARGUABLY ONE OF THE WORST COVERS EVER - WARD BUTLER SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT WEAR SEE-THRU TIGHTS!) THEY EVER RELEASED - MUSICALLY ON PAR WITH THEIR CLASSIC "PARANOID" (IMHO). THIS LP HITS YOU HARD BETWEEN THE EYES FROM THE OPENING POWER CHORDS OF "HOLE IN THE SKY" AND LEAVES YOU BREATHLESS BY THE CONCLUSION OF "SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE". AND AS IF THAT ISN'T ENOUGH, YOU STILL GOT "SUPERTZAR" AND "AM I GOING INSANE (RADIO)" TO SATISFY YOUR WANT FOR EVEN MORE.
IF YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR AN AWESOME SOUNDING COPY OF THIS "BUTT KICKIN" - BLISTERING ROCK SABBATH ALBUM LOOK NO FURTHER. THIS LP DELIVERS AN AWESOME LISTENING EXPERIENCE IF YOU'RE A SABBATH/HARD ROCK FAN - LOUD, CLEAN AND CLEAR SOUNDING.
WHAT SETS THIS APART FROM THE OTHERS IS THAT I'VE THOROUGHLY (AND I DO MEAN THOROUGHLY, NOT CASUALLY) PLAYTESTED THIS BABY - NOT JUST ONCE, NOT JUST TWICE, BUT A FEW TIMES. IT HAS BEEN CLEANED USING AN UNIQUE PROCESS THAT REMOVES THE DIRT EMBEDDED IN THE GROOVES SO THE SOUNDSTAGE IS AS CLEAN AS CAN BE - LEAD INS AND OUTS BETWEEN SONGS ARE COMPLETELY DEVOID OF ANY SURFACE NOISE (HISS OR CRACKLE). THE LEAD IN TO "DON'T START" IS ABSOLUTELY QUIET, IT PLAYS SO CLEANLY THROUGHOUT, ALL YOU HEAR ON THIS TRACK IS THE FANTASTIC ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAY OF TONY IOMMI - NO HISS, CRACKLE, POPS OR TICKS TO DISTRACT FROM YOUR LISTENING EXPERIENCE RIGHT UP TO THE HEAD POUNDING CRUNCHING POWER INTRO TO "SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE". THE ACOUSTIC BREAK IN "SYMPTOM" PLAYS LIKE A DREAM - JUST PURE SOUND - NO POPS, TICKS. CLICKS, HISS, CRACKLE, ETC. (GET THE IDEA?) FINISHING PERFECTLY QUIET AS IT LEADS INTO "MEGLOMANIA" WHICH PLAYS WITHOUT DISTRACTION.
SIDE TWO PLAYS EQUALLY AS WELL AS SIDE ONE. IT BEGINS PERFECTLY QUIET FROM THE MOMENT THE STYLUS TOUCHES THE RECORD SURFACE AND STAYS THAT WAY ON ALL LEAD INS/OUTS BETWEEN THE TRACKS. ABOUT A MINUTE INTO THE 2ND TRACK "SUPERTZAR" THERE A COUPLE LOW AUDIBLE POPS (3 ON SCALE OF 10) THAT WERE BARELY NOTICEABLE - MOSTLY OBSCURED BY THE MUSIC. IT FINISHES WITH AN ABSOLUTELY SILENT/QUIET SOUNDSTAGE LEADING INTO "AM I GOING INSANE". "INSANE" CONCLUDES WITH NOTHING TO BE HEARD EXCEPT FOR THE MANIACAL LAUGHTER AND SCREAMING AS IT LEADS INTO "THE WRIT" WHICH PLAYS ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY - INCLUDING THE MIDDLE BREAK WITH THE HARPSICHORD.
LABELS ARE MINT - NO SCRATCHES OR SPINDLE MARKS, NO WRITING. LP APPEARANCE IS EXC - NO SIGNIFICANT HAIRLINES JUST VERY MINOR PAPER SCUFFS. THE JACKET IS VERY NICE, MINOR RINGWEAR/ALBUM IMPRESSION, GOOD SPINE WITH VISIBLE LETTERING. TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE NOT SPLIT FROM RECKLESS LP INSERTION. COMES WITH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE.
PASS THIS ONE BUY AND YOU'LL BE ASKING YOURSELF "AM I GOING INSANE"?
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