BLACK SABBATH VOL.4 VERTIGO SWIRL WITH BOOKLET EX +
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Black Sabbath’s fourth powerhouse album on the VERTIGO SWIRL label catalogue number 6360 071. This in many people’s view was the last ‘great’ Sabbath album. It has all the trademarks of the three before it, all honed to perfection in this one epoch defining album. Kicking off with ‘Wheels Of Confusion’, the deceptively languid intro quickly leading into another classic bludgeoning Tony Iommi riff. Ozzie once more lamenting the state of his mind, this track features several musical twists that could easily have lead the band down the ‘Prog Rock’ path. Thankfully, this doesn’t happen, and with ‘Tommorow’s Dream’ we’re back on familiar ground. Here the STUNNING AUDIO QUALITY of this VERTIGO PRESSING is really apparent. It has so much more POWER and PRESENCE than later cuts. The weak sounding NEMS and WWA re-issues are no match for the shuddering bass, punchy mid range and crystal clear highs this Vertigo pressing has. The Iommi penned ‘Changes’ needs no introduction, suffice to say that what a pleasure it is to hear it with this kind of clarity. Ozzie’s baleful melody over a gorgeous piano and mellotron arrangement. WONDERFUL !! The chemical fuelled live favourite ‘Supernaut’, features surely one of the truly great rock riffs of all time and a fantastic percussive section that showcases Bill Ward’s thunderous drumming. The bands use of certain substances was legendary around the time this album was recorded and ‘Snowblind’ lyrically, leaves nothing to the imagination. Another stomping riff and arrangement in the mould of ‘Wheels Of Confusion’, with a stinging Iommi solo on the outro. The beautiful acoustic ‘Laguna Sunrise’, with another lovely string arrangement leads into the frantic riffing of ‘St. Vitus Dance’. The last song ‘Under The Sun’ is classic Sabbath doing what they do best. A stomping detuned riff workout that would pave the way for a million ‘Metal’ bands that followed, and all indebted to this fantastic band and their wonderful legacy. The vinyl is in unmistakably EXCELLENT + CONDITION !! There are NO CLICKS OR POPS and only the very faintest of surface noise in the fairly pointless 'FX'. As I said, the audio reproduction is just AMAZINGLY CLEAR and POWERFUL, as only these First Vertigo pressings are !! The vinyl has a mirror like sheen and is in ALMOST COMPLETELY UNMARKED pristine condition !! There is a mark on side one which in no way affects the audio reproduction. The sleeve has some wear to the edges and spine and grades as VERY GOOD. The inside with the attached booklet is in excellent condition. This copy has the ORIGINAL VERTIGO SWIRL inner sleeve. It has some discolouration from age and has a couple of tears but is in overall good condition considering it's age. Altogether an excellent example of this classic record and a better piece of vinyl would be hard to find !!
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