Black Sabbath SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH UK LP 100% MINT

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BLACK SABBATH - SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH

IN MAGNIFICENT 1 PLAY MINT!!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING THROUGH THE QUIETEST TRACKS

COMPLETE WITH TEXTURED LYRIC INNER

• CATALOGUE:WWA 005 
• MATRIX:WWA005 1Y//2  420  03 / WWA005 2Y//4  420  03
• PLAYED JUST ONCE

JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THE SUBJECT OF A FIRST PRESS. WWA PRESSED THIS ALBUM A COUPLE OF TIMES DUE TO THE DEMAND. A TRUE FIRST PRESS I.E ONE OF THE FIRST BATCH CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS

• THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE 1 Y 1  2 Y 1
• THE LABEL MUST BE SMOOTH ALL THE WAY ACROSS (LATER ONES HAD A RIDGE AROUND THE RIM)
• THE WWA LOGO ON THE LABEL IS SILVER (LATER ISSUES ARE WHITER)
• THE VINYL IS THICKER
• THE INSIDE IMAGE ON THE GATEFOLD GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE OUER EDGES WITHOUT A BORDER
• THE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE MUST BE TEXTURED NOT SMOOTH
• THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE MUST STATE 'MANUFACTURED AND PRINTED IN ENGLAND' NO REFERENCE TO HOWARDS PRINTERS

NOW HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT THE SLIGHTLY LATER BATCH THAT WAS RELEASED MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SOME OF THE ABOVE ATRIBUTES

HERE IS A SECOND PRESS WAA WITH THE NON HOWARDS SLEEVE AND THE TEXTURED INNER

THE BEAUTY OF THIS PRESS IS THAT IT IS MINT!!!!!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE JET BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. NOT ONE MARK ON THEM, AND THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

ALL OF THE TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND ARE ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE AROUND THE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS ALBUM HAS REMAINED UNPLAYED IN ALL THESE YEARS

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS RETAINED AL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A FEW REALLY TINY WISPY HAIRLINES. A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB VINYL, AND IN PARTICULAR THE THIRD SOUNDBITE WHICH HAS  THE DELICATE 'FLUFF' WHICH ON MOST COPIES, SOUNDS TERRIBLE. IT IS ALWAYS HERE THAT THIS VINYL LETS ITSELF DOWN, BUT ON THIS COPY IT PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB

AN ABSOLUTELY CLEAN AND CLEAR AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

NO VINYL NOISE AT ALL ANYWHERE, AND I CANNOT EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF STATIC EITHER.

2-3 DUST POPS AT RANDOM AND THATS ABOUT IT

AN INCREDIBLE VINYL THAT PERFORMS TO THE HIGHEST GRADE POSSIBLE

THIS ALBUM IS THE BEST COPY I HAVE HAD IN YEARS

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT !!!!!

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

VERY HARD TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION DUE TO THE DUSTY BLACK SURFACE WHICH IS USUALLY BADLY WORN AND THE REAR SURFACE WHICH IS ALWAYS GRUBBY ACROSSTHE WHITE AREAS

NOT THIS ONE!!! IT IS MINT MINUS

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND 99% OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY WORN BLACK SURFACE IS PRISTINE. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THIS BLACK AREA WHATSOEVER, AND IT IS STILL VERY CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT ANYWHERE. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND JUST TWO MINUSCULE AND BARELY VISIBLE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, AND ONE VERY LIGHT ONE ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THE PINK AND TAN IMAGE IN THE CENTRE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES AMAZINGLY ARE TOTALLY UNWORN,APART FROM THE TINIEST NIP TO THE TOP RIGHT CORENR TIP, AND I SUSPECT THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS SAT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FOR  ALL OF ITS LIFE TO BE IN THIS CONDITION, BECAUSE THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE USUALLY BADLY WORN THROUGH

THE SPINE IS IMMACULATE. ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND THE SURFACE HAS WEAR OR RUBBING, AND NO SQUASHING EITHER, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY NO GRUBBINESS THROUGH HANDLING OR AGEING

THE OPENING EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS SO CLEAR THAT THE LP JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE,MORE THAN A FEW TIMES AS THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THE FRONT EDGE, AND BEAR IN MIND THIS IS 38 YEARS OLD.

THE REAR SURFACE ISIN SUPERB WHITE, THE CLEANEST I HAVE EVER SEEN ONE OF THESE SLEEVES. USUALLY THE DELICATE WHITE SURFACE IS GRUBBY AND STAINED, BUT NOT THIS ONE. IT HAS CLEARLY BEEN PRESERVED AND REMAINED UNTOUCHED. THERE IS A LIGHT CREASE LINE RUNNING PARALLEL WITH THE OPENING EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS AN ABSOLUTELY MINT CONDITION INNER SURFACE.HAS THE BLACK RIMS SURROUNDING THE IMAGES

THE ORIGINAL THIN TEXTURED INNER SLEEVE IS IN MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS, VERY WHITE AND UNCREASED,

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS

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

GARRY