Black Sabbath SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH UK LP 1Y1 / 2Y1 1ST UNPLAYED 100% MINT-

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BLACK SABBATH - SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH

IN MAGNIFICENT unplayed!!!! MINT MINUS !!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING THROUGH THE QUIETEST TRACKS

COMPLETE WITH TEXTURED LYRIC INNER & A GENUINE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE

A SUPERB FIRST PRESS!!!!

• CATALOGUE:WWA 005 
• MATRIX:WWA005 1 Y  v 1  1 2 2 8 / WWA005 2 Y v 1  1 3 2 8 

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 OUTER 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

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 ARE NO SPIDER LINES ROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND ONLY WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION CAN I SEE THREE TOTALLY NON SOUNDING ANGELHAIR HANDLING LINES ON SIDE 2. THERE ARE NOT EVEN THE USUAL WISPY HAIRLINES THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT TO SEE ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE

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

I DECIDED TO PLAY THE RECORD FOR THE FIRST TIME, BECAUSE UNPLAYED DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN MINT. I GUARANTEE MY ONE CAREFUL TEST PLAY WILL GO UNDETECTED

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 ALL THE WAY THROUGH

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

THERE IS A TOTALLY INEXPLICABLE STATIC LIKE ROTATIONAL NOISE JUST AS THE OPENING TRACK ENDS AND INTO THE LINKING GROOVE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A STATIC NOISE, AND IS ONLY PRESENT ON THIS TINY SECTION OF THE ALBUM. I ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE THERE IS NO MARK ON THE VINYL WHICH CAUSES THIS AND THEREFORE IT HAS TO BE EMBEDDED IN THE VINYL. ONE MINUSCULE DISTRACTION IN AN OTHERWISE PERFECT VINYL, AND IS THE REASON WHY I TAKE THE GRADE DOWN FROM MINT TO MINT MINUS

NO VINYL NOISE AT ALL ANYWHERE ELSE , AND I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

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

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 ACROSS THE WHITE AREAS

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND 100% 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 ONLY TWO NEAR INVISIBLE AND TINY LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE EITHER.

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

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES AMAZINGLY ARE TOTALLY UNWORN,. THIS SLEEVE HAS SAT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FOR  MOST 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 ABSOLUTELY NO WEAR OR RUBBING, AND NO SQUASHING EITHER.

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS SO CLEAR THAT THE LP JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE VERY OFTEN IN THE 39 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED.

THE REAR SURFACE IS ONLY VERY LIGHTLY AGED. THE PRESSURE OF THE ALUM INSIDE THE SLEEVE HAS CAUSED A VERY LIGHT GREYING OF THE SURFACE WHICH YOU CAN SEE AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES, AND A LIGHT SHAPE OF THE RECORD ITSELF.

THERE IS NO MENTION OF HOWARDS PRINTERS AT THE FOOT OF THE REAR SURFACE , IDENTIFYING THIS AS A TRUE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS AN ABSOLUTELY MINT CONDITION INNER SURFACE.AND SHOWS THE SLEEVE TO BE A FIRST PRESS BY NOT HAVING A BLACK BORDER TO THE PICTURE WHICH RUNS ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTER EDGES.

THE ORIGINAL THIN TEXTURED INNER SLEEVE IS IN MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS, VERY WHITE AND UNCREASED, AND AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS TEXTURED AND NOT SMOOTH, THIS SHOWS A TRUE FIRST ISSUE INNER. IT ALSO HAS THE PATENT NUMBERS STAMPED ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF SIDE ONE.

THERE IS JUST ONE LIGHT WRINKLE TO THE TOP LEFT CORNER ON SIDE 2.

I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE SLEEVE  NEAR MINT !!!!

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

GARRY