Black Sabbath SABOTAGE UK LP 1ST 1Y2/2Y1 UNPLAYED AND 100% MINT MUSEUM GRADE

	£		400
	$		530

BLACK SABBATH - SABOTAGE

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED  MINT !!! CONDITION

INCREDIBLE THROUGH THE QUIETEST TRACKS

 PERFECT MINT SLEEVE

WITH THE RARE HIDDEN TRACK ' BLOW ON A JUG'

OH MY GOD CONDITION!!!

• CATALOGUE:NEMS 9119 001 
• MATRIX:9119001 1Y x 2 420 ST 1 3 3 / 2Y//1 ST 1 2 2 
• 'STERLING' STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE WORD STERLING MUST BE STAMPED INTO THE DEAD WAX

THE VINYL IS THICKER THAN REISSUES

THE SLEEVE MUST BE MADE BY ROBERT STACE

THE SLEEVE MUST BE TEXTURED ON BOTH SIDES

THE VERY FIRST PRESSES OF THIS ALBUM HAD AN ADDITIONAL 31 SECOND TRACK PLACED AFTER 'THE WRIT. WHERE BILL WARD WAS PLAYING A PIANO AND OZZY WAS SINGING THE LYRICS 'BLOW ON A JUG' THIS WAS RECORDED AT A VERY LOW VOLUME AND ONLY APPEARS ON SOME OF THE VERY FIRST ISSUES. SO DIG YOUR COPY OUT AND SEE IF IT HAS THIS RARE HIDDEN HALF MINUTE. IT WAS PUT ON THE CD RELEASES AND THE LATER REMASTERS BUT ONLY THE VERY 1ST ISSUE VINYLS HAD IT PRESENT!!!

I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO LIST SOME INCREDIBLE COPIES OF THIS ALBUM OVER THE YEARS BUT THIS ONE IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE ABSOLUTE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN.

THERE CANNOT BE A BETTER COPY OF THIS ON THE PLANET.

IT CAME FROM A KNOWN SOURCE WHERE THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD TWO COPIES. ONE TO KEEP AND ONE TO PLAY. THIS HAS SAT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE AND HAS NEVER SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY UNTIL NOW. NOT ONLY IS THE VINYL PRISTINE BUT THE SLEEVE AS WELL

 THE RECORDS

 THE LABELS

THE JET BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. NOT ONE MARK ON THEM. I HAD TO HANDLE THIS PREVIOUSLY UNPLAYED RECORD WITH EXTREME CAR SO AS NOT TO PLACE ONE FINGERMARK ON THE LABELS AS ANY FINGERPRINT SHOWS UP ON THIS LABEL LIKE NO OTHER. YOU WILL SEE FROM THE PICTURES JUST HOW IMMACULATE BOTH SIDES ARE. 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 ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE, NOT EVEN USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS CAN I SEE ANY 

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 TO SEE WHATSOEVER, NOT EVEN THE USUAL WISPY HAIRLINES THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE 

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

WAS I WORRIED ABOUT PLAYING THIS ALBUM FOR THE FIRST TIME? YOU BET I WAS!!! AND I NEARLY DIDN'T, BUT CURIOSITY GOT THE BETTER OF ME SO I DECIDED TO GIVE THE RECORD ONE VERY CAREFUL TEST PLAY AS UNPLAYED DOESN'T MEAN MINT. I GUARANTEE IT WILL GO UNDETECTED HOWEVER

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 EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER

CAN I SAY THAT THERE IS NO STATIC AT ANY POINT. WELL I THINK ANY RECORD WILL HAVE A SPECK DEPENDING ON WHERE THE CONSTANT MAGNETIC ATTRACTION OF DUST TO THE VINYL, BUT REALLY IF YOU DO HEAR ANY IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY TO BE ABSENT THEN NEXT PLAY AFTER ANOTHER CLEAN.

I PROBABLY HEAR ONE MAYBE TWO OF THE TINIEST DUST POPS THOUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH. AGAIN PROBABLY NOT THERE THE NEXT PLAY

AN INCREDIBLE VINYL THAT PERFORMS TO THE HIGHEST GRADE POSSIBLE

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

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED BUT TEXTURED ROBERT STACE SINGLE SLEEVE

A TRULY MINT SLEEVE

VERY HARD TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION DUE TO THE TEXTURED BLACK SURFACE WHICH IS USUALLY BADLY WORN ON BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK, AND SHOWS UP EVERY CREASE LINE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND ALL OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY WORN BLACK BORDER IS INTACT. NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE ON THIS THIN COVER.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND THE TEXTURED SURFACE IS JUST IMMACULATE

NOT ONE SMALL LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS  UNRUBBED WITH ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOUR FULLY INTACT AND RUNNING FROM TIP TO TIP, EVEN THE TIPS ARE PERFECT. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS ALMOST IDENTICAL WITH A COUPLE OF WHITE PIN PRICKS VISIBLE.

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE COLOUR IS THERE. NOT ONE SPECK OF WHITE SHOWING ANYWHERE. THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND ALL PERFECT. THERE IS JUST ONE TINY FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSION ON THE TOP LEADING EDGE

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP WITH THE SMALLEST SPECK OF BURRING IN THE MIDDLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT. AGAIN NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE AND A PERFECTLY TEXTURED FINISH

I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GRADE THIS MINT!!!

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

GARRY