Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath 1970 1st UK Press Vertigo LP Philips Text + Misprint

	£		740
	$		981

BLACK SABBATH EARLY FIRST PRESSING BLACK SABBATH LP V06 1970
LOT DESCRIPTION

The photographs provided are of the actual Black Sabbath LP you are buying.
Rare noteworthy early UK first pressing of Black Sabbath 1970 self-titled LP Black Sabbath being a very beautiful early Vertigo first pressing lightly textured gatefold LP with all of the important and sought after first pressing identifiers.
BIOGRAPHY
This is the 1970 UK first issue 7-track STEREO LP - the earliest pressing - featuring an erroneous copyright warning inside the gatefold stating that “Copyright subsists in all Stereo recordings…”
Later pressings and reissues corrected this copyright warning to “Copyright subsists in all Vertigo recordings…” 
The large Vertigo logo appears above the spindle hole and the wording ''Vertigo'' below the spindle hole along with the credit 'A PHILIPS RECORD PRODUCT' text denotes the earliest first pressing. These key identifiers are all present on this LP. 
The LP is rated 4.53 / 5 on Discogs.
TRACK LIST
A1 Black Sabbath                       6:22 A2 The Wizard                            4:25 A3 Behind The Wall Of Sleep     3:37 A4 N.I.B.                                     6:07
B1 Evil Woman, Don't Play Your Games With Me     3:27 B2 Sleeping Village                                                   3:46 B3 Warning                                                              10:33
THE BAND
Vocals, Harmonica – Ossie Osborne Bass Guitar – Geezer Butler Drums – Bill Ward Lead Guitar – Tony Iommi
All issues of this LP released by Vertigo misspell Ozzy Osbourne as Ossie Osborne.
MATRIX
Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped, variant 2): V0 6 1Y * 1 420 19 5 Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped, variant 2): V0 6 2Y * 1 420 19 5
CONDITION
Vinyl remains nice and lustrous side A is VG+ with signs of previous playing but plays through lovely with only a few ticks in quiet sections. Side B is VG with some surface marks, one particularly visible, with various hairlines visible under strong light, but the LP plays through nicely. 
Both labels are generally clean and tidy without any graffiti, stickers or notable spindle marks.  B side label has minor handling marks associated with age. Please refer to the large photographs provided to reassure yourself of the condition.
The LP sleeve is lightly textured in very good + condition, light shelf wear, corner bumps and some scuffs to the spine extremities but the spine title credits are intact, colourful and clear. See photos. 
The original 1970 MADE IN ENGLAND "Swirl" record bag has foxing and minor yellowing, please refer to photographs. 
The vinyl LP is stored in a Japanese anti-static sleeve.
Please refer to the many large photographs provided to reassure yourself of the condition noted. 
SHIPPING & INSURANCE
Securely consigned fully insured, packaged and additionally protected in a reinforced record mailer then shipped to the UK buyer using Royal Mail Tracked service.
Likewise securely consigned fully insured EU & Worldwide shipping with tracking.
Any import duty would be your responsibility to investigate and/or to pay where it to be relevant to you.
QUESTIONS
Please ask questions prior to bidding.
Please note I cannot provide an audio play through grading, so if by chance this is not satisfactory please do not purchase. 
FEEDBACK
According to eBay, statistically 60-80% of eBay users do not leave feedback, especially music dealers who evidently do not wish to shine a positive light on mere privateers or collectors. For this reason I will reciprocate with feedback if or when I receive yours.