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

	£		1,640
	$		2,173

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

You have probably been waiting, hoping and procrastinating, for so long that you had begun to think you had completely missed the boat. But here is your chance. 
The photographs provided are of the actual Black Sabbath LP you are buying.
To the eye test this record is unrivaled and it is easy to forget this LP was released long before other vinyl icons such as Bowie's UK Mercury release of The Man Who Sold The World. 
A 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.
Included in this LOT is an early Black Sabbath press photo sized approximately 12" x 9" (approx 30cm x 23cm).
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 1): V0 6 1Y * 1 420 12 12 Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped, variant 1): V0 6 1Y * 1 420 12 12
This is an unusual and up to now undocumented early matrix pairing. This pairing is not listed on sites such as Discogs.
CONDITION
Vinyl remains visually strong, lustrous side A is VG+ with signs of previous playing, two visible surface marks across tracks one and two (see photograph provided) but plays through with only a few ticks in quiet sections.  This might improve further will an ultrasonic clean. This LP is highly original and has not been touched by cleaning apparatus. 
Side B is VG+ / EX- with some minor surface marks visible, but plays through nicely with minimal static/tics on "Evil Woman". 
Both Philips labels look like they were printed only last week, very clean, crisp black and white factory printed, without any graffiti, handwriting, stickers or notable spindle marks. 
This is a brilliant LP and one that is already extremely hard to find.  It was released before Bowie's Mercury UK release of The Man Who Sold The World and an early first Phillips pressing with Misprint is now just as hard to find in any condition. 
Were it not for the couple of visible scuffs on the vinyl this record lists today for £2500 + 
Now please read on about the breathtaking gatefold sleeve.
The LP sleeve is one of the best in extant, a lightly textured gatefold in very good + / excellent condition, no ring wear, only normal light shelf wear, minor corner rubs and some light wear to the extremities but the spine title credits are fully intact, colorful and very clear. See the many photographs provided. 
The original 1970 MADE IN ENGLAND Vertigo "Swirl" record bag is till with the LP, it has the anti-static liner, some minor foxing on the open side, please refer to photographs. 
The vinyl LP is stored separately in a Japanese anti-static sleeve.
The photograph included in this LOT has yellowing, discoloration front and rear with creasing and the occasional surface scuff. 
Please refer to the many large photographs provided to reassure yourself of the conditions noted. 
SHIPPING & INSURANCE
Securely consigned fully insured, packaged and additionally protected in a reinforced record mailer (with stiffeners + bubble) then shipped to the UK buyer using Royal Mail Tracked service.
Likewise securely consigned fully insured EU & Worldwide shipping with tracking.
Please note any import duty or local Customs regulations are your responsibility to investigate and/or to pay where it to be relevant to you.
QUESTIONS
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Please note I cannot provide an audio play through grading, so if by chance this is not satisfactory please do not purchase. 
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