RARE 2nd RELEASE BLACK SABBATH "MASTER OF REALITY" WITH ORIG POSTER

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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ..............................................
RARER HIGH QUALITY COLLECTORS ITEM - HERE IS THE 1ST ISSUE 2ND VERSION LABEL OF BLACK SABBATH'S CLASSIC "MASTER OF REALITY" WITH CORRECTED LABEL TITLE SHOWING "MASTER OF REALITY" INSTEAD OF "MASTERS OF REALITY" AS PRINTED ON TRUE 1ST ISSUES.  THE EXTRA TRACK LISTINGS THAT WERE ON THE 1ST ISSUE HAVE BEEN REMOVED, HOWEVER THE TRACK "AFTER FOREVER" IS LISTED AS "AFTER FOREVER (INCLUDING THE ELEGY)" ON THIS VERSION.  THIS WAS LATER REMOVED ON THE 3RD & FINAL VERSION GREEN LABEL WHICH JUST LISTED THE TRACK AS "AFTER FOREVER".


SPECIFICS:

• LP PLAYS EXC+++ TO NEAR MINT OVERALL (SEE DETAILS BELOW - TRACK BY TRACK EVALUATION)
  
• JACKET IS EXCELLENT WITH  CORRECT WB INNER SLEEVE
• POSTER IS NEAR MINT - ALMOST PERFECT -  NEARLY IMPERCEPTIBLE PIN HOLES IN CORNERS
  

IF YOU'RE GROWN TIRED OF BEING MISLED (INTENTIONALLY OR OTHERWISE) BY SELLERS USING NEBULOUS DESCRIPTIONS AND WHO HOPE YOU'LL GIVE THEM A PASS WHEN YOU FIND THE ALBUM ISN'T WHAT THEY PURPORTED IT TO BE, THEN YOU'RE FINALLY IN THE RIGHT PLACE...........

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BOUGHT AN ALBUM BASED ON THE SELLER DESCRIBING IT AS "LOOKS CLEAN" AND "SHOULD PLAY WELL" ONLY TO FIND THAT IT IS RIDDLED WITH SCRATCHES THAT CAUSE POPS AND CLICKS THAT CAN'T BE CLEANED AWAY?  HOW ABOUT "PLAYS GOOD" ONLY TO FIND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE PLAYED IT A 100 TIMES OR MORE WITH ONE OF THOSE KIDDIE TURNTABLES?  HOW ABOUT "NO SCRATCHES" TO FIND IT HAS SEVERAL AND A BAD ONE OR TWO TO BOOT?  I REJECTED THE LAST 4 COPIES OF THIS ALBUM I BOUGHT BASED ON DESCRIPTIONS LIKE THOSE ABOVE!!!

I take VINTAGE vinyl collecting (and selling) very seriously -  and I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN OFFERING & SELLING QUALITY SOUNDING ALBUMS THAT WILL BE ENJOYED - NOT TOLERATED (my feedback proves it).  Accordingly, I believe you should know exactly what you're buying before you put money down - that's why I go the the lengths I do to detail how an album plays and sounds.   When you purchase an album from me. you can do so in confidence - you know exactly what to expect and what you are buying, no guessing or hoping you got lucky with your purchase - that's no way to buy an album. 

HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT WHEN YOU BUY FROM ME:

1) YOU CAN REST ASSURED YOU ARE BUYING A QUALITY PLAYING ALBUM - YOU ARE NOT BUYING A REJECT FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION (I DO NOT SELL REJECTS)
2)  I SEARCH AND BUY RECORDS FOR THEIR ULTIMATE RESALE - ONLY THE BEST SOUNDING OR VALUABLE RARE COLLECTOR LPs MAKE IT FOR SALE HERE ON EBAY
3)  I CLEAN EACH ALBUM TO REMOVE THE DUST AND DIRT FROM THE GROOVES THAT CAUSES THE ANNOYING HISS AND CRACKLE YOU NORMALLY HEAR WHEN PLAYING A DECADES OLD LP.
4)  I DO NOT ASSUME A RECORD PLAYS WELL BASED ON VISUAL INSPECTION - I THOROUGHLY PLAYTEST EACH ALBUM SEVERAL TIMES TO IDENTIFY ANY DEFECTS IN THE SOUNDSTAGE OR PLAY QUALITY AND DOCUMENT THOSE SO YOU'LL KNOW IF THERE ARE POPS/TICKS OR SURFACE NOISE ISSUES WITH THE ALBUM.


COLLECTOR'S ITEM - the 2ND VERSION GREEN LABEL WB ORIGINAL ISSUE OF BLACK SABBATH'S  "MASTER OF REALITY"  with the track "After Forever" listed on LP label as "After Forever (including the Elegy)".

THE ORIGINAL VINTAGE POSTER IS NEARLY MINT CONDITION - PERFECT IN EVERY REGARD EXCEPT FOR VERY CLEAN PIN HOLES IN THE CORNERS - NO RIPS, TEARS OR CREASES.  NO TAPE RESIDUE ON IT.  THIS POSTER HAS VERY NICE - BRIGHT & DEEP COLORING TO IT COMPARED TO SOME OTHERS I'VE HAD.

JACKET IS EXCELLENT IN IT'S OVERALL APPEARANCE - VERY HARD TO FIND ONE IN THIS SHAPE - DEEP EMBOSSED WITH GOOD GLOSS/SHEEN WITH JUST A HINT OF ALBUM RING/IMPRESSION AND VERY MINOR SCUFFS THAT ARE REALLY ONLY VISIBLE WHEN VIEWED AT AN ANGLE.  MINOR CORNER WEAR, NICE SPINE WITH ALL LETTERING VISIBLE - SLIGHT CRACK IN MIDDLE.  TOP EDGE HAS SMALL CRACK AT MIDDLE - NOT A BREAK THRU.  BOTTOM EDGE IS TIGHT WITH VIRTUALLY NO WEAR.  ONE OF THE NICER LOOKING EXAMPLES OF THIS USUALLY ROUGHED UP JACKET. 

COLLECTORS KNOW THIS IS ONE ALBUM THAT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN GOOD SHAPE (AUDIO WISE) - THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN PLAYED VERY HARD AND/OR NOT TAKEN CARE OFF PROPERLY AND EITHER SUFFER FROM SERIOUS SCRATCHES THAT CAUSE REPEATED POPS AND TICKS AND/OR ANNOYING SURFACE NOISE (HISS & CRACKLE). 

IN MY CONSERVATIVE OPINION, THE VINYL PLAYS EXC++ OVERALL BORDERING VERY CLOSELY ON NEAR MINT AND CERTAINLY CLOSE TO IF NOT OF AUDIOPHILE QUALITY.  BOTH "SOLITUDE" & "ORCHID" - THE 2 TRACKS ON THIS ALBUM WHERE A QUIET SOUNDSTAGE FREE OF HISS AND CRACKLE IS MOST ESSENTIAL, PLAY VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS.  SIMILARLY, "EMBRYO" THE ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTAL LEAD-IN TO "CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE" PLAYS WITHOUT ANY ANNOYING HISS, CRACKLE OR POPS.

THIS HAS BEEN CLEANED FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE. THE SOUNDSTAGE IS SUPERLATIVE WITH NO SIGNIFICANT SURFACE DISTRACTION (HISS/CRACKLE) - THE RUN OUTS/LEAD INS TO ALL TRACKS ON EITHER SIDE ARE ALMOST DEVOID OF ANY HISS, CRACKLE, SNAPS OR POPS. 

THE DETAILS ON PLAY QUALITY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Side 1: Plays EXC+++ -  as good as they get

Sweet Leaf: (EXC+++) run in has some extremely minor surface noise (2-3 on scale of 10) but once music begins the track plays excellent, finishes quiet as run in to After Forever
After Forever:  (EXC+++) perfect silent soundstage on run in before music begins, heard one pop otherwise plays perfectly

Embryo:  (EXC+++) silent soundstage on lead in, plays perfect, no hiss/crackle or pops/ticks.  Finishes perfect as it melds into Children of the Grave

Children of the Grave: (EXC+++) begins in perfect silence - no pops, ticks, hiss or crackle before the music actually starts, it plays perfect throughout and finishes in absolute perfect fashion at very end with the howling wind and haunting vocals the only thing heard - FABULOUS!!!!.

Side 2: Overall plays EXC+++
 Orchid:  (EXC+++) depending on where your needle sets down, the run in has a couple very minor snaps just before the music starts after which it plays as perfect and cleanly as it gets and concludes in near perfect silence as it leads into next track.

Lord of this World: (EXC+++) perfect silence on run in.  Plays excellent throughout, no pops or ticks heard.  Finishes perfectly as it runs out into next track - Solitude.

Solitude:  (EXC+++) starts out with a perfectly silent soundstage with no background noise.  Plays extremely nice throughout with no distracting hiss or crackle to interfere with music, finishes quiet with only the fading tinkling of the triangles.

Into the Void: (EXC+++) starts out perfectly with no surface noise and continues to play fabulous throughout - no pops or ticks. 

OVERALL THIS PROBABLY QUALIFIES AS AN AUDIOPHILE QUALITY EXAMPLE OF A CLASSIC SABBATH ALBUM THAT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO GET IN GOOD AUDIO SHAPE WITH A GREAT LOOKING JACKET AND ORIGINAL MINT POSTER.  A TRUE COLLECTOR'S ITEM IF EVER THERE WAS.