BLACK SABBATH 1970 DEBUT S/T LP 1ST ORIG GERMAN VERTIGO SWIRL 847903 VG+/EX-
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BLACK SABBATH 1971 LEGENDARY DEBUT SELF-TITLED LP - 1ST ORIGINAL PRESSING ON LEGENDARY VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL - GERMAN EARLIEST EVER ISSUE WITH "A PHILIPS RECORD PRODUCT' NOTE ON LABEL - RARITY CATEGORY IS SC - ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER IS IN VG+ CONDITION NO SPLITS NO CUTS NO HOLES - RECORD HAS SOME SUPERFICIAL MARKS, VG CONDITION - ATTENTION all European and other overseas buyers! E-Bay shipping costs calculating system obviously gives you figures way higher than actual ones! If you are interested by some of my listings but are embarrassed by overwhelming shipping costs, don’t hesitate to ask me first, real fees Canada post charges are quite reasonable, even for Europe, Asia and Oceania.. SOME GENERAL INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNET ABOUT THAT RELEASE: Line-up: Geezer Butler, bsgtr/ Toni Iommi, gtr/ Ossie Osborne, voc, harm/ Bill Ward, dr. Production: Rodger Bain. Cover-design by Marcus Keef. Photography by Marcus Keef. Liner notes by unknown. Recorded at unknown. Track listing A-side: Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath) / The Wizard (Black Sabbath)/ Behind The Wall Of Sleep (Black Sabbath)/ N.I.B. (Black Sabbath). Track listing B-side: Evil woman, don't play your games with me (L.Wiegand + R.Wiegand + D. Waggoner)/ Sleeping village (Black Sabbath)/ Warning (Aynsley Dunbar). Again there are no composer credits on the label, they are inside the gatefold. There are no running time indications. The Vertigo logo on front is pink. Although the matrix carries the VO catalogue number for the first time, both the label and the backcover still mention the ''old'' number: 847 903 VTY. The beginning of an era, I guess. Where hard-rock up till here was pitting pathos and violence against each other, Black Sabbath introduced (not very convincingly yet) elements of evil and anti-christian symbolism. Although completely paling in comparison with what the end of the last century and the beginning of this one spawned in this direction, the band plunges into realms hitherto uncraved for with mixed results. Black Sabbath attempts to express the antipode of the spiritual quest as advocated by countless progressive bands, but has not yet the ability to musically convince. The music is simply not evil enough to effectuate its claim. That doesn't mean that some of the stylistic traits this LP inaugurates do not have their merits. Grinding guitars, emphasis on strictly unswinging rhythms and heavy textures prevail everywhere, quite a combination. With unmelodic and thus unmannered heavy rock Black Sabbath proves that the straight line sometimes holds more power than the ornament. And don't forget that being first is a feat in itself. A lot left to cultivate here, but ''the beginning of an era'' holds true. The cover image is brilliant. A slightly more rural House of Usher bathes in a bloody red light. An impressive lady looks at us broodingly from a distance. She cradles a cat, of course. Trees and other vegetation suggest subtle decay. An image much more refined and unnerving than the music and one of Keef's best covers so far. The lettering is nearly perfect. Modestly ornamental and again subtly suggestive of a restless mind in distress. The inside provokingly only holds a cross upside-down with the recording information.
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