BLACK SABBATH, MASTER OF REALITY UK SWIRL LP 1ST PRESS NEAR EXC AUDIO, EXC+ SLV
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TIME TO LIST SOME MORE OF MY VINYL RECORDS AS I'M UNFORTUNATELY RUNNING OUT OF SPACE IN THE HOUSE.
I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING VINYL RECORDS SINCE 1970 AND HAVE OVER 3,000 LP'S AND SINGLES. ALL HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY PLAYED ON A HIGH END SYSTEM, MOST HAVE BEEN STORED IN PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVES IN RECORD BOXES/MDF ICUBES AWAY FROM ANY HEAT AND IN A SMOKE FREE HOUSE. (NOT IN THE LOFT)
EVERY NOW AND THEN I LIST SOME RECORDS WHICH I HAVE DUPLICATES OF OR RARELY PLAY TO FUND MY BUYING OF OTHER RECORDS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I FULLY PLAY GRADE ALL MY LISTINGS THROUGH HEADPHONES AND GIVE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VINYL, COVER AND PLAYBACK USING THE RECORD COLLECTORS GUIDE 2014. I NEVER USE MINT CONDITION EXCEPT FOR ON A SEALED BRAND NEW RECORD.
PLEASE BID WITH CONFIDENCE, I HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING RECORDS ON EBAY SINCE 2006 AND HAVE 100% FEEDBACK.
IF BY ANY CHANCE YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH MY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUE AS I DO OFFER A FULL REFUND ONCE THE RECORD IS RETURNED TO ME SAFELY IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY.
IF YOU BUY MORE THAN 1 X LP PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING AS I DISCOUNT ON THE POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE BUYS AS BELOW ON MY LISTING.
ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB EXCELLENT AUDIO COPY OF THE THIRD BLACK SABBATH VERTIGO SWIRL ALBUM :
BLACK SABBATH, MASTER OF REALITY 1971 UK VERTIGO SWIRL FIRST PRESSING VINYL LP ON THE VERTIGO RECORDS LABEL, 6360 050. IN PLAYED JUST A FEW TIMES NEAR EXCELLENT AUDIO CONDITION WITH AN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION BOX / ENVELOPE STYLE EMBOSSED NON GATE FOLD SLEEVE WITH THE VERTIGO SWIRL INNER SLEEVE ALSO IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION.
SORRY, NO POSTER IN THIS COPY.
THIS SOUNDS SUPERB THROUGH HEADPHONES WITH A FEW VERY LIGHT RANDOM CLICKS AND HARDLY ANY CRACKLE, JUST A LITTLE IN THE FEW VERY QUIET PARTS (START OF SIDE 2 TRACK 2). A GREAT COPY OF A SUPERB SOUNDING ALBUM ON VINYL.
THIS COPY HAS THE FIRST ISSUE BOXED / ENVELOPE STYLE EMBOSSED NON GATE FOLD SLEEVE.
FIRST PRESSING VARIATION 1 STAMPED MATRIX NUMBERS :
SIDE 1 : 6360050 1Y//1 v 420 1 1 11 04 SIDE 2 : 6360050 2Y//1 v 420 1 2 11 04
(SIMILAR TO AS LISTED BELOW ON THE DISCOGS WEBSITE) :
FROM THE DISCOGS WEBSITE :
Black Sabbath ?– Master Of Reality
Label: Vertigo ?– 6360 050 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Embossed Box Sleeve & PosterCountry: UK Released: 21 Jul 1971 Genre: Rock Style: Heavy Metal, Doom Metal
TracklistHide Credits
A1 Sweet Leaf Written-By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi* A2 After Forever Written-By – Iommi* A3 Embryo Written-By – Iommi* A4 Children Of The Grave Written-By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi* B1 Orchid Written-By – Iommi* B2 Lord Of This World Written-By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi* B3 Solitude Written-By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi* B4 Into The Void Written-By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi*Companies, etc.
- Printed By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
- Made By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
- Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
- Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc Ltd.
- Produced For – Tony Hall Enterprises
Credits
- Art Direction – Mike Stanford
- Design – Bloomsbury Group
- Photography By [Poster] – Keef (4)
- Producer – Rodger Bain
Notes
Released on a 'swirl' Vertigo label [inverted black & white for side B] with a large folded six pane color poster and Vertigo poly-lined inner sleeve in a fully laminated 'box type' cover opening both from the top and bottom.Both title and band name are embossed.
With swirl on the inner sleeve. The poster measures 18" x 27" (46 cm x 68,5 cm). It has 6 squares that can be folded. Each square is smaller than a LP.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A - Variation 1): 6360050 1Y//1?420 1 11
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B - Variation 1): 6360050 2Y//1?420 1 2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A - Variation 2): 6360050 1Y//1?420 1 11
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B - Variation 2): 6360050 2Y//1?420 1 2 8
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A - Variation 3): 6360050 1Y//1?420 1 19 4
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B - Variation 3): 6360050 2Y//1?420 1 2 9 4
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A - Variation 4): 6360050 2Y//1?420 11 10 04
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B - Variation 4): 6360050 2Y//1?420 12 21 04
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B - Variation 5): 6360050 2Y//1?420 12 20 04
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A - Variation 6): 6360050 1Y//1?420 1 11 2 04 [the last number 1 on the runout is mirrored]
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B - Variation 6): 6360050 2Y//1?420 1 2 3 04
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A - Variation 7): 6360050 1Y//1?420 11 2 4 04
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B - Variation 7): 6360050 2Y//1?420 1 2 2 4 04
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A - Variation 8): 6360050 1Y//1?420 1 14
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B - Variation 8): 6360050 2Y//1?420 1 2 2 1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A - Variation 9): 6360050 1Y//1?420 1 22 04
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B - Variation 9): 6360050 2Y//1?420 1 2 18 04
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A - Variation 10): 6360050 1Y//1?420 11 7
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B - Variation 10): 6360050 2Y//1?420 1 1 3 04
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A - Variation 11): 6360050 1Y//1?420 1 9 04
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B - Variation 11): 6360050 2Y//1?420 12 04 7
- Price Code: VO
LABELS : I CAN SEE JUST A FEW OBVIOUS SPINDLE MARKS ON EACH OF THE FOUR LABELS. PLAYED JUST A FEW TIMES. EXCELLENT CONDITION.
VINYL VISUAL : BOTH SIDES HAVE A VERY NICE SHEEN, THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND A FEW LIGHT SLEEVE REMOVALS VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT WHICH GAVE JUST A FEW LIGHT RANDOM TICS (SEE BELOW). THERE IS HARDLY ANY CRACKLE AT ALL, JUST A TINY AMOUNT IN THE VERY QUIET SECTIONS ON SIDE 2. THE MUSIC IS CRISP AND RIGHT TO THE FORE. PLAYED JUST A FEW TIMES IN TOTAL THEN STORED. VISUALLY EXCELLENT CONDITION.
VINYL PLAYBACK : BOTH SIDES PLAY THROUGH SUPERBLY WITH A LOUD CUT FIRST PRESS BASSY SOUND. THERE IS HARDLY ANY CRACKLE, JUST A LITTLE IN THE BACKGROUND ON THE FEW VERY QUIET SECTIONS AND A FEW RANDOM LIGHT TICS AT THE VERY START OF SIDE 1 AND A FEW DURING SIDE 2 TRACK 2. THERE IS NOTHING INTRUSIVE THAT DETRACTS FROM THE LISTENING PLEASURE. THE WHOLE ALBUM HAS THE DYNAMIC MUSIC CRISP AND RIGHT TO THE FORE, I EVEN HAD TO TURN THE VOLUME DOWN. NO SKIPS, HEAVY CLICKS OR JUMPS. THIS SOUNDS SUPERB ON VINYL THROUGH HEADPHONES. THEREFORE OVERALL IN NEAR EXCELLENT AUDIO CONDITION, A GREAT COPY.
I HAVE ALSO CLEANED THE RECORD OF ANY DUST WITH ANTI-STATIC FLUID IN MY KNOSTI-ANTI STAT RECORD CLEANER AND PLACED IT IN A BRAND NEW ANTI-STATIC POLYTHENE INNER.
FIRST ISSUE BOXED SLEEVE AS ABOVE, MADE AND PRINTED IN THE UK : KEPT IN A POLYTHENE OUTER SLEEVE IN A RECORD BOX SINCE STORAGE, SO WITH NO OBVIOUS EDGE OR CORNER WEAR. THE BOXED SLEEVE IS SLIGHTLY SQUASHED BUT THE EDGES ARE TOTALLY CRISP AND THE EDGE TEXT IS FULLY LEGIBLE. NO RING WEAR ON THE EMBOSSED FRONT (SEE PICS). THE TOP OPENING EDGE HAS NO FEATHERING. THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS GRUBBY MARKS, NO STICKER MARKS OR WRITING.
OVERALL IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION, A LOVELY SLEEVE. SORRY, NO POSTER IN THIS COPY.
PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES.
I WILL ALSO SEND THIS OUT TO THE WINNING BIDDER WITH A BRAND NEW PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE TO PROTECT THE COVER.
ORIGINAL VERTIGO SWIRL INNER SLEEVE DATED 0374 : NO CREASES, NO SPLITS TO THE EDGES CAUSED BY THE RECORD'S EDGE. NO WRITING OR STAINS, JUST THE USUAL SLIGHT AGE STAINING ON THE GLUED AREAS. EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION, SUPERB.
OVERALL A NEAR EXCELLENT AUDIO CONDITION FIRST PRESSING COPY OF THIS CLASSIC BLACK SABBATH ALBUM WITH AN EXCELLENT PLUS BOXED NON GATE FOLD SLEEVE AND EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION SWIRL INNER. A SUPERB ADDITION TO ANY VINYL COLLECTION.
LOW STARTING PRICE, SO GRAB A BARGAIN. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS, MORE SUPERB CONDITION RECORDS TO BE LISTED SOON.
I WILL POST TO THE REST OF EUROPE £14 TRACKABLE AIRMAIL AND TO THE REST OF THE WORLD £18 TRACKABLE AIRMAIL BUT PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING.
THESE WILL BE SENT OUT TO UK BUYERS 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE IN PROPER RECORD MAILERS WELL STIFFENED WITH THICK CARDBOARD FOR PROTECTION.
I OFFER DISCOUNTED POSTAGE IN THE UK, SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE - MAXIMUM OF 3 X LP'S IN A BOXED MAILER :
1 X LP- £5, 2 X LP'S - £6, 3 X LP'S - £7.
HAPPY BIDDING!
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