BLACK SABBATH Paranoid 1970 UK VERTIGO 1st PRESS - LARGE SWIRL - EXCELLENT SOUND
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77
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102
£ 77
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Aug 17, 2015
Sold Date
Aug 7, 2015
Start Date
£ 48
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Great Britain
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BLACK SABBATH Paranoid 1970 UK VERTIGO 1st PRESS - LARGE SWIRL - EXCELLENT SOUND
BLACK SABBATHParanoid
UK VERTIGO (2401 001) FIRST PRESSING (September 1970)
SEEN A FEW SPINS BUT SOUNDS GREAT AND PLAYS WITH LITTLE TO FAULT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE VERTIGO SWIRL LABELS - LARGE SWIRL ON SIDE TWO
MATRICES: 6360 01 1Y//1 12 3 / 6360 011 2Y//1 ▽420 12 331
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD COVER
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED VERTIGO SWIRL INNER SLEEVE
Paranoid was not only Black Sabbath's most popular record (it was a number one smash in the U.K., and "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" both scraped the U.S. charts despite virtually nonexistent radio play), it also stands as one of the greatest and most influential heavy metal albums of all time.
Paranoid refined Black Sabbath's signature sound -- crushingly loud, minor-key dirges loosely based on heavy blues-rock -- and applied it to a newly consistent set of songs with utterly memorable riffs, most of which now rank as all-time metal classics. Where the extended, multi-sectioned songs on the debut sometimes felt like aimless jams, their counterparts on Paranoid have been given focus and direction, lending an epic drama to now-standards like "War Pigs" and "Iron Man" (which sports one of the most immediately identifiable riffs in metal history).
The subject matter is unrelentingly, obsessively dark, covering both supernatural/sci-fi horrors and the real-life traumas of death, war, nuclear annihilation, mental illness, drug hallucinations, and narcotic abuse. Yet Sabbath makes it totally convincing, thanks to the crawling, muddled bleakness and bad-trip depression evoked so frighteningly well by their music.
Even the qualities that made critics deplore the album (and the group) for years increase the overall effect -- the technical simplicity of Ozzy Osbourne's vocals and Tony Iommi's lead guitar vocabulary; the spots when the lyrics sink into melodrama or awkwardness; the lack of subtlety and the infrequent dynamic contrast. Everything adds up to more than the sum of its parts, as though the anxieties behind the music simply demanded that the band achieve catharsis by steamrolling everything in its path, including its own limitations.
Monolithic and primally powerful, Paranoid defined the sound and style of heavy metal more than any other record in rock history
Side A: War Pigs / Paranoid / Planet Caravan / Iron Man
Side B: Electric Funeral / Hand Of Doom / Rat Salad / Fairies Wear Bootsf
LABELS: EXCELLENT
Clean, unmarked labels with light/moderate spindle traces
VINYL Visual: VERY GOOD+
Quite a few marks to the surfaces but none of these have any real impact on the sound
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT/EXCELLENT+
Plays beautifully at loud volume - much better than many pristine looking copies I have seen - no loud clicks or pops or groove-wear noted - just some low-level surface on the quietest moments i.e. Planet Caravan but nothing I found intrusive - great player
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Light rub to the outer surfaces but the inside is pristine. The edges are sharp and text on the spine is clear and bold - fine example
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC INNER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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