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ARTIST:   Black Sabbath

TITLE:   self-titled first album

LABEL:   Warner Brothers

YEAR/PRESSING:   1970 first US pressing

CATALOG NUMBER:   WS 1871

MONO / STEREO:   stereo

BARCODE:   

VINYL GRADE OVERALL:   VERY GOOD +

VINYL NOTES:   CLEAN AND GLOSSY with significant mark through tracks on side 1 approx 6 o'clock position but DOES play through with light "shhh" NOT a "pop" or skip! side 2 has sleeve scuff but great play.

COVER GRADE OVERALL:   EXCELLENT -

COVER NOTES:  GORGEOUS CLEAN BRIGHT BOLD INTACT cover

GATEFOLD / INSERT info:   n/a

OTHER NOTES:    label has ink writing but is CLEAN & beautiful ***THREE LINE TEXT BETWEEN SONGS & STEREO - TRUE FIRST PRESSING!

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Black Sabbath  ?– Black Sabbath

Tracklist 

Companies etc

• Lacquer Cut At – Artisan Sound Recorders

Credits

• Bass Guitar – Geezer Butler
• Drums – Bill Ward
• Engineer – Barry Sheffield, Tom Allom
• Lead Guitar – Tony Iommi
• Producer – Roger Bain* 
• Vocals, Harmonica – Ossie Osbourne* 
• Written-By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi* 

Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): S39728
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): S39729
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): WS-1871 39728-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): WS-1871 39729-2
• Matrix / Runout: Both sides also include etched Artisan symbol
• Matrix / Runout (Side A (variation 1)): WS-1871-A 39728-1A / artisan symbol (etched)
• Matrix / Runout (Side B (variation 1)): WS-1871-B 39729-1A / artisan symbol (etched)

GRADING SYSTEM

all items graded CONSERVATIVELY. I only sell items worth your valuable time and money.

MINT (/-)       an unopened or brand new never played item, still sealed in original factory shrink

NEAR MINT (+/-)       an open item appearing visually near perfect with little to no flaws to vinyl, cover, center labels, or accompanying inserts or extras, or may have extremely light signs of handling. exceptional uninterrupted playback fidelity

EXCELLENT (+/-)       an open item with very minor visual flaws to vinyl (such as surface marks from insertion/removal sleeve scuffing that do NOT inhibit play). cover may have very minor shelf wear (such as small impression dents, dust rubbing or very minor ringwear, extremely light areas of creasing or rub through to edges or corners or spine but NO seam splits). center labels will be clean, bright, bold with perhaps light visible spindle centering marks. accompanying inserts or sleeves or extras will be clean and intact with very minor wear or handling

VERY GOOD (+/-)        an open previously played item with some marks to the vinyl (such as surface marks from insertion/removal sleeve scuffing that may or may not result in slight "hiss" or isolated "pops" but play through uninterrupted and do NOT skip or inhibit play and have otherwise nice fidelity). covers will show forgivable signs of shelf wear (such as impression dents, dust rubbing or ringwear, areas of rub through to edges or corners or spine but NO seam splits). center labels will be clean and legible but may have slight wear or dust/dirt/spotting or definitive spindle centering marks. accompanying inserts or sleeves or extras will be clean with minor wear or handling or creasing etc.

GOOD (+/-)        an open previously played item with more noticeable/significant marks to the vinyl (such as marks from insertion/removal sleeve scuffing that may or may not result in slight "hiss" or isolated "pops" or may or may not have slight groove wear resulting in minor skips or other significant surface noise). covers will show obvious signs of shelf wear (such as impression dents, dust rubbing or ringwear, areas of rub through to edges or corners or spine or seam splits). center labels will be legible but may have wear or dust/dirt/spotting or definitive spindle centering marks. accompanying inserts or sleeves or extras will have wear or handling or creasing etc.

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