Black Sabbath PARANOID UK LP Vertigo Swirl NEAR MINT

	£		128
	$		169

BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

LAMINATED MIRROR FINISH SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360 011
• MATRIX:6360 1Y2 / 2Y2 
• PLAYED 3-4 TIMES

ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL PRESS OF THIS CLASSIC SABBATH ALBUM, WITH THE BEST CONDITION SLEEVE I HAVE EVER COME ACCROSS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLACK AND WHITE SWIRL LABEL IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE WHITE SIDE JUST COULD NOT BE WHITER. IT IS TOTALLY CLEAN AND IN MINT CONDITION. THE WHITE STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS AGAIN 100% PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THERE ARE 3-4 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE INDICATING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS CLASSIC ALBUM HAS BEEN ON A TRUNTABLE. IMPOSSIBLE AS IT SEEMS

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND IS CLEAR BY LOOKING AT IT THAT IT HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED.IT IS AMAZING THAT SUCH A POPULAR ALBUM SHOULD HAVE JUST NOT BEEN ON A TURNTABLE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES. THERE IS ONE LIGHT HANDLING HAIRLINE (NON SOUNDING) ON TRACK ONE SIDE ONE WHICH I HAVE RECORDED SO THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE IT YOURSELF, BUT IT IS TOTALLY SUPERFICIAL

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED FOUR THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, IN ADDITION I HAVE RECORDED ONE RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE, INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE AS I WISH TO DEMONSTRATE NOT ONLY THE ABSOLUTE CLARITY OF THE RECORDING, BUT THE SILENCE IN THE BITS THAT SHOULD BE SILENT. PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE. I HAVE DELIBERATELY RECORDED THE TRACK THAT HAS THE MOST SILENCE IN IT NAMELY 'PLANET CARAVAN' THIS IS THE SECOND TRACK RECORDED

I HEARD A COUPLE OF TINY  POPS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY OF THE ALBUM, AND THE BAREST TRACE OF STATIC IN SPOTS ON PLANET CARAVAN, BUT IT IS REALLY INSIGNIFICANT, BUT LISTEN FOR YOURSELF

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

PRODUCED IN BOTH LAMINATED AND NON LAMINATED VERSIONS. TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THE LAMINATED ONE IS THE ONE TO HAVE, BUT ONLY IF IT'S IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION, OTHERWISE IT WOULD LOOK REALLY SHABBY. THE NON LAMINATED ONE PROBABLY STANDS THE TEST OF TIME BETTER, APART FROM COLOUR LOSS, BUT A POOR LAMINATED SLEEVE WILL BE HORRIBLE

THE FIRST THING YOU WILL NOTICE WHEN YOU REMOVE IT FROM THE OUTER PLASTIC SLEEVE THAT IT HAS BEEN KEPT IN ALL IT'S LIFE IS JUST HOW THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE SHINE LIKE THIS, ON BOTH SIDES FRONT AND BACK. IT REALLY IS INCREDIBLE.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT, CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS. THE LAMINATE IS JUST ABOUT PERFECT WITH JUST 4 LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, AND A COUPLE ALONG THE OPENING EDGE.TOP AND BOTTOM ALSO A COUPLE OF BARELY VISIBLE ONES. THE ACTUAL TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE UNWORN, AND THIS IS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY PROTECTED FROM NEW.

THE SPINE IS SUPERB. ALL OF THE RED TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND THE SURFACE HAS NO EVIDENCE OF PEEL OR FLAKE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS SO CLEAR THAT THE LP JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE, AND BEAR IN MINF THIS IS 40 YEARS OLD.

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS SHINY AS THE FRONT AND JUST AS MAGNIFICENT. AGAIN A COUPLE OF SMALL LAMINATE LINES  NEAR THE SPINE, AND ONE THUMB NAIL LINE TOWARDS THE OPENING EDGE.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS AN ABSOLUTELY MINT CONDITION INNER SURFACE. I AM CERTAIN THAT THE SLEEVE HAS NOT BEEN OPENED AS IT WAS PLACED INSIDE THE OUTER SLEEVE.

THE ORIGINAL SWIRLY INNER SLEEVE IS IN MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS, VERY WHITE AND UNCREASED, AND THATS BECAUSE IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE TO BE PLAYED

I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL AND SLEEVE WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY