Black Sabbath SABOTAGE UK LP VERY 1ST PRESS WITH HIDDEN TRACK NEAR MINT

	£		67
	$		89

BLACK SABBATH - SABOTAGE

IN MAGNIFICENT  3-4 PLAY NEAR MINT CONDITION

OUTSTANDING THROUGH THE QUIETEST TRACKS

STUNNING MINT MINUS SLEEVE

WITH THE RARE HIDDEN TRACK ' BLOW ON A JUG'

• CATALOGUE:NEMS 9119 001 
• MATRIX:9119001 1Y//1 ST 1 2 4 1 / 2Y//2 ST 1 2 4  
• 'STERLING' STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE 1 Y//1 / 2Y//2

THE WORD STERLING MUST BE ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX

THE VINYL IS THICKER THAN REISSUES

THE SLEEVE MUST BE MADE BY ROBERT STACE

THE SLEEVE MUST BE TEXTURED ON BOTH SIDES

THE VERY FIRST PRESSES OF THIS ALBUM HAD AN ADDITIONAL 31 SECOND TRACK PLACED AFTER 'THE WRIT. WHERE BILL WARD WAS PLAYING A PIANO AND OZZY WAS SINGING THE LYRICS 'BLOW ON A JUG' THIS WAS RECORDED AT A VERY LOW VOLUME AND ONLY APPEARS ON SOME OF THE VERY FIRST ISSUES. SO DIG YOUR COPY OUT AND SEE IF IT HAS THIS RARE HIDDEN HALF MINUTE. IT WAS PUT ON THE CD RELEASES AND THE LATER REMASTERS BUT ONLY THE VERY 1ST ISSUE VINYLS HAD IT PRESENT!!!

RECENTLY I SOLD A BATCH OF 80'S ROCK LP'S THAT WERE IN THE MOST OUTSTANDING CONDITION. I BELIEVE I HAVE BETTERED THAT NOW WITH A COLLECTION OF 70'S ROCK ALBUMS THAT ARE IN A CONDITION THAT DEFIES BELIEF.

THEY BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY METICULOUS WITH THEM. MOST ARE PLAYED JUST ONCE OR SOME NOT AT ALL, WITH A FEW HAVING 2-4 PLAYS AT MOST. THE VINYLS ARE JUST PERFECT AS YOU WILL HEAR WHEN YOU PLAY THE SOUNDBITES.

BACK IN THE 70'S RECORD SHOPS LIKE W.H SMITHS SOLD NUMBERING SYSTEMS SO THAT COLLECTORS COULD CATALOGUE THEIR RECORDS. IT INVOLVED A SHEET OF GUMMY NUMBERS IN SMALL SQUARES, WHICH WERE PLACED ON THE ALBUM SLEEVE. THE CORRESPONDING NUMBER WAS ALSO ON A RECORD CARD WHICH THE OWNER FILLED IN WITH THE ALBUM DETAILS. WHILST THIS DOES CAUSE A SMALL RESIDUAL MARK ON THE SLEEVE, ANYONE WHO COLLECTED RECORDS IN THIS WAY USUALLY CARED FOR THEM AND PROTECTED THEM LIKE THEY WERE THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IN THEIR LIVES.

THIS COLLECTION IS NO DIFFERENT. THE LP'S WERE ALL HOUSED INSIDE STRONG RECORD CASES, MEANING THAT THEY WERE PROTECTED FROM THE LIGHT, SO THERE HAS BEEN NO FADING OF THE COLOURS, AND BECAUSE THERE WERE ONLY 20 IN EACH CASE, THERE HAS BEEN NO RUBBING OR SHELF WEAR, AND IN MOST CASES THE SLEEVES ARE THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. YES IT MAY NOT BE EVERY COLLECTORS DESIRE TO HAVE THE SMALL NUMBER SQUARE ON THE SLEEVE, AND I COULD REMOVE THEM WITHOUT DAMAGING THE SLEEVE, BUT I AM GOING TO LEAVE THE DECISION TO THE NEW OWNER WHETHER TO REMOVE OR NOT.

ALSO WORTH A MENTION IS THE FACT THAT THE INNER SLEEVES ON MOST OF THE LP'S ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAT AND UNWRINKLED. JUST NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVES!!!!

LET ME JUST SAY THAT IN MY OPINION YOU WILL NEVER EVER GET A BETTER CHANCE TO GET A ONCE PLAYED, UNPLAYED OR BARELY PLAYED 70'S CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM!!!

 THE RECORDS

 THE LABELS

THE JET BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. NOT ONE MARK ON THEM, AND THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

ALL OF THE TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND ARE ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

INCREDIBLY THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE, A CLEAR INDICATOR OF HANDLING AND CARE AND PLAY!!

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS RETAINED AL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE WHATSOEVER, JUST A A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES, THE VINYL JUST HASN'T BEEN PLAYED

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 THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB

AN ABSOLUTELY CLEAN AND CLEAR AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER, AND JUST THE ODD SPECK OF STATIC IN A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES, AND A LITTLE AT THE VERY END OF ' AM I GOING INSANE '

THERE ARE NO MORE THAN 1-2 TINY LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

AN INCREDIBLE VINYL THAT PERFORMS SUPERBLY

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC NEAR MINT !!!

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED BUT TEXTURED ROBERT STACE SINGLE SLEEVE

VERY HARD TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION DUE TO THE TEXTURED BLACK SURFACE WHICH IS USUALLY BADLY WORN ON BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK, AND SHOWS UP EVERY CREASE LINE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND 100% OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY WORN BLACK BORDER IS PRISTINE. ABSOLUTELY ZERO!! RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL

THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. NOT EVEN FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSIONS. ALL OF THE COLOUR HAS BEEN RETAINED WITH THE WHITE TYPEFACE PRISTINE AND PERFECT.

THE ONLY RUBBING TO THE DELICATE SURFACE OCCURS AT THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS, WHERE THERE IS THE MOST MINUSCULE SPECK OF WEAR TO EACH TIP END

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS SO CLEAR THAT THE LP JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE,IN THE 37 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT. JUST TWO MICROSCOPIC LINES NEAR THE SPINE

I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!

IT REALLY IS THAT GOOD

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

GARRY