Sold Date: September 6, 2015
Start Date: August 30, 2015
Final Price: £11.50 (GBP)
Bid Count: 3
Seller Feedback: 2095
Buyer Feedback: 10

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WELCOME TO MY AUCTION.

I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING RECORDS SINCE 1970 BUT IT'S NOW TIME TO LIST SOME OF MY 3,000 PLUS EXTENSIVE COLLECTION AS I'M NOW RUNNING OUT OF ROOM IN THE HOUSE! THESE ARE EITHER DUPLICATE COPIES OR ONES I NO LONGER PLAY. ALL MY RECORDS ARE WELL LOOKED AFTER AND RARELY PLAYED. MOST ARE STORED IN PLASTIC OUTER COVERS TO PROTECT THE SLEEVES AND STORED IN RECORD BOXES AWAY FROM HEAT IN A SMOKE FREE HOME.

ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB TOP AUDIO COPY OF OZZIE OSBOURNE'S TALK OF THE DEVIL LIVE DOUBLE ALBUM FROM 1982, A FIRST PRESSING ON THE JET LABEL JET DP 401. WITH MOSTLY BLACK SABBATH CLASSICS LIKE PARANOID, BLACK SABBATH AND WAR PIGS, THIS IS A SUPERBLY RECORDED LIVE DOUBLE ALBUM IN TOP CONDITION!

IN NEAR MINT TOP AUDIO CONDITION WITH AN EXCELLENT PLUS GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND BOOKLET. HARDLY PLAYED WHEN PURCHASED THEN STORED TILL NOW. A TOP AUDIO COPY! HARD TO FIND A BETTER COPY!

MATRIX NUMBERS : FIRST PRESS AS ON THE DISCOGS WEBSITE :

SIDE 1 : JET DP 401 A2 timtom in the run off grooves.
SIDE 2 : JET DP 401 B1 1 C in the run off grooves.
SIDE 3 : JET DP 401 C1 1 1 A in the run off grooves.
SIDE 4 : JET DP 401 D1 1 1 D in the run off grooves.

TRACKLISTING : PLEASE SEE THE SLEEVE AND LABEL PICTURES.

VINYLS : ALMOST LIKE NEW WITH A LOVELY SHEEN, NO OBVIOUS SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS. I CAN SEE JUST A COUPLE OF VERY TINY LIGHT MARKS AND JUST A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT SLEEVE REMOVALS UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT WHICH DON'T AFFECT PLAYBACK AT ALL. VISUALLY EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION.

LABELS : JUST A COUPLE OF SPINDLE MARKS EVIDENT. HARDLY PLAYED, PERHAPS 2-3 TIMES FROM MEMORY. NEAR MINT CONDITION, SUPERB.

PLAYBACK : THIS FIRST PRESSING HAS A DYNAMIC LOUD CUT SOUND TO THE FORE WITH VIRTUALLY NO CRACKLE AT ALL, NEAR SILENCE BETWEEN TRACKS. SOUNDS FANTASTIC! NO CLICKS OR JUMPS.
ALL FOUR SIDES PLAY THROUGH SUPERBLY WITH VIRTUALLY NO CRACKLE, JUST SOME VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND CRACKLE IN THE INTRO TO THE FIRST TRACK SIDE 2, HARDLY NOTICEABLE. A SUPERB NEAR MINT TOP AUDIO CONDITION!

GATEFOLD SLEEVE : KEPT IN A POLYTHENE OUTER SLEEVE SINCE PURCHASE SO VIRTUALLY NO EDGE OR CORNER WEAR. THE SPINE IS TOTALLY CRISP AND FULLY LEGIBLE. NO FEATHERING TO THE OPENING EDGE. NO WRITING OR TEARS, NO SPLITS CAUSED BY THE RECORD'S EDGE. INSIDE THE GATEFOLD IS PERFECT. TWO SMALL CREASES ON THE FRONT BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER AND SOME VERY SLIGHT RECORD IMPRESSION ON THE FRONT AND REVERSE. OVERALL EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION.

20 PAGE PICTURE/INFO BOOKLET : ALMOST LIKE NEW, EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION!

I WILL SEND THIS OUT TO THE WINNING BIDDER WITH A BRAND NEW POLYTHENE OUTER SLEEVE TO PROTECT THE COVER.

PLAIN PAPER INNER SLEEVES : A FEW LIGHT CREASES, NO SPLITS. EXCELLENT CONDITION.

I HAVE ALSO CLEANED THE RECORDS IN ANTI-STATIC FLUID.

OVERALL A NEAR MINT TOP AUDIO COPY OF A SUPERB BLACK SABBATH ALBUM WITH AN EXCELLENT PLUS SLEEVE AND BOOKLET. A TOP COPY!

ALL RECORDS ARE SENT OUT 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR IN WELL STIFFENED MAILERS WITH THE RECORD OUTSIDE THE COVER AND INNER TO ENSURE THEY ALL ARRIVE UNDAMAGED.

I ALWAYS LEAVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR THE PURCHASER ONCE I HAVE SENT OUT THE RECORD, PLEASE DO THE SAME FOR ME ONCE IT ARRIVES SAFELY AND YOU ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR PURCHASE.

I WILL ALSO SEND THE ITEM OUTSIDE THE UK VIA THE EBAY GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAMME, EBAY WILL SEND AN INVOICE FOR THIS SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE SERVICE.

PLEASE SEE MY OTHER ITEMS, MORE ROCK/METAL TO BE LISTED.

HAPPY BIDDING!