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BLACK SABBATH / BLACK SABBATH

1970  WARNER BROS  USA 1st PRESS

•••••   ESSENTIAL METAL.  First album that would change the course of heavy music as the world would know it. Every single song is a killer from the lead off "Black Sabbath" to "The Wizard" and "Behind the Wall of Sleep." Tony Iommi's shredding heavy guitar sound and thunder of Geezer Butler / Bill Ward backing Ozzy Osbourne at the dawn of TRUE HEAVY METAL. 

1970 1st USA pressing Warner green "shield" label Santa Maria factory press signifiers thick semi rigid heavy 128g vinyl weight Artisan etch label/cover DOES have "Roger/Rodger" misspelling the dead wax is etched "WS-1871 39728-1/39729-3" & "ARTISAN SYMBOL" cover is thick heavy cardboard with pasted on slick inner sleeve is printed heavy paper stock

CONDITION:
VINYL =    STRONG VG+   Light sleeve scuff / hairlines & some light rub visible under bright halogens. The labels are EX with light spindle marks.

PLAY GRADE =     EX-   Exceptionally light hiss or crackle or ambient artifact beteen tracks, occasionally random artifact or light crackle in quiet background, random light pop or tick,  LOUD MUSIC EASILY OVERPOWERS WITH CLEAR HUGE BOLD DEEP BOOMING FIDELITY.

COVER =    EX-   Exceptionally light sign of storage or handling, * barely visible impression from writing (but no ink) on front top left of center, BRIGHT BOLD & VIVID.  The edge seams have exceptionally light rub or dents but are  SOLID NO SPLITS, SPINE LEGIBLE.  Inner sleeve is VG+ with mild creasing/mild age discolor etc.

 ‎– Black Sabbath Label:  ‎– 1871,  ‎– WS 1871 Format: , LP, Album, Santa Maria Pressing 
Country: Released: Genre: Style: ,  Tracklist  A16:20A24:22A39:44A4A5A6B14:30B214:32B3B4 Companies, etc. Record Company –  Copyright (c) –  Produced For –  Lacquer Cut At –  Pressed By –  Credits Bass Guitar –  Drums –  Engineer – ,  Lead Guitar –  Producer –  Vocals, Harmonica – *  Written-By – *, *, *,  Notes Label and pressing variation. Dark green Warner Bros. Records labels with 'WB' shield logo. Pressed by  per 'S' etched in runouts.

Includes 'Distinguished Company' Warner/Reprise printed paper promotional inner sleeve.

First catalog number '1871' on cover, second catalog number 'WS 1871' on labels.

Rear cover lists Wasp/Behind The Wall of Sleep/Bassically/N.I.B and A Bit of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning as combined tracks, all tracks numbered individually on labels.

Rear cover credits 'All selections written by Iommi, Osbourne, Butler, Ward', labels credit 'All selections written by Tony Iommi - John Osbourne - Terence Butler - William Ward'. 

Rear cover credits producer as Roger Bain, labels credit producer as Rodger Bain. 

Rear cover credits 'Ossie Osbourne' for vocals, harmonica.

From rear cover:
Warner Bros. Records, Inc., a Subsidiary & Licensee of Warner Bros. Inc.,
4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif. · 488 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. Made
in U.S.A. © 1970 - Warner Bros. Records Inc. Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): S39728 Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): S39729 Matrix / Runout (Runout, hand-scribed, side A): S \ WS-1871-A 39728-1B Matrix / Runout (Runout, hand-scribed, side B): \ WS-1871-B 39729-1A Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, sides A & B): [Artisan logo]

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VERY GOOD (+/-)   vinyl & labels are very clean, may have light visible hairlines or sleeve scuff or light marks/scratches but minimally affecting play with some occasional audio artifact or light background noise; covers will be clean/crisp with signs of ring wear or edge wear or shelf/storage wear or signs of handling
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