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BLACK SABBATH - VOL 4 1st UK Press 1972 EX VERTIGO SWIRL PORKY PECKO
Sold Date:
February 14, 2021
Start Date:
February 7, 2021
Final Price:
£104.00
(GBP)
Bid Count:
23
Seller Feedback:
925
Buyer Feedback:
43
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BLACK SABBATH -
VOL 4
VERTIGO 6360 071
1st UK Press 1972
machined matrices 1Y//1 2Y//1
"PORKY" and "PECKO" etched into the run outs
NO "Made in England" on the label. Those are second presses.
Mothers side A: 1 1 1 1
side B: 1 2 1 9
BLACK SABBATH ''BLACK SABBATH VOL 4'' RAREST EVER TO FIND, VERTIGO SWIRL! IT IS BELIEVED THAT JUST A COUPLE OF THOUSAND WERE PRESSED ON THIS LABEL WITH THE PORKY AND PECKO MASTER ETCHINGS! AND TO TOP THIS OFF ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE HEARD!!!! TOP! TOP! AUDIO THROUGHOUT!!! Hard to find early Sabbath vinyl which has been treated well like this copy. THE ORIGINAL SWIRL INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO STILL THERE .
This is a very sought after original AND IN MY OPINION RAREST EVER UK press! Very rarely seen with the "PORKY and PECKO" etchings in the run-out groove. These were only put on a very limited amount of issues of this pressing! Please note! I have all of the original UK Black Sabbath albums in my collection and I have played many copies of this album always striving to find the best and top quality available to me over the years! This vinyl is up there with the best that I have ever heard of this pressing! It is rare enough to find this label variation but to find with very near perfect audio will be very hard to surpass and it has got to be a must for any avid Sabbath collectors out there!!
In June 1972, Black Sabbath reconvened in Los Angeles to begin work on their fourth album at the Record Plant Studios. The recording process was plagued with problems, many due tosubstance abuse issues. In the studio, the band regularly had large speaker boxes full of cocaine delivered. While struggling to record the song "Cornucopia" after "sitting in the middle of the room, just doing drugs", Bill Ward feared that he was about to be fired from the band. "I hated the song, there were some patterns that were just horrible", Ward said. "I nailed it in the end, but the reaction I got was the cold shoulder from everybody. It was like 'Well, just go home, you're not being of any use right now.' I felt like I'd blown it, I was about to get fired".
However, the seeds were planted for what would eventually be the demise of the classic Sabbath line-up. As bassist Geezer Butler told Guitar World in 2001: "Yeah, the cocaine had set in. We went out to L.A. and got into a totally different lifestyle. Half the budget went on the coke and the other half went to seeing how long we could stay in the studio... We rented a house in Bel-Air and the debauchery up there was just unbelievable." In the same interview, Ward said: "Yes, Vol. 4 is a great album, but listening to it now, I can see it as a turning point for me, where the alcohol and drugs stopped being fun."
Gatefold sleeve: VG+. Without doubt one of the hardest gatefolds to still find intact!! A great matt sleeve with an amount of storage wear to the black areas front and back and three small pin pricks towards the top front. The spine is still 100% legible. The opening is super crisp. This still has the inner photo booklet intact and attached. There are no creases and there is no writing anywhere. NO sticker tears, NO seam splits etc. NO writing. The sleeve sits nice and flat and is all square. The pictures give you some impression of the quality at hand in this auction.
This is a unique investment opportunity!!! The next prog album to go completely through the roof. Finding this album in any condition at all is nearly impossible so late in the day. Get this while you still can. This value of the album is only going to go one way ... up and up ... until it will be totally unavailable at all for a reasonable price.
Important : International postage will be registered and insured if over GBP 30.00. In the UK, if over £100.00 this will be sent special delivery. Please wait for an amended invoice before paying. Postage will be according to Royal Mail rates. Postage is NOT a money spinning exercise for me.
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This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.
Though there are rarely ever any problems with my items, I always try my very best to describe everything exactly! PLEASE REMEMBER to contact me FIRST, if you have any problems at all, before you leave feedback and star ratings, so I get a chance to turn any negative experience into a positive one! I can always happily sort anything out for you, if you let me know you have a problem! This way no one has to leave Negative/Neutral feedback - and we both walk away happy! Similarly with the amount of stars, anything less than a full 5 * rating is effectively detrimental to a seller's rating as lower ratings will incur higher Final Value Fees and lower priority in the bidlists eventually making it unattractive to list items on Ebay at all. I know of at least one major previous Ebay seller who has decided not to list via Ebay again. Please do NOT bid if you cannot give me at least 1 chance to sort everything out to your FULL satisfaction in the unlikely event of a problem. Thanks again!!
This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.
This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.
Though there are rarely ever any problems with my items, I always try my very best to describe everything exactly! PLEASE REMEMBER to contact me FIRST, if you have any problems at all, before you leave feedback and star ratings, so I get a chance to turn any negative experience into a positive one! I can always happily sort anything out for you, if you let me know you have a problem! This way no one has to leave Negative/Neutral feedback - and we both walk away happy! Similarly with the amount of stars, anything less than a full 5 * rating is effectively detrimental to a seller's rating as lower ratings will incur higher Final Value Fees and lower priority in the bidlists eventually making it unattractive to list items on Ebay at all. I know of at least one major previous Ebay seller who has decided not to list via Ebay again. Please do NOT bid if you cannot give me at least 1 chance to sort everything out to your FULL satisfaction in the unlikely event of a problem. Thanks again!!
This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.
