Black Sabbath VOLUME 4 1972 UK LP 1st Press Vertigo Swirl 1 PLAY 100% MINT AUDIO

Sold Date: August 6, 2022
Start Date: July 30, 2022
Final Price: £225.00 (GBP)
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BLACK SABBATH - VOLUME 4

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE  PLAY   MINT !!! CONDITION

PRISTINE THROUGH THE QUIETEST TRACKS

STUPENDOUS NEAR MINT SLEEVE

IT'S THE BEST YOU WILL FIND

 

CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360 071 MATRIX:6360071 1Y//1 1 1 1 / 2Y//1  2 1  2 'PORKY' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1  'PECKO' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2

A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE 1 Y// 1 / 2 Y//1 THE WORD PORKY MUST BE ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX SIDE 1 THE WORD PECKO MUST BE ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2 THE VINYL IS THICKER THAN REISSUES THE SLEEVE MUST BE MADE BY HOWARDS (SLOUGH) THE SLEEVE MUST HAVE A VERY SLIGHT TEXTURED FEEL TO IT

 

THE RECORD

 

THE LABELS

THE FAMOUS VERTIGO SPIRAL LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. 

NOT ONE MARK ON THEM, AND THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, ON THE SWIRLS SIDE

 AND THE WHITE SIDE IS STILL 'PURE WHITE' AND UNMARKED . NO YELLOWING AND NO STAINS

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

INCREDIBLY THERE IS BARELY ONE SMALL SPIDER LINE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE.

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 

INCREDIBLE TO FIND A MINT VOLUME FOUR - WE HAVE NEVER HAD ONE AS GOOD AS THIS


THE TEST PLAY

A FINAL UPGRADE COPY OF THIS ALBUM

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

LOUD AND CLEAR AS A BELL

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

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AT ALL ANYWHERE

AND INCREDIBLY THIS RECORD HAS ABSOLUTELY NO STATIC IN ANY OF THE LINKING GROOVES

I HEARD NO Y DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH.

I WAS PAYING PARTICULAR ATENTION  TO 'CHANGES, FX, AND LAGUNA SUNRISE, THE THREE QUIET TRACKS AND THESE LIKE THE REST OF THE ALBUM PLAYS MINT!!

AN INCREDIBLE VINYL THAT PERFORMS TO A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE GRADE

YOU WILL NEVER FIND A BETTER VINYL THAN THIS

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


 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

NON LAMINATED BUT VERY LIGHTLY TEXTURED HOWARDS (SLOUGH) GATEFOLDSLEEVE

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

THIS ONE IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. NOT 100% MINT BUT VERY CLOSE TO IT

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND MOST OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY WORN BLACK SURFACE IS PRISTINE. 

THE ONLY LIGHT WEAR COMES IN THE FORM OF SOME VERY LIGHT GREYING JUST ABOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE AND A LITTLE ON THE LOWER HALF OF THE OPENING EDGE

,OTHER THAN THAT  IT IS  VERY CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT ANYWHERE. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE UNRUBBED, AND THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND ABSOLUTELY NO PRESSURE  LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES ANYWHERE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ALSO IN TOP CONDITION, PERFECT BLACK SURFACE S AND ONLY THE REAR BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP HAS A PIN PRICK OF RUB

THE SPINE IS IMMACULATE. AGAIN USUALLY THIS IS FOUND VERY BADLY WORN AWAY, BUT HERE IT IS STILL TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR UNRUBBED. UNBLEMISHED ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ON THE FRONT EDGE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT . JUST A LITTLE LIGHT GREYING  ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM THE EDGES,NO PRESSURE  LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS, AND A MINT CONDITION 4 PAGE BOOKLET

THE ORIGINAL VERTIGO SPIRAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN NICE ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS,  AND UNCREASED,  WITH JUST A  TINY SHADOW OF NATURAL AGEING

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT

 

 

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

GARRY