BLACK SABBATH - MASTER OF REALITY - LP 1973 - WWA TRANSITIONAL - POSTER - N MINT
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BLACK SABBATH - MASTER OF REALITY - LP 1973 - WWA TRANSITIONAL - POSTER - NEAR MINT - MADE IN UK
RAREST THAN VERTIGO SWIRL 1971 PRESSING
Dark pink lettering instead of dark purple.
"WWA 008" catalog number on a sticker, stuck over the original Vertigo 6360 050 catalog number.
Sleeve Printed and made by Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
Misspelled "Sweet Leaf" as "Sweet Life" on back of cover.
This is a rare, rather uncommon transitional copy of the album. It was released in 1973 when Black Sabbath left the Vertigo label and moved on to WWA-records. The latest Vertigo spaceship-labeled versions came in a box style cover with a pink lettering and the misspelled "Sweet Life", rather than the dark purple lettering on the box sleeve which came with early Vertigo swirl-labeled pressings. When Black Sabbath moved over from Vertigo tot WWA, the very first early issues of this album did NOT yet come in the more common flipback sleeve with the WWA-logo on the front. Yet, they came with old stock Vertigo box sleeves with the pink lettering and the misspelled "Sweet Life". There is a sticker on the back of the cover with the WWA 008 catalog number, which was stuck over the Vertigo catalog number, above the VO Price code.
- Matrix / Runout (Etched into first deadwax area of runout on both sides of the record): WWA 008
- Matrix / Runout (Scratched out on both sides): 6360050
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 - Stamped in second deadwax area - "1" and "5" before "4" are both mirrored): 1Y//2?420 15 4 04
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 - Stamped in second deadwax area): 2Y//1?420 187 06
CONDITION
RECORD: SIDE 1 NEAR MINT, 1 VERY LIGHT HAIRLINE - SIDE 2 LOOKS UNPLAYED
COVER: NO NOTICEABLE DAMAGES ON EDGES. AS USUAL IN THESE "BOX-STYLE" SLEEVES COMES BIT FLATTED.
LAMINATE IS LIFTED AND BROKEN ACROSS LEFT EDGE AND SIGNS OF LAMINATE LIFT BETWEEN EMBOSSED LETTERS AND ON CORNERS AS WELL.
POSTER: IN MINT CONDITION, UNFOLD FOR FIRST TIME FOR PHOTOS
LABELS: CLEAN WITH NO MINIMAL SPINDLE WEAR
UNITED KINGDOM REGISTERED MAIL - £3.9
REGISTERED MAIL TO EUROPE - £12.5
Record condition:
MINT: Perfect, like new
NEAR MINT: A Record that may have minor flaws such as light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of the sleeves that doesn't affect play.
EXCELLENT: A Record has been handled and played either very little or very carefully. The vinyl may have a slight scratch that doesn't affect play.
VERY GOOD: A Record that displays signs of handling and playing such as light surface scratches or groove wear and have some audible surface noise when it is played that no ruins the listening.
GOOD: The Record is played, with partial or total surface noise
