BLACK SABBATH Master Of Reality UK LP Rare 2nd Press NM
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BLACK SABBATH - MASTER OF REALITY
- LABEL: VERTIGO SPACESHIP
- CATALOGUE: 6360 050
- MATRIX 6360050--1Y / 6360050-2Y
- THIS IS THE SAME MATRIX AS FIRST PRESS SPIRAL LABELS
THIS IS CLEARLY A BIT OF AN ANOMOLY AND I HAVE TO SIAY THIS IS THE FIRST COPY OF THIS I HAVE SEEN. WHAT I CAN SAY FOR CERTAIN IS THAT MASTER OF REALITY WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1971 AND WAIS SABBATHS THIRD LP. VOLUME 4 WHICH WAS RELEASED IN 1974 ALSO CAME OUT ORIGINALLY ON THE VERTIGO SPIRAL LABLE, BUT WAS REPRESSED AGAIN ON THE SPACESHIP LABEL. RECORD COLLECTOR MAG SUGGESTS THAT THIS SPACESHIP LABEL IS RARER THAN THE SWIRL LABLE, AND THEY HAVE IT PRICED AT £200.00. THERE IS NO MENTON HOWEVER OF MASTER OF REALITY. IT IS REASONABLE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS REPRESS CAME OUT IN 1972 WHICH WAES THE FIRST TIME THE SPACESHIP LABEL WAS USED.
IT HAS AL OF THE MARKINGS OF THE SWIRL LABEL THROUGH THE CATALOGUE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE MATRIX NUMBERS. IT ALSO COMES IN THE LAMINATED BOX STYLE SLEEVE WHICH ALSO HOUSED THE SWIRL LABEL ISSUE. UNLIKE THE FIRST PRESS HOWEVER THIS SECOND PRESS DOES NOT HAVE A POSTER.
IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE WHO HAS THE DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THIS I WOULD APPRECIATE AN EMAIL.
THE SLEEVE AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IS THE FIRST ISSUE BOX STLYE TOP FLAP OPENING LAMINATED SLEEVE. THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY FLAT AND CLEAN AND ONLY HAS LAMINATE LINES AROUND THE EDGES WHERE THE BOX WAS SQUASHED A LITTLE. VERY COMMWON ON THIS SLEEVE. THE SPINES ARE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE WITH ONE HAVING A SMALL AMOUNT OF LAMINATE FLAKE. THE REAR SURFACE IS AS NICE AS THE FRONT BUT HAS ONE SMALL PAPER TEAR HALF WAY DOWN THE RIGHT EDGE. THE TWO FLAPS TOP AND BOTTOM ARE UNTORN. PRINTED BY HOWARDS OF SLOUGH
THE LABELS ARE ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE. NO MARKS AT ALL, AND NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR WHATSOEVER. I CANNOT SEE ANY SIGNS OF SPIDER LINES, AND I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS LP HAS HAD FEWER THAN FIVE PLAYS LIFETIME
THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND IS TOTALLY SPOTLESS. EVEN UNDER SPOTLIGHT THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF NEAR INVISIBLE WISPS. A TRULY MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE.
GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO THE VINYL REVEALS EXACTLY WHAT I EXPECTED. TOTAL SILENCE, AND WHEN THE COUGHING STARTS THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES OR ANY OTHER UNWANTED IRRITATIONS. THE LP PLAYS SUPERBLY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, WITH SILENT/ NEAR SILENT LINKING GROOVES, AND STUNNING CLARITY AND PRODUCTION. I DIDN'T HEAR ANY POPS OT CLICKS AT ALL, AND ONLY ON A COUPLEOF OCCASIONSDID I DETECT ANY VERY FEINT STATIC.
THIS IS A HIGH GRADE AUDIO OFFEREING WHICH FULLY MEETS A MINT MINUS GRADE WITH THE SLEEVE BEING VG
A RARE PRESSING?? WHICH WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION
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