BLACK SABBATH-MASTER OF REALITY-N/MINT-UK-VERTIGO SWIRL

	£		195
	$		258

Hi, my name is Brian and I have been collecting vinyl for many years. My main interest has been PROGRESSIVE especially the VERTIGO SWIRL/SPIRAL LABEL, reputed to be the most collectable label in the world?

I have finally finished my SWIRL collection of over 160 albums of which most are UK pressings, and now I am going to SELL them ( I must be mad ). I have been quite fussy about the QUALITY, CONDITION and they must be the VERY FIRST PRESSINGS. The latter has been the hardest to decipher and has had me buying and selling many copies of the same album to achieve this,and I almost have with these collectable gems.

I am not and have never been a 'dealer' by profession, but I have always given honest descriptions and lots of clear photo's of any items I have sold. I do know how disappointing it is when you open that package and the item has been over sold with expressions such as "AWSOME" etc when the item is only in EX- condition or worse. If you are in anyway disappointed with an item from me you are most welcome to return it with a FULL REFUND, providing it is an honest and just mistake by myself as I believe in my descriptions.

SO HERE WE GO.......

For sale here is--BLACK SABBATH--MASTER OF REALITY-- UK ORIGINAL VERY FIRST PRESSING WITH VERY FIRST PRESSING BOX SLEEVE,1971, stereo 6360 050 The 51st of 87 UK pressings on this label. THE REST WILL FOLLOW!

SLEEVE.....,BOX TYPE, EMBOSSED and FULLY LAMINATED. This sleeve is nearly always found damaged in some way, it is nearly always found crushed, dull looking and with peeling laminate, NOT THIS ONE. Thankfully this one has none of these problems. This sleeve is in FANTASTIC condition. It is a GENUINE VERY FIRST PRESSING. This is an out standing copy of this sleeve. It is very square and totally un-crushed. The colours are very strong and vibrant LIKE NEW. The edges are EX++ as is the spine and have minimal wear. The front is N/MINT with  very very light rubbing to this delicate laminated surface and a small amount of laminate lift down the left hand side, NO UNWANTED WRITING, NO STICKER TEARS, NO STICKERS, NO SEEM SPLITS  AND NO STAINING. The rear  is in the same wonderful N/MINT condition with NO RINGWEAR. THIS SLEEVE HAS A DEEP GLOSSY BLACK SHINE.The opening edges have NO FEATHERING and are AS NEW. The spine is FULLY legible and bright. The only other sign of wear ( and it is  extremely minimal) is to the very tips of the corners. This album comes with IT'S OWN ORIGINAL SWIRL INNER SLEEVE in great  condition The inner sleeve is dated 27/06/71, which dates this pressing a couple of months before it's official release date in the August! Which can only suggest that this album was pressed and packaged and waiting for the release date in a warehouse.A GENUINE DEFINITIVE FIRST UK PRESSING. All in all this is in wonderful condition for a 35year old sleeve.

POSTER..... "WOW" THIS POSTER IS IN BRAND NEW MINT CONDITION. I think I am probably the only person to open up this poster and that is only twice since I bought it many years ago, once when I bought it and once to take these photos. Even the back is as new with no discolouration..FANTASTIC..IT IS 35 YEARS OLD.

LABELS......This is a genuine first pressing. Both labels are in wonderful condition, beautifully clean with only 1 spindle mark on both sides! N/MINT.

VINYL....Both sides of this fantastic album still have their JUST PRESSED deep black shine. As for surface marks, when you hold this album in the very brightest of lights you can only see afew very light surface marks. In normal daylight this album is PRISTINE. Both sides play WITHOUT SCRATCHES, STICKING OR JUMPS. I have played this album on my very sensitive and revealing LINN SONDEK and the sound is UN-WORN, it is full and crisp there is NO loss of sound quality at all, wonderful sound stage and stereo seperation.This is a superb album in the most wonderful of conditions. This really is a top copy that any collector would be delighted to add to their collection, a real KEEPER . ( the very, very few dust crackles could probably be removed by a professional clean ) N/MINT..N/MINT."STUNNING"

 GETTING IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION. IT IS RARE IN THIS 'SUPERB' CONDITION.DONT MISS THIS ONE.

THERE CANT BE MANY LEFT IN THIS LOVELY CONDITION. 

AND IT HAS GOT THE POSTER!!!

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.

I prefer payment by paypal, UK bidders may use a personal cheque.

GOOD LUCK bidding! Brian.