Black Sabbath SABOTAGE 1975 UK LP 1st Press w/hidden track MINT MINUS / NR MINT

	£		69
	$		91

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED  MINT !!! CONDITION

INCREDIBLE THROUGH THE QUIETEST TRACKS

 PERFECT MINT SLEEVE

WITH THE RARE HIDDEN TRACK ' BLOW ON A JUG'

• CATALOGUE:NEMS 9119 001 

• MATRIX:9119001 1Y x 2 420 ST 1 1 2 / 2Y//2 ST 1 5 2  5

• 'STERLING' STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE WORD STERLING MUST BE STAMPED INTO THE DEAD WAX

THE VINYL IS THICKER THAN REISSUES

THE SLEEVE MUST BE MADE BY ROBERT STACE

THE SLEEVE MUST BE TEXTURED ON BOTH SIDES

THE VERY FIRST PRESSES OF THIS ALBUM HAD AN ADDITIONAL 31 SECOND TRACK PLACED AFTER 'THE WRIT. WHERE BILL WARD WAS PLAYING A PIANO AND OZZY WAS SINGING THE LYRICS 'BLOW ON A JUG' THIS WAS RECORDED AT A VERY LOW VOLUME AND ONLY APPEARS ON SOME OF THE VERY FIRST ISSUES. SO DIG YOUR COPY OUT AND SEE IF IT HAS THIS RARE HIDDEN HALF MINUTE. IT WAS PUT ON THE CD RELEASES AND THE LATER REMASTERS BUT ONLY THE VERY 1ST ISSUE VINYLS HAD IT PRESENT!!!

THE JET BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. NOT ONE MARK ON THEM. THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

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

THERE IS ONE 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 OTHER THAN A TINY LITTLE VINYL PRESSING BLISTER JUST INSIDE TRACK ONE, SIDE TWO. THERE IS ALSO A TINY DULL NON SOUNDING MARK AT THE END OF THE TRACK

PLAYING THE RECORD

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

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

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER

THE TINY VINYL FAULT CAUSES HALF A DOZEN VERY TINY DULL POPS AS THE STYLUS PASSES OVER. AUDIBLE BUT NOT INTRUSIVE - STILL HAVE A LISTEN, IT IS WITHIN THE FIRST 20 SECONDS OF SIDE TWO

AN INCREDIBLE VINYL THAT PERFORMS SUPERBLY

A FEW RANDOM SPECKS OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A LINKING GROOVE OR TWO AND A COUPLE OF THE MIST SILENT PASSAGES

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT MINUS / NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

A TRULY MINT SLEEVE

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

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND ALL OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY WORN BLACK BORDER IS INTACT. NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE ON THIS THIN COVER.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND THE TEXTURED SURFACE IS JUST IMMACULATE

ONE SMALL PRESSURE LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS  UNRUBBED WITH ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOUR FULLY INTACT AND RUNNING FROM TIP TO TIP, EVEN THE TIPS ARE PERFECT. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS ALMOST IDENTICAL

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE COLOUR IS THERE. NOT ONE SPECK OF WHITE SHOWING ANYWHERE. THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND ALL PERFECT. 

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP WITH THE SMALLEST SPECK OF FEATHERING IN THE MIDDLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT. AGAIN NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE AND A PERFECTLY TEXTURED FINISH

I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GRADE THIS MINT!!!

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