Black Sabbath SABOTAGE UK LP VERY 1ST PRESS 2 PLAYS ONLY 100% NEAR MINT

	£		185
	$		245

BLACK SABBATH - SABOTAGE

IN MAGNIFICENT 2 PLAY MUSEUM QUALITY NEAR MINT !!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING THROUGH THE QUIETEST TRACKS

THE SLEEVE IS JUST MINT!!!!!!!

• CATALOGUE:NEMS 9119 001 
• MATRIX:9119001 1//Y2 S 1 3 5 / 2//Y2  S 1 1 4
• 'STERLING' STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

• THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE 1 Y 2 / 2Y2
• THE WORD STERLING MUST BE ETCHED 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 RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE JET BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. NOT ONE MARK ON THEM, AND 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

INCREDIBLY THERE ARE JUST 2 NEAR INVISIBLE SPIDER LINES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE, A CLEAR INDICTAOR OF HANDLING AND CARE AND PLAY!!

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 WHATSOEVER, NOT EVEN ANY WISPY HAIRLINES, THE VINYL JUST HASN'T BEEN PLAYED

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

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

ALMOST NO VINYL NOISE AT ALL ANYWHERE, AND I CANNOT EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF STATIC HERE AND THERE EITHER. A COUPLE OF RANDOM LITTLE DUST POPS

AN INCREDIBLE VINYL THAT PERFORMS TO THE HIGHEST GRADE POSSIBLE

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

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED BUT TEXTURED ROBERT STACE SINGLE 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

NOT THIS ONE!!! IT IS MINT CONDITION, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND 100% OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY WORN BLACK BORDER IS PRISTINE. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THIS BLACK AREA WHATSOEVER, AND IT IS STILL 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 AMAZINGLY NOT ONE LINE NEAR THE SPINE OR ANY OF THE OTHER EDGES FOR THAT MATTER, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS 100% MINT AND UNRUBBED WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A FEW FLECKS OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH

THE SPINE IS IMMACULATE. ALL OF THE BWHITE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND THE SURFACE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO WEAR OR RUBBING, AND NO SQUASHING EITHER, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY NO GRUBBINESS THROUGH HANDLING OR AGEING, AND IT IS TOTALLY FLAT

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS SO CLEAR THAT THE LP JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE,IN THE 3 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT WITH JUST ONE MINUSCULE LINE CLOOSE TO THE SPINE

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS, VERY WHITE AND UNCREASED, TOTTALY PRISTINE IN FACT

I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE SLEEVE MINT!!!!!

IT REALLY IS THAT GOOD

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

GARRY