ULTRA-RARE BLACK SABBATH "MASTERS OF REALITY" MISTITLED LABELS WITH EXTRA SONGS
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YES ....... SEARS SOLD IT!!!!
RARE COLLECTORS ITEM - HERE IS THE TRUE 1ST ISSUE OF BLACK SABBATH'S THIRD RELEASE 1972'S "MASTER OF REALITY" WITH LP'S LABELS TITLED (MISTITLED) "MASTERS OF REALITY" INSTEAD OF "MASTER OF REALITY". YOU CAN FIND COPIES OF THIS LP WITH THE NORMAL/CORRECTED LABEL LISTED HERE ON EBAY ALL THE TIME - NOT SO WITH THE MISTITLED VERSION WITH EXTRA TRACKS LISTED, AND RARELY IF EVER WITH A STILL CELLOPHANED JACKET, ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE AND POSTER IN MINT CONDITION.
MINT LABELS REFLECT EXTRA/ADDED SONG TITLES ON SIDE ONE "THE HAUNTING" AFTER "CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE AND "STEP UP" AFTER "THE ORCHID" AND "DEATHMASK" BEFORE "INTO THE VOID" ON SIDE 2.
POSTER IS DEAD MINT - VINTAGE ORIGINAL (NO REPRINT).
JACKET IS STILL FIRMLY SHRINKWRAPPED WITH SEARS PRICE STICKER AND IS IN EXCELLENT NEAR MINT CONDITION.
IN MY CONSERVATIVE OPINION, THE VINYL PLAYS ONLY GOOD (BUT MY GOOD PROBABLY EQUATES TO THE OTHER GUY'S VG+/EXC BASED ON MY BUYING EXPERIENCE LATELY), CERTAINLY NOT AUDIOPHILE QUALITY BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION BUT ACCEPTABLE IF YOU CAN TOLERATE SOME POPS AND TICKS HERE AND THERE.
- THE GOOD: SOUNDSTAGE IS GOOD WITH VERY MINIMAL SURFACE HISS/CRACKLE PRESENT DURING PLAYBACK (THIS HAS BEEN CLEANED TO REMOVE DUST AND DEBRIS FROM GROOVES), PLAYS WITH A LOT OF BASS.
- THE BAD: THERE ARE SEVERAL LIGHT LOOKING SCRATCHES ON BOTH SIDES THAT CAUSE IT TO PLAY WITH RANDOM AND SOME REPEATING POPS AND CLICKS ON 4 SONGS.
"THE ORCHID" ON SIDE 2 STARTS OUT WITH 7 POPS THAT RATE A 4 OR 5 ON A SCALE OF 10, THEN ONE SLIGHTLY LOUDER ONE ABOUT 2 MINUTES IN. "SOLITUDE" ALSO HAS A SCRATCH THAT CAUSES REPEATED POPS AND TICKS THRU THE MAJORITY OF SONG (THEY ALSO RATE A 4 OR 5 ON A SCALE OF 10). ON SIDE ONE " SWEET LEAF" PLAYS EXC WITH A COUPLE MINOR POPS HEARD BEFORE THE SONG STARTS. "AFTER FOREVER" BEGINS QUIETLY (NO SURFACE NOISE) BUT HAS A SCRATCH THAT CREATES REPEATED POPS AND TICKS DURING THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE SONG (AVERAGE 5 TO 6 IN AUDIBILITY) AND A COUPLE LOUDER ONES AT THE VERY CONCLUSION . WHILE "EMBRYO" BEGINS WELL, BY THE TIME IT MELDS INTO "CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE" YOU HEAR 4 TO 5 POPS/TICKS (6 ON SCALE OF 10) IT THEN PLAYS FAIRLY WELL BUT ALSO HAS SCRATCHES THAT CAUSE SEVERAL LOW AUDIBLE POPS THROUGHOUT THE TRACK.
THERE ARE NO SCRATCHES THAT CAUSE ANY SKIPS.
IF YOU ARE A DISCERNING & CRITICAL LISTENER (LIKE ME) WHO ABHORS HEARING ANY REPEATED POPS AND TICKS ON AN ALBUM - THIS ONE'S PROBABLY NOT FOR YOU - IF HOWEVER YOU CAN TOLERATE/OVERLOOK SOME RANDOM AND REPEATED POPS AND TICKS AND ARE BUYING BASED ON THE RARITY & COLLECTABILITY OF THIS OVERALL PACKAGE, INCLUDING THE MINT POSTER AND EXCELLENT CONDITION SHRINKWRAPPED JACKET THEN YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY WITH THIS ULTRA-RARE PACKAGE.
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