FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING
BLACK SABBATH - VOLUME 4
OUTSTANDING MINT MINUS AUDIO
PRISTINE THROUGH THE QUIETEST TRACKS
NEAR MINT SLEEVE WITH SPIRAL INNER
CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360 071MATRIX:6360071 1Y//1 1 1 7 / 2Y//1 1 1 9 PORKY ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1 PECKO ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2
A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES
THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE 1 Y// 1 / 2 Y//1THE WORD PORKY MUST BE ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX SIDE 1THE WORD PECKO MUST BE ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2THE SLEEVE MUST BE MADE BY HOWARDS SLOUGH THE SLEEVE MUST HAVE A VERY SLIGHT TEXTURED FEEL TO IT
THE RECORD
THE LABELS
THE FAMOUS VERTIGO SPIRAL LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION.
NOT ONE MARK ON THEM, AND THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, ON THE SWIRLS SIDE
AND THE WHITE SIDE IS STILL PURE WHITE AND UNMARKED . NO YELLOWING AND NO STAINS
ALL OF THE TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND ARE ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE
JUST 3-4 TINY SPIDER LINES 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 SPOTLIGHTS THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE
THIS IS TRULY AN OPTSTANDING EXAMPLE
THE TEST PLAY
A SUPERB UPGRADE COPY OF THIS ALBUM
THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB
LOUD AND CLEAR AS A BELL
AN ABSOLUTELY CLEAN AND CLEAR AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AT ALL ANYWHERE
AND INCREDIBLY THIS RECORD HAS ABSOLUTELY NO MORE THAN A MINUSCULE SPECK OF STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES
I HEARD NO DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH.
I WAS PAYING PARTICULAR ATENTION TO CHANGES, FX, AND LAGUNA SUNRISE, THE THREE QUIET TRACKS AND THESE LIKE THE REST OF THE ALBUM PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY
AN INCREDIBLE VINYL THAT PERFORMS TO A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE GRADE
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS AUDIO MINT MINUS
SO TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF THOUGH
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED BUT VERY LIGHTLY TEXTURED HOWARDS SLOUGH GATEFOLDSLEEVE
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
THIS ONE IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. NOT 100 PERFECT BUT VERY CLOSE TO IT
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND MOST OF THE DELICATE AND EASILY WORN BLACK SURFACE IS PRISTINE.
THE ONLY LIGHT WEAR COMES IN THE FORM OF SOME VERY LIGHT GREY FLECKS JUST ABOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE AT THE SPINE AND A LITTLE ON THE OPENING EDGE. THIS IS VERY MONOR COMPARED TO HOW THIS SLEEVE IS USUALLY FOUND
,OTHER THAN THAT IT IS 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. THE WHITE LETTERING IS STILL VERY WHITE WITH JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF HANDLING
THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND ABSOLUTELY NO PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES ANYWHERE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ALSO IN TOP CONDITION, NEAR PERFECT BLACK SURFACES AND ONLY THE CORNER TIPS SHOW A LITTLE RUB
THE SPINE IS IN SUPER CONDITION. AGAIN USUALLY THIS IS FOUND VERY BADLY WORN AWAY, BUT HERE IT IS STILL TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR UNRUBBED APART FROM A TINY SCUFF JUST A BOVE THE BOTTOM END. A DOT OF RUB AT THE TIP ENDS
THE OPENING EDGE HAS A LITTLE FEATHERING
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT . JUST A LITTLE LIGHT GREYING ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM THE EDGES,TWO PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS, AND A TOP CONDITION CONDITION 4 PAGE BOOKLET
THE ORIGINAL VERTIGO SPIRAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN NICE ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS, AND UNCREASED, WITH JUST A TINY SHADOW OF NATURAL AGEING
THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
