BLACK SABBATH
VOL 4 LP
VERTIGO RECORDS 6360 071
1972
RECORD WEIGHT: 130g
MATRIX Nos: 6360071 1Y//1 PORKY 115 / 6360071 2Y//1 1213 PECKO
MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH 4 PAGE INSERT
NO MADE IN ENGLAND ON LABELS
PORKY/PECKO ETCHED IN RUN OUTS
NO TRACK TIMINGS INSIDE GATEFOLD
ORIGINAL POLY LINED VERTIGO SWIRL INNER
SLEEVE CONDITION: EX
EDGES TOP BOTTOM: ALL FOUR EDGES SHOW NOTHING BUT A LITTLE VERY LIGHT RUBBING SLIGHTLY MORE ON THE TOP EDGES, SURPRISINGLY . NO SPLITS OR OTHER DAMAGE. ALL EDGES ARE SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH.
SPINE: JUST THE ODD LITTLE RUB MARK, MORE SO AT THE ENDS AND ONE FAINT CREASE LINE VERTICALLY WHERE THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN OPENED OUT PROBABLY WOULDN T BE VISIBLE IF THE SLEEVE WASN T BLACK . NO COMPRESSION AND WRITING IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
FRONT COVER: JUST A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST, NEAR INVISIBLE EDGE CREASES ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND NOTHING ELSE. NO RINGWEAR AT ALL AND NO COMPRESSION MARKS. RIGHT HAND EDGE IS SEALED AND IS STRAIGHT WITH NO FEATHERING. NO RIPS, TEARS, WRITING OR STICKERS. TO BE ULTRA CRITICAL, THERE IS A LITTLE SUPER LIGHT RUBBING BUT NOTHING THAT DETRACTS FROM THE OVERALL FINISH. LOOKING VERY NICE FOR IT S AGE AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS.
BACK COVER: VERY SIMILAR TO THE FRONT. JUST ONE TINY EDGE CREASE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE AND A TINY WRINKLE TO THE BOTTOM CORNER WHERE THE SPINE IS. OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT WITH BARELY ANY FEATHERING. NO RIPS, TEARS, WRITING OR STICKERS. NO RINGWEAR AND NO COMPRESSION MARKS. AS WITH THE FRONT THERE IS JUST THE FAINTEST HINT OF RUBBING. OVERALL, VERY NICE FOR IT S AGE.
INSIDE GATEFOLD: NEAR PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO OBVIOUS MARKS AT ALL. NO CREASING AND NO RINGWEAR. NO STICKERS, WRITING OR TEARS.
COLOUR INSERT: ALSO IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CREASES, STICKERS, WRITING OR TEARS. JUST ONE BARELY VISIBLE MARK ON BOTTOM EDGE OF TWO INNER PAGES. STILL PERFECTLY ATTACHED TO THE LP COVER. RARE TO FIND IN SUCH STUNNING CONDITION.
INNER SLEEVE: ORIGINAL POLY LINED VERTIGO SWIRL INNER SLEEVE IN VG TO EX CONDITION. NO SPLITS, WRITING OR TEARS. JUST A LITTLE LIGHT CREASING AND SLIGHT BROWNING.
RECORD CONDITION:
SIDE ONE OF THE ALBUM SHOWS JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS, THE MAJORITY OF THESE BEING PRETTY SMALL. ABSOLUTELY NO SCUFFS OR SCRATCHES WHATSOEVER. SIDE TWO HAS JUST THREE OR FOUR VERY TINY SURFACE TRACES AND NOTHING ELSE. AGAIN, ABSOLUTELY NO SCUFFS OR SCRATCHES. EVEN UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT THERE IS NOTHING BUT A LIGHT SCATTERING OF ULTRA FAINT WISPY SLEEVE REMOVAL TYPE HAIRLINES. VISUALLY I WOULD GRADE SIDE ONE AS CLOSE TO EXCELLENT AND SIDE TWO AS A STRONG EXCELLENT. AN ORIGINAL 1972 1st PRESSING ON THE SWIRL VERTIGO LABEL WITH BLACK TEXT.
BOTH LABELS ARE EXCELLENT WITH JUST ONE NEAR INVISIBLE SPINDLE TRACE ON THE B SIDE ONLY VISIBLE WHEN TILTING THE DISC BACK AND FORTH IN THE LIGHT . NO STICKERS, WRITING OR OTHER UNWANTED MARKS.
PLAYBACK: STUNNING PLAYBACK THROUGHOUT WITH BASICALLY NOTHING TO SPOIL THE SOUNDTRACK AT ALL. BACKGROUND NOISE IS PRETTY MUCH NON EXISTANT AND HAVING LISTENED TO BOTH SIDES I HEARD NOTHING BUT A COUPLE OF SOLITARY CLICKS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK. STUNNING SOUND FROM START TO FINISH. THE TRACK CROSSOVERS ARE CRACKLE FREE. ABSOLUTELY NO SCRATCHES OR OTHER AUDIBLE MARKS AT ALL. OVERALL THIS PLAYS THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY WITH CLEAR DISTORTION FREE SOUND. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
SO NICE TO SEE OLD 1970s LPs IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION AS THEY ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND.
10 DAY AUCTION WITH NO RESERVE
POSTAGE WILL BE 24 HOUR WITH TRACKING
