COVER :: ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS BOX COVER WITH EMBOSSED BAND NAME AND TITLE ON THE FRONT, TOP AND BOTTOM OPENING EDGES, PRINTED AND MADE HOWARDS PRINTERS (SLOUGH) LTD, AND AS IT HAS ALWAYS HAD A CARDBOARD INSERT IT HAS NOT BEEN CRUSHED SO THE SIDES ARE ALL SQUARE AND IN GREAT CONDITION, JUST A SMALL RUB ON THE CORNERS, AND A TINY TEAR ON TOP LEFT CORNER, AS SEEN IN THE PHOTO. LOVELY LAMINATE, JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL LAMINATE CREASE LINES AROUND THE EDGES, AND A BIT OF LAMINATE LIFT ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE FRONT, AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE BACK. THERE ARE NO SPLITS, AND THE OPENING EDGES ARE ALSO IN GREAT CONDITION, SO WITH NOTHING ELSE I WOULD GRADE   ::  EX/EX- . 

VINYL :: THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT IT PLAYS BEAUTIFUL, WITH NO STATIC OR CRACKLE ANYWHERE, ALSO NO SKIPS, STICKS, JUMPS, POPS, OR CLICKS !!!!!

ALL I HEARD WAS.....

ON SIDE 1 :: JUST A TINY BIT OF VERY FAINT STATIC ON THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, SO NOT ON THE ACTUAL AUDIO, AND ONE SINGLE VERY FAINT TICK IN THE MIDDLE OF TRACK 2, AND ONE SINGLE VERY FAINT HARD TO HEAR TICK AT THE START OF TRACK 3 .

ON SIDE 2 :: SUPERB AUDIO FROM START  TO FINISH, JUST ONE SINGLE VERY FAINT HARD TO HEAR TICK AT THE START OF TRACK 2, AND THAT'S ALL !!!!

VISUALLY AWAY FROM BRIGHT LIGHT THE VINYL STILL HAS A LOVELY SHINE, AND ONLY WHEN HELD UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE SOME FAINT SLEEVE REMOVAL SPIDER WEB THREAD ULTRA FINE LINES, AND A FAINT THIN TOTALLY HARMLESS COSMETIC SCUFF LINE ON TRACK 3 AND 4 ON SIDE 2 AND HONESTLY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT BUT HAS TO BE MENTIONED !!!! SO WITH NOTHING ON THE AUDIO, I WOULD GRADE AN OUTSTANDING :: EX+ . AND IN NO WAY OVER GREDED !!!!

LABELS   :: AGAIN NO ISSUES SUPERB, JUST A COUPLE OF FAINT SPINDLE LINES SEEN ONLY UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT :: EX/EX+ .

ORIGINAL SWIRL INNER :: NO WRITING, JUST A VERY TINY SEAM SPLIT ON ONE SIDE EDGE ONLY, AND SOME AGEING, AND OF COURSE THE VINYL WILL COME IN A NEW POLYLINER, ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL SWIRL INNER DESCRIBED ABOVE :: VG .

YOU CAN NOT BEAT A BIT OF BLACK SABBATH TO LIVEN UP YOUR EVENING, AND IT PLAYS SUPERB WITH BEAUTIFUL AUDIO, AND IS FULLY COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL LOVELY BOX COVER, AND ORIGINAL SWIRL INNER !!!! THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR TIME !!!! ROSE.

IF SLEEVE REMOVAL AND HAIRLINES ARE MENTIONED, THEN THEY ARE TOTALLY COSMETIC AND HARMLESS, AND THESE ARE NOT SCRATCHES, AS YOU WILL KNOW SCRATCHES ARE FEELABLE AND CAUSE AUDIO PROBLEMS, SO IF THERE WERE ANY SCRATCHES, I WOULD MENTION THEM, THANK YOU ! 

TAKE CARE AND BE SAFE !!!!

IMPORTANT   I ALWAYS POST THE NEXT DAY, APART IF IT FALLS ON A SUNDAY. PLEASE READ THE POSTAGE LABEL FOR THE DATE OF POSTING, AND YOU WILL SEE IT WAS POSTED ON TIME. IT IS THE POSTAL SERVICES AT FAULT, AND NOT MINE, AND DUE TO THIS I HAVE LOST MY 5 STAR POSTAGE RATING. THANK YOU !!!

IMPORTANT SHIPPING COSTS INFORMATION BELOW

FOR SHIPPING COSTS OVERSEAS, PLEASE LOOK AT MY POSTAGE JUST ABOVE THE PAYMENT OPTIONS, JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAIN PHOTO ON THE LISTING, AND CLICK ON...SEE DETAILS...AND THEN TYPE IN YOUR COUNTRY, THANK YOU. 

 I ALWAYS PACK WITH EXTRA STIFF CARD, BUBBLE WRAP, AND PROTECTED CORNERS !!!

ALSO FOR OVERSEAS I ALSO PACK VERY WELL WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROTECTION FOR YOUR ALBUMS SAFETY IN SHIPPING, SO SINGLE ALBUMS WILL WEIGH OVER 500gms WHICH COSTS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN UNDER 500gms, BUT I AM SURE YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR ALBUM IN THE SAME CONDITION AS WHEN I PACKED IT !!! IF IT FALLS BELOW 500gms, I WILL REFUND YOU THE DIFFERENCE.