Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Label: |
Vertigo – 847 903 VTY |
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Country: |
UK |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Doom Metal |
Tracklist
| A1 | Black Sabbath | 6:22 | |
| A2 | The Wizard | 4:25 | |
| A3 | Behind The Wall Of Sleep | 3:37 | |
| A4 | N.I.B. | 6:07 | |
| B1 | Evil Woman, Don't Play Your Games With Me | 3:27 | |
| B2 | Sleeping Village | 3:46 | |
| B3 | Warning | 10:33 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Vertigo
- Produced For – Tony Hall Enterprises
- Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc Ltd.
Credits
- Bass Guitar – Geezer Butler
- Design, Photography By – Keef (4)
- Drums – Bill Ward
- Engineer – Tom Allom
- Lead Guitar – Tony Iommi
- Producer – Roger Bain*
- Vocals, Harmonica – Ossie Osborne*
Notes
Produced by Roger Bain of Tuesday Productions, for Tony Hall Enterprises.
The 2nd UK press with ''swirl'' Vertigo big logo above spindle hole and the wording ''Vertigo'' below spindle hole but no 'A PHILIPS RECORD PRODUCT' text under.
Compared to the 3rd UK press, in this issue ‘BLACK SABBATH’ it is slightly moved to the right than the wording ‘VERTIGO’. ‘VO6 847 903 VTY’ and below ‘847 903 2Y’ lines are farther from the edg and decentralized. The last line is moved farther to the right than the other two above.
As the first issue, this second issue comes in a gatefold cover and with classic Vertigo ''swirl'' inner bag. The gatefold cover is slightly textured compared to later issues and the different upper-case only credits on inner gatefold.
Vertigo inner sleeve reports: 'MADE IN ENGLAND British Patent No. 800513 & 973939 - PLASTIC BAGS CAN BE DANGEROUS - TO AVOID SUFFOCATION KEEP THOS BAG AWAY FROM BABIES AND CHILDREN'.
The second issue (this release) and subsequent ''swirl'' Vertigo reissues has the corrected copyright warning “Copyright subsists in all Vertigo recordings…”, instead the first issue had the erroneous copyright warning “Copyright subsists in all Stereo recordings…”.
The second (this release) and first issue had band member and production credits in capital letters throughout. Subsequent ''swirl'' Vertigo reissues changed all credits into upper and lower case and also adds in composition and publishing credits.
All issues released on the ''swirl'' Vertigo all mis-spell Ozzy Osbourne as Ossie Osborne.
The 4th UK press
The 2nd UK press with ''swirl'' Vertigo big logo above spindle hole and the wording ''Vertigo'' below spindle hole but no 'A PHILIPS RECORD PRODUCT' text under.
Compared to the 3rd UK press, in this issue ‘BLACK SABBATH’ it is slightly moved to the right than the wording ‘VERTIGO’. ‘VO6 847 903 VTY’ and below ‘847 903 2Y’ lines are farther from the edg and decentralized. The last line is moved farther to the right than the other two above.
As the first issue, this second issue comes in a gatefold cover and with classic Vertigo ''swirl'' inner bag. The gatefold cover is slightly textured compared to later issues and the different upper-case only credits on inner gatefold.
Vertigo inner sleeve reports: 'MADE IN ENGLAND British Patent No. 800513 & 973939 - PLASTIC BAGS CAN BE DANGEROUS - TO AVOID SUFFOCATION KEEP THOS BAG AWAY FROM BABIES AND CHILDREN'.
The second issue (this release) and subsequent ''swirl'' Vertigo reissues has the corrected copyright warning “Copyright subsists in all Vertigo recordings…”, instead the first issue had the erroneous copyright warning “Copyright subsists in all Stereo recordings…”.
The second (this release) and first issue had band member and production credits in capital letters throughout. Subsequent ''swirl'' Vertigo reissues changed all credits into upper and lower case and also adds in composition and publishing credits.
All issues released on the ''swirl'' Vertigo all mis-spell Ozzy Osbourne as Ossie Osborne.
The 4th UK press
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): none
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 847 903 2Y
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): V0 6 1Y * 1 420 13 5
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): V0 6 2Y * 1 420 12 I.
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): V0 6 1Y * 1 420 12 12
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): V0 6 2Y * 1 420 12 C
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): V0 6 1Y * 1 420 1 3 1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): V0 6 2Y * 1 420 1 2 9
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): V0 6 1Y * 1 420 12 8
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): V0 6 2Y * 1 420 12 1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): V0 6 1Y * 1 420 12 12
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): V0 6 2Y * 1 420 12 9
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): V0 6 1Y * 1 420 12 20
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): V0 6 2Y * 1 420 12 20
Other Versions (5 of 512)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Black Sabbath (LP, Album, Stereo, Phonodisc Ltd. Pressing, Gatefold) | Vertigo | VO 6, 847 903 VTY | UK | 1970 | |||
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Black Sabbath (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Vertigo | VO 6, 847 903 VTY | 1970 | |||
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Black Sabbath (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Vertigo | VO 6, 847 903 VTY, 847.903 VTY | 1970 | |||
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Black Sabbath (LP, Album, Record Made In Italy ) | Vertigo | VO 6, 847 903 VTY | UK & Europe | 1970 | ||
| Black Sabbath (LP, Album, Pitman Pressing) | Warner Bros. Records | WS 1871, 1871 | US | 1970 |
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Reviews
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Edited 10 months agoOne of the best sounding records in my collection. The sound on this is massive. Balls all the way down to the floor. Airy, tight, punchy... Amazing! Like my RL Led Zepp II, if not a tad better -
My copy fits the description of a UK 3rd pressing with exception of one detail on the labels: the ‘Black Sabbath’ text which appears slightly to right of centre of ‘Vertigo’ text beneath it. This suggests more I have a 2nd pressing. But the sleeve does not have the upper case text, implying the sleeve is from 3rd pressing run - although it easily could have been released that way rather than being mixed by owners in subsequent years.
The big pity is that someone swapped the Vertigo swirl inner sleeve for what looks like a standard 1970s Polydor inner. However, as I picked up this VG+ pretty clean sounding copy at a VIP record fair for about £6 in 1999, I’m pretty happy with it! -
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