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ORIGINAL 1972 VOL 4

Black Sabbath is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Released on 13 February 1970 in the United Kingdom, and later on 1 June 1970 in the United States, the album reached number eight on the UK Albums Chart and has .
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Evil Woman seven inch single (1970)

Black Sabbath, ‘Master of Reality’ (1971)

Various formats and releases of the debut album. Different labels and countries etc.

Only 100 pressed back in 1972. On the other side there is Status Quo with 'Roadhouse Blues'. I bought this at a record fair in Brighton in 1980, for £15.

Swiss only record club record , usually a uk vinyl pressing , there are bootlegs also , but they have different matrix no’s and the back of sleeve has pen marks by a couple of tracks , which shown the copy they used to bootleg had .
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South African only acetate for a compilation record that was never released. Gallo records are the vertigo records arm in South Africa

In house acetate promo for Warner Brother – USA acetate

Vertigo records acetate – promo only mix of a proposed single release that never happened .

Hyper rare Chilean picture sleeve for Paranoid – only 100 made . Re released recently by Bnb for the ten years war boxset . also stock sleeve Chilean , which is unusually blue plastic . also it’s a mono mix !

In house vertigo records acetate for Into the Void , edited for a 7” single which was never released

Paranoid pre production 17” acetate records