1st UK issue
Vertigo ''large swirl'' label - with the wording ''Vertigo'' credited below the spindle hole on B-side label.
Matte gatefold sleeve - with the credits mentioning ''Management / Jim Simpson, Big Bear, Birmingham''
This was withdrawn almost immidiately after it was issued, due to contractual disputes between the band and Big Bear.
2nd UK issue was immidiately released without management credits inside gatefold sleeve. This is the only difference between 1st and 2nd UK issue. 2nd UK issue here: [r4075761]
Read about it here: https://rarerecordscollector.com/vertigo/6360-011-black-sabbath-paranoid/
Catalogue number 6360 011 appears on B-side label, spine and rear of sleeve above VO PRICE CODE.
Recorded at Regent Sound and Island Studios.
All compositions published by Essex Music Int. Ltd.
℗1970
Note:
There is no break in between the tracks "Hand of Doom" and "Rat Salad" - i.e. looks as though there are only three tracks on B-side of the record when there are actually four (see pic).
Runouts on all variants are stamped, typical for Phonodisc cuts and pressings.
