BLACK SABBATH Mob Rules (1981 Japanese 9-track vinyl LP with picture/credits insert featuring Japanese text bio backed with lyrics in English text. The follow up to the brilliiant Heaven & Hell and second & last album featuring the late greatRonnie James Dio until his return to the band for '92's Dehumanizer, produced by the hard rock go-to man at the controls Martin Birch, and including the epic Sign of the Southern Cross. Heavy card pasted single-pocket picture sleeve featuringstriking artwork from Greg Hildebrandt's 1971 Dream 1: Crucifiers. The sleeve on this copy is graded VG+/EX- as there has been [an extremely neatlly applied] small section of tape-reinforcement over a small split just to the top edge towards the opending edge which also covers a tiny nick of surface paper loss on the back, this is minimal however and as mentioned the split has been very well re-secured, seam splits being quite common for this type of heavy card pocket sleeve design, the extreme corners have the tiniest of rubbing if we're getting technical but other than that the cover is in great condition, strong in shape with glorious bright, vivid colours, pasted back panel full intact and near perfect spine, still nice on the eyes and in the hands. What's more, the insert is near mint, the labels look untouched and the vinyl remains near 'as new' - overall nice example and a fabulous play copy #25PP-36)