The mid 60s North Birmingham Blues scene
Various Birmingham blues band business cards.
Various Birmingham blues band business cards.
Gig advert from Birmingham Mail, Saturday 23rd November 1968
Dennis Wheatley novel
Mothers Posters (1969-1970) - a selection of 5 posters.
An actual membership card, not a scan.
Flyer for a gig at The Pokey Hole blues club, Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK on 1st August 1969
Advert for the opening of Henry's Blueshouse
Brownie & Sonny LP (1965).
Harry Barber's memories of Music Machine are more detailed than Ozzy's account on page 49 of the autobiography I Am Ozzy.
Photographs of Harry Barber (1964 & 1966)
Melody Maker article 9th November 1968
The Kinks ' You Really Got Me' 7" single (1964). Credited by many as being one of the first 'heavy metal' songs.
Blues Folk Festival poster
Mothers t shirt
Bootleg Album Cover - Zeppelin Live at Blueberry Hill
Various band business cards (1967-1969)
The Electric Guitar Amplifier Handbook by Jack Darr (1966)
This Jacket is certainly one of the coolest historical Black Sabbath items ever ! The jacket was bought by Tony Iommi in 1969 and wore it out through Sabbath's early tours adding stickers and patches along the way.The Jacket was donated by Tony Iommi to Hard Rock and is currently in display at Hard Rock in Berlin,Germany.
Pages from Birmingham Central Library archives.
To the Devil a Daughter - Dennis Wheatley (1968)
Ozzy first band recordings found from 1966
As part of the Metal on Film programme 1-4th September 2011 the Italian cut of the film that Black Sabbath take their name from was screened.