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LIVE ALBUM RECORDED PARIS 1970

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

ORIGINAL 1970 PARANOID LP

Evil Woman 7" single on Fontana

Evil Woman seven inch single (1970)

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Ronnie, Tony and Geezer several times and collected their autographs on my original vinyl copy of Heaven and Hell. I never met Bill but a friend’s uncle is Paul Clark who was Sabbath’s road manager in the early 80s .
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Black Sabbath Vol.4 on vinyl

ORIGINAL 1970 PARANOID LP

DOUBLE LIVE ALBUM RECORDED 1977

A side - 'Neon Knights' B side - 'Children of the Sea' (live) From the album 'Heaven and Hell', first album with Ronnie James Dio on vocals.

Vertigo 6350 050, August 1971, the "box" edition with poster.

I met Dio and Vinny at their London hotel during the last ever Heaven & Hell (band) UK dates when they signed my original copy of Mob Rules. That was the last time I saw Ronnie.

DOUBLE ALBUM RECORDED BETWEEN 1975-78

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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A side - 'Hard Road' B side - 'Symptom of the Universe' on purple vinyl

Gillan single from 1981. Gillan played with Black Sabbath for a year, replacing Ronnie James Dio as vocalist in 1983.

Lightning to the Nations lp

'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' on vinyl

This 7" lovingly sits alongside my collection of European picture sleeve 45s.

Black Sabbath, ‘Master of Reality’ (1971)

Diamond Head ‘Lightning to the Nations’ LP (1980) - only 1000 copies released through Happy Face Records

A side - 'Paranoid' B side - 'The Wizard'

'Paranoid' single on vinyl