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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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.
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.
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
Diamond Head ‘Lightning to the Nations’ LP (1980) - only 1000 copies released through Happy Face Records
Harvey Smith describes a night out at Tavern In The Town, a rock pub in Wolverhampton.
Check out the spelling on the HEADLESS CROSS picture disc album. 'Devil And Daugther' ! I would like to know if anyone has a copy with the correct spelling (Daughter). Now, that would be rare!
“Turn Up the Night” is the first song of the Black Sabbath’s album Mob Rules. It reached number #37 and #24 in the UK/US charts, respectively.
In a radio interview the band revealed that the four-beat hi-hat cymbal intro was simply a time-setter and was supposed .
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