The Archive

Vertigo records acetate – promo only mix of a proposed single release that never happened .

DOUBLE ALBUM RECORDED BETWEEN 1975-78

Heaven & Hell : Radio City Music Hall Box Set signed by Ronnie James Dio backstage at Birmingham academy ,UK on 27/05/2008.

Vertigo in house 4 track sampler for vol4 acetate

'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' on vinyl

Paranoid coloured vinyl -Lebanon

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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Not all the biographies mention that after Mythology disappeared in a puff of smoke sometime in the first half of 1968, Tony Iommi was involved in a band called Velvett Fogg. The band would eventually record an album with Tony’s cousin on guitar. Very .
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Evil Woman seven inch single (1970)

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.

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

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.

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

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

Hyper rare Chilean picture sleeve for Paranoid – only 100 made . Re released recently by Bnb for the ten years war boxset . also stock sleeve Chilean , which is unusually blue plastic . also it’s a mono mix !

Full audio recording

Misspent youth...and pocket money (just kiddin', every penny was well spent)

3 track 7” in-house acetate sampler got paranoid album

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!