Black Sabbath/Earth gig flyer 1st August 1969
Flyer for a gig at The Pokey Hole blues club, Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK on 1st August 1969
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Henry's Blueshouse advert 26th November 1968
Advert for gig at Henry's Blues House on 26th November 1968
Gig advert Sunday 24th November 1968
Gig advert from Birmingham Mail, Saturday 23rd November 1968
Henry’s Blueshouse membershipcard
Henry's Bueshouse membership card
Folk Blues Festival 1965
Blues Folk Festival poster
Birmingham and the Blues
Keith Law is a gigging musician and song writer now based in the west country. In the mid – late 60s he was Birmingham based. Around this time he came into contact with Robert Plant and the Band of Joy. In this oral history clip .
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Velvett Fogg
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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Mothers T shirt
Mothers t shirt
Music Machine: the drummer's story
Harry Barber's memories of Music Machine are more detailed than Ozzy's account on page 49 of the autobiography I Am Ozzy.
Mothers membership card
An actual membership card, not a scan.
The mid 60s North Birmingham Blues scene
Various Birmingham blues band business cards.
Champion Jack Dupree on stage at Henry's Blueshouse
Champion Jack Dupree on stage at Henry's Blues House, upstairs at The Crown, Hill Street, Birmingham.
Very 'eavy at Mothers (1969)
Harvest Records Launch Night Invite (1969): Invite for Harvest Records launch shindig at Mothers.
Park Lane, Aston
Pages from Birmingham Central Library archives.
Midnight City
Midnight City membership card
Dennis Wheatley novel
Dennis Wheatley novel
Mothers Poster 3/5/1969
Taste poster from Mothers Vibration Society
Midland Beat
Midland Beat Feb 1964
Titus Oates
Dont Know if this will interest you,Iwas in a band called Titus Oates, bluesy band doing the circuit in Brum in the late sixties, we used to do the same gigs as Black Sabath. Lots of people remember us and the best gig we did was the Alhambra back of new st, other members were Dave Fear on Drums Ron Braid Vocals John Hankin on bass and me on guitar Met Robert Plant etc
Tony Iommi Patchwork Jacket
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.
Tre volti della paura – aka Black Sabbath film
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.
Brum Beat – Decca Records, 1964
One of two records called BRUM BEAT released in 1964.
