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

Vertigo in house 4 track sampler for vol4 acetate

Paranoid pre production 17” acetate records

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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“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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7” label sampler of vertigo acts inc black sabbath

Black Sabbath Vol.4 on vinyl

Vertigo records - Children of the Grave acetate

'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' on vinyl

ORIGINAL 1972 VOL 4

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

'Paranoid' single on vinyl

LIVE ALBUM RECORDED PARIS 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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ORIGINAL 1970 PARANOID LP

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

In house vertigo records acetate for Into the Void , edited for a 7” single which was never released

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

South African only acetate for a compilation record that was never released. Gallo records are the vertigo records arm in South Africa

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

Black Sabbath, ‘Master of Reality’ (1971)

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