The Archive

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

DOUBLE LIVE ALBUM RECORDED 1977

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

Vertigo records - Children of the Grave acetate

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

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

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

Evil Woman 7" single on Fontana

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

7” label sampler of vertigo acts inc black sabbath

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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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 !

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

Black Sabbath Vol.4 on vinyl

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

'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' on vinyl

LIVE ALBUM RECORDED PARIS 1970

ORIGINAL 1970 PARANOID LP

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.

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.

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

In house acetate promo for Warner Brother – USA acetate