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DOUBLE ALBUM RECORDED BETWEEN 1975-78

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 !

Paranoid pre production 17” acetate records

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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'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' on vinyl

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

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!

'Paranoid' single on vinyl

Vertigo 6350 050, August 1971, the "box" edition with poster.

Only 100 pressed back in 1972. On the other side there is Status Quo with 'Roadhouse Blues'. I bought this at a record fair in Brighton in 1980, for £15.

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

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.

Vertigo in house 4 track sampler for vol4 acetate

“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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ORIGINAL 1972 VOL 4

Evil Woman 7" single on Fontana

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

Lightning to the Nations lp

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

Paranoid coloured vinyl -Lebanon