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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.
Pages from Birmingham Central Library archives.
Mothers Posters (1969-1970) - a selection of 5 posters.
Mothers membership card (1968)
Midnight City membership card
To the Devil a Daughter - Dennis Wheatley (1968)
Mothers t shirt
Laney Amp
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.
Advert for the opening of Henry's Blueshouse
Photographs from Henry’s Blueshouse (1968-72)
One of the most interesting items from the 40 Years of Heavy Metal and Its Unique Birth Place Exhibition.
Roosevelt Sykes 7 inch EP (1963)
Flyer for gig by Earth 1st August (1969)
The Kinks ' You Really Got Me' 7" single (1964). Credited by many as being one of the first 'heavy metal' songs.
Midland Beat Feb 1964
Various Birmingham blues band business cards.
Champion Jack Dupree on stage at Henry's Blues House, upstairs at The Crown, Hill Street, Birmingham.
Blues Folk Festival poster
Original Laney purchase ledger (approx 1968-69)
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
This is a photo of Earth or Black Sabbath on stage.
Rhythm & Blues All Stars LP (1966)
The Levi Set Blues Group Band business card (1965-67). The band were managed by Norman Hood who would later go on to be involved with Judas Priest as well as other bands.
