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Black Box: Complete Original (1970-1978) Black Sabbath CD
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  • Artist: Black Sabbath
  • UPC: 081227392321
  • Item Number: RMB739232
  • Release date: 04/27/2004
  • 1. Black Sabbath
  • 2. The Wizard
  • 3. Wasp/Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Bassically/N.I.B.
  • 4. Wicked World
  • 5. A Bit Of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning
  • 6. Evil
  • 7. War Pigs/Luke's Wall
  • 8. Paranoid
  • 9. Planet Caravan
  • 10. Iron Man
  • 11. Electric Funeral
  • 12. Hand Of Doom
  • 13. Rat Salad
  • 14. Jack The Stripper/Fairies Wear Boots
  • 15. Sweet Leaf
  • 16. After Forever
  • 17. Embryo
  • 18. Children of The Grave
  • 19. Orchid
  • 20. Lord Of This World
  • 21. Solitude
  • 22. Into The Void
  • 23. Wheels Of Confusion/The Straightener
  • 24. Tomorrow's Dream
  • 25. Changes
  • 26. FX
  • 27. Supernaut
  • 28. Snowblind
  • 29. Cornucopia
  • 30. Laguna Sunrise
  • 31. St. Vitus' Dance
  • 32. Under The Sun/Every Day Comes And Goes
  • 33. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
  • 34. A National Acrobat
  • 35. Fluff
  • 36. Sabbra Cadabra
  • 37. Killing Yourself To Live
  • 38. Who Are you?
  • 39. Looking For Today
  • 40. Spiral Architect
  • 41. Hole In The Sky
  • 42. Don't Start (Too Late)
  • 43. Symptom Of The Universe
  • 44. Magalomania
  • 45. The Thrill Of It All
  • 46. Supertzar
  • 47. Am I Going Insane (Radio)
  • 48. The Writ
  • 49. Back Street Kids
  • 50. You Won't Change Me
  • 51. It's Alright
  • 52. Gypsy
  • 53. All Moving Parts (Stand Still)
  • 54. Rock 'N' Roll Doctor
  • 55. She's Gone
  • 56. Dirty Women
  • 57. Never Say Die
  • 58. Johnny Blade
  • 59. Junior's Eyes
  • 60. A Hard Road
  • 61. Shock Wave
  • 62. Air Dance
  • 63. Over To You
  • 64. Breakout
  • 65. Swinging The Chain
  • 66. Black Sabbath (Promo Clip)
  • 67. Paranoid (Live At The Beat Club)
  • 68. Iron Man (Live At The Beat Club)
  • 69. Blue Suede Shoes (Live)
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Black Box: Complete Original (1970-1978) by Black Sabbath on CD


Everybody knows that Black Sabbath's legacy rests on their first four albums -- after that, they lost their luster, or more precisely their mythic power. At their peak, which is how they are remembered, Sabbath were all about myth and power. Their very name had an ominous resonance, capturing their murky, foreboding sound perfectly. Taken at face value, the lyrics sung by Ozzy Osbourne were ridiculous, but delivered in his banshee wail and supported by the oozing, primeval sludge of the band, they could sound positively frightening, the last testament of man slowly being pulled into the dark corners of hell (there's something about their music that lends itself to florid writing, as well). That sound was intact on their 1970 debut, and it seemingly came out of nowhere. Sure, some psychedelic and acid rock bands were heavy, but nobody approached the gloom of Black Sabbath, nobody had the same sense of dread. Decades later, after years of airplay, after years of imitators, after their innovations have been assimilated, their music still sounds out of time, still sounds crushingly heavy and dark. Of course, that sentiment doesn't apply to all of the music Black Sabbath made -- Osbourne left the band in 1978 and the band was never quite the same, but truth be told, Sabbath lost their mythic power long before Ozzy went solo. Starting with 1973's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, the group began to stretch out a bit on their albums, giving guitarist Tony Iommi acoustic spotlights, weaving synthesizers into their tapestry of doom, gradually opening up the sound of their records so much that they no longer had their mystique. They still could sound like Sabbath, but they didn't much feel like Sabbath anymore, particularly on their last two LPs with Ozzy, 1976's Technical Ecstasy and 1978's Never Say Die! This is the part of Sabbath history fans conveniently forget when they celebrate the original lineup, bu
  • Artist: Black Sabbath
  • UPC: 081227392321
  • Item Number: RMB739232
  • Release date: 04/27/2004
  • Label: Wea/Rhino

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  • Black Box: Complete Original (1970-1978) Black Sabbath CD
Black Box: Complete Original (1970-1978) Black Sabbath CD