BLACK SABBATH Fan Club

BLACK SABBATH FAN CLUB DEUTSCHLAND

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The german BLACK SABBATH Fan Club active since april 1994 with official
permission and support by the band management. A fanzine called "Children
Of The SABBATH" is send to a member about 5-7 times per year. Also you
can get official BLACK SABBATH live photos and the newest information
about the band. Everything is in German! Now available in English. For a
complete info paper send stamped and self-addressed envelop or 2 I.R.C.s to:
BLACK SABBATH Fan Club Deutschland
c/o Alexander Rack
Postlagernd
14171 Berlin
Germany
Tel/FAX: (+49) (030) 824 67 99

BLACK SABBATH Fan Club Deutschland

THANKS GOD IT'S SABBATH

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A BLACK SABBATH Fanzine in French language. Only interviews since
issue #5 are printed in French and in English. The 'zine comes in
great size. Volume I (28 pages), Volume II (28 pages), Volume III
(28 p), Volume IV (46 pages), Volume V (40 pages) and Volume VI
(40 pages) are available as back issues. For any details write at:
Thierry Bauwens
5 rue Fernel
80500 Montdidier
FRANCE

THE HAUNTED CASTLE



Famous story that happened during the recordings for 'SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH'
was when BLACK SABBATH went to an old English castle where they planned to
perform and maybe to record a little bit.

Strange things happened in the first night. Ozzy felt asleep in a room with
a fireplace. A piece of burning coal felt off the fireplace and the whole room
starts to burn. Ozzy escaped in the last minute. Later on they saw an unknown
person which walked in a room. They followed him but the room was empty and
only door out was locked from the inside. The Ozzy, Geezer, Bill and Tony
started to tell each other horrifiying stories.

In the end all were so scared that they had to leave the castle the same night.

THE BLACK CAT



The mystical side of BLACK SABBATH often centered around the presence of Geezer
Butler. From a child, Geezer had psychic abilities and many of his dreams would
become reality the next day.

On one occasion during the early '70s when Geezer was heavily into the occult,
Ozzy gave him a hand written book some 400 years old. When Geezer took the
ancient book home he had the most frightening experience of his life. A black cat
just appeared in front of him. As he turned back to the book, he found that it had
simply disappeared. Geezer said "It freaked me out, I knew it wasn't a cat - I knew
what it was".

BRANDS HATCH



After a drunken night out, Ian Gillen decided to race a brand new Granada, belonging
to Paul, the then SABBATH tour manager, around a grand prix go-kart track. After
umpteen laps he struck a rock and flipped the machine over leaving it upside down,
completely written off.

Ian left a note on the message board saying "Dear Paul, I've left the Granada down
on the go-kart track and the keys are in it!" Paul was so angry when he discovered
his pride and joy wrecked that he poured petrol over Ian's boat, set it alight and
torched it in true Hawaiin funeral tradition down a nearby canal!

THE HEADLESS CROSS


Derby suffered several times from the plague, perhaps being worst
affected in 1592 when 464 people perished. Local farmers refused to
trade with the townspeople and it is said that grass grew in the Market
Place from lack of people and business. As the plague continued, it was
feared that there would be a famine until, at last, farmers in the
surrounding countryside agreed to trade with the people of the town
under the condition that money for the payment of provisions was left in
bowls of vinegar at the Headless Cross on Nun's Green. The farmers
returned later to collect their money.

This also from Pete Scott
From: Peter Scott

Subject: Headless Cross

Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 08:24:45 +0100

>What the hell is a "headless cross," anyway? Is it this: T or this: I

It's a town in the West Midlands (near Redditch... near Birmingham) nothing
more sinister than that - sorry!

I went there once (one Saturday afternoon when I had nothing else better to
do). There's nothing there!

We did go to a public library and found out where the name comes from. It
comes from a mispronunciation of Headley's Cross - Headley being a Saxon
land owner of that area in the distant past.

Tony Martin wrote the lyrics to that song, he wrote it about a plague that
wiped out the population of Alvechurch (near Redditch... near Birmingham)
but poetic license decided that using Headless Cross instead sounded more
Sabbath.

Pete. (Pete Scott)

In addition to Pete's answer, there is a picture of the cross on the front of the Headless Cross
album and a picture of the cross now headless on the back

http://www.black-SABBATH.com/signup.html

On Planet Caravan, Ozzy is the vocalist. This reference from BSAS vol 3.
The effect used on the vocal is best known as the "Leslie" rotating speaker effect.

On Solitude, Ozzy is the vocalist. Reference BSAS vol. 2 p. 21.

Listen to the song "Journey To The Center Of Eternity" from

Bark At The Moon to hear Ozzy sing in this style.

The vocals on "SWINGING THE CHAIN" ('NEVER SAY DIE', 1978) are definitely
done by Bill Ward. That is mentioned by Mark Jones (the secretary of Bill
Ward) in a french BLACK SABBATH Fanzine "Thanks God It's SABBATH Volume 6"
and by Tony Iommi in "Guitar World", Volume 13 No.8, August 1992 (look at
'Prime Cuts With Tony Iommi'). This was the second time Bill was featured
on a full track as the vocalist. Reference BSAS Vol. 2 p.21

For many years Geezer Butler has been credited with singing backup on Hard Road.
This source of information was from the BSAS 1990.

In a relatively recent interview (1998) Tony Iommi confessed to also singing backup
with Geezer on this track. This interview might be found at Joe Seigler's Black Sabbath page.

It's Alright was Bill Ward's first full track on a SABBATH album as vocalist not counting the
inner groove outtake "Blow On A Jug". One source for this information is BSAS vol 2.

NECROMANDUS - OREXIS OF DEATH

Tony Iommi does some guitar work on this besides producing it.

CATHEDRAL - CARNIVAL BIZARRE

Tony Iommi plays a guitar solo on track three.
Mathew Hopkins is also a very good track on this cd.

BOBBY HARRISON - FUNKIST

Tony Iommi plays a guitar on two tracks.

DIAMOND HEAD - DEATH AND PROGRESS

Tony Iommi plays a guitar solo on the first track.

TWANG! - A TRIBUTE TO HANK MARVIN & THE SHADOWS

Tony Iommi plays the third track WONDERFUL LAND.

FORCEFIELD - FORCEFIELD (1987, Vemsa, VLP-267 [E-30.1479], President)

Drums: Cozy Powell, Guitar: Ray Fenwick, Lead Vocals: Pete Prescott,
Bass: Mo Foster, Keyboards: Nick Magnus and Ray Fenwick, Backing Vocals: Barry St. John
Guest appearance: Neil Murray (bass) and Chris Cozens (keyboards)

FORCEFIELD II - The TALISMAN (1988, Vemsa, VLP-330 [E-30.1756], President)

Drums: Cozy Powell, Guitar: Ray Fenwick and Jan Akkerman, Keyboards:
Chris Cozens, Bass: Lawrence Cottle, Vocals: Tony Martin and Barry St. John

GUITAR SPEAK II ('No Speak' Label, Cat No EIRSA 1025)

An instrumental sampler only with guitarists. Tony Iommi appears with
one track called 'MIRANHA' which means 'Goddess Of Death'.

KERMIT - KERMIT UNPIGGED

Ozzy Osbourne recorded together with Miss Piggy the classic Steppenwolf
track 'BORN TO BE WILD' for that sampler.

LITA FORD - LITA

Lita Fords comeback album from 1988 includes a duet with Ozzy Osbourne
and the beautiful ballad 'CLOSE MY EYES FOREVER'. This song was also
released as single which reach the US Top 10 Single Charts.

MOTORHEAD - MARCH OR DIE

Lemmy and Ozzy Osbourne are singing together the track 'AIN'T NO NICE GUY'.

BILL WARD worked with a project called Blue Thunder but there is no official release.
He also appears in a video by the rock group Trouble.

BILL WARD - WARD ONE: ALONG THE WAY

Bill Wards first solo album includes guest appearance by Ozzy Osbourne
on two tracks. It also includes Jack Bruce ex-Cream on two tracks.

BILL WARD - WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS

Bill Wards second solo album.

G//Z/R - PLASTIC PLANET


Geezer Butler's first released solo album. Has Burton C. Bell,
Pedro House on guitar and Castrono on drums.

GEEZER - BLACK SCIENCE


Geezer Butler's second released solo album. Has Clark Brown on vocals,
Pedro House on guitar and Castrono on drums.

BIOHAZARD - AFTER FOREVER

The video for that song shows Bill Ward together with Biohazard.

QUEEN - FREDDY MERCURY TRIBUTE CONCERT

Tony Iommi had a small guest appearance on that concert. He played the
main riff for one song.

Erm.. I have no evidence at all for this opinion, but I thought NIB
stood for Name In Blood, nib being the quill pen you were signing with.
Perhaps?.....

Geezer finally cleared this up in THE
BLACK SABBATH STORY VOL I, saying that Bill Ward had a beard that looked like
a pen nib. So they started calling him Nibby and somehow the name got attached
to the song. The name had nothing to do with the song - Geezer

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41. Live Evil video? 41. Live Evil video?


In the live album "Live Evil" Dio mentions that the concert is not only being recorded but they are filming it as well. Does anyone know if that video does exist or is it forever lost in some vault somewhere? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Answer:
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 17:39:35 +0200 (EET)
Subject: Live Evil video, Vinny
From: Tapio Keihanen

> From: "PETER KASNESTIS"
> Subject: Live Evil TV Broadcast
> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 19:47:46 PST
>
> Fellow SABHEADS, Does anyone know if the LIVE EVIL CONCERT was shown on
> MTV? I'm trying to find someone who has that MOB RULES TOUR on video. I
> remember Dio saying, "Not only are we filming this but this will also be a
> live album from BLACK SABBATH". What ever happened to that filming? (SAB-HEAD PETE)

I don't think those tapes ever saw the light. I'm fairly sure they were
going to release a live video along with the live album, but as Ronnie and
Vinny left the band, those plans were scrapped.

-- There was no one Live Evil concert as the album is a compilation of three different concerts.
Another question that is being asked is when will the Birmingham video be released?
The standard answer is there are no plans to do so. With the 1999 concert tour started
it would not be a smart business move to release it until after the tour was over.
Additionally most of the reunion tour was being recorded on video, possibly for inclusion with the Birmingham video.
So don't expect to see it until after the tour, if at all.

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42. any audio/video exist w/sabbath and Dave Donato? 42. any audio/video exist w/sabbath and Dave Donato?


Dave Donato was in Sabbath just long enough to get a promotional picture taken which can be seen
in one of the volumes of the BSAS. The lineup would have been all original Sabbath except for the singer position.
Dave gave an interview to Kerrang which cut his chance to be the singer
The answer to this question is no, but there is another recording available(Not with Sabbath) with Dave Donato, see below.



From: "Maciej"
Newsgroups: alt.music.black-sabbath
Subject: Re: tapes w/dd
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 09:45:13 +0200

They(Dave Donato and other musicians) did a demo produced by Spencer Proffer. haven't seen it up for trade
anywhere.

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43. When was "Live at Last" recorded? 43. When was "Live at Last" recorded?



-On the back of the CD, it says "All tracks published by Westminster Music, Ltd. 1970 & composed by Iommi, Ward, Butler, Osbourne except track 3 by Black Sabbath." The date, 1970, has to be wrong because on the recording, right before "Snowblind", Ozzy says that they are going to play a song off their "Volume 4" album (released in 1972.) I also assume that the reason track 3 ("Killing Yourself to Live") was listed as produced by Sabbath is either because the lyrics differ from the recorded version or the recording is from right after "Volume 4" was released, which means that "Killing Yourself to Live" wasn't even published yet. -"Live at Last" , if I get it right from the repackaged edition, was recorded in 1973 and I quote "Recorded live in Manchester and at The Rainbow, London". The live version of "Killing yourself to live" from "live at last" was recorded before the song was released on "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". The album was originally released on NEMS, it was later released by Castle.
The album cover is normally a satelite over the surface of the moon.

The recordings are

Sun 03-11-1973 Manchester (Hard Rock) tracks 1-5
Fri 03-16-1973 London (The Rainbow) tracks 6-9
Source: Necromancer - Orexis of Death with Black Sabbath tour poster inner sleeve.

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44. The Artwork 44. The Artwork



"I never thought of the artwork being named before, does anyone know if the
other covers have names etc Also on the subject of cover artwork, do any of
the covers share the same artists?"
The first three albums all had some artwork by Marcus Keef.
BLACK SABBATH - The Witch cover picture.
PARANOID - The War Pig cover picture.
MASTER OF REALITY - The "bonus" Poster which was dropped from later pressings.
Keef employed false colour landscape photography.
Keef's other legendary LP covers include those by Affinity, Zior, Beggar's Opera, Robin Lent and Assagai.

MASTER OF REALITY and VOL 4 covers were both done by The Bloomsbury Group.

Album cover of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

The Painting

The album cover for "SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH" is entitled "The Rape of Christ" -
It was painted by Drew Struzen who later painted the movie ad painting for the original Star Wars.

Many points and opinions from the news letter about the album cover (including Ozzy's comments):

"The front of the cover represents a man dying on his deathbed," explained Ozzy. "there are all these distorted figures bending over him and gloating as he lies there. These figures are actually him at different stages of his life. He's a man of greed, a man who's wanted everything all his life and done all this evil stuff. But flip the album over, and the back represents the good side of life. The person dying on the bed has been really good to people. He's got all these beautiful people crying over him as he's dying. At the bottom of the bed, he has two tame lions guarding him. All in all, this represents the good and bad of everything." - Ozzy on Circus Raves, January 1974

The following points are extracted from the news letter:
-This cover was done by Drew Struzan for Pacific Eye and Ear. Drew Struzen was a movie release poster artist. -According to a list member, the reverse side of the cover represents the awakening after the nightmare. -According to another, it's the two sides of the story.the front is the man's point of view, he's being tormented by demons. Meanwhile, the back is the point of view of his loved ones, who are the ones unconsciously tormenting him (it could be pro-euthanasia, but that's very unlikely due to the year) -On the back of the first poster it said that the man was awakening. -Maybe the man on the back has just recovered from a serious illness. -Maybe the man on the back is already dead or is going to die, which is why a woman turns her face away. -Things are connected between the front and back: *On the front the sexes are opposite from the back. On the front there are only 2 female demons and the rest male. On the back there are only 2 male and the rest are female. *On the back are two lions which become two rats on the front *Unsure how the snake ties into the back. * the clawed talons on the front could be interpreted 2 ways. One so strong they are making scoops in metal balls. Two, they are ripping into flesh. -Both front and back are escaping into and out of the frame for an attempt at a three dimensional look.

Interesting version of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath:
I saw an original press in a collector's shop with a gatefold sleeve!It had a photo of the band standing in an old study or library,yet they were somewhat transparent,like apparitions or ghosts haunting the place!
note: The Castle remasters contain the original artwork mentioned here.

-I don't own the original album, but SBS CD by Castle (1986) has a three-piece folding cover with the demonic image in front, peaceful image in back and the picture described in the fold.
- I picked up an import copy of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath about 15 years ago and it has the mentioned. The album is on the NEMS label, based out of London -You can get that on the Japanese remaster of SBS. The cover is however more reddish in appearance than the Warner Brothers which is more yellowish -There's a copy that opens and shows them standing in a room looking very transparent. The inside gatefold is a picture of the band superimposed on a picture of a large bedroom. the room is dominated by a large four-poster bed, with a bookcase to the left. -for those who haven't already lost interest, it is an English pressing (although i bought it in south africa, in 1974.) on the WWA label catalogue number WWA 005. They are in what appears to be an "18th" century bedroom. All the band member faces are covered by their arms crossed below their noses, except Ozzy. They are "transparent" or ghostly in appearance. The curtains at the head of the bed are open, with bright "sun" light coming through. On the left wall is a picture, maybe a 16th century, apparently a family or religious (more than likely religious). A lyric sheet was included with the record in the original release. On an album's inner sleeve, the credits are as follows: Tony plays flute and organ on Looking For Today, piano on Sabbra Cadabra and bagpipes on Spiral Architect. Geezer is credited with mellotron on Who Are You. Beside the orchestra on Spiral Architect, the only credited guest is Rick Wakeman, who plays piano and synthesizer on Sabbra Cadabra.




SABOTAGE artwork was conceived by Graham Wright and directed by Cream.

TECHNICAL ECTASCY by Hypnosis, a painting of two robots screwing.

NEVER SAY DIE was also done by Hypnosis the company who was did the famous Pink Floyd album covers (excluding The Wall). The characters on the cover of Never Say Die

Can anyone tell me who the two characters on the cover of Never Say Die are?

Opinions: - Fighter pilots -Two US airforce airmen standing around their craft,looking rather alien and sinister,in their full gear, going off to,or coming back from,war....with ghostly images of the fallen faintly visible in the sky -Ghosts, pilots who were shot dead at the war and whose spirits remain inside the machine - The pilots are either dead or not even in the suits, but the suits are still carrying on without them - Additionally the suits are of the chemical/bio hazard protection type which is also the the indicated weapon of the plane. What about the hidden images in the background? Are these images related to the album? I saw a child, and I think a grim reaper and some people. The grim reaper is on the front above the airman in yellow and is looking toward the title. There is something behind the reaper with more detail. There appear to be three to four more of these type images on the back cover. Two other interesting tidbits of information: - Sabbath were given a choice of the existing Never Say Die cover of the pilots and another choice of surgeons looking at the camera (as if the camera were a patient) The members took the plane cover, and the other cover wound up being used years later by Rainbow, on the Difficult to Cure album -The album cover art for Never Say Die! was done by Hipgnosis, the same group that did the cover art for the Led Zeppelin album "Presence," several Pink Floyd albums, and several UFO albums (among others).

HEAVEN AND HELL
Cover illustration by Lynn Curlee. Liner Illustration by Harry Carmean.

MOB RULES
Illustration: Greg Hildebrandt.
Art direction: Richard Seireeni.
Apparently it contains Satan's head in the middle and a text that says "Kill Ozzy" (supposedly, the word "Kill" can be found below the bloody sheet and "Ozzy" a little bit on the right from the sheet, below the two guys. By the way, the devil's face painted on the bloody sheets resembles Murray, the creature from Dio album covers. According to Ronnie, it is not intentional, Murray is Ronnie's and Wendy's creation.
Joe Siegler may still have a web page up about this subject.

Album cover of LIVE EVIL
Album cover concept by Paul Clark.
Art direction and design Jay Vigon.
Illustration by Stan Watts.
Photography by Mark Weiss, Pat Harbron.
It portraits the characters mentioned in their greatest songs.
Also see faq #62 "subliminal" image
BORN AGAIN
Cover design and artwork: Steve Joule.
Artwork assistant: Steve Barrett.
About the cover, Ian Gillan saw it and puked.

The Seventh Star
Art Direction/design Steve J. Gerdes. Photography by Kevin Stapleton. The original wood engraving was by Albrecht Durer.

THE ETERNAL IDOL
Art direction and design Shoot The Tiger Photography by Cindy Palmano. Based on the sculpture by Rodin of the same name.

HEADLESS CROSS
Cover design and drawings by Kevin Wimlett

TYR
Artwork/design: Satori. Photography: Andie Airfix

DEHUMANIZER
Cover illustration: Wil Rees.
Photography: Mark "Weissguy" Weiss.

CROSS PURPOSES
Design: Matt Curtis.
Photography: Peter Mountain.

FORBIDDEN
Illustration by: Paul Sample.

REUNION
Cover design and Photo Illustration: Glenn Wexler.

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45. Black Sabbath and the cartoon movie "Heavy Metal"? 45. Black Sabbath and the cartoon movie "Heavy Metal"?


Can anyone tell me anything about the cartoon "Heavy Metal"?
How Long are the Mob Rules and E5150. Are they full versions?

E5150 is just about the full version, Mob Rules is played maybe about 30 seconds.
However, on the soundtrack there is different version of Mob Rules song than what can be heard on Mob Rules album.
The song E5150 plays about one minute. "The Mob Rules" just about 45 seconds. But E5150 is not part of the soundtrack.

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46. Tony's "Tony Iommi Signature" Gibson humbucking pickups 46. Tony's "Tony Iommi Signature" Gibson humbucking pickups


In 1996 Iommi : Now I've got an Eggle guitar. It's a different sort of design. I've been in the factory working to get the shape and feel right. It will be called the Iommi Legend. I wanted them to do an SG originally. We came up with more of a contoured and bigger body so it's similar to a Paul Reed Smith, I suppose. I've got my own JD pickups, which are going to be put on the production model as well.

The pickups specially wound for Tony by John Birch were finally duplicated successfully by Gibson
after being approached by Tony at the 1996 International Music Fair (Musik Messe) in Frankfurt.
They are Gibson pick-ups with the "Patent Applied For" decal and were originally available at
Authorized Gibson Dealers for $145.95 USD (I don't know how much they cost now).
The price of the pickups in 1999 range from $189.99 U.S. List to $94.99 U.S. special Sale price, with $145.95 being the average price as stated.
The pickups are fully wax-potted against feedback, have a four-conductor lead for all wiring variations,
have a closed chrome cover, were backed by
Gibson's Limited Lifetime Warranty and 60 day "Guaranteed Gibson Quality" exchange program.
FEB 1999 Gibson to come out with Tony Iommi model SG
See http://www.iommi.com for more info.

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47. Who wrote the lyrics to "Black Sabbath"? 47. Who wrote the lyrics to "Black Sabbath"?


In the magazine Seconds, Geezer said " Ozzy came up with those lyrics about some of the experiences that I'd had.
I'd sort of dabbled in Black Magic, not practicing it, but I was interested in it. All these horrible things kept happening to me
-- a lot of my aunts and uncles started dying and I was seeing all these bloody things visiting me during the night.
I told Ozzy about all that and he wrote those lyrics as a warning about Satanism." (Seconds, #39, pg 63-64)

It was also mentioned that Bill Ward helped Ozzy write Black Sabbath. (no source)
Ozzy's first song he wrote was Who Are You?. He also wrote Am I Going Insane?. Ozzy was responsible for the majority of the melody lines of the songs. Tony Iommi wrote the song After Forever as credited on the MASTER OF REALITY album, though most Sabbath transcriptions credit all four of the original members.

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48. Iommi's guitar column 48. Iommi's guitar column


Tony Iommi has a regular column in Guitar World, starting with the latest issue, August 1997 (with Foo Fighters on the cover). In the first installment, he explained about his fingers, and then the proper way to play the intro riff to "Paranoid," emphasizing that it is played at the 12th fret, not the 7th.

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49. What does the full version of "Technical Ecstasy" include? 49. What does the full version of "Technical Ecstasy" include?


Blueprints of robots

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50. What are the alternate lyrics to "War Pigs"? 50. What are the alternate lyrics to "War Pigs"?



These can be found on Alex Rack's web page
http://www.inx.de/~ara ck/lyrics.htm

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51. "Mob Rules" and drug abuse? 51. "Mob Rules" and drug abuse?


Iommi said in an interview about Sabbath's albums that the band and the producer(Birch again) were all heavily into drugs during the recording of this album and the mix suffered as a result.

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52. The mix of "Born Again"? 52. The mix of "Born Again"?


Iommi said in a Guitar World interview that "something happened the mix after we sent it off".
Ian Gillan wrote in his biography that he reckoned Geezer Butler tampered with the master tapes
The following is Ian Gillan's response to Morten from the Ian Gillan web site.
Name: Morten
Age: 25
Country: Sweden

When you were in Black Sabbath, did you take big part in the song writing?
I've read somewhere that you're ashamed of the "Born Again" album.
Are you? You Shouldn't be. Your singing on the song "Born Again" is
wonderful, and the album is the best BS album since the Ozzy and Dio days.

Yes I did, in fact I wrote the bits I sing, i.e. the words and tunes.

I want to correct what appears to be widely misunderstood.
I loved every minute with Sabbath and
I'm very proud of the songs and music on Born Again.
What pissed me off was Geezer's 're-mix'.
Never leave any bass player on his own with a 'mix', it breaks every
natural law. I've got the original mixes at home...
Sensational.

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53. The movie "Black Sabbath"? 53. The movie "Black Sabbath"?





I Tre Volti Della Paura (1964)
A classic horror thriller comprised of three separate tales. Karloff hosts the program.
Director
Mario Bava (most famous for the movie Black Sunday(1961))
Black Sunday was also renamed Black Sabbath in some places,
so there were actually two different movies by this name by the same director.
Star
Boris Karloff (famous horror actor from the 30's to the 60's)
Mark Damon
Suzy Anderson
Featured
Jacqueline Pierruex
Star
Michele Mercier
1964 I Tre Volti Della Paura (US title Black Sabbath) (Italian) -- as himself, introducing three separate stories
- The Drop of Water -
- The Telephone -
- The Wurdalaks -
, and as the vampire Gorca in "The Wurdalak" segment
1964 horror film with Boris Karloff was a trilogy, each story lasted about half an hour. At the very beginning of the the film,Karloff says "welcome to Black Sabbath",in his typically sinister voice.

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54. Percussions on "Children of the Grave"? 54. Percussions on "Children of the Grave"?




You know that "sound" that plays for most of the main riff in CotG...it sounds like someone hitting the lid of a trash can with a stick. My question is...what exactly is it? Timbales according to Bill Ward on page 62 of Rosen's book.

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55. Who did the cover/liner artwork for "Seventh Star"? 55. Who did the cover/liner artwork for "Seventh Star"?


On Seventh Star on the Castle remaster the original Albrecht Durer engraving is included.

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56. Does Geezer use a pick or his fingers? 56. Does Geezer use a pick or his fingers?


He used his fingers, most of the time. Exceptions include "Children of the Grave", and the finish of "Iron Man", when he grabs a pick to do the fast part. More recently, such as on Cross Purposes and on his G//Z/R work, he's used a pick. (personal note: I'll have to watch when I see them this Tuesday to see if Geezer is using a pick on the Reunion Tour.) [from the newsletter]

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57. Is Geezer part of a band called Six Feet Under? 57. Is Geezer part of a band called Six Feet Under?


No. The bassist Terry Butler who has been part of Florida-based death metal bands like Six Feet Under, Massacre and the "super group" Death, is a totally different person.

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58. What are "The Rebel", "Song For Jim", and the "Black Zeppelin" jam, and can I get them? 58. What are "The Rebel", "Song For Jim", and the "Black Zeppelin" jam, and can I get them?


"The Rebel" and "Song For Jim" are a couple of ultra-rare 1969 songs from the days of when the band was called Earth, the latter song being named after their manager Jim Simpson. You can hear a short snippet of "The Rebel" on the Black Sabbath Story Volume I video (personal note: did I get these last couple sentences right? I haven't watched the video in a while). Conventional wisdom is that the Sab Four, Pete Sarfas and Jim Simpson are the only ones with copies of these songs. The other "Holy Grail" of Black Sabbath material is the "Black Zeppelin" jam, a supposed recording of members of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath playing together (which did happen - they were friends with each other, especially Bill Ward and John Bonham). This recording can't be found in trading circles either, if it even exists at all. One more bit of "legendary" recordings are demos with Dave Walker during his short time with the band in late 1977-early '78. According to Bill Ward if there are any of these in existence, Spock Wall would have them.

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59. What did Ray Gillen die of? 59. What did Ray Gillen die of?


When he died on December 1, 1993, the official word was stomach cancer. This has been verified more than once on the news group and news letters.

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60. What is the name of that song imbedded in "Wicked World" on the "Live At Last" album? 60. What is the name of that song imbedded in "Wicked World" on the "Live At Last" album?


There is no known title to this song that appeared in live shows during 1970-74.

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61. Who is that figure on the cover of the first Black Sabbath album? 61. Who is that figure on the cover of the first Black Sabbath album?


It's an unknown woman. It is not Ozzy, and there's no evidence that it's Bill Ward's first wife in front of their cottage as some have also claimed. According to Pete Sarfas, she was an actor who was hired for the photos. After the album had been released she met the band. There was supposedly an interesting story about her, but the Black Sabbath Appreciation Society folded before that story made it to print. There is no information on who the person who was on the Paranoid album cover.

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62. Is that a "subliminal" image on the ____ cover? 62. Is that a "subliminal" image on the ____ cover?


- There are images in the clouds on Never Say Die. - There's a devil's face on the cloth in the middle of the "Mob Rules" cover. - The lightning forms a horned head on the "Live Evil" cover. - Geezer has confirmed that the "Mob Rules" cover is a satanic inversion of the Shroud of Turin. He said he doesn't know anything about the hidden "Ozzy" word in there. (Benjamin de Waal - dewaal@mail.dds.nl) - on the back cover of "Live Evil", the astrological sign of the Southern Cross can be seen in the sky. - There appears to be the word "Ozzy" on the "Mob Rules" cover along the bottom near the right-hand corner [You might be able to see this on Joe Siegler's web page.) 24. The BLACK SABBATH Mailing List 24. The BLACK SABBATH Mailing List


Also see faq #44 The Artwork.

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63. Are the Castle Remasters worth getting? 63. Are the Castle Remasters worth getting?


In the Spring of 1996 the entire Sabbath catalogue up to "Eternal Idol" was remastered by Castle Communications in the U.K, including "Live At Last". All of the original packaging is restored and lyrics provided as well, although there are a lot of mistakes (from War Pigs: treating people just like PORNS in chess....!). Check out the lyrics on Alex Rack's web page
http://www.inx.de/~ara ck/lyrics.htm

Each CD booklet also includes extra photos of the band from around that time, and an essay by Hugh Gilmour (but the essays are not always 100% percent accurate either). There were no bonus tracks either, except for the "Wicked World" B-side added to the first album. For more information about the remasters by Leonid Makarovsky,
Please visit this SLEEPING VILLAGE web page http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Backstage/1303/SV06.HTM

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64. What's _____'s real name? 64. What's _____'s real name?


Geezer Butler - Terrence Butler
Ronnie James Dio - Ronald James Padovona
Tony Iommi - Frank Anthony Iommi
Ozzy Osbourne - John Osbourne
Cozy Powell - Colin Flooks
Bill Ward - William Ward
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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:42:08 -0500 (EST)
From: cr554@freenet.carleton.ca (Mark Devere Davis)
Subject: Cat Martin

Hi,
Tony got the nickname "Cat" Martin because he looked sort of like a cartoon
character named Cat Weasle.

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65. What work has Tony Iommi done outside of the Black Sabbath name? 65. What work has Tony Iommi done outside of the Black Sabbath name?


- "Smoke on the Water" from the Armenian relief thing
- Necromandus
-BOBBY HARRISON - FUNKIST
- "Miranha" Guitar No Speak vol II
- He was in the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992
- Iommi provides additional guitars on the track "Starcrossed", on the
1993 Diamond Head album "Death and Progress" (Bronze label).
- Iommi performs the solo on "Utopian Blaster" on Cathedral's 1995
"The Carnival Bizarre" album on Earache.
- "Wonderland" - a cover of the Shadows song from the 1996
"Twang! A Tribute to Hank Marvin and the Shadows". Bev Bevan on drums, Neil Murray on bass,
Don Airey on keyboard, and Gordon Giltrap on acoustic guitar.

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66. Get A Grip video? 66. Get A Grip video?


From: ar@netmbx.netmbx.de (Alexander Rack) Subject: Various News! Date: Mon Jul 3 18:22:28 1996 - Black Sabbath will do an animated video of 'Get A Grip' which is being created by Oscar award-winning British animator Bob Godfrey, the cover artwork has been designed by Paul Sample, creator of the british cult cartoon character 'Ogri'

Note: I.R.S. was having financial difficulties and Sabbath's contract expired. Sabbath knew about the problems and did not renew their contract. After Sabbath was dropped from I.R.S. 1 year later the label went in the red and I suspect this video was never contracted.

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67. King Biscuit Disks? 67. King Biscuit Disks?


From: Mark H. <"mhardyck@tuba.aix.calpoly.edu">
Subject: King Biscuit Disks?
Well just this last weekend I found one of the King Biscuit Flour Hour
releases. It was a two disk set of Deep Purple w/Tommy Bolin. But now I'm
wondering if there was ever a Sabbath set on the KBFH and if so has
anyone seen it released on disk yet?

-Mark
Answer:King Biscuit posted to the news group that the Black Sabbath managment had not
signed the releases for any King Biscuit shows, so we probably won't see them
released. Three known shows of Black Sabbath on the Biscuit are Pittsburgh 1978,
London 1977, and Hartford in October of '80.
Three Pittsburgh '78 tracks can be heard on Archangel Rides Again cd.
The entire Hartford '80 concert is on a vinyl boot called Bloody Sabbath.
Hartford '80 cd boots called Live in the USA '80 on Karma and Neon Knights on Live Line also exist.

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68. Sabbath Fonts? 68. Sabbath Fonts?


What unique and specialized fonts from Black Sabbath album covers are out there? ------ Paranoid - very similar to the "Dark Black" font, available at http://www.1fonts.com
. Volume 4 - the "Balta" font available at http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Backstage/1303/sv93.htm
. Live Evil - the "Bard" font available at http://www.1fonts.com
. Born Again - close to the popular "Frankenstein" font also available at www.1fonts.com.

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69. Forbidden Faces? 69. Forbidden Faces?


Date: Tue, 18 Jul 95
From: Sam Naugler
Subject: Forbidden

Hey, can anybody tell me about the faces on the "Forbidden" album cover?
Of course I recognize Iommi, Nicholls, Powell, Martin, and
Murray, but who are some of those other guys?

Iommi (with guitar) Murray (with bass) Nicholls (with keyboard) Martin (with Cat, what else?) and Cozy (on motorcycle)
Ice T (bandana) and Ernie C (shades and backward ballcap),
The Unknown
1 _____Unknown guy with glasses (behind Nicholls)
2 _____Unknown Woman (in business suit with sword and bat wings)
3 _____Unknown Man (above Ice T)
4 _____Unknown man (showing teeth to the left of Ice T and Cozy)
5 _____Unknown man (above #4)
6 _____Unknown man (above woman)
7 _____Unknown woman (to the left of Ice T and Cozy)
8 _____Unknown man below Cozy and drums
9 _____Unknown man on another motorcycle (to left of #7)
10 ____Unknown being eaten by Serpent
11 ____Unknown face between Murray and Cozy above Ernie C

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70. When was LIVE EVIL released? 70. When was LIVE EVIL released?


In an interesting thread pitting LIVE EVIL against Speak Of The Devil
the question was raised of when was Live Evil released because some
though 1983 and others thought 1982. Chris Jackson came through with the definitive
answer which supported Tapio and Joe Seigler's answers.
From: "Chris Jackson"
Subject: LE release dates and Top of the Pops
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 22:30:31 -0400

>I've been trying to find out when Live Evil actually came out. It was
>definitely meant to be released in 1982, but I've got a feeling it didn't
>make it and it was released in early 1983. Tony Iommi's web site say the
>release date was December 1st, 1982, though. I got yesterday the Warner
>Bros press release concerning Live Evil forthcoming release, but it didn't
>mention the release date! The thing was written in late 1982, but it was
>sent out before the LE was released Some copies of the Live Evil album
>have copyright date of 1982, some 1983 - without any signs of being a
>reissue. (from Tapio Keihanen)

OK, according to my well-worn copy of M.C. Strongs "The Great Rock
Discography: Third Edition", Canongate Books, 1995, the album "Live Evil"
was released in the U.S. and U.K. in JANUARY 1983. This is also backed up
by the essay found in the remastered edition of the CD (and yes, that
source is not always accurate, but it backs up the Strong book.)

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71. Didn't Craig Gruber play bass on the Heaven And Hell album? 71. Didn't Craig Gruber play bass on the Heaven And Hell album?


Craig Gruber did not record the bass lines to "Heaven And Hell" or any other Sabbath songs.
Geoff Nicholls wrote them, having been inspired by a similar bass line on the quartz song "Mainline Riders".
Geezer Butler then recorded these ideas of Geoff's for the title track, after telling him that if it had been
left to him he wouldn't have composed such a simple arrangement!
BSAS Vol 4 p.18

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72. Does anybody know what bass Geezer has? 72. Does anybody know what bass Geezer has?


From: "Pentti Näpänkangas"
Newsgroups: alt.music.black-sabbath
Subject: Geezer
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 15:37:32 +0200

Does anybody know what bass Geezer has?

From: "Michael Cullen"
Newsgroups: alt.music.black-sabbath
Subject: Re: Geezer
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:05:57 -0800

at this point he is using a french made Vigier bass (they play wonderfully).
I believe he has an excess model as well as a passion. You can reach their
web site at http://www.vigier.fr

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Early pictures show Geezer playing a Fender with Tony playing a white three pickup SG Custom.
The clear plastic bass pictured in Volume 4 insert is supposed to be an Armstrong.
The striped bass Geezer used in 1978 looks like a Gibson but has cross inlays so
it must be a specially built one, possibly by John Birch.

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73. The News Group alt.music.black-sabbath? 73. The News Group alt.music.black-sabbath?


With a news reader you can subscribe to alt.music.black-sabbath and read what other fans have to say or after lurking you may feel up to posting a message of your own. See BSNG Did You Know? (FAQAD.HTM) for more info.
Other news groups of interest:
alt.music.dio
alt.music.ozzy

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74. Was Jeff Fenholt ever the singer for Black Sabbath? 74. Was Jeff Fenholt ever the singer for Black Sabbath?


No, but he did audition. See Michael Stark's web page for more information.
Additionally there exists a sound clip (82 seconds length) of Fenholt singing different lyrics to the
backing tracks of the song Seventh Star, possibly from the audition.
Whether this is evidence or not is beyond the scope of the FAQ.
Eric Singer was asked about this and Mr. Singer WAS in the band at the time.
Singer said that Fenholt auditioned for the vocal position. Fenholt failed the audition, because
he was not able to ad lib when the rest of the band started jamming.
When Tony Iommi was asked about Fenholt during the autograph tour of 1998, his reply was to laugh.
Originally Seventh Star was to be a solo album.

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