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BLACK SABBATH - MASTER OF REALITY - DELUXE
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Master Of Reality - Deluxe
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First edition original sleeve.1970s- 140g vinyl with bonus tracks 9 Bonus Cuts alternative and instrumental bonus tracks on the 2 disc and 2LP vinyl deluxe versions.
2009 Andy Pearce remaster - The shortest album of Black Sabbath's glory years, Master of Reality is also their most sonically influential work. Here Tony Iommi began to experiment with tuning his guitar down three half-steps to C#, producing a sound that was darker, deeper, and sludgier than anything they'd yet committed to record. (This trick was still being copied 25 years later by every metal band looking to push the limits of heaviness, from trendy nu-metallers to Swedish deathsters.) Much more than that, Master of Reality essentially created multiple metal subgenres all by itself, laying the sonic foundations for doom, stoner and sludge metal, all in the space of just over half an hour. Classic opener "Sweet Leaf" certainly ranks as a defining stoner metal song, making its drug references far more overt (and adoring) than the preceding album's "Fairies Wear Boots." The album's other signature song, "Children of the Grave," is driven by a galloping rhythm that would later pop up on a slew of Iron Maiden tunes, among many others. Aside from "Sweet Leaf," much of Master of Reality finds the band displaying a stronger moral sense, in part an attempt to counteract the growing perception that they were Satanists. "Children of the Grave" posits a stark choice between love and nuclear annihilation, while "After Forever" philosophizes about death and the afterlife in an openly religious (but, of course, superficially morbid) fashion that offered a blueprint for the career of Christian doom band Trouble. And although the alternately sinister and jaunty "Lord of This World" is sung from Satan's point of view, he clearly doesn't think much of his own followers (and neither, by extension, does the band). It's all handled much like a horror movie with a clear moral message, for example The Exorcist. Past those four tracks, listeners get sharply contrasting tempos in the rumbling sci-fi tale "Into the Void," which shortens the distances between the multiple sections of the band's previous epics. And there's the core of the album -- all that's left is a couple of brief instrumental interludes, plus the quiet, brooding loneliness of "Solitude," a mostly textural piece that frames Osbourne's phased vocals with acoustic guitars and flutes. But, if a core of five songs seems slight for a classic album, it's also important to note that those five songs represent a nearly bottomless bag of tricks, many of which are still being imitated and explored decades later. If Paranoid has more widely known songs, the suffocating and oppressive Master of Reality was the Sabbath record that die-hard metalheads took most closely to heart.
2009 Andy Pearce remaster - The shortest album of Black Sabbath's glory years, Master of Reality is also their most sonically influential work. Here Tony Iommi began to experiment with tuning his guitar down three half-steps to C#, producing a sound that was darker, deeper, and sludgier than anything they'd yet committed to record. (This trick was still being copied 25 years later by every metal band looking to push the limits of heaviness, from trendy nu-metallers to Swedish deathsters.) Much more than that, Master of Reality essentially created multiple metal subgenres all by itself, laying the sonic foundations for doom, stoner and sludge metal, all in the space of just over half an hour. Classic opener "Sweet Leaf" certainly ranks as a defining stoner metal song, making its drug references far more overt (and adoring) than the preceding album's "Fairies Wear Boots." The album's other signature song, "Children of the Grave," is driven by a galloping rhythm that would later pop up on a slew of Iron Maiden tunes, among many others. Aside from "Sweet Leaf," much of Master of Reality finds the band displaying a stronger moral sense, in part an attempt to counteract the growing perception that they were Satanists. "Children of the Grave" posits a stark choice between love and nuclear annihilation, while "After Forever" philosophizes about death and the afterlife in an openly religious (but, of course, superficially morbid) fashion that offered a blueprint for the career of Christian doom band Trouble. And although the alternately sinister and jaunty "Lord of This World" is sung from Satan's point of view, he clearly doesn't think much of his own followers (and neither, by extension, does the band). It's all handled much like a horror movie with a clear moral message, for example The Exorcist. Past those four tracks, listeners get sharply contrasting tempos in the rumbling sci-fi tale "Into the Void," which shortens the distances between the multiple sections of the band's previous epics. And there's the core of the album -- all that's left is a couple of brief instrumental interludes, plus the quiet, brooding loneliness of "Solitude," a mostly textural piece that frames Osbourne's phased vocals with acoustic guitars and flutes. But, if a core of five songs seems slight for a classic album, it's also important to note that those five songs represent a nearly bottomless bag of tricks, many of which are still being imitated and explored decades later. If Paranoid has more widely known songs, the suffocating and oppressive Master of Reality was the Sabbath record that die-hard metalheads took most closely to heart.
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c1
Weevil Woman '71
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Sweet Leaf (Studio outtake feat alternative lyrics)
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After Forever (Studio outtake - instrumental)
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Children Of The Grave (Studio outtake feat alternative lyrics)
d1
Children Of The Grave" (Studio outtake - instrumental)
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Orchid (Studio outtake - Tony Count-in)
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Lord Of This World (Studio outtake feat Piano & Slide Guita)
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Solitude (Studio outtake - intro & alternative Guitar Tunin)
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Into The Void (Spanish Sid Studio outtake - alternative version)
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Black Sabbath were an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. The band initially performed under the names Polka Tulk Blues Band and later Earth, before adopting the name Black Sabbath in 1969. They became known for lyrical themes influenced by horror and the occult, as well as for the use of down-tuned guitars. Their first three albums, "Black Sabbath" and "Paranoid" (both 1970), and "Master of Reality" (1971), achieved commercial success and are widely cited as foundational works in the development of heavy metal. Subsequent releases, including "Vol. 4" (1972), "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" (1973), "Sabotage" (1975), "Technical Ecstasy" (1976), and "Never Say Die!" (1978), featured broader stylistic experimentation and elements drawn from progressive rock.
Osbourne was dismissed from the band in 1979 and replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio. With Dio, Black Sabbath recorded the albums "Heaven and Hell" (1980) and "Mob Rules" (1981), followed by the live album "Live Evil" (1983). The latter two releases featured drummer Vinny Appice, who replaced Ward. After the departures of Dio and Appice, Iommi and Butler recorded "Born Again" (1983) with Ward returning on drums and Ian Gillan, formerly of Deep Purple, on vocals. By 1984, Butler, Ward, and Gillan had left the band, leaving Iommi as the sole remaining founding member.
From the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, Black Sabbath underwent frequent lineup changes. Vocalists during this period included Glenn Hughes, who sang on "Seventh Star" (1986), and Tony Martin, whose tenure was the longest among the band’s post-Osbourne singers. Martin joined in 1987 and recorded "The Eternal Idol" (1987), "Headless Cross" (1989), and "Tyr" (1990) before leaving in 1991. Later that year, Iommi reunited with Butler, Dio, and Appice to record "Dehumanizer" (1992). After Dio and Appice again departed, Martin returned to record "Cross Purposes" (1994) and "Forbidden" (1995), as well as the live album "Cross Purposes Live" (1995), before the band entered a one-year hiatus.
The original lineup of Iommi, Osbourne, Butler, and Ward reunited in 1997, releasing the live album "Reunion" (1998) and touring intermittently until 2005. In 2006, the lineup featuring Iommi, Butler, Dio, and Appice reunited under the name Heaven & Hell, releasing the studio album "The Devil You Know" (2009) and touring until Dio’s death in 2010. The original lineup reconvened in 2011, although Ward did not participate in the recording of the band’s final studio album, "13" (2013). Black Sabbath concluded their farewell tour with a concert in Birmingham in 2017. Occasional partial reunions followed, including a performance by Osbourne and Iommi at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The original lineup reunited for a final performance titled "Back to the Beginning" at Villa Park on 5 July 2025. Osbourne died seventeen days after this performance.
By 2013, Black Sabbath had sold more than 70 million records worldwide. The band are often grouped with Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin as part of a trio of influential British hard rock and heavy metal acts from the early 1970s. They have received multiple industry honors, including induction into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, as well as two Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Studio albums
Black Sabbath (1970)
Paranoid (1970)
Master of Reality (1971)
Vol. 4 (1972)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
Sabotage (1975)
Technical Ecstasy (1976)
Never Say Die! (1978)
Heaven and Hell (1980)
Mob Rules (1981)
Born Again (1983)
Seventh Star (1986)
The Eternal Idol (1987)
Headless Cross (1989)
Tyr (1990)
Dehumanizer (1992)
Cross Purposes (1994)
Forbidden (1995)
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