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Black Sabbath to release vinyl box set
Lavish set covers Sabbath's Ozzy years
By Adrien Begrand 23 hours ago

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With a very, very big 2013 ahead for the Bill Ward-less Black Sabbath – including that much talked-about new album and the subsequent world tour – the band is getting into the promotional swing of things that will have Sabbath fans worldwide drooling. The Vinyl Collection: 1970-1978 (Universal) is exactly what it says, a gigantic vinyl box set focusing on the classic Ozzy years, as well as a few other very nice bells and whistles:

• Eight original albums - Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master of Reality (with poster), Volume 4 (with photo insert book), Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Technical Ecstasy, Never Say Die, Live at Last) – “remastered from the band's personal archives”, on 180-gram vinyl.

• A reproduction of the band's debut 7” single "Evil Woman", and its non-album B-side "Wicked World".

• A hardcover book featuring original tour programs from 1970, 1975, 1976 and 1978.

• A special 12×12 print of the box set design (limited to 50 prints only).

• A full digital download (of course).

Typically, the majority of us Sabbath fans will say, “We’ve got all the albums, we don’t need this.” But I guarantee every single one of us would go absolutely nuts if we received it this holiday season. At £180.00, or approximately $286, the price is steep, but if you can swing it, this is as tantalizing a gift for a metalhead as you’ll find.


Black Sabbath’s The Vinyl Collection: 1970-1978 will be released December 12 (12/12/12, get it? Twice as evil as 6/6/6?), and can be pre-ordered
here