Vintage 1972 BLACK SABBATH VOL 4 Vinyl With Booklet - BS 2602 WB Green Label
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Vintage 1972 BLACK SABBATH VOL 4 Vinyl With Booklet - BS 2602 WB Green Label. Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS Media Mail.
Vinyl Condition: I played and no skips. some minor scratches. No Needle marks on label. Jacket Condition: Booklet intact, "Mark" in blue pen.(see pics) Age appropriate minor ringwear. No splitting on jacket edges.
A great album even if it should have been called "Snowblind," which is indeed what the band wanted to originally call it (disallowed by the record company). The band's first time recording outside of Britain, and introduction to the decadence of Los Angeles. Tony Iommi is, of course, the heart of the album and his riffs and solos are phenomenal, from the crushing opener of "Wheels Of Confusion," to the coked-up "Supernaut," to the sledgehammer closer of "Under The Sun"...and he even finds room for the gentle acoustic "Laguna Sunrise."
The track seemingly remembered most is "Changes," on which Tony played piano (according to Bill Ward, he had never played piano before finding one in the studio and starting to mess about on it!). This is probably due to its uniqueness (I believe Geezer added Mellotron) and the fact that Ozzy Osbourne also had a hit remake of it with daughter Kelly. It certainly is different, and Ozzy is at his most melancholy here, in contrast to the other tracks, where he sings probably as well as he ever has...must have been the marching powder...no, really, he does sound good here.
Apparently "FX" was done by the band after smoking a load of hash, walking about the studio naked and banging various objects against the neck of Iommi's guitar!
I don't think Bill Ward has ever sounded as good as he did on this album. Listen to him bashing away on "Supernaut" and his time changes throughout the rest of the album, and you'll see what I mean.
My only objection (which would continue for much of the remainder of the Ozzy era) was that Geezer's bass seems to be mixed down too far, or too cleanly. His grinding unison lines with Tony's guitar is such a huge part of the overall Sabbath sound that it shouldn't be so.
The band were really beginning to stretch out here, which would show even more on the next album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath." Black Sabbath were always mischaracterised as just "heavy metal Neanderthals," but that's only by those who didn't take the time to LISTEN. Review Credit Lyle Randolph
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