Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Bonus CD)
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Artist: Black SabbathEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2009-07-14
Music Label: Sanctuary UK
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Black Sabbath
- The Wizard
- Behind the Wall of Sleep
- N.I.B.
- Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games with Me)
- Sleeping Village
- Warning
- Wicked World (Single B-Side)
- Black Sabbath (previously unreleased / Studio Outtake)
- Black Sabbath (previously unreleased / Instrumental)
- The Wizard (previously unreleased / Studio Outtake)
- Behind the Wall of Sleep (previously unreleased / Studio Outtake)
- N.I.B. (previously unreleased / Instrumental)
- Evil Woman (previously unreleased / Alternate Take)
- Sleeping Village (Intro) (previously unreleased)
- Warning (Pt. 1)
Music reviews of Black Sabbath (Bonus CD)
Music Review: Not perfect but the best remaster so far
Rating: 4 Stars
This album is what I consider a "must have" for anyone. It shows the magic that four arguably not very special individuals had when they were together. It isn't even what many hard rock and heavy metal fans would call "metal". It is just a fantastic heavy rock album. Dark and moody, yet catchy and immensely enjoyable.
For me one of the best parts is the bass and drums on this album. Free of any mold that later developed, they are both unconstrained and adventurous. The only caveat is that production standards of the era meant really deep bass was not considered OK.
There are any number of versions of this album you could have bought on CD. I own, have listened to (a lot!), and examined on sound editors several. This is my take on them:
Early Castle release (1986): Good straight transfer, no volume maxing, limited only by digital equipment of the day and an engineer who presumably knew and cared nothing about Sab, every album he did seems to have at least one track start point wrong! UK track listing, No Wicked World.
Early Warners release: Similar to above, but probably transfered from copy tapes, judging by tape hiss and slightly more muffled quality. US track listing, No Evil Woman.
Castle Remaster (1996):Probably had the best sound until now, care had been taken to deliver what they thought the market wanted, though the included lyrics were at times hilariously wrong. Big downfall - volume maxed, at an estimate 5 or 6 dB dynamics removed by software limiting. UK track listing plus Wicked World.
As part of The Black Box (2004)(boxed set of 1970's studio albums): Avoid. Worst volume maxed copy I've owned. Incomplete original art work. Does have booklet with complete approved lyrics. Not stated what tapes were used so probably US copy tapes again. US track listing plus Evil Woman.
Black Sabbath Deluxe (this CD): Best sounding remaster to date. Sounds like some equalisation has been used to get a slightly warmer sound across all three "deluxe" reissues to date, which should attract many people. UK track listing, Wicked World on bonus disc.
So why haven't I given this a 5 star rating? Mainly because they couldn't stop themselves using just a tiny, little, software peak limiting to get a couple dB's more volume. Probable inaudible, but why why why.... Please, please can we put volume maxing behind us - it can only loose quality even while initially tricking people that the release is "better".
Also, personally I'd rather they didn't equalise it, just give me a straight copy of the original master tape and then I can do what I like. But I'm a perfectionist.
The bonus disk is also the first time we've seen outakes etc. included, which is great but rather than doing a track for track match-up to the final album (though there are two versions of the title track) I'd rather they gave us a bonus disc crammed with every outtake etc. they could fit. Mostly I didn't find the bonus tracks add much to the final album, often sounding like nearly finished rehearsals. Love the horns on Evil Woman though!
All in all I would recommend this release to anyone wanting just one good copy of the album. And everyone should want a good copy of this album!
Description of Black Sabbath (Bonus CD)
Digitally remastered and expanded two CD deluxe edition of the 1970 debut album from the British Metal legends including a bonus disc containing nine previously unreleased tracks. Black Sabbath, the album, is often regarded as one of the first Heavy Metal full length releases. The album reached #8 on the UK Album Chart. Following its US release in May 1970 by Warner Bros. Records, the album reached #23 on the Billboard 200, where it remained for over a year, selling a million copies. 17 tracks. Sanctuary. 2009.Classic Rock CDs
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