Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath (180 g) (LP)

Four guys from Birmingham went into the studio for a day and recorded a whole album, and even for the producer it was the debut in this role. Hard to believe, but this was the birth of heavy metal. This groundbreaking 1970 album is considered the first heavy metal album ever released commercially. The album went platinum in the U.S. and continues to defy all odds today. Re-release of the Black Sabbath album debut on 180g vinyl. From the famous Music journalist Lester Bangs the quote "sounds like Cream, only worse" - referring to the Black Sabbath debut. In general, the press was not very gracious with the album when it was released in 1970. Only years later the quality was recognized, and Rolling Stone revised: "the album eats the hippies for breakfast". In any case, the band remembers the recordings, which were made in 1969, favorably. In - according to their own Recorded in - by their own admission - only twelve hours, they were still punctual enough in the pub in the evening to order a beer order a beer. Tommy Iommi's guitar playing is influenced by the fact that he is missing fingertips due to an accident ozzy Osbourne was inspired by the literature of R. R. Tolkien or H. P. Lovecraft when writing his lyrics inspired.