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1996 Remaster |
2004 Remaster |
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Track
Listing
Well, this depends on what
version you have. The different versions vary insofar as the names of
the songs go, but only one main difference exists that I'm aware of. The
European version has "Evil Woman" as the first song of side
two, whereas the US version has Wicked World instead. The 1996 Castle
remaster has both of these songs on it. The 2004 version on Black
Box is even more convoluted. :)
European
Original
- Black Sabbath
- The Wizard
- Behind the Wall of Sleep
- N.I.B.
- Evil Woman
- Sleeping Village
- Warning
US/Warner
Original
- Black Sabbath
- The Wizard
- Behind the Wall of Sleep *
- N.I.B. @
- Wicked World
- Sleeping Village %
- Warning
'96
Castle Remaster
- Black Sabbath
- The Wizard
-
Behind the Wall of Sleep
- N.I.B.
- Evil Woman
- Sleeping Village
- Warning
- Wicked World
'04 Remaster
(Black Box)
- Black Sabbath
- The Wizard
- Wasp / Behind the Wall of
Sleep / Bassically / N.I.B.
- Wicked World
- A Bit of Finger / Sleeping
Village / Warning
- Evil Woman
* - The intro to Behind the Wall
of Sleep is called Wasp.
@ - The intro to N.I.B. is called Basically.
% - The intro to Sleeping Village is called A Bit of Finger.
There is actually one more
version, but I'm not listing it because it's not that widespread, and
it's not that big of a deal. That is the 1980's Castle version. It's the
same as the European version, except it has an extra live track which
came from the "Live at Last" album tacked on to the end.
The newest version is the one that is part of the "Black
Box" set. That one has a totally new remastering session.
The sonic fidelity
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Notes
- The original release is somewhat rare. It was done on double LP sleeve, with the left sleeve
glued up. Inside, the background is black. On the left hand side are the words Black Sabbath
(the Sabbath spills over on to the right sleeve.) On the right sleeve is an inverted cross. On
the inside of the cross is a short poem that appears below.
- On the second release, the sleeve is the same as the original release, except that the sleeve
background is white.
- NIB does not stand for
"Nativity in Black". It is a reference to a nickname
the band had for Bill Ward's beard at the time, a "pen
nib".
- Evil Woman is a cover song -
it was originally done by a band called "Crow"
- Warning is a cover song - it
was originally done by "Ansley Dunbar's Retaliation" (That's the
Ansley Dunbar of early Journey fame)
- Supposedly recorded Nov 11,
1969.
- Geezer Butler had this to
say to a fan via email when asked what bass guitars he played on the
first two Black Sabbath records: "Hello Steve, on the first
two albums I used a P-bass. On the first album i used a Laney 70
watt guitar amp through a Park 4x12 cabinet [it only had three
speakers in it- couldn't afford to buy a 4th speaker]. Strings were
probably old Rotosound, as I think that was the only choice in those
days. They were roundwound but were so old they probably sounded
like flatwounds. I'm not sure what amplification I used on Paranoid,
but it was probably Laney, and newer Rotosounds. Thank you for your
interest, Geezer."
Poem
Still falls the rain, the veils
of darkness shroud the blackened trees, which contorted by some unseen
violence, shed their tired leaves, and bend their boughs towards a grey
earth of severed bird wings. among the grasses, poppies bleed before a
gesticulating death, and young rabbits, born dead in traps, stand
motionless, as though guarding the silence that surrounds and threatens
to engulf all those that would listen. Mute birds, tired of repeating
yesterdays terrors, huddle together in the recesses of dark corners,
heads turned from the dead, black swan that floats upturned in a small
pool in the hollow. there emerges from this pool a faint sensual mist,
that traces its way upwards to caress the chipped feet of the headless
martyr's statue, whose only achievement was to die to soon, and who
couldn't wait to lose. the cataract of darkness form fully, the long
black night begins, yet still, by the lake a young girl waits, unseeing
she believes herself unseen, she smiles, faintly at the distant tolling
bell, and the still falling rain.
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NOTE: These lyrics are verified
against the lyrics that appear in the "Black Box"
booklet. Those lyrics were gone over by Geezer Butler (who wrote most of
them anyway) for that set, and for that reason should be considered
definitive.
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