Site Revision History for 1996
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1. Added a bio page for Dave Walker.
2. Changed some of the intro paragraph text on the front page.

1. Revised the Band Personnel By Lineup Page with a new font structure, and some new info.

1. The site won another Cool Site award. The Accolades Page was changed to reflect this.

1. Closed down the guestbook temporarily due to the problems with the guestbook server.

1. Updated/added links to the Other Sabbath Sites Page.

1. Updated the news page with lots of new pieces of info including a split with someone from the band. Check it out.
2. Corrected the Rob Halford bio page. I had him listed as a drummer. Whoops. :)

1. Added a bio page for Rob Halford.

1. Split the guestbook due to the change of month.
2. Added a tourdate that was missing from the Forbidden tour.

1. Added bio pages for Bob Daisley and Laurence Cottle. However, I don't have pictures for them. If you know of any, please let me know.

1. Added info about the Shadows Tribute Album that Tony Iommi makes an appearance on to the news page.

1. Added a picture of the Cross Purposes band at Hard Rock Cafe Berlin in April 94 to the Sounds & Images Page - Thanks Alexander Rack!

1. Split the guestbook due to the new month.
2. Added an album cover scan for Dio's new album Angry Machines as well as updated some of the info on the disc.

1. Added two more pictures to the Sounds & Images Page. One is a promo shot of Cozy & Tony Iommi from the Headless Cross sessions, and the other was a full page advertisement by IRS for the 1989 US Tour.
2. Updated the format of the Interviews Page slightly.
3. Added an article on the band from the Jan 2, 1988 issue of Kerrang to the Interviews Page.

1. Added two pictures to the Sounds & Images page. One was a signed ticket stub by Tony Iommi, and the other was a band promo shot from 1975. Thanks Darryl Minsky!
2. Added two Black Sabbath Themes for Windows95 to the downloadable files page.
3. I've been experimenting with Javascript on the web site. If you have Netscape 2.0 or higher, or MicroSoft IE 3.0, check out the discography, and make sure you have Javascript turned on. The "new" pages are for Sabbath Stones, and Forbidden. Load the albums, and then click on the small album cover. Please let me have some feedback on this feature, I'd like to know what y'all think of it.

1. Updated the News Page slightly with more info about the Iommi solo album.
2. If you have Microsoft's Internet Explorer, I've added a marquee to the front page.

1. Added a scan of the cover of Tony Martin's Back Where I Belong to the discography. - Thanks Joe Eisma!

1. Frame-ized the Band Personnel pages.

1. Added pictures of the paper "spines" that were included on the Japanese pressings of both Cross Purposes and Forbidden to the respective discography pages for these albums.

1. Installed a new counter on the front page.
2. Changed the frame layout slightly on the Discography page.
3. Added a page for Dio's forthcoming release, Angry Machine to the discography page (frames only).
4. Added a page for the forthcoming Tony Iommi solo album to the discography page (frames only).
5. Added a page for the forthcoming Bill Ward album, When the Bough Breaks to the discography page (frames only).
6. Added a page for the 1992 Tony Martin solo album to the discography page (frames only).
7. Added album covers for the Ozzy Osbourne solo albums to the discography page (frames only).
8. Added Badlands to the discography page (frames only).

1. Added more links to the Other Sabbath WWW Sites page.
2. Moved Awsome Site of the Day reference from Main Page to Site Accolades Page.

1. This site was picked as Totally Awesome Site of the Day for Aug 2nd by the 80's Server. Main Page altered to reflect this. :)

1. Split the Guestbook due to the start of a new month.
2. Added a cool looking colour fade to the Front End Page.

1. Added some info to the news page about Tony Iommi's solo album.
2. Fixed two mispellings of Vinny Appice's name on the Band Personnel by Position Page.
3. Corrected typos on the Cozy Powell Bio Page & the Tony Iommi Bio Page.
4. Added a link to the Vinny Appice home page (it appears to really be him) on the Vinny Appice Bio Page.

1. Added a picture of myself to the Sounds & Images page. The picture is me at the Hard Rock Cafe Dallas standing in front of a Tony Iommi Jacket.
2. Added a B/W shot of the original Sabbath from the early 70's to the Sounds & Images page.

1. Added a new page for the Sao Paulo Brazil 1994 concert with the Iommi/Martin/Butler/Ward lineup. It's referenced from the lineups page, but you can get to it here.
2. Added new pictures of Bill Ward & Dave Donato to the bio pages.
3. Revised (slightly) some text on the lineups page (mainly formatting of text).
4. Added some new pictures to the Images page. They are pictures of a ticket stub from the Dehumanizer tour (with photo) and a scan of the Eternal Idol album's entry in the January 1988 edition of the monthly Columbia House Record Club Magazine.
5. Restored the revision entries from Jan 1, 96 through May 27, 96. Thanks to Fabio Goncalves Pereira for providing me with a copy of the revision file he had in his cache!

1. Added a picture of the H&H Tour Band to the Sounds & Images Page.
2. Added a letter from Tony Martin to Sam Naugler to the Interviews page.
3. Added Prindle's Record Reviews of Black Sabbath to the Other Sabbath Web Pages list.
4. Added a page regarding the various mentions this site has gotten around the net.

1. Added info to the Fanzines & Publications page about the new Black Sabbath book by Steven Rosen.

1. First and foremost, the site is at it's new home, http://www.black-sabbath.com!
   Moving a site can be a bit of a pain, so let me know if I've broken any links. I've been working on this for about 2 weeks, I think I got everything.
2. The guestbook and the mailing list signup form are still on apogee1.com, as I am having problems setting up the CGI here on the new server.
3. Purged dead links from the "Other Black Sabbath Links" Page.
4. Added a MIDI of the song Black Sabbath to the front end page to this site.
5. Discography entries for all albums are corrected for Netscape v3.0 display formatting.

1. Split the June Guestbook off onto it's own page since it's now July.

All updates between May 27th and July 2nd are lost due to my stupidity.
If you happen to have these dates, please let me know. Thanks.

1. Added a way to get E-Mail sent to you when this page is updated. (On the Main Page)

1. Changed the main page a bit cosmetically.
2. Changed the look of this page as you can see. :)
3. Broke the Revision updates from 1995 off onto their own page.
4. Enhanced the Discography page with Discographies for G//Z/R, The Bill Ward Band, & Dio. (only for Netscape v2.0. I haven't written the non Netscape versions yet)

1. Added the cover art for The Sabbath Stones to the discography.
2. Updated the Sabbath Stones discography page with more info.
3. Updated the News page with a letter I got from Rob Halford's Management company.
4. Added a concert review - July 14, 1995 by Thomas Zeltwanger.
5. Added a concert review - July 18, 1995 by Sean E. Denomey.
6. Added a concert review - August 8, 1992 by Joe Siegler.
7. Added an interview with Geezer Butler on g//z/r from Feb 1996 about g//z/r.
8. Updated the Fanzines page with a new picture for Southern Cross.
9. Updated the Fanzines page with Children of the Sabbath (Alexander Rack's fan club) info.
10. Added some new Sabbath sites I found to the Sabbath Links page.
11. Added another link for the Nativity in Black tribute to it's entry in the discography.
12. Added a link to a WWW site for Southern Cross on the Fanzines & Sabbath Links page.
13. Updated the catalogue entries for the albums Black Sabbath through Sabotage, & Technical Ecstasy through Eternal Idol with info from the 1996 Castle Remasters.
14. Rescanned the cover art for the albums Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master of Reality, & Sabotage. I wanted to get rid of the stupid "Extra Live Track" thing that was on there (from the old 80's issues by Castle).

1. Started the downloadable files page.
2. Added a Black Sabbath Theme for Windows95 to the Downloadable files page.
3. Added some Black Sabbath icons for Windows to the Downloadable files page.

1. Added a link to a Glenn Hughes Site to the Glenn Hughes Bio Page.

1. Corrected a few lyrics to Iron Man.
2. Updated text on the "Who are these people?" page.
3. Updated some of the text on the Lineups page.
4. Changed the picture on the Ronnie James Dio bio page.
5. Added some more pictures to the "Sounds & Images" page.
6. Added/updated pictures of the following lineups to the lineups page: Born Again Tour Band, Seventh Star Band, Eternal Idol Tour band.

1. Split the April Guestbook entries off onto their own page due to it being May 1st.

1. Added a bio page for Jo Burt.

1. Added a bio page for Bev Bevan.
2. Updated the bio pages for Geoff Nicholls, Eric Singer, & Cozy Powell.

1. Updated the News page.
2. Updated the Ray Gillen Bio page with more information.
3. Added Alta Mira Cyberstore to the Sabbath Links Page.

1. Added an Interview with Tony Iommi from March/April 1996.

1. Fixed the link to the Deep Purple Pages.

1. Split the Guestbook again with the beginning of a new month.
2. Biography page added for Eric Singer.
3. Biography page added for Don Airey (but w/o a picture).

1. Added some colour to the Main page to take advantage of Netscape v3.0's (Atlas) new way of handling tables.
2. Added a picture of the Eternal Idol tour band (Joe Burt/Terry Chimes) to the lineups page.
3. Changed the Thanks page slightly.

1. Added a bio page for Terry Chimes.
2. Added the "Who are these people?" Page.
3. Changed the picture of Glenn Hughes on his bio page.
4. Updated the News Page slightly with info about the Rob Halford situation.
5. Added Cozy Powell's animated likeness to his bio page.
6. Added shots of the band in animated likenesses to the Sounds & Images Page.

1. Added Ray Gillen Interview from 1987 during recording of Eternal Idol.
2. Added Tony Iommi Interview from October 1995.
3. Added a letter Mark Davis got from Tony Martin in Late 94 to the Interviews page.

1. Split the guestbook into monthly sections, so it's much faster to load.

1. Added Cozy Powell Spring 95 Interview.
2. Added Geezer Butler Mar 96 Interview.
3. Added Ian Gillan's birthdate to his bio page.
4. Fixed the March 7th date on this page. It said March 6th. (I know; who cares?!?!) :)

1. Added sections regarding the Live Aid & Costa Mesa '92 reunions of Mk I to the Lineups Page.
2. Added two pages about the Costa Mesa 92 gigs with Rob Halford & Mk I (with pictures). This link is found on the Lineups page.
3. Added yet more pictures to the Lineups Page. (My goal is to have a picture for every lineup)
4. Fixed the spelling of Vinny's first name. Did I get them all, Tapio? ;)

1. Put the correct lyrics online for Sabbra Cadabra - the lyrics there were Planet Caravan.
2. Added some minor info on the Forbidden Tour Dates page.
3. Added/corrected some information on the Band Personnel by Lineups page.
4. Added a different picture to the Pictures & Sound page of Dave Donato with Sabbath.
5. Added a bio page for Dave Donato.

1. Added more Bio Pages: Cozy Powell, Neil Murray, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Martin, Bill Ward, Geoff Nicholls, Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Appice, & Ian Gillan.

1. Added yet more pictures to the Band Personnel by Lineups Page.
2. Added a text version of said page, as it's getting very graphics intensive.
3. Added a picture of Tony Iommi without a moustache to his Bio page.
4. Changed the picture on the Main Page, but you've seen that already.

1. Added more pictures to the Band Personnel by Lineups Page.
2. Added Bio pages for Bobby Rondinelli, Ray Gillen, Geezer Butler, Glenn Hughes, & updated Tony Iommi's.

1. Added the forthcoming Greatest Hits album "The Sabbath Stones" to the discography.
2. Updated the discography pages for Mob Rules, Heaven & Hell, Technical Ecstasy, & Never Say Die with catalogue info from the Castle Remasters.
3. Updated the News page with more info on the Castle Remasters.
4. Updated the News page with info on the IRS situation.
5. Updated the News page with info about Rob Halford/Glenn Hughes.

1. Added some new info I got on the Castle Remasters to the news page.

1. Updated News Page with info about the Remasters, the Shadows Tribute, and Geezer Butler.
2. Updated the Sounds/Images pages with new pictures and audio.

1. Updated the Band Personnel page by breaking it into three sections.
2. Added the "By Lineup" section to the Band Personnel Page.
3. Added a preliminary version of Tony Iommi's bio to the Band Personnel Page.

1. Added a rare picture of the band from 1984 during the extremely brief time the singer was Dave Donato to the images and sounds page.
2. Added a comment to the Mob Rules discography page.

1. Updated the Discography with Netscape v2.0 features. If you have Netscape v2.0, go look at the discography again. If you don't have Netscape, v2.0, get it. The discography is much cooler in Netscape v2.0.

1. Altered the intro text on the Main Page slightly.
2. Added Info to the News Page about a Greatest Hits album planned for 1996.
3. Added other Info to the News Page

1. Link added to the official G//Z/R site at TVT Records

1. The Signup for the Black Sabbath Mailing list is now a form.

1. Link added to "Other Links" Page.

1. Color on Main Page and anywhere else it was blue changed back to black. Netscape fixed the bug in 2.0ß3 where a black background was not showing tables. If you're using Netscape, get v2.0ß4. If you're not using Netscape, GET IT!

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