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ARTIST: BLACK SABBATH

TITLE- “BORN AGAIN”

TRACK LISTING-SEE PHOTOS & BELOW:

A1

Trashed

4:15

A2

Stonehenge

1:58

A3

Disturbing The Priest

5:48

A4

The Dark

0:48

A5

Zero The Hero

7:35

B1

Digital Bitch

3:38

B2

Born Again

6:35

B3

Hot Line

4:50

B4

Keep It Warm

5:39

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Notes

pressing identified by "a"(Allied logo) stamped in runout without "E.A.S.T." embossed around the center hole, variant of SRC pressing.

Catalog number 9 23978-1 appears on spine and inner sleeve. Catalog number 1-23978 appears on label.
Lyrics, etc. printed on inner sleeve.

Recorded at The Manor Studio, Shipton On Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England.

© ℗ 1983 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
All songs published by Black Sabbath Music/Chappell Music ASCAP

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 7599-23978-1

Barcode (String): 07599239781

Matrix / Runout (Side A etched): 1-23978 A-SHI B-18603 -SHI SLM ∆5351 1-1

Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, exc. "a" Allied logo stamp): 1-25978 B SHI - SLM a[Allied logo] B-18604 -SHI ∆5351-X 1-1

Rights Society: ASCAP

YEAR OF RELEASE- 1983

LABEL- WARNER BROS. RECORDS

CAT.#: 1-23978

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD IS IN NM/NM- CONDITION, NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES,BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. NICE SHINEY LUSTER TO THE VINYL. NO AUDIO BETWEEN THE TRACKS. LOOKS AND PLAYS BRAND NEW.

JACKET CONDITION: THE JACKET IS IN EX/NM- CONDITION. NICE CLEAN EDGES, NO WRITING, MARKS, TEARS, CLEAN CORNERS. THERE'S ONE VERY VERY TINY “LINE” APPROX.1/2” ON THE LEFT EDGE OF THE FRONT OF THE JACKET.

MORE INFO : THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. HAS A GOLD INK EMBOSSED PROMO STAMP (SEE PHOTO). LOOKS LIKE AN ALLIED PRESSING. COMES WITH INNER SLLEVE W/LYRICS IN EX.COND.

MORE INFO ON THE ARTIST/RELEASE:

Black Sabbath were an English band formed in in 1968 by guitarist , drummer , bassist and vocalist . They are often cited as pioneers of . The band helped define the genre with releases such as (1970), (1970), and (1971). The band had multiple line-up changes following Osbourne's departure in 1979, with Iommi being the only constant member throughout its history.

After previous iterations of the group called the Polka Tulk Blues Band and Earth, the band settled on the name Black Sabbath in 1969. They distinguished themselves through occult themes with horror-inspired lyrics and tuned-down guitars. Signing to in November 1969, they released their first single, "" in January 1970. Their debut album, Black Sabbath, was released the following month. Though it received a negative critical response, the album was a commercial success, leading to a follow-up record, Paranoid, later in 1970. The band's popularity grew, and by 1973's , critics were starting to respond favourably.

Osbourne's regular use of drugs and alcohol led to his firing in 1979. He was replaced by former vocalist . Following two albums with Dio, Black Sabbath endured many personnel changes in the 1980s and 1990s that included vocalists , , and , as well as several drummers and bassists. In 1991, Iommi and Butler rejoined Dio and drummer to record (1992). The original line-up reunited with Osbourne in 1997 and released a live album . Black Sabbath's final studio album and nineteenth overall, (2013), features all of the original members except Ward. During their , the band played their final concert in their home city of Birmingham on 4 February 2017.

Black Sabbath were ranked by as the "Greatest Metal Band" of all time, and placed second in 's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" list. magazine ranked them number 85 on their "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". They have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Black Sabbath were inducted into the in 2005 and the in 2006. They have also won two for , and in 2019 the band were presented a .

Born Again is the eleventh studio album by English band . Released in August of 1983, it is the first and only album the group recorded with lead vocalist , best known for his work with . It was also the last Black Sabbath album for nine years to feature original bassist and the last to feature original drummer , though Ward did record a studio track with the band fifteen years later on their 1998 live album . The album has received mixed reviews from critics, but was a commercial success upon its 1983 release, reaching No. 4 in the UK charts.The album also hit the top 40 in the United States.

Origins

Following the departure of vocalist and drummer in 1982, Sabbath's future was in doubt. The band switched management to ('s father) and he suggested Ian Gillan as the new vocalist."That band was put together on paper," guitarist revealed in the 1992 documentary Black Sabbath: 1978–1992. "We'd never rehearsed."

The band had considered vocalists such as and before settling on Gillan.They even received an audition tape from a then-unknown .Iommi told magazine in late 1983 that Gillan was the best candidate, saying "His shriek is legendary." Gillan was at first reluctant, but his manager convinced him to meet with Iommi and Butler at The Bear, a in . After a night of heavy drinking, Gillan officially committed to the project in February 1983.

The project was originally intended to be a new , and the members of the group had no intention of billing themselves as Black Sabbath.At some point after recording had been completed, Arden insisted that they use the recognizable Sabbath name, and the members were overruled."We thought we were doing a kind of Gillan-Iommi-Butler-Ward album…" recalled bassist . "That is the way we approached the album. When we had finished the album, we took it to the record company and they said, 'Well, here's the contract: it is going to go out as a Black Sabbath album."

Born Again featured the return of founding member on drums, who was newly sober after leaving the band in 1980 to deal with his alcoholism.Ward began drinking again near the end of the sessions and returned to for treatment once the album was completed, and has remained sober ever since.Ward has said that he enjoyed making the album, which remains his final studio album with the band.

Recording

Sabbath began recording in May 1983 at 's , in the Oxfordshire countryside. Producer Robin Black had worked with the band in the mid-1970s, as on .

In his autobiography, Iommi recounts Gillan informing him that, during sessions, he planned to live outside the house in a : "I thought he was joking, but when I arrived at the Manor I saw this marquee outside and I thought, fucking hell, he's serious. Ian had put up this big, huge tent. It had a cooking area and a bedroom and whatever else." Gillan brought an immediacy to the songwriting that was uncommon for Sabbath: "Ian's lyrics were about sexual things or true facts, even about stuff that happened at The Manor there and then," Iommi recalls in his memoir. "They were good, but quite a departure from Geezer's and Ronnie's lyrics." For example, Gillan returned from a local one evening, took a car belonging to drummer Ward, and commenced racing around a go-cart track on the Manor Studio property. He crashed the car, which burst into flames after he escaped uninjured. He wrote the album's opening "" about the experience.

"Disturbing the Priest" was written after a rehearsal space – set up by Iommi in a small building near a local church – received noise complaints from the resident priests."We wanted this effect on 'Disturbing the Priest'," recalled the guitarist, "and Bill got this big bucket of water and he got this anvil. It was really heavy, and he'd got it hanging on a piece of rope and lower it in to get this effect: hit it and lower it in, and then lift it out again. It was a great effect, but it took hours to do."

"I did some of the best drum work on that album…" Bill Ward recalled. "On 'Disturbing the Priest', there were some and some counterpoint things that I was doing, and I was using at least twenty different pieces of percussion towards the end of that song… I was real proud of a lot of the work that I did. Some of it invariably got lost in the mix, but I know that it's printed on those tracks."

The band got along well, but it became apparent to all involved that Gillan's style did not quite mesh with the Sabbath sound. In 1992, he told director Martin Baker, "I was the worst singer Black Sabbath ever had. It was totally, totally incompatible with any music they'd ever done. I didn't wear leathers, I wasn't of that image...I think the fans probably were in a total state of confusion." In 1992, Iommi admitted to Guitar World, "Ian is a great singer, but he's from a completely different background, and it was difficult for him to come in and sing Sabbath material."

"I saw Ian go into the studio one day," Ward recalled, "and I was fortunate and honoured, actually, to be part of a session. I watched him lay tracks on 'Keep It Warm'… I felt like Ian was Ian in that song… I watched this incredible transformation of this man that really, I felt, delicately put lyrics together. It made sense. I thought he did an excellent job. And I really dig that song too."

When the band heard the final product, they were horrified at the muffled mix. In his autobiography, Iommi explains that Gillan inadvertently blew a couple of tweeters in the studio speakers by playing the backing tracks too loud and nobody noticed. "We just thought it was a bit of a funny sound, but it went very wrong somewhere between the mix and the mastering and the pressing of that album...the sound was really dull and muffly. I didn't know about it, because we were already out on tour in Europe. By the time we heard the album, it was out and in the charts, but the sound was awful."

For all his misgivings, Gillan remembers the period fondly, stating in the Black Sabbath: 1978–1992 documentary, "But by God, we had a good year...And the songs, I think, were quite good."

Breakup

Following the tour supporting Born Again, this version of Black Sabbath fell apart, with Gillan and touring drummer departing. The tour was also a breaking point for Butler, who admits in the Black Sabbath: 1978–1992 documentary, "I just got totally disillusioned with the whole thing and I left some time in 1984 after the Born Again tour. I just had enough of it." In 2015 Butler clarified to Dave Everley of Classic Rock: "I left because my second child was born and he was having problems, so I wanted to stay with him. I told Tony I couldn't concentrate on the band anymore. But I never fell out with anybody." Butler says the looming reunion played a large role in Gillan's decision to leave.Disagreements with management also contributed to the band's dissolution.Bevan would briefly return to the Sabbath fold in 1986-87 to record cymbal overdubs for the album .

Album cover

The cover – depicting what Martin Popoff described as a "garish red devil-baby" – is by Steve 'Krusher' Joule; a designer who also worked on 's .It is based on a black-and-white photocopy of a photograph published in a 1968 magazine.The same photograph was used for twelve-inch versions of 's "".

"I didn't have any participation in the album cover," recalled Bill Ward. "When I saw it, I hated it."

Ian Gillan told the press that he vomited when he first saw the picture. However, Tony Iommi approved the cover,which has been considered one of the worst ever.Ben Mitchell of called the cover "awful". The British magazine, , ranked the cover in second place, behind only the ' , on their list of "10 Worst Album Sleeves in Metal/Hard Rock". The list was based on votes from the magazine's readers. included the sleeve on their list of the "29 sickest album covers ever". Sabbath's manager Don Arden was quite hostile towards the band's ex-vocalist , who had recently married his daughter , and was fond of telling Osbourne that his children resembled the Born Again cover.

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