The eponymous Black Sabbath was released on Friday the 13th, February 1970.

wow...

and "Black Sabbath" is still, in my opinion, the spookiest song ever written, and still one of the heaviest. pretty goddamn impressive.

Just imagine playing it for the first time... wow I wish I could've experienced that!

All Hail the Fathers of Heavy Metal

My mom bought me this in 1976, when I was 6!

Been twisted ever since.

well that's also just one of coolest goddamn record covers ever

SO.. dwyer is one sabbath old?

The first 60 seconds of this album will never be surpassed

40, 50, 100 years

NEVER

Celebrate.

poached from the cherished lockjaw-yappy.blogspot.com:

Here's a soundboard quality Sabbath show from Paris, France on December 20, 1970. I'm not sure of the original source as I bought this as a CD probably 1992, 1993 from the now closed Rhymes Records in New Haven, CT. Ohhhh the memories I have of that place! 320kbps.

1. Paranoid
2. Hand Of Doom
3. Iron Man
4. Black Sabbath
5. NIB
6. Behind The Wall Of Sleep
7. War Pigs
8. Fairies Wear Boots

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UZYCJUFQ

Rhymes Records fucking ruled, by the way. Got my first Mercyful Fate record there.


And here's the BBC Radio One session they did for John Peel on April 26, 1970. "Black Sabbath" is a bit slower than on the LP, it's extended and it never sounded so fucking heavy. Listen to the palpable fucking DREAD in Ozzy's vocals. And savor the evil of "Walpurgis"

http://www.mediafire.com/?dhmtrudwevn

Still untouchable.

iommi is the greatest