Black Sabbath - But not the famous stuff

[The Polack MSgt]

with Ian Gillan on vocals

Tony Martin on the mic

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With Tony Martin singing and Brian May (yes the one from Queen) on guitar

More Tony, because I still think he was under rated, also, Cozy effin' Powell on drums

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Last one - Black Sabbath live in 1983 with Ian Gillan doing Smoke On The Water

[Ohiogal]

1. I'm wondering

How did Brian May end up on a Black Sabbath recording?

[The Polack MSgt]

2. Brian May and Tony Iommi are friends

Queen was between projects and Brian was bored.

Seeing the name on a Sabbath record is startling, but it was just a lark on both their parts

[Ohiogal]

3. Ah, thanks!

I’m always learning things here in the MA group!

[murielm99]

4. Ozzie really did not look healthy at the Grammys.

[better]

5. Love both Tyr and Headless Cross!

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6. That whole era is under appreciated IMHO

And I agree - TYR and Headless Cross are solid records

[better]

7. I'm a bit of a bass guitar nut

In particular, The Sabbath Stones, from Tyr has one of my favorite hidden gem basslines.
Feels Good To Me has some pretty lines too, come to think of it.

Random side-note... my current WIP bass...

[The Polack MSgt]

8. Neil Murray was very very good

but he was replacing one of the most popular heavy metal bassists in Geezer.

It wasn't just Ozzy's shadow that this version Sabbath had to overcome after all.

I'm listening to Sabbath Stones right now and in hindsight I shoulda put it in my OP, but I can still put it here

[ProfessorGAC]

9. A Heads Up For Sabbath Fans

There's a documentary on the band called "End of The End".
Combination of footage from final concert & interviews. Plus, a few songs of them just bashing around in a studio.
It's outstanding!

[The Polack MSgt]

10. Thanks Professor!

I'll keep an eye out for it

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Truly Sarge...

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...it's great! I've watched it 3 times.
Edit:
I need to tell you my Sabbath story.
I started playing piano at 4. Standard pedagogy but then, I heard so something.
My dad was a cool jazz fan. Brubeck, Randolph, Getz, Farlow...
But he had some bop. Got my 1st record player that was able to play LPs. Heard Monk. That was it. I was 10
So I'm a jazz kid, then at 14 I get the 1st Sabbath album for Christmas.
1st song, side one, and the riff is 1, 8, flatted 5th. As a jazz boy I could tell a flatted fifth in the dark.
I thought, "We can do flatted 5ths in rock?"
Was a Sabbath guy from that moment. That was 50 years ago!!!