and got into a totally different lifestyle. As bassist Geezer Butler told Guitar World in 2001: "Yeah, the cocaine had set in. 4 sessions could be viewed as the point in time when the seeds were planted for what would eventually be the demise of the classic Sabbath line-up. The Bel Air mansion the band was renting belonged to John DuPont of the DuPont chemical company and the band found several spray cans of gold DuPont paint in a room of the house finding Ward naked and unconscious after drinking heavily, they proceeded to cover the drummer in gold paint from head to toe. Now, his self-control was clearly slipping." Iommi claims in his autobiography that Ward almost died after a prank-gone-wrong during recording of the album. Retrospectively, that might have been a danger sign. According to the book How Black Was Our Sabbath, Bill Ward "was always a drinker, but rarely appeared drunk. It was like 'Well, just go home, you're not being of any use right now.' I felt like I'd blown it, I was about to get fired". "I nailed it in the end, but the reaction I got was the cold shoulder from everybody. "I hated the song, there were some patterns that were just horrible", Ward said. While struggling to record the song "Cornucopia" after "sitting in the middle of the room, just doing drugs", Bill Ward feared that he was about to be fired from the band. According to Sharon Osbourne's memoirs, there was also a Doberman at the mansion that had gotten into a part of the band's cocaine supply that was laced with the baby laxative mannitol and soon became ill from the effects of the altered drug. In the studio, the band regularly had large speaker boxes full of cocaine delivered. The recording process was plagued with problems, many due to substance abuse. These Vol 4 box sets will be released on 12 February 2021.In June 1972, Black Sabbath began work on their fourth album at the Record Plant studios in Los Angeles. ![]() tour, these recordings were originally slated for a live album that was ultimately shelved and this represents the first time a full 1973 Sabbath show has been recreated. The live audio has been newly mixed by Richard Digby Smith using the original 16-track analog tapes.īoth versions of the Vol 4 box sets come with extensive booklets featuring liner notes, rare photos, and a poster with previously unpublished early artwork of the album using the working title Snowblind. ![]() Recorded in March 1973 at various stops along the band’s U.K. ![]() These are contained within CD 3 of the CD box and are spread across LPs two and three in the vinyl set.īlack Sabbath Vol 4 5LP vinyl super deluxe edition (click image to enlarge)įinally, the last CD (or LPs four and five) brings together live recordings of the era, recreating a typical setlist from Black Sabbath’s tour for Vol 4. Again, these have been remixed by Steven Wilson and include several alternative takes for ‘Wheels Of Confusion’ as well as outtakes for ‘The Straightener’ and ‘Snowblind’. These have been newly mixed by remix meister Steven Wilson using the analog multi-tracks.Īdditionally, the Vol 4 box sets feature 11 additional studio recordings that spotlight alternative takes, false starts and snippets of studio dialogue. However, there’s some exciting bonus material available in both the 4CD and 5LP super deluxe editions (both formats feature exactly the same audio).įirst off, there’s six previously unreleased studio outtakes on the second disc of both sets. The band’s fourth album (obviously…) features tracks like ‘Supernaut’, ‘Changes’, and ‘Snowblind’ and has been newly remastered for this reissue. Black Sabbath‘s 1972 album Vol 4 will be reissued early next year as expansive CD and vinyl super deluxe edition box sets.
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