Of course! Subbed!

@@a.c.7501 From one Alan to another, thank you!

Can I do that 100

Loyal subscriber since 2020. I've posted your KZfaq URL and videos (interviews, mostly) on Hoffman's site, and all the rest. I don't understand why people won't listen to the source (an interview), but rely on 2nd hanf information, or total nonsense like that awful movie, "the doors" while you have Ray and Robbie's interviews, and many others. Great interviews by someone who ... knows the music! Which is so rare these days. I only have 2.5k subscribers, but I'd be happy to advertise your site in any way I can. And one of my favorites - Carln! I wonder if you have any interviews with Mort Sahl? I'm going to guess no, but I'll dream. Universal Studios lost millions of archives in recent fires, and there's so many others. I paid for this Pacifica Archive of a Mort Sahl interview, but they had to refund it back, since the reel went bad - lost history forever. They're all rotting in Universities, or being hoarded by guys who sell a 90-minute show for $400. I'm actually waiting for 2 packages today in the mail..

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I hear a lot of that. 🤟

Well said!

What a great album! Unfortunately, it’s arguably the most buried album of their Ozzy years, and though I see more talk of Sabotage, if you think that deserves the title, fair enough. I think Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die! are talked more about due to the dislike of them, but I actually quite liked Never Say Die!, but I think it’s disliked because of how uncharacteristic it is

@@Jipwell I do believe Master is criminally underlooked, indeed. But it's mainly because it comes after Paranoid, at least people give credit to Children of the Grave, but the whole thing is genius. Sabotage has great status, and it grew on the pass of the years. The most underestimated of the albums by far is Technical Ecstasy, it is a great album, only different, and a bit "trendy", but it has Sabbath in it. Never Say Die I didn't listen enough to know for sure.

Oof... 🔥

Right on! I really do try to do my best. But now I'm afraid the next one will be a let down.

@@TheTapesArchive messages from the heart enter the heart. Your videos are made with love and passion that only come from a true fan. If you continue to follow that ethos, you will not (and cannot) let anyone down, most importantly yourself!

@@petsounds3612 Thank you for the words of encouragement. I'm just afraid all the great Sabbath folks will turn on me when I do a video on another artist. 😅 JK

@@TheTapesArchive nahhh. Don’t think that. You don’t owe us anything Alan. You’re talented and you’re a fan of the music and it shows. Whatever you do will come out awesome I’m sure. I hope you re-visit the Sabs or related bands at some point in the future

@@shapelessbb Thank you! I appreciate the encouraging words. I'm sure I will too...In about 10 years I will retire from the daily grind and I have already decided this is what I will do in retirement. 🤟🏻🤟🏻

("Sgt.J."). "The Thai Sweet leaf was VERY popular in the U.S. (When you could get it.) And, the Sticks were what I, Liked.🥴.Lol. 🙄😁😊✌️🕊️🍻

@@ruthparker1140 Based on what I saw in Thailand in the early 1970s, and in the US in the late 1970s, I think most "Thai Sticks" in the US were fake. The quality was clearly not on the same level as the real thing.

Only in legends...@@TimBear-px9gj

Just Blows my mind of all the Great music that came out in 69/70/71 So ahead of there time I mean to go from I want to hold your hand to Paranoid in 4 or 5 yrs is Crazy!!!

Sharon Osborne actually wrote more than Geezer.

​@@pilgrimbagel2695Ozzy himself is talented. All the vocal melodies were created by him.

IOMMI wrote the Riffs n cords which really count

@@pilgrimbagel2695 no one could have done better than Ozzy dude

@@anthonydworak8127 , sorry to break it to you but Sharon wasn't in Ozzy's picture until 1979, just as he was leaving.

Solitude is my favorite melodic tune ever!

I can't listen to solitude that often, it makes me too sad sometimes, I don't want to take that aspect of it being a sad song away from it so I usually listen to it when I'm down to know I'm not alone, god love this band, for lounging I always start with planet caravan :)

@@george-geedeevee9054 I think looking at it as a meditative and calming song can help. There's a sense of closure to the track that can't be explained very easy. I enjoy the track without feeling sad, as it never made me feel upset or sorrowful. See it more like a quiet trip on a boat in a silent river rather than a rainy day.

@@_PuppetMaster86 I could totally do that, sometimes it just happens accidentally but yeah that end section especially where it's just instrumental is good closure. Why did Geezer write the song for?

@@george-geedeevee9054 Geezer wrote “Solitude” about heartbreak after a breakup. I believe Geezer wanted to follow suite of the idea of having a psychedelic and ambient acoustic ballad like “Planet Caravan” on Paranoid. The track was meant to be the calm before the storm of the doomy track the bookends Master Of Reality, “Into The Void”.

I agree both 3s are awesome. I saw Sabbath at the New York Academy of Music right after Master came out. We were in the 16 row on the Tony side, insane concert, our ears rang for 3 days after Saw Zep right after 4 came out, Nassau Coliseum, STILL to this day that was the most exciting experience of my life, they played for 3 1/2 HOURS

I could not agree with you more.I am South African 65yr old man and i had the priviledge of going to school and live by my aunt in Toronto in the 70s ,and WOW being a coloured boy who was just blown away with bands from the States and the UK just brings tears to my eyes even up to today.My faves being The Who,Black Sabbath,Deep Purple,Alice Cooper,Led Zeppelin,not to ever forget legendary axe men eg.Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix...oh yeh Cream too.I will always love their musical contribution to what we know today as rock music

@@user-ke6rq1wb6r I was reminiscing with my daughter the other day and we spoke about seeing Alice Cooper 15 years ago. Great show Wonderful to hear from you

​@user-ke6rq1wb6r ngl I think zep 3 is great but there is definitely songs that are bad and don't hold up as classics. Two of my favourite zep songs come from there but I can't listen to the whole thing where as sabbath is on another level

Too kind man..Thank you!

Absolutely! These are awesome!

@@TheTapesArchive I love these. Great job bud!

I'm doing the same thing, share this good job my friend... I'm from Lima-Perú.!!

@@brunomoreno2731 Love hearing from people all are around the world. Thank you for sharing!

Well put!

Even just smoking weed can help understand Sabbath better

Same as the Gospels. It's inside of us..🎸 We go thru states of consciousness.❤️🧠👁️

Thought i was the only one who thought this way, yeah man its a mind opening revelation

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Only been to one concert . At a summer fest . So much shame. It was violentFemmes ./and they caught me going thru bands dirty under wears . I was ashamed. And beaten. As needed. As I took it.

Hash Cake? Blindness? Huh. ? I was hiding in bushes from early 72’ till a couple hour ago. Anyone up to date with Chico and the Mexican dude. ?? Sanford and big dummy ford. ?? Eves lettuce. Have the knowledge to thrive. Weed is normal. Normal. Is bizarre. We were not meant to be sober and all alike. Sorry turds. Meth use is divine. All dope is from the vine. Courtesy o Dionysos . Shiva . Creator and Destroyer. Shive brought Gone Jaw to man . Long way back. One hit of Shivas leaf can start DMT glowing and flowing. You have to inhale . Alone . No homies lots of drugs all one . Don’t be pop ulcer. Be a loner ass hole. Meet God. A loner Dragon Serpent Dina sorry. Goddess zEvo locution. Serpentine belts. Master z. Bow and arrow. Thread and need less. . Oh yeah. Congrats. We are the children of the grove. . Son of Nam has matured. Maiden s and Guilty teens. Being resurrected

Brother I'm jealous. You got to see Sab get their coked up asses handed to them by VH.

Great

@@careful__Icarus I’ve heard that revisionist BS a lot, but it’s utter nonsense, at least at the gig I was at! Almost no one knew who Van Halen were back then, especially in the UK. Their 1st album had only been out for a few months! And all of Sabbath’s classic albums were out by then, they were greeted like the Rock Gods they were! Don’t get me wrong, Van Halen were good, and they were well received….but they weren’t anywhere NEAR Sabbath!! Sabbath could’ve walked on stage, pissed all over it, took a dump, and walked off, and they’d still have been treated like Gods! 😜😂🤣😎

Black Sabbath probably not any more satanic than Dracula, Alistair Crawley, Charles Manson,ect. Probably, I would speculate

Really appreciate that, thank you!

Thanks very much for this documentary 😀👍👍 A treat for Black Sabbath fans worldwide!!!!!!! Thank you very much for making this!!!!!!!! On behalf of Black Sabbath fans worldwide Thank You!!!!!!!!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Super excellent.

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I was born 10yrs later lol

​@@maryjane4846Hatched, you mean.

Was this 'Ozzy Rhodes' a son of Randy's I've never learned of, or something...??? 🎸🇺🇲 😤🤏💨💨☁️☁️

Thank you! I'd love to do the Ozzy Randy years leading into Speak of the Devil.

How about Ozzy : The Joe Holmes Years...just kidding.

@@careful__Icarus HAHA yeah, no...

Absolutely! I am both. This was just the best.

Thank you! I make zero money from this. YT blocks money being made since I use the band's music.

@@TheTapesArchive that's messed up and why the ownership of KZfaq is really ugly at its core.

WOW! Thank you so much. When I'm making these I always think to myself that it's a lot to ask someone watch something for an hour , make it worth their while. A comment like yours hits me right in the feels. Appreciate it! 🤟🤟🤩👏🏻

Totally agree, I've always loved Solitude. Though I always loved Sabbath's typical sound, songs like Solitude, Changes, and Planet Caravan really made me feel something. Opposed to the heavier songs about War and the afterlife made me think. And due to those experiences it forever changed how I appreciated and approached music. To where I was no longer going to be satisfied with just a catchy beat or chord progression.

Not a bad tune on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath IMHO.

Tony Ioni is just in a leaugue by himself for the depth of strange emotions he captures

I wonder if the fact that Tony Iommi had two fingers chopped off had anything to do with " A Bit of Finger".

Good question..I need to find out.

And Master Of Reality is their best ever album in my opinion !!

Super Awesome.

Absolutely!

Really appreciate it! 🤟🏻🤟🏻

Lot of great pics and footage

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You were one of the lucky kids back then. Most parents were a drag, especially fathers who had nothing better to do than to tell their kids what they could, or could not listen to. A lot of kids grew up with that mental bs in being told every month to get a haircut, even if your hair did not need it. The same old bs of not trusting the younger generation. The threats that went with it as well. Getting thrown out of the house bs. What a f%#king drag some kids had to go through growing up. You didn't get a penny for anything. Not an album, not a concert, but only for a f#%king haircut. Sorry about the cussing, but it sucked. How many females are still pissed that they could not see the Beatles live? That broke a lot of hearts out there. Every time I hear the Stones, or Led Zepplin sing Heartbreaker, I think of them for a moment.

@@tomodonovan5931 Consider I was able to do those things not because my parents were "cool" on the contrary I disliked my father intensely and he felt the same about me. I was an only son who loved partying and had three straight A cheerleader sisters who could do no wrong. My parents actually sent me away to school in the 8th grade because they thought I was retarded or something. It was great being away from them with kids who dug rock and roll. I rebelled and spent most of my time drunk or high as an escape as I was so unhappy at home. I joined the Army at 18 and never looked back. We all had it tough during the "Devil music" era. I had a friend who's Mom would freak out if her son played "Sweet, Ballroom Blitz". Another friends Dad hit him with a bat when he heard him play Zeppelin. It never stopped any of us from loving what we loved and love to this day. You're not alone my friend.

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@@TheTapesArchive I was already ahead of you. ;-) Seriously, the content, the research, the editing... It's as good a rock documentary as I've ever seen. Literally one of the best.

From one Alan to another, thank you! Now where is this team you are speaking? lol Just me! 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻

@@TheTapesArchive silly me must have confused the credits at the end🤣 in that case you really have done a fantastic single handed job 😀👍

@@alanrowland6971 lol I shoul’nt be so full of myself. The other writers were a big help.

@@TheTapesArchive Don't worry about it , modesty sucks anyway 😆😀👍

@@alanrowland6971 Us Alans are the best. Am I right? HAHA

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Sabotage* Barely*

Thank you so much! That just encourages me to make more. :) Please let me know if you think the new one lives up to Sabotage.

@@TheTapesArchive sabatoge was fantastic!!

@@southernfriedawesomeness9464 It's called Sabotage. Not Sabbatoge, and not Sabatoge. I won't tell you again!

@@shaunfulton7261 no one cares

Glad you enjoyed it!

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The best music of any genre is always done when it's new and fresh, we need a new genre of music - something people haven't heard before like Sabbath created with metal.

@@madstylesnz All we get now are subsubsubsubsubgenres with nary a difference between them.

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WOW!!! Thank you so much for the high praise. You comment hit me right in the feels man. 🤟🏻👏🏻🎉🍻🍻

Aw man, thank you! Dio Sabbath is still Black Sabbath to me as is Gillian etc. I never have got why Sharon hates any version of Sabbath without Ozzy. I would love to do one on the Dio years. Thanks again for your kind words.

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Right the fuck on! Really appreciate the comment. 🤟

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I would love that. Thank you so much for being a subscriber. Most people on here are not. It really helps grow the channel, leading to more videos like this one. Your sub is appreciated. 🤟🏻🍻

You got my vote!

Nah, Sabbath bloody Sabbath for me.

Their First album, this and Sabotage are my favorites.

Wow, thanks! Your comment hit me in the feels. Nothing better than spreading joy. 👏🏻🤟✌🏻

@@TheTapesArchive Indeed. Hopefully we'll have more of the good stuff rolling our way to all enjoy together. Please, keep it up, whenever possible.

Thank you! You mention you can't wait for a Sabotage one. You're in luck, it's out already. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ea5olpeFsNitf6M.html 🤟🏻🤟🏻

@@TheTapesArchive kzfaq.info/get/bejne/icmei86qvdfcqmw.html Satan can`t deal anything that is real and alive and from GOD. Therefore he is busy killing all that`s real and alive off so he can replace it all. Satan is busy building his A.I kingdom. Where`s nothing real at all. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/erN4aLqYrKzcnJc.html All comes back to MK - ULTRA MIND CONTROL. Satan can not stand thinking skills nor free will, both must be gone for to live in the kingdom of satan. 5 points the truth is harsh: - There`s nothing to eat - it is all poisoned, - There`s no air to breath - it is all poisoned. - There`s nowhere to live - all are under the "care" of our governments, - Whole mankind is DUMBED DOWN by our own “caring” governments, - We, humans, are wicked sinners and fated into everlasting torture. We cannot save ourselves, we are in need of a saviour. The saviour of the mankind is: JESUS CHRIST - GOD`S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. While making everything now only about covid, let`s not forget, that every year , month, week, day, hour, minute, second, someone out there lose a family member, a friend, a co worker. And IT IS NOT ALWAYS AND ONLY COVID. Why are we forgetting: DIFFERENT CANCERS - these didn`t disappeared, CAR, PLANE, BOUTH ACCITENTS - these didn`t disappeared, Drugs, that kills our organs while still alive - these didn`t disappeared, Problematic genes - these didn`t disappeared, Stress, overworking - also leading too early DEATH - these didn`t disappeared. And real appointed time to die - we ARE MORTAL. And will die eventually. Our health as whole mankind - was already close to none - existence. We kill ourselves while still breathing: Alcohol, killing our own stomach and expecting not to die? different drugs, willingly poison ourselves and expecting not to die? smoking, Burning our own lungs and expecting not to die? Willingly taking a gun into our hands and going to war and expecting not to die? - in here: who kills will be killed also. /what goes around, comes around. In short: We, ain´t dying from anything new, we are already DEAD. Covid - 19 was a made up story. Under the topic: FREEMASONRY lays all the needful answers. Don´t find those, then you missing skills to search. It is harsh fact, yet still remains a fact. WHO IS THEN SATAN ACCORDING TO YOUR WORDS AND OPINIONS? For me - satan is my enemy, once a glorious Angel, yet as PRIDE was found in him, he lost his place in HEAVEN and felled down to earth and now without a body, only in spiritual form, he walketh around to see whom he : and today on this earth satan is known as god /with little g) and his kingdom is this fallen earth. Be not fool, for he is carring many names: the most known: - LUCIFER, - SATAN, - THE OLD DEVIL, - THE Baphomet - the false god/the god of freemasonry. - The Prince of the air. 1 Peter 5:8 - Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Matthew 10:16 - Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Hey I feel ya. I'm 30 years old (born in 1992) and as a musician (mainly a drummer) I love a variety of different music from different eras because what i like is substance... which is why with country or pop for example I tell people I like some classic country songs but all the modern stuff is generic garbage, same with pop, rock has also gotten pretty lame in the last 10 to 15 years and I also find the modern metal double bass drum screem stuff to be pretty generic too and all sounds the same... hell I love hip hop top but over the last 10 years its gone downhill big time as well I guess that's because society as a whole is imploding... anyways my favorite music is late 60s all the way till late 90s hard rock and I have loved sabbath (they're my favorite on most days i used to say zeppelin but zeppelin music gets old quicker than sabbath I mean if when kashmir comes on the radio while I'm driving or anything off LED zeppelin 2 or 4 and I don't even turn it up but iron man comes on though not close to my favorite by sabbath and I've heard it a million times but I still turn that shit up loud as hell and rock out) yes I know I'm rambling whatever as a drummer at age 13 zeppelin and sabbath especially where huge for me bill ward and john Bonham are essential for building a foundation for any drummer that's transitioning from early beginner and into intermediate and helps build chops but yeah I used to like the first 3 sabbath records the best but as I've gotten older my favorite are 4 5 and 6

But the riff played in the documentary was To Cry You a Song not Nothing is Easy. Granted that riff sounds more like a Tony Iommi riff but it isn't him.

To Cry you A song was in there cuz it was rumored that it was Tony. I sent Tony the video and he corrected me and said that it wasn't. So I took that part out but left the song in there as a musical bridge.

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Thank you so much!

Thank you so much! I'm in my fifties as well. TBH many of the facts I have in here I only learned when I did the research too. Crazy to think you love a band since the ealry 80's and to not know some of these things. Haha..I hope I never let you down in my videos. I will try not to half ass them. 🤟🏻🤟🏻

Interesting! Good for you! I was going to Catholic school at the time and used this to show my parents that Sabbath was a good band.

That is awesome!

Would you let the Academy know this? lol...Thanks!

My Favorite

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Randy was a beast and the version on the live album is the one I was introduced to first. I liked Iommi's version just as equal.

Back on earth the flame of life burns Low everywhere is misery and whoa Into the void lyrics Just magic

Thanks Rob!! Please let the Academy of Sabbath know about your nomination. 🤟🏻😅🏆

Holy shit that’s a cool gig

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@@TheTapesArchive I'm already subscribed, actually. Keep up the good work!

​@@steve9094 Right on! Sorry, the little subsciber icon isn't showing up next to your name.

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