| | Black Sabbath Master Of Reality CD Black Sabbath Discography of CDs
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Deluxe 2cd edition comes with a bonus disc of alternate versions of "Sweet Leaf", "After Forever", "Children of the Grave", "Orchid", "Lord of this World", "Solitude", and "Spanish Sid" (an early version of "Into the Void"). Also includes new notes by David Wells and booklet with rare photos and memorabilia. 17 tracks Master Of Reality Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Birht of Doom
Like a good wine this groove laden record still hits home. Many have claimed the King of doom title but one listen and the truth is here...this is it, the standard by which all metal, doom, stoner, etc. is measured against. Still a classic, nice to hear again.
Submitted by crzylary (Norwalk, Ct. usa) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Heavy Metal Kings of the 70's
Black Sabbath were and are the heavy metal kings of the 70's and now as far as I'm concerned.
Ray Staff did a great job remastering for the original Castle/Sanctuary remasters, but these new Sanctuary remasters done by Michael Pearce are just a tad better, to me, that is. You listen back to back and decide. I say this is probably the best remastering job of Master of Reality I have heard.
The bonus tracks. I have waited a long time to hear them! I think Weevil Woman71 could have been a good song. It has potential with a little more work on it.(If the original 4 get back together I hope they will consider working up this track and including it with what they recorded back in 2000 - 2001, and mastering it.) What we have here again is work in progress. Ozzy and his scratch vocals, he was getting better at it. I think this version of Solitude should have been used with a little more work. I did not care for the slide guitar and piano in Lord of this World, perhaps I would if that had been the only way I had ever heard it. But all in all they were very interesting. There are instrumental versions of After Forever and Children of the Grave. For all the naysayers, if you think you could do a better job than Ozzy, here's your chance. You can front Black Sabbath 1970 - 71.
Submitted by Darryl Baysinger (Fulton, MO & Pensacola, FL)
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Starz' sophomore album, Violation, was quite similar to its predecessor. Jack Douglas was still the band's producer, and Starz continued to favor the type of slick, commercial hard rock that would be called pop-metal in the '80s and early '90s. This 1977 LP didn't establish Starz as major players in the pop-metal field; the New Yorkers did have a small following, although not a huge one. Nonetheless, this is an enjoyable record. It doesn't contain any pop-metal masterpieces like Kiss' "Shout It out Loud" or Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz," but tracks like "Cherry Baby" and "Rock Six Times" are certainly decent. Most of the time, Starz vocalist Michael Lee Smith sings about the same things that Kiss and Sweet were singing about in the '70s; namely, all-night parties and wild young women in tight dresses. Starz's lyrics, as a rule, were meant to be fun, not profound, and while Violation didn't go down in history as one of pop-metal's all-time classics, it's worth hearing if you're a fan of the style. ~ Alex Henderson
Starz's sophomore album, Violation, was quite similar to its predecessor. Jack Douglas was still the band's producer, and Starz continued to favor the type of slick, commercial hard rock that would be called pop-metal in the '80s and early '90s. This 1977 LP didn't establish Starz as ...
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This 1995 reissue of THE WHO SELL OUT includes songs and jingles not available on the original version.
Originally released on Track (612002/613002). Released in the U.S. on Decca (4950/74950) in 1968.
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