"Heaven and Hell" was the first album after singer Ozzy Osbourne left the band and was the first album featuring Ronnie James Dio , formerly of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, who brought his own unique style of song writing and vocalisation to the "Black Sabbath" band.
The album: "BLACK SABBATH - Heaven and Hell DIO" was produced by: Martin Birch
Martin Birch - a British Producer, Sound and Mixing Engineer. In the late 1960s until the end of the 1970s he has worked with British music bands like: "Fleetwood Mac", Rainbow , " Deep Purple " (11 Albums), "Wishbone Ash", Whitesnake , "Jon Lord", " Black Sabbath ". In the 1980s (until 1992) he was dedicated working with "Iron Maiden" (9 Albums) . Martin Birch has used many different nicknames.
Sound/Recording Engineer(s): Joe Foglia
Album cover design and illustrations: Harry Carmean, Lynn Curlee, Richard Seireeni
Early British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Vertigo 6302 017 (6302 017)
Record Format: 12" Vinyl Stereo Gramophone Record
Total Album (Cover+Record) weight: 230 gram
Year & Country: 1980 Made in Germany
Ronnie James DIO (1942-2010) , the KING of Heavy Metal with a long career (starting in 1957) being lead singer (vocals) in many different bands. DIO's career in a nutshell: 1957 The Vegas Kings, Ronnie and the Rumblers, 1958-1961 Ronnie and the Redcaps, 1961-1967 Ronnie and the Prophets, 1967-1968 The Electric Elves, 1968-1972 The Elves, 1972-1975 ELF, 1975-1978 Rainbow , 1979-1982 Black Sabbath , 1982-2010 DIO (Band) , 1981-1982 Black Sabbath , 2006-2010 Heaven & Hell.
Bill Ward - DrumsBill Ward drummer with the British Heavy Metal "Black Sabbath" from 1969 until 2012 with several breaks inbetween during which he performed with bands like: Bill Ward (Band), Black Sabbath , Day of Errors, Max Havoc, Mythology, The Mezmerist, The Rest.
Tony Iommi is a British Guitarist best known as guitarist in the NWOBHM band "Black Sabbath", Tony Iommi started his musical career in 1967 and has played guitar is a dozen of bands. These bands are (alphabetical order) Belch, Black Sabbath , Heaven & Hell, Iommi, Jethro Tull , Mythology, The Rest, The Rockin' Chevrolets, Velvett Fogg Whocares.
Geezer Butler an English Bass player mainly known for playing with Ozzy Osbourne in the bands "Black Sabbath" and "Ozzy Osbourne (Band)" , other bands he has performed in are: Geezer Butler Band, Geezer, Heaven & Hell, Rare Breed, The Ruums.
This page is a discography of vinyl records by Black Sabbath and release in the period 1960 until 1990.
WWA 101 , 1975 , United Kingdom
This album "Attention! Volume Two" is a compilation album with Black Sabbath songs from the 1970's and includes some classic songs like: "Rat Salad" and "War Pigs".
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Vertigo 847.903 847903 , 1970 , France
"Black Sabbath" is the debut album by the British Heavy Metal band with the same name.
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Vertigo 814 271 , 1983 , West-Germany
This album cover eventually caused controversy and has been hated by some fans.
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Discos Victoria VLP-101 / 30.465, 30.466, 30.467 / 9094/3, Iberofon SA , 1984 , Spain
This "Collection Vol 1" is a hard to find compilation box-set containing 3 12" vinyl LP's.
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I.R.S 7 13155 , 1992 , EEC
Dehumanizer is the first album in over a decade to re-unite Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice
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Vertigo 832 708 , 1987, Netherlands
The Eternal Idol is the thirteenth studio album by Black Sabbath, released in December 1987. It is the first of several Black Sabbath albums to feature longtime vocalist Tony Martin.
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NEMS NEL 6009 , 1977 , West-Germany
This is the "Greatest Hits" compilation album released in 1977 on the NEMS Record Label. The illustration on the album front cover is "El Triunfo de la Muerte" by Pieter Bruegel, El Viejo and the record's label is white with black typography
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1977
This is the "Greatest Hits" compilation album released in 1977 on the NEMS Record Label. The illustration on the album front cover is "El Triunfo de la Muerte" by Pieter Bruegel, El Viejo and the record's label shows a "Fried Egg".
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I.R.S. 064-24 1005 , 1989 , EEC
This album "Headless Cross" has been released in 1989 on the I.R.S. Record Label and the band features "Brian May" , "Tony Martin", "Cozy Powell" and "Laurence Cottle".
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Vertigo 6302 017 (6302 017) , 1980 , Germany
"Heaven and Hell" was the first album after singer Ozzy Osbourne left the band and was the first album featuring Ronnie James Dio , formerly of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, who brought his own unique style of song writing and vocalisation to the "Black Sabbath" band.
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Vertigo 6302 202 , 1983 , West-Germany
"Live Evil", released in 1982 and in January 1983 in the UK, is the first "official" live album by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, the previously released Live at Last (1980) not having been sanctioned by the band. It was recorded with Ronnie James Dio singing and is a document of the Mob Rules World Tour
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Vertigo PRID 11 / 826-882 , 1983 , Netherlands
"Live Evil" is the first official live album by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
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NEMS - NEL 6004 , 1976 , USA
This album "Master of Reality (US)" is the third album released by the British Heavy Metal band: Black Sabbath.
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Warner Bros (WB) Records BS 2562 , Canada
This is the Canadian release of "Master of Reality" the third album released by the British Heavy Metal band: Black Sabbath.
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WWA Records WWA 008 , 1971 , England
This is the English release of "Master of Reality" , the third album released by the British Heavy Metal band: Black Sabbath.
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Vertigo 9124 101 , Vertigo 9124 101 1978 , Germany
"Never Say Day" is the 1978 official full-length album by the British Rock band "Black Sabbath"
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Vertigo 6360 011 (6360011) , 1970 , England
This is the collectable copy of Paranoid with the full swirl on the inner sleeve as well as on the record label. This page describes all the details of this album Paranoid.
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Vertigo AA 6360 011 (6360011) , 1970 , Germany
This is an early German release of Paranoid by Black Sabbath with the full swirl on the record label. This page describes all the details of this album.
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Warner Bros BS 2822 , 1975 , USA
This page describes "Sabotage" the sixth full-length album by "Black Sabbath" and released in 1975.
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Vertigo 6360 071 , 1972 , United Kingdom
"Vol 4" was originally to be titled Snowblind, after one of several tracks referring to cocaine use. The album was recorded in California, the first time Sabbath had recorded a studio album outside the United Kingdom.
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Vertigo 6360 071 , 1972 , France
This is the French Edition of Black Sabbath's Vol 4 which was originally to be titled Snowblind, after one of several tracks referring to cocaine use. The album was recorded in California, the first time Sabbath had recorded a studio album outside the United Kingdom.
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Victoria Records VLP 106 / 40.470 , 1984 , Spain
This is the rare Spanish Edition of Black Sabbath's - We Sold Our Soul for Rock and Roll".
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