Technical Ecstasy - SUPER DELUXE Vinyl BOX Set
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Band | BLACK SABBATH |
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Release Date | Oct 1, 2021 |
Genre | Doom Metal, Hardrock, Heavy Metal |
Edition | Re-Release, Re-Issue, Limited Edition |
Packaging | Boxset |
Number | 5 |
Description
Vinyl box set includes:
- Original album newly remastered
- New Mix LP
- Outtakes and Alternative Mixes LP
- 2LP live concert from the World Tour 1976 - 77
- 40-page book with photos, artwork and liner notes
- Technical Ecstasy colour poster
In the summer of 1976, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward headed to Miami to record Technical Ecstasy at the famed Criteria Studios. The band was coming off a world tour for their previous album, Sabotage, that had found their live performances evolving to include keyboards and synthesizers. These newly incorporated instruments and sounds were then introduced into the recording process on Technical Ecstasy. The new songs encompassed a wide range of styles from the hard charging “Back Street Kids” and single ballad “It’s Alright,” to the funky “All Moving Parts (Stand Still)” and progressive rock “Gypsy.” The Deluxe Edition presents a newly remastered version of the eight-track album, along with an entirely new mix of the album created by Steven Wilson using the original analogue tapes.
With eight previously unreleased outtakes and alternative mixes. Among those are different mixes of “You Won’t Change Me” and “Rock ’n’ Roll Doctor,” as well as both outtake and instrumental versions for “She’s Gone.” The collection concludes with 10 previously unreleased live tracks recorded during the 1976-77 World Tour. The songs touch on different eras of the band’s history with early tracks like “Black Sabbath”, “War Pigs” (from Paranoid), “Symptom Of The Universe”, “Snowblind” and “Children Of The Grave” alongside new songs “Gypsy” and “Dirty Women.”
The collection comes with an extensive hardback book featuring artwork, liner notes, rare memorabilia and photos from the era, plus a replica of the 1976-77 world tour concert book and a large colour poster of the iconic Hipgnosis (Storm Thorgerson/Aubrey Powell/Peter Christopherson) futuristic robots image which is perfect for framing.
TRACKLIST
LP1 TECHNICAL ECSTASY (2021 - REMASTER)
SIDE ONE:
- BACK STREET KIDS
- YOU WON’T CHANGE ME
- IT’S ALRIGHT
- GYPSY
SIDE TWO:
- ALL MOVING PARTS (STAND STILL)
- ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DOCTOR
- SHE’S GONE
- DIRTY WOMEN
LP2 NEW MIX EXCEPT*
SIDE THREE:
- BACK STREET KIDS (Steven Wilson Mix)
- YOU WON’T CHANGE ME (Steven Wilson Mix)
- IT’S ALRIGHT (Mono Version)*
- GYPSY (Steven Wilson Mix)
SIDE FOUR:
- ALL MOVING PARTS (STAND STILL)
- ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DOCTOR (Steven Wilson Mix)
- SHE’S GONE (Steven Wilson Mix)
- DIRTY WOMEN (Steven Wilson Mix)
- LP3 OUTTAKES & ALTERNATIVE MIXES
SIDE FIVE:
- BACK STREET KIDS (Alternative Mix)
- YOU WON’T CHANGE ME (Alternative Mix)
- GYPSY (Alternative Mix)
- ALL MOVING PARTS (STAND STILL) (Alternative Mix)
SIDE SIX:
- ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DOCTOR (Alternative Mix)
- SHE’S GONE (Outtake Version)
- DIRTY WOMEN (Alternative Mix)
- SHE’S GONE (Instrumental Mix)
- LP4 LIVE WORLD TOUR 1976-77 (PART ONE)
SIDE SEVEN:
- SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE
- WAR PIGS
- GYPSY
SIDE EIGHT:
- BLACK SABBATH
- ALL MOVING PARTS (STAND STILL)
- LP5 LIVE WORLD TOUR 1976-77 (PART TWO)
SIDE NINE:
- DIRTY WOMEN
- DRUM SOLO / GUITAR SOLO
SIDE TEN:
- ELECTRIC FUNERAL
- SNOWBLIND
- CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE