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Hello, the aim of this blog is to share my musical tastes. I cover everything from the late 60s through the 90s—rock 'n' roll, hard rock, jazz-rock, pop, reggae, and many other styles—featuring bands primarily from the US, England, Europe, and around the world. I started listening to music in the 60s with my mother; she used to listen to the charts (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, etc.) on longwave radio stations like RTL and Europe 1. Later on, I would listen to radio stations at night on a transistor radio—specifically AM (amplitude modulation) broadcasts on the medium wave band. I was born in the late 50s; my brother, who was ten years my senior, used to listen to "Yé-yé" music on his record player, and I really enjoyed it. FM radio didn't arrive in France until 1981. I still enjoy listening to shortwave or medium wave radio stations using a WebSDR based in the Netherlands.

Monday, August 3, 2026

Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1970

 https://youtu.be/BOTIIw76qiE?si=uJXxQyRvUHpn807i


Black Sabbath were an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band were previously named Polka Tulk Blues Band and then Earth), they distinguished themselves through occult themes with horror-inspired lyrics and down-tuned guitars. Their first three albums, Black Sabbath, Paranoid (both 1970), and Master of Reality (1971), were commercially successful, and are cited as pioneering albums in the development of heavy metal.[2] Subsequent albums Vol. 4 (1972), Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973), Sabotage (1975), Technical Ecstasy (1976), and Never Say Die! (1978) saw the band explore more experimental and progressive styles.

Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 and replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who recorded three albums with the band, Heaven and Hell (1980), Mob Rules (1981), and their first authorised live album Live Evil (1983), the last two featuring drummer Vinny Appice replacing Ward. Following Dio and Appice's departures, Iommi and Butler recorded Born Again (1983) with Ward returning on drums, and Ian Gillan, then-formerly of Deep Purple, on vocals. By 1984, Butler, Ward, and Gillan had all departed, leaving Iommi to assemble a new version of Black Sabbath. For the next thirteen years, the band endured many personnel changes that included vocalists Glenn Hughes (another former Deep Purple member, who sang on Black Sabbath's 1986 album Seventh Star)[3] and Tony Martin, as well as several bassists and drummers. Of the vocalists during these years, Martin's tenure was the longest, joining in 1987 and recording three albums – The Eternal Idol (1987),[4] Headless Cross (1989),[5] and Tyr (1990) – before his initial departure in 1991.[6] That same year, Iommi reunited with Butler, Dio and Appice to record Dehumanizer (1992), though Dio and Appice both departed again by the end of 1992. Martin returned for two more studio albums, Cross Purposes (1994)[7] and Forbidden (1995),[8] and one live album, Cross Purposes Live (1995), before the band went on a one-year hiatus.



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