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Super deluxe box set with 4 lps, 1975 replica tour book, 40 page book and vinyl single

Years of constant touring, alcoholism, and drug abuse finally began to affect Black Sabbath around the time of their sixth release, 1975’s Sabotage. While it’s not a bad album (in fact, it’s one of their most underrated), you can sense that the magical chemistry that made such albums as Paranoid and Vol. 4 so special was beginning to disintegrate. But guitarist Tony Iommi again comes equipped with an arsenal of sturdy, ultra-heavy riffs, as evidenced by the raucous album opener, “Hole in the Sky,” as well as the drug-induced anthem “Symptom of the Universe” — both tracks coming as close to garage rock as Sabbath ever got. But the album’s biggest surprise is the melodic, synth-laced “Am I Going Insane (Radio),” which is more akin to ’70s power pop than to the band’s patented doom metal (although the lyrics are what you’d expect — detailing a person’s downward spiral into dementia). Although often overlooked, Sabotage remains an interesting and challenging release.

Track listing:
Disc 1: 2021 remastered
1. Hole In The Sky
2. Don’t Start (Too Late)
3. Symptom Of The Universe
4. Megalomania
5. Thrill Of It All
6. Supertzar
7. Am I Going Insane (Radio)
8. The Writ

Disc 2/4: North American Tour Live 75
1. Supertzar / Killing Yourself To Live
2. Hole In The Sky
3. Snowblind
4. Symptom Of The Universe
5. War Pigs
6. Megalomania
7. Sabbra Cadabra
8. Jam 1-including guitar solo
9. Jam 2-including drum solo
10. Supernaut
11. Iron Man
12. Guitar Solo
13. Black Sabbath
14. Spiral Architect
15. Embryo / Children Of The Grave
16. Paranoid

Vinyl single:
1. Am I Going Insane-radio single edit
2. Hole In The Sky