Jazz Sabbath

The 1968 Tapes

$33.98

Event: BLACK FRIDAY 2024
Release Date: 11/29/2024
Format: LP with CD
Label: Blacklake
Quantity: 2500
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

Even though the two albums Jazz Sabbath recorded in 1969 (if you choose to believe the liner notes) were only just released in this decade, the songs did find their way to millions in the last 50 years. Through a vicious cycle of personal tragedy and plagiarism the songs intended to change the jazz world ended up giving birth to a much darker sound. However, the songs on those two albums were not the first ones the band recorded.

These are.

In 1968 Jazz Sabbath were an instant hit on the UK jazz scene. It wasn’t long until they were offered a record deal. They spent weeks in the studio recording the tracks that got the heaviest reactions at their live shows until they captured their live energy on tape. Unfortunately, the label told them the songs were too experimental and the whole album ‘just a labyrinth of noise’. The label manager said there was no way this album could be a hit and told them to record some of their ‘easier’ tracks instead.

The two albums that followed are classics in their own right, but the band were not mistaken in thinking they had recorded their best work in 1968. Like the songs on the first two albums, these tracks also found their way to the public through that Birmingham band. Whether they copied them from live bootlegs or got their hands on the mix, it doesn’t matter anymore. Their popularity, even in the crude 'metal' way they were covered, proves just how monumental these songs were and how record labels often fail to recognize a visionary artist.

With the truth now finally out there and that Birmingham band exposed as the musical charlatans they are, Jazz Sabbath have finally mastered the 1968 tapes to present their best work to the public.

Longtime Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne keys and guitar player Adam Wakeman (as Milton Keanes) is back with Jazz Sabbath – The 1968 Tapes. This RSD Black Friday exclusive MONO edition features eight Black Sabbath songs re-imagined as classic jazz tracks, and the package includes alternative cover art and is packaged with a bonus CD version of the release. It’s pressed on 140g Coke Bottle Clear vinyl and features a bonus track and exclusive alternate mixes.

A1. Into The Void
A2. Electric Funeral (RSD alternative mix)
A3. Supernaut
A4. Hole In The Sky (RSD bonus track)
B1. The Wizard (RSD alternative mix)
B2. Spiral Architect (RSD alternative mix)
B3. Warning
B4. War Pigs