Released 01/10/21
Technical Ecstasy by Black Sabbath, limited edition, remastered, new mix, 90 mins of unreleased outtakes, alt mixes, live tracks from Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill plus extensive book, tour program and poster. LP set on 180g vinyl.
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.
Black Sabbath embraced change in 1976 when the heavy metal innovators started managing themselves and began exploring different sounds on the band’s seventh studio album, Technical Ecstasy.
BMG honours this daring album with a collection that includes a newly remastered version of the original, a brand-new mix by Steven Wilson, plus more than 90 minutes of previously unreleased outtakes, alternative mixes and live tracks. TECHNICAL ECSTASY: SUPER DELUXE EDITION will be available as a 4CD box set and 5LP box set on 180g black vinyl.
- 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
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