BLACK SABBATH'S MASTERS OF REALITY SIGNED BY 4 C/W COA
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Black Sabbath's hand signed 12" vinyl LP 'Masters of Reality' comes with a COA. The album is on the rare Vertigo label which itself makes the album very collectable. It is signed by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Own a piece of rock history. The album and labels are in excellent condition. The sleeve has a crease at the opening.
Black Sabbath has been so influential in the development of heavy metal rock music as to be a defining force in the style. The group took the blues-rock sound of late '60s acts like Cream, Blue Cheer, and Vanilla Fudge to its logical conclusion, slowing the tempo, accentuating the bass, and emphasizing screaming guitar solos and howled vocals full of lyrics expressing mental anguish and macabre fantasies. If their predecessors clearly came out of an electrified blues tradition, Black Sabbath took that tradition in a new direction, and in so doing helped give birth to a musical style that continued to attract millions of fans decades later.
The slow and heavy songs that comprise most of the album are interspersed with quiet ballads written by Tony Iommi. Two of these, "Embryo" and "Orchid", are short instrumentals serving as interludes. The third, "Solitude", is much longer in comparison and features Ozzy Osbourne's soft, woeful vocals.
Unusually, the lyrics of the song "After Forever" written by Terry "Geezer" Butler, focus entirely on Christian themes. At the time, some viewed Black Sabbath as Satanists due to their dark sound, image and lyrics. Similarly, the song "Lord of this World" has lyrics that appear to concern someone who is possessed by Satan. It was released as a single along with "Fairies Wear Boots" in 1971. Rolling Stone criticized the lyrics but welcomed the arrangement, while Wilson & Alroy's called the guitar sound "crude but effective".
The song "Solitude" showcases Tony Iommi's multi-instrumental talents, featuring him playing the guitar, flute and piano.
The album opener, "Sweet Leaf" is a song about marijuana. "Children of the Grave" was written about war, peace and revolution, and is lyrically similar to "War Pigs" and "Electric Funeral" on their previous album and Wicked World on their debut album
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