The 1968 Tapes (RSD Black Friday Mono version) (Black Friday 24)

Record Store Day Black Friday 2024.

Available in store from 9am on Friday 29th November 2024, with any remaining stock being made available via our website on Saturday 30th November 2024 at 8am.

Limited to one copy per person / address.

8 Black Sabbath songs re- imagined as classic jazz tracks. Even though the 2
albums Jazz Sabbath recorded in 1969 (if you choose to believe the liner notes)
were only just released in this decade, the songs did fnd 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 2 albums were not the frst 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 2 albums that followed still are
classics in their own right, but they were not mistaken in thinking they had
recorded their best work in 1968. Like the tracks from their 2 albums, these tracks
also found their way to the public through that Birmingham band. Whether they
copied them from live bootlegs or if they got their hands on the mix, it doesn’t
matter anymore. Their popularity, even in the crude ‘metal’ way they were covered,
only proves just how monumental these songs were and how record labels often
fail to recognize a visionary artist. With the truth now fnally out there and that
Birmingham band exposed as the musical charlatans they are, Jazz Sabbath have
fnally mastered the 1968 tapes to present their best work to the public.