Black Sabbath's Vol. 4 to get super-deluxe vinyl box-set treatment. That's the one with "Supernaut" people!
If you ask somebody what their favourite Black Sabbath song is, they'll most likely name one of the band's heavily played singles, like "Paranoid" or "Iron Man". Others may point to the atmospheric number that started it all, the eerie "Black Sabbath". And then there's the Ronnie James Dio fans who are all over "Heaven and Hell".
Me, I'm a "Supernaut" kinda guy.
When I interviewed Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi back in 2007 I told him I was particularly fond of the track from 1972's Vol. 4, and he offered an interesting reply.
“You know who did like that?” he said, “Frank Zappa. That was one of his favourite tracks. He always said, ‘Aw, I love that riff.’ In fact, I used to play it for him when he’d come down, you know."
Anybody else who's obsessed with "Supernaut" should probably knows that it's available in five versions--the original album cut, two outtakes, an alternative take, and a live version--on a new super-deluxe vinyl box-set edition of Vol. 4 scheduled for release by Rhino Records on February 12.
The new collection--which is also available digitally and on CD--includes a newly remastered version of the original album along with 20 unreleased studio and live recordings, a booklet featuring liner notes with quotes from all four band members, rare photos, and a poster with previously unpublished early artwork of the album using the working title Snowblind.
The bonus material includes six previously unreleased studio outtakes from the original album sessions as well as 11 additional studio recordings that spotlight alternative takes, false starts, and snippets of studio dialogue. The box set also features live performances recorded at various stops along the band’s 1973 U.K. tour.
You can preorder it here.
Vinyl box-set track listing:
LP One - Original Album (2021 – Remaster)
Side A
Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener
Tomorrow's Dream
Changes
FX
Supernaut
Side B
Snowblind
Cornucopia
Laguna Sunrise
St. Vitus Dance
Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes
LP Two – Outtakes – New Mix (Mixed by Steven Wilson)
Side A
Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener
Changes
Supernaut
Snowblind
Side B
Laguna Sunrise
Under The Sun (instrumental)
Alternative Takes, False-Starts & Studio Dialogue (Mixed by Steven Wilson)
Wheels Of Confusion (false-start with studio dialogue)
Wheels Of Confusion (alternative take 1)
Wheels Of Confusion (alternative take 2)
Wheels Of Confusion (alternative take 3)
LP Three – Alternative Takes, False-Starts & Studio Dialogue Continued (Mixed by Steven Wilson)
Side A
Wheels Of Confusion (alternative take 4)
The Straightener (outtake)
Snowblind (take 1 - incomplete)
Supernaut (outtake)
Side B
Supernaut (alternative takes with false-starts)
Under The Sun (false-start with studio dialogue)
Under The Sun (alternative take with guide vocal)
LP Four – Live in the UK 1973
Side A
Tomorrow's Dream
Sweet Leaf
War Pigs
Side B
Snowblind
Killing Yourself To Live
Cornucopia
LP Five – Live in the UK 1973 Continued
Side A
Wicked World (includes excerpts of: i. Guitar Solo ii. Orchid iii. Into The Void iv. Sometimes I'm Happy)
Side B
Supernaut/Drum Solo
Wicked World (reprise)
Embryo
Children of the Grave
Paranoid
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