Black Sabbath Black Box : The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978
2004 CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, DVD, Box Set
Heavy Metal

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Rhino Records, Warner Bros. Records
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 arranged by [english chamber choir] Wil Malone
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 art direction Cream
art direction Hugh Brown
art direction Julie Vlasak
tracks 3-1 to 3-8 art direction Mike Stanford
art direction, design Masaki Koike
tracks 1-1 to 1-6 bass guitar Geezer Butler
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 bass guitar Geezer Butler
tracks 5-1 to 6-8 coordinator [coordination] Mark Forster
coordinator [liner notes] Tim Scanlin
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 cover [album cover concept] Graham Wright
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 crew Dave Tangye
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 crew Graham Wright
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 crew Les Martin
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 crew Mushy Newell
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 crew [assistance making this album] Adrian Rawlings
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 crew [assistance making this album] Graham Wright
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 crew [assistance making this album] Les Martin
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 crew [assistance making this album] Monty Babson
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 crew [assistance making this album] Niggs Hudson
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 crew [assistance making this album] Spock Wall
tracks 3-1 to 3-8 design Bloomsbury Group
design Nancy L. Hopkins
tracks 5-1 to 5-8 design concept [album], design Pacific Eye & Ear
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 design [robots designed by] George Hardie
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 design, photography by Keef
tracks 1-1 to 2-8 drums Bill Ward
tracks 1-1 to 1-6 engineer Barry Sheffield
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 engineer Brian Humphries
tracks 1-1 to 2-8 engineer Tom Allom
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 engineer [assisted by] Spock Wall
tracks 5-1 to 5-8 engineer [engineered by] Mike Butcher
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 engineer [engineered by] Robin Black
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 engineer [engineered by], mixed by Robin Black
executive-producer Sharon Osbourne
tracks 5-1 to 5-8 illustration Drew Struzan
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 illustration [robots drawn by] Richard Manning
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 instrumentation by Black Sabbath
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 keyboards, arranged by [additional arrangements by] Gerald Woodruffe
tracks 1-1 to 2-8 lead guitar Tony Iommi
liner notes Chris Welch
liner notes, compiled by [a black sabbath timeline] Brian Ives
tracks 5-1 to 5-8 management [direction] Patrick Meehan
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 mastered by Bobby Hata
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 mixed by, mastered by Tony Iommi
photography by Bob Gruen
photography by Globe Photos, Inc.
photography by Govert de Roos
photography by Idols
photography by Jørgen Angel
photography by LFI
photography by Michael Ochs Archives
photography by Richard E. Aaron
photography by Ross Halfin
tracks 5-1 to 5-8 photography by Shepard Sherbell
photography by Shooting Star
photography by Star File
tracks 3-1 to 3-8 photography by [poster] Keef
tracks 4-1 to 8-9 producer [produced by] Black Sabbath
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 producer [produced by] Patrick Meehan
tracks 1-1 to 3-8 producer [produced by] Rodger Bain
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 producer [produced by], engineer [engineered by] Mike Butcher
producer [project assistance] Arlene Shapiro
producer [project assistance] John Fenton
producer [project assistance] Julee Stover
producer [project assistance] Michael Guarracino
producer [project assistance] Sheryl Farber
producer [project assistance] Steve Woolard
producer [project assistance] Steven Chean
product manager Emily Cagan
remastered by Bill Inglot
remastered by Dan Hersch
research [photo] Steven P. Gorman
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 sleeve [inner] Colin Elgie
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 sleeve [sleeve design] Hipgnosis
supervised by [editorial supervision] Dorothy Stefanski
supervised by [reissue supervised by] Black Sabbath
supervised by [reissue supervision for warner strategic marketing / rhino entertainment by] David McLees
tracks 6-1 to 6-8 technician [tape operator], other [saboteur] Dave Harris
tracks 5-1 to 5-8 technician [tape-operator] Frank Silvagni
tracks 5-1 to 5-8 technician [tape-operator] George Nicholson
tracks 5-1 to 5-8 technician [tape-operator] Les Martin
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 vocals Ozzy Osbourne
tracks 1-1 to 1-6 vocals, harmonica Ozzy Osbourne
tracks 5-1 to 7-8 written-by, arranged by Black Sabbath
Copyright (c) Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Record Company Warner Music Group
Record Company Warner Communications
Licensed From Warner Bros. Inc.
Produced For Tony Hall Enterprises
Produced For Excellency Productions
Recorded At Regent Sound Studios
Recorded At Island Studios
Recorded At Morgan Studios
Recorded At Morgan Studios, Brussels
Recorded At Criteria Recording Studios
Mixed At Criteria Recording Studios
Mastered At Sterling Sound
Mastered At Warner Bros. Studios
Remastered At DigiPrep
Published By Essex Music International Ltd.
Published By Tro-Essex Music International, Inc.
Copyright (c) Rollerjoint Music
Copyright (c) Onward Music Ltd.
Copyright (c) Westminster Music Ltd.
Published By Yuggoth Music
Copyright (c) TRO
Glass Mastered At WEA Mfg. Olyphant
Glass Mastered At Cinram, Olyphant, PA
Glass Mastered At Cinram, Olyphant, PA
Glass Mastered At Cinram, Olyphant, PA
Glass Mastered At Cinram, Olyphant, PA
Glass Mastered At Cinram, Olyphant, PA
Glass Mastered At Cinram, Olyphant, PA
Glass Mastered At Cinram, Olyphant, PA
Glass Mastered At WAMO
Pressed By Cinram, Olyphant, PA
CDs come as individual digipaks, with replica LP art, collected in 2 slipcases.

(1970–1972 & 1973–1978). Everything comes packaged inside a 6 x 10 1/2 inch felt lined box. Also comes with a bonus DVD, and a book, containing lyrics & a biography of the bands early years.

All albums are remastered from the original master tapes and are labeled with the following sub-catalog numbers:

CD1: R2 73923-A: Black Sabbath (1970)
CD2: R2 73923-B: Paranoid (1970)
CD3: R2 73923-C: Masters of Reality (1971)
CD4: R2 73923-D: Vol. 4 (1972)
CD5: R2 73923-E: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
CD6: R2 73923-F: Sabotage (1975)
CD7: R2 73923-G: Technical Ecstasy (1976)
CD8: R2 73923-H: Never Say Die! (1978)
DVD: R2 73923-I: Live At The Beat Club

Track 1.6 is a bonus track not included on original LP.
Track 6.8 includes Blow On A Jug as a short hidden song at the end of the track.
DVD footage is commonly known as the Beat Club Footage.

The DVD tracklist is printed in the wrong order on the artwork. It is printed as:
1. Black Sabbath
2. Paranoid
3. Iron Man
4. Blue Suede Shoes

Correct order is listed in the tracklist section.
Barcode: 0 8122-73923-2 1 (Printed)
Barcode: 081227392321 (Scanned)
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Other: R2 73923-A (Black Sabbath catalog number)
Other: R2 73923-B (Paranoid catalog number)
Other: R2 73923-C (Masters of Reality catalog number)
Other: R2 73923-D (Vol. 4 catalog number)
Other: R2 73923-E (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath catalog number)
Other: R2 73923-F (Sabotage catalog number)
Other: R2 73923-G (Technical Ecstasy catalog number)
Other: R2 73923-H (Never Say Die! catalog number)
Other: R2 73923-I (Live At The Beat Club catalog number)
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Rights Society: BMI



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