Technical Ecstasy 4CD Boxset
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CD Version Of Black Sabbathrsquos Seventh Studio Album Features The Original Album Newly Remastered, A Brand New Mix Of The Album By Steven Wilson, Plus Previously Unreleased Outtakes, Alternative Mixes, And Live Tracks.Black Sabbath embraced change in 1976 when the heavy metal innovators started managing themselves and began exploring different sounds on the bandrsquos seventh studio album, Technical Ecstasy. The record reached 13 in the U.K. and was certified gold in the U.S.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 ldquoBack Street Kidsrdquo and ballad ldquoItrsquos Alright,rdquo to the funky ldquoAll Moving Parts Stand Stillrdquo and progressive ldquoGypsy.rdquo The album also featured the single ldquoItrsquos Alright,rdquo which was the first Sabbath song to feature lead vocals by Ward. The Deluxe Edition presents a newly remastered version of the eighttrack album, along with an entirely new mix of the album created by Steven Wilson using the original analog tapes.TECHNICAL ECSTASY SUPER DELUXE EDITION comes with eight previously unreleased outtakes and alternative mixes. Among those are different mixes of ldquoYou Wonrsquot Change Merdquo and ldquoRock rsquonrsquo Roll Doctor,rdquo as well as both outtake and instrumental versions for ldquoShersquos Gone.rdquo The collection concludes with 10 previously unreleased live tracks recorded during the 197677 Technical Ecstasy World Tour. The songs touch on different eras of the bandrsquos history with early tracks like ldquoBlack Sabbathrdquo and ldquoWar Pigsrdquo alongside new songs ldquoGypsyrdquo and ldquoDirty Women.rdquoThe collection comes with an extensive booklet featuring artwork, liner notes, rare memorabilia and photos from the era, plus a replica of the 197677 world tour concert book and a large colour poster.
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