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Black Sabbath go properly digital

By | Published on Friday 27 March 2009

All of the pre-IRS-era Black Sabbath catalogue (which includes all the Ozzy Osbourne fronted seventies releases) will be available online as of Monday; apparently many of the legendary metal band’s albums have not previously been available for download via legit digital music stores. From next week eighteen albums from the Black Sabbath catalogue, including various live and compilation albums, will be available from all the usual download stores, including iTunes, Amazon MP3 and 7Digital, and also for streaming via Spotify, We7 and Napster.

I know this because Brian Rose, the recently promoted MD of the Universal UK Commercial Division, told me this: “The Black Sabbath catalogue is one of the most iconic catalogues to be missing from the digital market. We are delighted that from 30th March music fans will finally be able to download and stream Black Sabbath’s music from our digital partners. This is a significant step for us, and will be happening alongside the physical release of ‘Paranoid’ as a deluxe edition, showing our commitment to providing music fans with the very best both physically and digitally”.

In case you’re curious, the albums set to go digital on Monday are: Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master Of Reality, Black Sabbath Vol 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage, Technical Ecstasy, Never Say Die!, Heaven And Hell, Live At Last, Mob Rules, Live Evil, Born Again, Seventh Star, The Eternal Idol, Past Lives, The Singles and We Sold Our Soul For Rock ‘N’ Roll.



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