Black Sabbath - Paranoid: Super Deluxe

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I had no idea this was a thing until I saw it sitting on a shelf in my local record shop and nearly  myself. It's a four disc set that includes the original album, a quad mix of Paranoid and two live concerts from this era: one at the Montreux Casino and the other being the heavily bootlegged Brussels concert - most of which can be found in Past Lives. Listening to the Brussels concert and while it doesn't have the clean sound of the first two records, it's nice to finally get my hands on it. 

A bit of warning: this is a case where I can't stand the whole cardboard LP replica as opposed to a CD case (either that or Warner bros. messed on the manufacturing). My copy of the Brussels CD has some biffs on it and while I was able to successfully put in on my computer with no problem, it's bound to skip on players that are sensitive to that sort of thing, so watch out.

Edited by KingCrInuYasha - November 14 2016 at 18:14

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KingCrInuYasha Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 26 2010 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1281	Topic: Black Sabbath - Paranoid: Super Deluxe Posted: November 14 2016 at 18:12
	I had no idea this was a thing until I saw it sitting on a shelf in my local record shop and nearly myself. It's a four disc set that includes the original album, a quad mix of Paranoid and two live concerts from this era: one at the Montreux Casino and the other being the heavily bootlegged Brussels concert - most of which can be found in Past Lives. Listening to the Brussels concert and while it doesn't have the clean sound of the first two records, it's nice to finally get my hands on it. A bit of warning: this is a case where I can't stand the whole cardboard LP replica as opposed to a CD case (either that or Warner bros. messed on the manufacturing). My copy of the Brussels CD has some biffs on it and while I was able to successfully put in on my computer with no problem, it's bound to skip on players that are sensitive to that sort of thing, so watch out. Edited by KingCrInuYasha - November 14 2016 at 18:14
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grantman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 03 2015 Location: CANADA Status: Offline Points: 732	Posted: November 15 2016 at 15:41
	i saw it today 40 bucks hardly too much to spend for one the best sabbath albums ever !

micky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 02 2005 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 46827	Posted: November 15 2016 at 16:30
	please tell me that SWilson had nothing to do with this
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KingCrInuYasha Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 26 2010 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1281	Posted: November 15 2016 at 20:09
	Nah, no Steve Wilson. BTW, I also listened to the Montreux tape and was impressed with the sound quality. The band was on fire with these concerts.
	He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!

micky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 02 2005 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 46827	Posted: November 16 2016 at 15:56
	thank god.... Guess he was too busy.. or perhaps took a needed break. Retire man.. you know you want to... do it!!!! all work and no women make SWilson a boring guy...
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Terrapin Station Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 23 2016 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 383	Posted: November 17 2016 at 15:52
	Two live sets is a good deal. I'll have to check it out. I hated the previous deluxe Sabbath editions where the bonus discs were more or less the songs arranged and performed almost exactly the same as the regular album, only without vocals. That was a waste. Too much of the recent Zeppelin reissues were the same deal. There were a few interesting things on those bonus discs, but aside from the debut album bonus disc, which was a live set, 80% or so of the tracks were close enough to the regular album tracks that it was just a waste. I don't care about the quad mix for Paranoid, but I'll definitely check out the live stuff, especially since I don't have any Sabbath boots from that period.