Greatest Hits 1970-1978

by Black Sabbath

Overview

Somewhere in every good music fan's basement is a worn-out copy of either the vinyl, eight-track, or cassette of Black Sabbath's We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll. The 1976 compilation captured the darkest and beefiest moments from the Ozzy years and served as a right of passage for millions of aspiring musicians, burnouts, pastor's kids, and closet miscreants. Rhino's 16-track Greatest Hits 1970-1978 anthology only trumps the single-disc We Sold Our Soul CD by two songs, but it offers superior sound and features at least a few cuts from 1976's Technical Ecstasy and 1978's Never Say Die!, the band's last two pre-millennium Ozzy records. All of the faves are here ("Paranoid," "War Pigs," "Iron Man"), as well as fan classics like "Hole in the Sky" and "Supernaut," but there is enough material missing to call it a sampler rather than a "best of." Fans who are unwilling to shell out the extra money for Sanctuary's superior two-disc Sabbath collection from 2005 will find this sparse yet solid overview to be a useful "CliffsNotes" rendering of the birth of heavy metal. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	03/14/2006
Label:	Rhino / Rrw
UPC:	0081227336523
Rank:	3517

Tracks

1. Black Sabbath
2. N.I.B.
3. The Wizard
4. War Pigs
5. Paranoid
6. Iron Man
7. Sweet Leaf
8. Children of the Grave
9. Changes
10. Snowblind
11. Supernaut
12. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
13. Hole in the Sky
14. Rock 'N' Roll Doctor
15. Never Say Die
16. Dirty Women

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Black Sabbath   Primary Artist
Bill Ward   Drums,Percussion
Geezer Butler   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Gerald Woodruffe   Keyboards
Ozzy Osbourne   Vocals,Harmonica
Tony Iommi   Guitar

Technical Credits

Mike Butcher   Audio Production,Engineer,Producer
Don Kaye   Liner Notes
Patrick Meehan   Audio Production,Producer
Rodger Bain   Audio Production,Producer
Robin Black   Mixing,Engineer
Andy Pearce   Remastering Engineer
Dave Harris   Engineer
Barry Plummer   Photography
Fin Costello   Photography
Mike Slarve   Management
Gerald Woodruffe   Arranger
Bob Gruen   Photography
Julie Vlasak   Design,Art Direction
Ross Halfin   Cover Photo,Photography
Richard Upper   Photography
Daniel Hersch   Remastering,Remastering Engineer
Sharon Osbourne   Management,Executive Producer
Dorothy Stefanski   Editorial Supervision
Dave "DW" Harris   Engineer
Lisa Liese   Product Manager
Robert Ellis   Photography
Ralph Baker   Management
Tom Allom   Engineer
Matt Wortham   Remastering Engineer
Spock Wall   Assistant Engineer
Bill Ward   Composer,Group Member
Colin Caldwell   Engineer
Vic Smith   Engineer
Geezer Butler   Composer,Group Member
Steve Woolard   Discographical Annotation
Hugh Brown   Art Direction
Ozzy Osbourne   Composer,Group Member
Brian Humphries   Engineer
Black Sabbath   Producer,Compilation Producer
Ernest Chapman   Management
Bill Inglot   Remastering Engineer,Remastering
Tony Iommi   Group Member,Composer,Mixing
Barry Sheffield   Engineer