Spitz was not a Led Zeppelin fan before the book Or so he came to understand while researching the book. That's the only way that I can dig into a subject. It's how he arrived at what he thinks of as a "kind of schizophrenic oeuvre," including books on Ronald Reagan, Julia Child, the Beatles and Bob Dylan. 15, explains, that's all he's ever really asked of any subject before signing on to tell their story. These ones interested me in one fashion or another, that’s the sole criteria for their inclusion here.View Gallery: Bob Spitz, author of 'Led Zeppelin: The Biography'Īnd to Bob Spitz, there can be no better reason to have spent five years immersed in the research and writing it took to arrive at an authoritative telling of the truth behind the myth, the mayhem and the music that continue to define one of the most iconic groups the world has ever seen.Īs the author of "Led Zeppelin: The Biography," a book he'll discuss with Ann Wilson of Heart at a Changing Hands online event on Monday, Nov. This is by no means an attempt to be exhaustive. The albums below are a limited selection of tribute albums and other Sabbath related discs. If you want to use my notes, please let me know, and give me a credit/linkback. Please also note that the various items in the “Notes” sections of the discography pages were written and researched by me. Official to me means “was the band involved in that”. If it’s not in the list above, then it’s not “official”. I get a lot of emails saying “You’re missing this album from your list…” No I’m not.
That doesn’t mean it’s illegal, but lots of things like record label greatest Hits albums ( the NEMS one springs to mind) fall in this category. If it’s not listed here, then it’s not an “Official, band sponsored album”.
The albums in the section above are the “Official” Black Sabbath albums. Hey! You forgot something – what is this album I have here?!? We Sold Our Soul for Rock and Roll (1975) (Officially Billed as “Black Sabbath Featuring Tony Iommi”) Live Album – First Official one with Ozzy Live Album – Contains the previously unofficial “Live at Last” live album. Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath (2002) Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell (2010)Ī Box Set containing all the Dio era Black Sabbath albumsīlack Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (2004)īox Set Containing the Ozzy era studio albums Iron Man: The Best of Black Sabbath (2012)
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