I made "We Sail Through Endless Skies: The Quiet Black Sabbath Album", check it.

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So anyway, I've been on a huge Sab kick lately and I've always had this theory that there are enough weird little bits strewn through all the Ozzy era albums that you could actually assemble a sort of strange and awesome neoclassical/freak-folk/dub/psychedelic/dub/piano-ballad album from their whole first lineup discography....

This is my attempt.....I think it turned out pretty well, I've been listening to it quite a bit, and I think it's cool to hear all this stuff in a different context. Drives home the point that -- at the end of the day, despite all the doom -- Sabbath WERE hippies. Also, I get a little sick of reading summaries of Sabbath that seem to think they were a lot more one dimensional than they a really were.

**NOTE: I know that Supertzar is only "arguably" quiet, there's def. some electric riffing, but it's fairly subdued and it breaks into some quieter pastoral choral stuff quite often....plus, it's so bizarre I couldn't NOT include it, breaking the rules is part of the reason you have rules, right?

Tracklist:

1 Embryo (Master of Reality)
2 Supertzar (Sabotage)
3 Orchid (Master of Reality)
4 She's Gone (Technical Ecstasy)
5 Changes (Vol. 4)
6 FX (Vol. 4)
7 Planet Caravan (Paranoid)
8 Fluff (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)
9 It's Alright (Technical Ecstasy)
10 Laguna Sunrise (Vol. 4)
11 Solitude (Master of Reality)

http://rapidshare.com/files/63702440/Quiet_Sabbath.zip.html

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link

awesome, m@tt!

pretzel walrus, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link

thx pretzel

this is way more important than a new yorker article trust me

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link

yes. yes it is.

Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link

thanks, i've just heard the staples and i'm not familiar with the body of their work, so this should be a nice contrast against sweet leaf and war pigs riff riff riff

trashthumb, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link

Nice. Maybe you should splice in the acoustic coda from Symptom of the Universe too??

Jordan, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link

yeah unfortunately i don't have the technical know how to do that kind of stuff, there were a couple of cool bits i wanted but they were attached to big rockers.

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link

also: "It's Alright" features a rare Bill Ward vocal

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link

"this is way more important than a new yorker article trust me"

So OTM-as is this

"Also, I get a little sick of reading summaries of Sabbath that seem to think they were a lot more one dimensional than they a really were."

How about "Blow on a Jug"?

Also, I get a little sick of reading summaries of Sabbath that seem to think they were a lot more one dimensional than they a really were.

Bill Magill, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:08 (sixteen years ago) link

Terrible editing on my part. Apologies

Bill Magill, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:08 (sixteen years ago) link

hey bill, i wasn't familiar w/that song...i googled and I guess it was a Sabotage outtake that was on the black box?

all my sabbath is on used vinyl so I'm really only familiar with the albums themselves...i'll have to try to find that song.

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:11 (sixteen years ago) link

but i think this tracklist flows pretty well actually the way i did it as an album on its own

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:12 (sixteen years ago) link

Matt:

Yes, it's at the end of the "Writ" so to include it you would have to work the same magic as you would for the snippet from "Symptom of the Universe"

And I think certain original pressings of Sabotage had it on there.

Bill Magill, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link

(Matt, if you want to do something like that it's pretty easy to dl a free wav editor like Audacity and chop it)

Jordan, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:16 (sixteen years ago) link

See also: "Don't Start (Too Late)" which is its own track (only 49 seconds) so doesn't require any tech know how.

Bill Magill, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link

wow, supertzar is crazy

Jordan, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:21 (sixteen years ago) link

yeah don't start too late was almost on, but the version I DL'd it started with the last power chord of hole in the sky, which made it always sort of clash when i was messing around with tracklistings, the transition was too grating for me, so i left it off...

maybe next time i'll get some editing stuff, but i've already wasted more time on this than probably any rational person should : )

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:23 (sixteen years ago) link

That's valid!

Superztar sounds like Sabbath recruted the choir from Hell help out. Freaky shit.

Bill Magill, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:26 (sixteen years ago) link

Very nice! Thanks, Matt.

Brad C., Friday, 19 October 2007 17:33 (sixteen years ago) link

i can't use rapidshare at work, but wanna hear this ;_;

mizzell, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link

This is awesome! People tripping on "Supertzar" really should check out Sabotage in its entirety, pretty gonzo as a piece.

da croupier, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh yeah! Thanks, Matt. Never heard the Technical Ecstacy stuff before.

JN$OT, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link

SBS went against the Sabbath grain nicely too."Spiral Architect" is the best Who's Next song not on Who's Next.

Bill Magill, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link

yeah i'd never actually heard sabbath bloody sabbath or technical ecstasy (or never say die -- jeezus that's horrible) until now...lots of cool lazer light show synths on SBS that surprised me.

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 October 2007 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link

dude what are you talking about... 'Never Say Die' is a good album.

Stormy Davis, Friday, 19 October 2007 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link

luke's wall?

am0n, Friday, 19 October 2007 19:07 (sixteen years ago) link

i listen again, but it sounded like a band that needed a hot Dio injection something fierce to me.

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 October 2007 19:08 (sixteen years ago) link

nm

am0n, Friday, 19 October 2007 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link

great fuckin work mang

chaki, Friday, 19 October 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link

*downloads*

gbx, Friday, 19 October 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link

"i listen again, but it sounded like a band that needed a hot Dio injection something fierce to me."

"dude what are you talking about... 'Never Say Die' is a good album."

These two things are not mutually exclusive, and both happen to be true. I love Never Say Die.

Bill Magill, Friday, 19 October 2007 19:50 (sixteen years ago) link

i have to admit it sounded better on second listen. but i think i like technical ecstasy more.

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 October 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link

changes is so corny. good mix otherwise.

LaMonte, Friday, 19 October 2007 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link

changes is beautiful

chaki, Friday, 19 October 2007 21:54 (sixteen years ago) link

Well done M@tt! And if want to redo it with "Don't Start Too Late" and "Sleeping Village" (from the debut), I highly recommend this free trial version of RipEditBurn. Then, you can isolate the quiet parts, maybe throw a little flanging or reverb on top, and maybe play 'em backwards (to listen for secret backmasked messages.)

Myonga Vön Bontee, Saturday, 20 October 2007 12:01 (sixteen years ago) link

Nice!!!!

Alex in NYC, Saturday, 20 October 2007 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link

i have mimicked yr playlist and am listening - ty

jhøshea, Saturday, 20 October 2007 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link

m@tt = a hero

good work, signor

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 20 October 2007 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link

This comp fucking rules, man. CHEERS!!!!

Bimble, Sunday, 28 October 2007 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link

Yeah, thanks for bumping this thread -- I have these all around but it's good to hear it all in Matt's mix!

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 28 October 2007 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link

And yes, if people haven't heard all of Sabotage, you need to...

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 28 October 2007 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link

i liked it! i hadn't heard a few of those later ones before. good stuff.

one time, Sunday, 28 October 2007 23:07 (sixteen years ago) link

I just listened to this, and imagined a new band who had this as an album. And I love that band. It almost reminds me of a krautrock band or something.

filthy dylan, Monday, 29 October 2007 02:00 (sixteen years ago) link

I tried to do the same but it's that old purple polar bear thing. Still, it'd make for one wacky ass record. An instrumental snippet as an opener and then a piece of headin' off into battle nuttiness followed by another instrumental snippet all before the first real vocal and longest track which is something from Technical Ecstasy. Some prog-folk nightmare, for sure.

And I second the love for Sabotage, the first side of which is the solidest slab of Sab ever.

Thanx, Matt!

Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 29 October 2007 05:37 (sixteen years ago) link

And WTF is that FX thing? That's post punk I daresay.

Bimble, Monday, 29 October 2007 05:50 (sixteen years ago) link

Yeah, Sabotage is a goddam prog-metal masterpiece! Praise be to Chuckles Eddy for introducing me to it via his awe-inspiring metal book.

(I still can't believe how well this mix works, Matt!!)

JN$OT, Monday, 29 October 2007 07:53 (sixteen years ago) link

Great... now if only there was an episode of Yacht Rock about the making of It's Alright...

Rombald, Monday, 29 October 2007 09:17 (sixteen years ago) link

This is one of those things that bounced around my mind thinking "wouldnt it be awesome if...."

and now its been done.

restored my faith in hippie metal & teh interwebs.

thank you sir.

Hamildan, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 22:36 (sixteen years ago) link

thx yall this was the best time i ever wasted

M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 23:40 (sixteen years ago) link

Praise be to Chuckles Eddy for introducing me to it via his awe-inspiring metal book.

You and a lot of other people!

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link

Were there songs you wanted to include and didn't, Matt?

Bimble, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 07:54 (sixteen years ago) link

two months pass...

This makes for perfect grey gloomy winter morning listening.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 16:06 (sixteen years ago) link

It's great stuff. These guys were f'in geniuses and didn't even know it.

Bill Magill, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 16:47 (sixteen years ago) link

two months pass...

"Changes" is great -- a power ballad for werewolves.

What else is great: this mix! THANX!

Drugs A. Money, Monday, 10 March 2008 23:00 (sixteen years ago) link

six months pass...

Love this comp whenever it comes up in my player, no skipping that folder...

...are there any other albums like this?!?!

phil67, Monday, 22 September 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link

lol i made this playlist and never listened to it - i will listen now tho!

update prefs (ice crӕm), Monday, 22 September 2008 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link

five years pass...

sabbath is up on spotify now so I made this a playlist:

http://open.spotify.com/user/matthelgeson/playlist/6KAiYTobROEmgOk0uDMQJh

Ronnie James 乒乓 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 21:44 (ten years ago) link

Haha this is great.

polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 22:01 (ten years ago) link

woah i never noticed the Dylan reference on "Solitude"!!!

Ronnie James 乒乓 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link

I still bump this Quiet Sabbath compilation...

my opinionation (Hamildan), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link

Are there any threads on ILM devoted to making compilations that showcase a side of an artist that might not immediately spring to mind when one thinks of said artist?

MarkoP, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:13 (ten years ago) link

Here's a heavier, but hopefully more blues rock Sabbath compilation I made influenced by the quiet comp.

http://open.spotify/user/hamildad/playlist/4BVRH5SjjfoZyurx1SYODo

my opinionation (Hamildan), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:14 (ten years ago) link

whoops should've tested the URL...

http://open.spotify.com/user/hamildad/playlist/4BVRH5SjjfoZyurx1SYODo

my opinionation (Hamildan), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:16 (ten years ago) link

Are there any threads on ILM devoted to making compilations that showcase a side of an artist that might not immediately spring to mind when one thinks of said artist?
kind of a good idea... like the Grateful Dead Disco Album or something?

tylerw, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:18 (ten years ago) link

Some concert-cruising with "Eyes of the World" might fit---?

dow, Thursday, 23 January 2014 00:04 (ten years ago) link

"Playin' in the Band"?

dow, Thursday, 23 January 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link

two years pass...

Almost a decade later, this still remains one of my favorite ever things on ILM.

Alex in NYC, Monday, 28 March 2016 14:00 (eight years ago) link

two weeks pass...

thanks!
honestly not to toot my own horn but i think if this existed it would be maybe the 3rd or 4th best sabbath album

rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 19:35 (eight years ago) link

have we dealt with this yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDm9zGmISA

tylerw, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 19:39 (eight years ago) link

I still love this album.

my opinionation (Hamildan), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 21:51 (eight years ago) link

oh man, cool!!

lute bro (brimstead), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 22:00 (eight years ago) link

Def. check out the alternate versions of Planet C and Solitude.

calstars, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 22:00 (eight years ago) link

woo! there it is!

calstars, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 22:01 (eight years ago) link

wooooo! yeah it is pretty good. romantic.

tylerw, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link

eight years pass...

This Sabbath rookie asks: do the post-Ozzy years have enough material to make a "Quiet Black Sabbath Album II" ?

TheNuNuNu, Friday, 3 May 2024 00:22 (two weeks ago) link

ooh that's a good question I never considered

I’d say you could definitely make a soft rock ozzy album out of the power ballads etc in his solo career. One would definitely have to include the duet with Lita Ford.

The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Friday, 3 May 2024 10:25 (two weeks ago) link


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