The Sabbath Stones
The Sabbath Stones (1996) was the last album to be released by Black Sabbath with IRS Records.
The album is a compilation of Sabbath tracks ranging from 1983's Born Again to 1995's Forbidden, and was never formally released in the US or Canada.
Album information
It was created solely to fulfill Tony Iommi's contract with I.R.S.. It included a short story about Black Sabbath which had some mistakes. Another mistake was the misspelling of Vinny Appice's name on the front cover of the CD as "Vinnie", although this was consistent with the misspelling on both the Mob Rules and Live Evil sleeves.
The era covered by the album is the "third era" of Black Sabbath. After the initial line-up with Osbourne, Iommi, Butler and Ward broke up the band's reformation with Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice formed a second period. Thereafter, band members repeatedly came and went, came back again and line-ups were far less stable. This period is generally less popular among Black Sabbath fans without Ozzy or Dio on vocals.
The album's version of "Headless Cross" starts with the last few seconds of the track "The Gates of Hell" before the opening drum line.
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Track listing
| Original release |
| 1. |
"Headless Cross" |
Headless Cross (1989) |
6:32 |
| 2. |
"When Death Calls" |
Headless Cross (1989) |
6:57 |
| 3. |
"Devil & Daughter" |
Headless Cross (1989) |
4:43 |
| 4. |
"The Sabbath Stones" |
TYR (1990) |
6:48 |
| 5. |
"The Battle of Tyr" (instrumental) |
TYR (1990) |
1:08 |
| 6. |
"Odin's Court" |
TYR (1990) |
2:42 |
| 7. |
"Valhalla" |
TYR (1990) |
4:41 |
| 8. |
"TV Crimes" |
Dehumanizer (1992) |
4:01 |
| 9. |
"Virtual Death" |
Cross Purposes (1994) |
5:46 |
| 10. |
"Evil Eye" |
Cross Purposes (1994) |
5:57 |
| 11. |
"Kiss of Death" |
Forbidden (1995) |
6:09 |
| 12. |
"Guilty as Hell" |
Forbidden (1995) |
3:30 |
| 13. |
"Loser Gets It All" |
Previously unreleased |
2:57 |
| 14. |
"Disturbing the Priest" |
Born Again (1983) |
5:49 |
| 15. |
"Heart Like a Wheel" |
Seventh Star (1986) |
6:37 |
| 16. |
"The Shining" |
The Eternal Idol (1987) |
5:55 |
Personnel
- Martin/Iommi/Powell – Tracks 1, 3
- Martin/Iommi/Powell/Nicholls – Track 2
- Iommi/Martin/Nicholls/Powell/Murray – Track 4, 6-7
- Iommi/Nicholls/Powell/Murray – Track 5
- Butler/Dio/Iommi – Track 8
- Butler/Iommi/Martin – Track 9, 10
- Black Sabbath/Lyrics: Tony Martin – Tracks 11-13
- Gillan/Iommi/Butler/Ward – Track 14
- Iommi – Tracks 15, 16
Producers
- Tony Iommi & Cozy Powell – Tracks 1-7
- Mack for Musicland GmbH – Track 8
- Leif Mases/Black Sabbath – Tracks 9, 10
- Ernie C. – Tracks 11-13
- Robin Black – Track 14
- Jeff Glixman & Chris Tsangerides – Track 15
- Jeff Glixman & V. Cooper – Track 16
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