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This is why the 2009-2011 Universal Deluxe CD/Remaster series was not sold in US/North America, at least not domestically.This is why 2004’s Black Box & 2008’s “Rules of Hell” were not sold outside of US/North America.This original contract ended after 1987, when Tony signed with IRS for Headless Cross. Each of the companies could not sell their products in the territory of the other (unless something was licensed). Warner Bros had its own set of masters for the albums, and Vertigo (later Castle, later Universal) had their own set. As I pointed out in the intro, the existing Deluxe/remaster series from Universal from 2009-2011 covered from Black Sabbath (album) to Eternal Idol.īack when Black Sabbath signed a record deal back in 1970, it was with Warner Bros in the United States, and Vertigo in UK/Europe/World. So here goes…īefore I get to the Tony Martin stuff in detail, there’s a few background bits I should probably touch on. No seriously, I always wanted to do this, just never got around to it. So that’s why we’re here, to bring this information out front a bit more, and perhaps stop people asking me so much about it.

I’ve actually had the answers to this on my website since 2011, but it was buried in the forums on the site. I’ve been getting asked a lot lately what’s up with the Tony Martin era Black Sabbath albums getting Deluxe Editions. All of them featuring Tony Martin on vocals. There were four more studio albums plus a live album put out under the Black Sabbath banner.

But as TRUE Black Sabbath fans know, that’s not the end of the story. The final release in the series was Born Again, which was released on May 30, 2011, and then that’s it. They worked through the discography, and released all the studio albums up through “The Eternal Idol” (plus Dehumanizer). Back on June 29, 2009, Universal started releasing Deluxe Editions/remasters of the Black Sabbath catalogue, starting with the original album in 1970.

Sabbat a history of a time to come rarity