BLACK SABBATH – Technical Ecstasy [Super Deluxe Edition] (2021)

As part of the current BLACK SABBATH discography reissues their seventh studio album, ”Technical Ecstasy”, is getting its Super Deluxe Edition box set.
The reissue comes as 4-CD and 5-LP, offering a newly remastered version of the original album, along with a brand new Steven Wilson stereo mix. SW’s remix doesn’t include the Bill Ward penned-and-sung ‘It’s Alright’, which is included in its original single mono mix. One presumes they couldn’t locate the multi-track from this song.
The third disc in the box offers unheard outtakes and alternate mixes (also remixed by Wilson) while the final CD provides 10 previously unreleased live tracks from concert recordings from the 1976-77 world tour.
Here, remastered, ”Technical Ecstasy” sounds even huger than ever. The Steven Wilson new mix is superb, there’s interesting never heard outtakes, and on the bonus Live World Tour 1976-77 disc, the power of Black Sabbath live is captured in all its steamrolling glory.

In the summer of 1976, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward headed to Miami to record ”Technical Ecstasy” at the famed Criteria Studios. The band was coming off a world tour for their previous album, Sabotage, that had found their live performances evolving to include keyboards and synthesizers.
These newly incorporated instruments and sounds were then introduced into the recording process on ”Technical Ecstasy”.

The new songs encompassed a wide range of styles from the hard charging “Back Street Kids” and ballad “It’s Alright,” to the funky “All Moving Parts (Stand Still)” and progressive “Gypsy.” The album also featured the single “It’s Alright,” which was the first Sabbath song to feature lead vocals by Ward.
This ”Technical Ecstasy [Super Deluxe Edition]” is a must listen.
Highly Recommended

CD 1 / LP 1: Original Album 1976 (2021 Remaster)
01 – Back Street Kids
02 – You Won’t Change Me
03 – It’s Alright
04 – Gypsy
05 – All Moving Parts (Stand Still)
06 – Rock ‘N’ Roll Doctor
07 – She’s Gone
08 – Dirty Women

CD2 / LP 2: New Steven Wilson Mix
01 – Back Street Kids
02 – You Won’t Change Me
03 – It’s Alright (Mono Single)
04 – Gypsy
05 – All Moving Parts (Stand Still)
06 – Rock ‘n’ Roll Doctor
07 – She’s Gone
08 – Dirty Women

CD 3 / LP 3: Outtakes & Alternative Mixes
01 – Back Street Kids (Alternative Mix)
02 – You Won’t Change Me (Alternative Mix)
03 – Gypsy (Alternative Mix)
04 – All Moving Parts (Stand Still) (Alternative Mix)
05 – Rock ‘n’ Roll Doctor (Alternative Mix)
06 – She’s Gone (Outtake Version)
07 – Dirty Women (Alternative Mix)
08 – She’s Gone (Instrumental Mix)

CD4 / LP4 & 5 : Live World Tour 1976-77
01 – Symptom Of The Universe
02 – War Pigs
03 – Gypsy
04 – Black Sabbath
05 – All Moving Parts (Stand Still)
06 – Dirty Women
07 – Drum Solo / Guitar Solo
08 – Electric Funeral
09 – Snowblind
10 – Children Of The Grave

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