![]() īlack Sabbath was released on 4-track cartridge in the US in 1970 and on 8-track. The cassettes were black with black labels. The US had a slightly 'zoomed out' cover image and the US LP tracklisting. The first UK cassettes were released in 1970 on Vertigo with cream shells and dark green labels with a detail of the model Louisa Livingstone on the cover. The album was reissued on the shortlived WWA Records in the UK in 1973 and on a 1976 pressing on NEMS where a label misprint had 'Sleeping Village' as 'Slopping Village' (sadly, this doesn't seem to have boosted its value). ![]() The 1973 UK pressings of the Vertigo LP featured the Roger Dean spaceship label logo. 'Evil Woman.' was left off the US version and the B-side of its UK and European single release 'Wicked World' was included instead. The acoustic guitar introduction to 'Sleeping Village' is 'A Bit Of Finger' and these two tracks were put on the same band as 'Warning', making it 14 minutes. The intro to 'Behind The Wall Of Sleep' is listed as a separate track, 'Wasp' Butler's 40-second bass introduction to 'N.I.B.' is titled 'Bassically' and all four tracks are on the same band on the LP. On later pressings the label was Warner Bros. ![]() In the US Black Sabbath was released on Warner Bros-Seven Arts in just a single sleeve with the credits in a panel on the rear cover. The first pressings had a textured sleeve. Black Sabbath was released in the UK on Vertigo in 1970 in a gatefold sleeve with the sleeve notes and credits within an inverted cross on the inner gatefold and the 'swirl' design on the label.
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