And on that date, came the penultimate studio Black Sabbath album in the Tony Martin era of the band, Cross Purposes! I'm not doing a full retrospective, because I'm a bit too busy to write about it on its actual birthday, but I couldn't let this album pass unremarked. This album's production was a bit interesting. Black Sabbath: The Ultimate Collection is the career spanning remastered set available on CD, digitally, and on limited edition “Crucifold” 4-LP heavyweight vinyl.The Ultimate Collection was curated by band members, resulting in a 31-track collection that features the band’s classic songs including “Paranoid,” “Iron Man,” “War Pigs,” “N.I.B.” and “The Wizard,” as well.
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The first studio album by Black Sabbath. The album was recorded in one 8 hour session. The original European version of the record featured the pre-album single 'Evil Woman' as the first track on the B-side while the North American version featured the song 'Wicked World' (the B-side to the 'Evil Woman' single) as the lead track on the second side of the record. Some current CD versions of the album now feature both tracks.The North American version also features more song titles than actual songs. These extra titles are often believed to refer to the intros of certain songs:'Wasp' is believed to refer to the intro of 'Behind The Wall Of Sleep'Bassically' refers to the bass solo that opens 'N.I.B.' A Bit Of Finger' is believed to refer to the acoustic intro of 'Sleeping Village'.North American versions also usually group 'Wasp', 'Behind The Wall Of Sleep', 'Bassically', and 'N.I.B.' On one track and 'Sleeping Village', 'A Bit Of Finger' and 'Warning' on another single track while European version separate all the tracks.First Black Sabbath album in the UK on the iconic Vertigo Swirl label has been issued three times before eventually being reissued on the Spaceship label:This with large swirl logo and ‘A PHILIPS RECORD PRODUCT’, erroneous 'Warning' creditsThis with large swirl logo, correct creditsThis large swirl logo, different label text position and letter register at creditsThis small swirl logo and different letter register at credits.