Hi purpurne Freunde!
Ein Freund von mir hatte Ian Gillan wegen seiner Zeit bei Black Sabbath angeschrieben. Vor allem wegen unveröffentlichter Restbestände der "Born again" Aufnahmen, die nicht nur bei Sabbath Fans auch hoch im Kurs stehen
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Hier eine wortgetreue Kopie der Antwort von Ian:
Hey Joe, (the old ones are always the best - ed)
Thanks for the kind words.
Some months ago I got this Sound Audigy gismo box to transfer anything analogue to digital. so I sat down with about 600 old cassettes and spent a couple of days sorting them out. Good news and bad news...I found loads of stuff that I'd completely forgotten about; demos, out-takes, rough mixes, writing sessions, interviews and all kinds of interesting material from the last twenty years or so; all of it in good shape.
One of the priceless items I discovered was the monitor mix of Born Again, the very tape that I have referred to from time to time. All the songs were listed (the entire album) and hand written on the insert, Manor Studios etc. Imagine my disappointment when I found only three songs, Trashed,
Digital Bitch and one other (I forget now, it's been a while and I've not been home for six weeks) on the cassette.
Anyway I have a whole load of gems to sieve through one day for a potential release, and who knows, maybe that cassette was in the wrong box and the real one will turn up. I still have more to check.
Just one other thing, I must have been misquoted (now there's a thing). I do not recall any extra tracks with vocals. I think there were some instrumental ideas left over from the Born Again session, and possibly (although I can't remember) some rough vocals which should have been (but may not have been) erased. Anyway as far as I'm concerned what it is, is what it is; a very special album.
Cheers, ig
Ohne weiteren Kommentar, aber vielleicht eine Erkärung dafür, von wo manchesmal die wirklich raren Teile stammen könnten .......
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Liebe Grüße aus Wien an alle Freunde
Michael


Mother, please show the children
before it's too late
to fight each other, there's no one winning
we must fight all the hate!
(Ozzy "Revelation [Mother earth]" 1980)

before it's too late
to fight each other, there's no one winning
we must fight all the hate!
(Ozzy "Revelation [Mother earth]" 1980)
