Celebrating the 50th anniverary of the multi-million selling album ‘Paranoid’ BMG release a 5-LP/4CD edition on October 9th, featuring the vinyl debut of two 1970 concerts.

We have a copy of the CD version and the vinyl super deluxe edition to giveaway – the overall winner can choose their preference for format.

PARANOID: SUPER DELUXE EDITION includes the original album, in addition to a rare 1974 Quad Mix of the album folded down to stereo, plus two concerts from 1970, from Montreux and Brussels, that are pressed on vinyl for the first time. The five-LP set comes with a hardbound book with extensive liner notes featuring interviews with all four band members, rare photos, and memorabilia, a poster, as well as a replica of the tour book sold during the Paranoid tour.

Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 50th Anniversary Edition

After the success of the band’s self-titled debut in early 1970, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward returned that autumn with Paranoid. The record became the band’s first album to top the U.K. charts and has sold more than 4 million copies in the U.S. alone. Today, songs like “War Pigs,” “Planet Caravan,” “Iron Man,” and of course, “Paranoid,” continue to inspire a new generation of musicians around the world.

This release marks the official vinyl debut of two 1970 live performances. The first was recorded on August 31 in Montreux, Switzerland shortly before the release of Paranoid. It captures the band thundering through new songs like “Hand Of Doom” and “Iron Man” while mixing in “N.I.B.” and “Behind The Wall Of Sleep” from their debut album.

The second concert was recorded a few months later in Brussels during the band’s performance for Belgian television. Unofficial versions of this classic show have circulated in the past, but they’ve never sounded this good.

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BLACK SABBATH
Paranoid Super Deluxe 5-LP Boxed Set
Track Listings:
LP 1: Original Album
Side A
War Pigs / Luke’s Wall
Paranoid
Planet Caravan
Iron Man

Side B
Electric Funeral
Hand Of Doom
Rat Salad
Jack The Stripper / Fairies Wear Boots

LP 2: Quadradisc Mix in Stereo (WS4 1887) 1974
Side C
War Pigs / Luke’s Wall
Paranoid
Planet Caravan
Iron Man

Side D
Electric Funeral
Hand Of Doom
Rat Salad
Jack The Stripper / Fairies Wear Boots

LP 3: Live in Montreux 1970 (Part One)
Side E
Intro
Paranoid
N.I.B.
Behind The Wall Of Sleep

Side F
Iron Man
War Pigs

LP 4: Live in Montreux 1970 (Part Two)/Live in Brussels 1970 (Part One)
Side G
Fairies Wear Boots
Hand Of Doom

Side H
Paranoid
Hand Of Doom
Rat Salad
Iron Man

LP 5: Live in Brussels 1970 (Part Two)
Side J
Black Sabbath
N.I.B.

Side K
Behind The Wall Of Sleep
War Pigs
Fairies Wear Boots

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