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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Sometime during ‘68, Earth recorded its first and only studio demo under > that moniker. "Song For Jim" was written as a spoof of manager Jim > Simpson’s love for jazz. Simpson would loan the band some of his jazz > records for inspiration. > Although you could hardly call their music "jazz", Sabbath was > influenced by this genre. Many of Tony’s guitar solos include extensive > jazz phrasing ("Planet Caravan", "Don’t Start (Too Late)" and "Rat > Salad" for starters). Also, Bill Ward employs lots of swing time > measures in his percussion ideas (the intro for "Wicked World" for > example). The band also loved to insert improvisational sections in to > their live set. Often, these ideas were "jazzy" in nature! > As uncharacteristic as this song may be, it is one of the most sought > after recordings by Sabbath collectors. Sabbath teased us with an > excerpt from this song in THE BLACK SABBATH STORY, VOLUME 1 video, but > has yet to release the complete track in any form. Complete versions of > "Song For Jim and "The Rebel" could certainly be considered the ‘Holy > Grail of Sabbath bootlegs! It is the only known ‘official recording’ of > the band as EARTH. And while there are a few bootlegs in circulation > claiming to contain demos of the band as EARTH, all of these have so far > proven to be fakes.

Good stuff George! I was reading that in the early Sabbath days the pub patrons would heat up pennies in the fire & throw them w/tongs at Ozzy, Sabbath would respond by cranking the music louder. hee hee There’s a few good BS/Ozzy threads in this NG: alt.rcok-roll-metal.oldschool that you might like. Some familiar users there too.  ~:-) ~Tah

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Heres a question for every true Ozzy fan?  Do you know or heard of any recording, on any media, by the Earth Band, before Black Sabbath came along. I wait in anticipation. Tim

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Sometime during ‘68, Earth recorded its first and only studio demo under that moniker.