(various)
original release 1987 by Polygram
LABELS
:
USA
: Warner Bros - LP / compact disc - 25548-1/2
Europe : Polygram/Phonogram/Vertigo - LP / compact disc / MC - 832
708-1/2/4
Europe : Castle/ Essential Records - compact disc - ESM CD 336 (remastered;
April 1996)
track
5 and 8 : also released on Black Sabbath; "Blackest Sabbath
1971-1987" (Best Of);
UK : Polygram/ Vertigo
- compact disc / LP / MC -
838818-2/1/4
musicians :
Tony Iommi (guitars)
Eric Singer (drums, except on track 7)
Tony Martin (vocals)
Bob Daisley (bass)
Dave Spitz (bass on
“Some Kind Of Woman”)
Geoff Nicholls (keyboards; bass on “Black Moon”)
Bev Bevan (drums on track 7)
NOTES :
Producers:
Jeff Glixman at Air Studios, Montserrat; Vic Coppersmith at
Heaven Air Studios, London; Chris Tsangerides at Battery Studios,
London.
Mixed by Chris Tsangerides at Battery Studios, London.
Recorded at Air Studios, Montserrat and Battery Studios, London,
England.
EXTRA
NOTES
:
By September 1986 the
recording of the "The Eternal Idol" album had
commenced and the majority of the backing tracks have been
completed by mid-October that year.
Eric Singer would depart the band in January 1987, having
already completed his drumtracks. By March 1987 vocalist Ray
Gillen had quit the band.
They shortly thereafter hooked up with ex-Ozzy guitarist Jake E. Lee to form BADLANDS.
The remaining Sabs (Iommi, Nicholls & Daisley) moved the recording sessions from Monserrat to London. Cash flow troubles forced the band to halt recording during the spring of ’87 and Bob Daisley left the band around this time. Recording resumed in August ’87 with Iommi bringing in vocalist Tony Martin to re-record Ray Gillen’s vocal tracks in just 8 days! Martin’s stiff performance was a result of having to mimic Gillen’s performance as closely as possible. The only remaining trace of Ray Gillen’s vocals left on the album was the laughter during the mid-section of “Nightmare”.
For
the album
Eric Singer’s drums were left almost completely intact, even though was no longer playing with Sabbath. Nevertheless, Bev Bevan is given credit for playing drums on the album, even though he only contributed his sticks to “Scarlet Pimpernel”, which was tacked on to the record during the final sessions in London!
The bass playing that you hear on the record is all Bob Daisley. Dave Spitz can be heard on the “Some Kind Of Woman” and Geoff Nicholls gets the bass credit for the “Black Moon” demo. Both of these cuts appear on some European maxi-single pressings of “The Shining”.
Thanks
to Robert Dwyer
(
www.sabbathlive.com
) for final
details.
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