Black Sabbath - The Rebel - 1969 Complete Demo

[jlsmsu12]

Sounds like something Mountain would've done

[gobilyghoul]

Turns out Black Sabbath did borrow the chord progression to use in Never Say Die

[Epsillion70]

Classic for all ages!



[clitoricam]

Love that tubey overdriven sound on Tony's guitar.

[JosefK93]

even though the guys never seemed to think so, this is a GREAT cover! The first time I heard Ozzy sing it I thought it sounded weird, now I think his vocals are perfect for the song :D His unpretentious style fits it incredibly well.

[Underleaf76]

Actually I believe they were still called Earth at this time......but I digress.

[Dethrider6]

Black Sabbath 2012! Psyched!

[RsNuts23]

I love it.

[Sordidlives1973]

One of the best early Sabbath tunes!. PLEASE RELEASE IT ALLREADY!!!!

[fluffydolly]

great treat

[realityfrominsanity]

awesome pics

[TheArabmobile1]

this sounds like the beatles would have wrote this, then a again the beatles were ozzys main inspiration

[77hulkhogan]

AWESOME PICS MAN THIS BAND STILL BLOWS ANY FUCKING BAND AWAY TODAY HOW AMAZING IS THAT AND THESE GUYS DIDNT HAVE HALF THE EQUIPMENT THE GUYS HAVE TODAY. STILL BANDS TRY AND COPY THEM  LOOK HOW LONG IT TOOK THEM TO GET IN THE HALL OF FAME GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS FUCKED .SAME WITH THE MUSIC AWARDS THESE GUYS NEVER RECOGNIZED BUT ONCE .ARE YOU KIDDING ME !

[77hulkhogan]

HEDBANQR141 NO SHIT WHAT A GREAT SONG WHO EVER HAS THE RIGHTS TO THESE SONGS NEED TO RELEASE THEM THEY WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BUY IT. THIS SONG AND EARLY ONE MORNING, THESE ARE GREAT FUCKING JAMS RELEASE THEM

[Headslaught]

@guitarkidification 1970 you mean but they have the sinister sound in 1969 but they are very bluesy.

[Metaldrummer100]

Perfect!

[Evoken13]

treble booster in full effect on this track. Hail Sabbath FOREVER

[Dethrider6]

Just...amazing...

[nickminu95]

i wish i could find a place to download this

[spoon149]

@nickminu95 i did, took 2 weeks tho

[hedbangr141]

They should put an album together of all their early songs and demos like this.

[fumetti]

@hedbangr141 Iommi won't do it for some reason...he is totally against it.

[uofm97]

@fumetti He said in a Guitar World interview back in 2008 that those songs weren't supposed to see the light of day. Their manager at the time had a songwriter friend named Norman Haines who wanted his songs recorded but didn't have a band. They were just happy to record in a studio for the first time so they agreed to do the songs but knew that this and the others they recorded didn't represent who they were or what they wanted to sound like.

[TheEdwardAP]

@hedbangr141 That would make a great 2nd CD for the new album!!!! - remastered awesomeness!

[MissionMetallica]

You know what.. Even the songs they made that didn't cut an album, are still freaking amazing! This rocks!

[77dragonslayer]

very cool!thanks for putting this up!!!

[zzcoolfun]

i want one of those belt buckles at 1:45

[vaderite666]

Now if only someone would post A Song for Jim in its entirety. Goddamn, I love Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath!!!

[pictureisup1]

@vaderite666 I am trying to find that too. 

[sonicsteev]

cool little tune

[milkboner666]

This demo kick ass by Black Sabbath in 69 and that's why i am one of Black Sabbath's favorite fan,they alway's sound great when they had all of the original member's.This might not be as heavy as most of their stuff but it's still is so f**k'n great when your hear Ozzy's voice with any music...A Black Sabbath Fan Forever!!

[aldohux]

@Freedomquest08 - couldn't have put it better myself. Nicely done.

[ivanstrangelove]

this is really good! its awesome to hear that classic tony guitar tone in a less metal context.

[Bigpolak57]

Is Ozzy holding Linda Blair at 1:15?

[obscurebandfan]

Tony was playing a strat here, this is like the heaviest strat tone ever.

[Mrozzman23]

Ozzy sounds older when he was younger :P

[autopsy87]

this is why sabbath changed their sound lol. we all have our roots tho. you can hear iommis guitar starting to roar on those open chords

[youtubbeisshit]

they tried to sound like the beatles in this song, beatles were their idols

[superchef78]

This doesn't even sound like metal.

[SabbraCadabra789]

@superchef78 GOD! I hate that name heavy metal, Sabbath and all them other bands are Heavy Rock,

[superchef78]

@SabbraCadabra789 What do you mean "all them other bands"? I don't even know what you're talking about with that allusion. Well Black Sabbath is said to have created original heavy metal music, but to me they are a sound mixture of psychedelic rock and HEAVIER rock (aka heavy metal).

[SabbraCadabra789]

@superchef78 By other bands i mean; Deep Purple, Led zep, UFO, etc..

[doom696mented]

@superchef78 psychedelic rock + early Black Sabbath heavy metal (doom metal) = Stoner rock/metal , man !

[Guitarbro221]

@superchef78 its the blues/jazz dude this is earth the pre-sabbath band

[superchef78]

@Guitarbro221 I know, but you cannot deny that this does contains some segments/elements of rock. That is undeniable. Furthermore, blues is closely associated with rock.

[Guitarbro221]

@superchef78 I know never said they werent rock. lemme re-word that its more bluesy rock with jazz influence. Sabbath has had jazz influences .In there self titled track the drums fills are based from jazz fills and shit. but then again the jazz comes from folk dance music and blues. So guess you could say its all blues rock. Blues rock was one of the biggest influence on metal obviously.

[superchef78]

@Guitarbro221 "I know never said they werent rock" -- I never said that you never said that either, incidentally. Your succeeding/other assessment after that is correct, though.

[Guitarbro221]

@superchef78 lol so basically we have the same opinion?

[superchef78]

@Guitarbro221 I think you would be correct in saying so, yes. Previously, I genuinely thought you might be over-stating the jazz influences, but you certainly weren't, in retrospect.

[jannyrcobs]

@Guitarbro221 I always heard a lot of jazz influence in Black Sabbath--right from the start of their career. Take 'Wicked World', for instance. Iommi was heavily influenced by Django Reinhardt, or so I've read.

[joeheshy]

super fuckin awesome

[madmonk66]

I been wondering a long time if I would ever hear the entire version of this. You can definitely hear the influence of the pop music at the time, and the backing vocals are something you would never come to expect. I am a huge Sabbath fan. Thanks for sharing this glimpse at their formatve years while they were obviously still discovering their sound!