Vol 4 - 2015 Sanctuary/BMG label Remastered 180 gram Vinyl 10-track LP Reissue

2015 reissue of British doomy heavy metal innovators fourth studio album. Originally released in September 1972 on the Vertigo imprint,  the album marked two major changes for the members of Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward. While their previous albums – Black Sabbath, Paranoid, and Master of Reality – were produced by Rodger Bain and recorded in England, they instead chose to produce Vol 4 themselves and record it at the Record Plant in Los Angeles. 

Mojo magazine stated in 2013"If booze and dope had helped fuel Sabbath's earlier albums, Vol. 4 is their cocaine ... " and declared "Despite their spiraling addictions, musically Vol. 4 is another ambitious outing. The band's heavy side remains intact on the likes of 'Tomorrow's Dream', 'Cornucopia' and the seismic 'Supernaut' (a firm favorite of Frank Zappa, featuring Bill Ward's soul-inspired breakdown), but the guitar intro on 'St. Vitus Dance' possesses a jaunty, Led Zeppelin-flavoured quality, while 'Laguna Sunrise' is an evocative neo-classical Iommi instrumental."  Lester Bangs stated - writing for Creem - that "We have seen The Stooges take on the night ferociously and go tumbling into the maw, and Alice Cooper is currently exploiting it for all it's worth, turning it into a circus. But there's only one band that's dealt with it honestly on terms meaningful to vast portions of the audience, not only grappling with it in a mythic structure that's both personal and powerful but actually managing to prosper as well. And that band is Black Sabbath." Bangs also compared the band's lyrics to those of Bob Dylan and William S. Burroughs. 

Vol 4  features the single 'Tomorrow's Dream'.

The album is manufactued from the 2009 mastering - pressed on 180 gram and housed in a printed inner sleeve. - ultimately in a gatefold picture cover maintaining the orignal 1972 artwork

Tracklisting: 

Side 1: 
1    Wheels Of Confusion / The Straightener    
2    Tomorrow’s Dream    
3    Changes    
4    FX    
5    Supernaut    

Side 2: 
1    Snowblind    
2    Cornucopia    
3    Laguna Sunrise    
4    St. Vitus Dance    
5    Under The Sun / Every Day Comes And Goes