Limited-edition (1000) collectible plaque featuring the cover artwork of Black Sabbath's 1970 hit debut album "Black Sabbath", a 24K gold-plated LP of the same album, and a small information plate.

Matted and framed in black metal. A small plate includes this item's serial number and add'l information. Measures 18"W x 24"H - approx. 11lbs. shipping weight.

Formed in Birmingham, UK in 1968 as a blues/hard rock (and occassional jazz) band. They were later named Earth, but needed to change their name when another band claimed the name. Bassist (and fan of horror/black magic novels) Geezer Butler had written a song called "Black Sabbath", so they agreed to take on that name instead.

 

While practicing in a studio near a movie theater that played horror films, the boys discussed the notion of writing music for those movies and thought that they might try that approach as a way to differentiate their sound. They then set down to write the songs for their self-titled debut album, which was released in 1970 and is now considered (by many) as the first real "heavy metal" recording.

 

The apocalyptic song themes were so influential going forward that this record is always ranked in every publication's "Top 500" listing (e.g., Rolling Stone's 2003 list ranked it at #241).

 

I just love the cover - it is so beautifully creepy... hahahahahahaha!