Never Say Die! by Black Sabbath w/ Rick Bruce (Moonshine Docks, Coffin Mulch) (Side B) - 348

Well now. It turns out that 19 albums (technically 20 if you include Heaven & Hell's only album, The Devil You Know) is rather a lot. So our two parter has become a three parter. Whoops.

But we tackle their discography with someone who knows the band inside out - Richard Bruce, from the band Moonshine Docks and formerly of Coffin Mulch. His encyclopedic knowledge of the band stands us in very good stead as we go about the business of talking about the band and their albums in detail.

In this episode we chat about the band's history and then dive into all the Ozzy records, essentially covering all of the band's 1970s output. It's a pretty fascinating journey, and we really enjoyed getting to grips with the "classic" Sabbath material.

Next week - Dio, Gillian, Hughes and Martin all come to the Sabbath party.

Reaction to Aron interview = 13:05
Lyrical duties = 19:29
Ozzy solo charade and cutting folk out of credits = 20:09
the Beatles influence and pre mobile phone tours = 29:26
KIss is the American Slade = 34:27
West Midlands hard music and WC blokes plus G Harrison = 36:55
BUying the wrong Sabbath record = 40:46
Were Sabbath actually very satanic? Crowley, Witchfinder, Devil Rides out = 49:03
Naive lyrics and nursery rhymes = 57:04
Master of Reality defines stoner and doom = 58:16