His passing really hits me hard because of the outstanding producing and/or engineering work he did on so many albums influenced me so greatly growing up and are absolute staples in my life. Such unparalleled work he did for so many artists! R.I.P. Martin Birch.

Good on all the musical artists, celebrities and other public figures for contributing.

Yes it was recently discovered along with recordings of other bands.

Legendary British producer Martin Birch, who is best known for engineering and producing albums by Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult and Iron Maiden, died earlier today (Sunday, August 9) at the age of 71. https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/legendary-iron-maiden-and-deep-purple-producer-martin-birch-dead-at-71/ R.I.P.

What an incredible Mike Millard recording! Best live version of War Pigs I've ever heard!

No, it is not an official band website, nor has the webmaster Joe Siegler ever made that claim. It is a fan site only. See the second paragraph of the welcome on the home page.

The Baby's 1/28/80 Cleveland.

5.1 magnitude earthquake hits North Carolina, most powerful in the state since 1916. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/5-1-magnitude-earthquake-hits-north-carolina-most-powerful-state-n1236238

A 4CD edition was released back in 2016: https://www.discogs.com/Black-Sabbath-Paranoid-Super-Deluxe/release/9341417 The only difference is that it's being put out on vinyl now.

A Sabbath Fan Site by Joe Siegler. Right above the preorder link it says "Also available as a 4CD set."

It's either the vinyl edition or the CD edition, not both. https://www.black-sabbath.com/2020/08/paranoid-50th-anniv-deluxe-edition/

People who are all by themselves driving in their car and wearing a mask as well as other places when they are far from other people. What's the point?

New Meteor Shower Interactive Sky Map: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/

People who wear jackets outdoors in the middle of the summer here in Phoenix. That's just fucking whack.

The Cars - 12/08/87 Columbia

Yes - 3/22/84 Phoenix

talk to Eric Clapton about...

Welcome to the board mmlotus but in the future please use the search function there is an ongoing Firm thread just a few threads down from yours that you could have posted this in. That's pretty neat that he signed a Firm album cover for you!