13/07/2017
Anyone interested in attending a playback where you would have the opportunity to hear classic cuts from the upcoming The Ten Year War box set in the highest possible quality. It’s in London at the Gibson rooms on July 13th 4-6pm
The band will not be at this event.
The tracks are the Andy Pearce re-masters, which are considered by the band and industry to be the best mastering ever done on Sabbath
The playback is via the new MQA Audio files: http://www.mqa.co.uk/ which is the new HD Audio format
Audio will be played-back via a super high-end audio system
The venue is the Gibson Brands audio facility in Soho, which is a high-spec, bespoke music performance and playback space for invitation only events
In addition to hearing the Sabbath MQA audio via the sound system, guests will also have the opportunity to listen to the audio via high quality headphone and playback via a dedicated HD audio player
Guests will be able to keep their audio player (pre-loaded with the 8 Sabbath studio albums on MQA Audio) and listen back at their leisure
There will be a brief Q&A and explanation about the HD audio we will be listening to
Food and beverage will be served and playback is 4-6pm
The event is seated and capacity is strictly limited
Let me know asap if you’re keen!
Bargepole says
Any takers guys ? Deadline is fast approaching……
Bartleby says
I would at a heartbeat, but am on holiday that week. Paging @Hawkfall?
Hawkfall says
Bit far away for me Bartle, I’m in Singapore!
Bartleby says
Never Say Die!
Bartleby says
I’ve been invited to the Gibson rooms before by their marketing guy. If you can’t find anyone Bargey, then I’m back 2 days later and can pop along at their convenience. I can point to which of my Sabbath album reviews are still the most popular on Amazon as credentials.
Bargepole says
I think it has to be that particular day alas as it’s an organised event. Thanks for the offer though.
Bartleby says
Yes of course. Oh well! Someone’s going to be a very lucky so and so!
fentonsteve says
I’m not much of a Sabs fan, but I’m interested in the MQA format. From what I’ve read, it seems to be a rather nifty solution to the multitude of incompatible formats.
I can’t make the date, though. Sorry – not much help, am I?
davebigpicture says
I’m also interested in the audio but I am available. I feel it should go to a massive Sabs fan though.
Bargepole says
I think you could be the lucky winner….
fortuneight says
Would have loved to go but sadly I’m also away. Not that a bloke with a hearing aid rocking up would have probably been what they were hoping for.
Bargepole says
An update on the box set…..
A foreboding storm is gathering overhead. Bells toll, lighting cracks, rain falls…something dark and sinister is heading this way. It’s 1970 and four guys from Birmingham, with the release of their debut self-titled album, have single-handedly created what would become known forever as heavy metal. It was a singular moment of crushing heaviness that would define the genre for years to come.
The sixties were over. Charles Manson and his knife wielding followers had put a violent end to peace and love and the optimism and hope of the decade had vanished. As the seventies came down like a dark cloud, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler welcomed these uncertain times with open arms and riffs of thunder. And so The Ten Year War began.
Fresh from receiving the ‘Golden God’ Icon Award at this year’s Metal Hammer Golden Gods , Black Sabbath are proud to announce ‘The Ten Year War’ – a limited edition vinyl box set, released September 29th via BMG, that brings together their eight Ozzy fronted albums, plus a swathe of other rarities, all housed within exclusive artwork created by renowned street artist, graphic designer and activist Shepard Fairey.
Despite Black Sabbath’s multi-million selling albums and rabid fan base throughout the seventies, this adulation wasn’t always mirrored by the music press at the time. The band received more than their fair share of criticism, prompting them to publish ‘The Ten Year War’ brochure; a playful dig at journalists with the witty tagline “more good press than most – more bad press than any.” The brochure is reproduced in full for the box set and is one of the many exclusive items held within that also includes:
8 x vinyl LPs meticulously reproduced in their original sleeves, re-mastered by renowned mastering engineer Andy Pearce from the original tapes and pressed on 180 gram splatter-coloured vinyl, each LP with unique and individual colouring.
• BLACK SABBATH
• PARANOID
• MASTER OF REALITY (including original fold-out colour poster)
• VOL. 4
• SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH
• SABOTAGE
• TECHNICAL ECSTASY
• NEVER SAY DIE!
2 x rare 7” singles, reproduced in their original sleeves:
Japanese version of Evil Woman (Don’t Play Your Games With Me)/Black Sabbath.
Chilean version of Paranoid/The Wizard (only 100 copies of the original radio promo were pressed).
Crucifix shaped Black Sabbath USB stick, exclusive to this box set, which can be worn round the neck and contains MQA high definition audio of the first eight Black Sabbath albums.
The extremely rare The Ten Year War brochure, reproduced from the original publication.
Hardback book, featuring accolades from the cream of rock royalty, coupled with official and candid iconic photography of the band during their 1970s tours, recording sessions and photo-shoots.
Tenth Anniversary World Tour 1978 Official Programme, impeccably reproduced.
Reprinted tour poster from the 1972 Seattle Centre Arena show.
Box set is individually numbered.