{"id":7147,"date":"2025-07-23T11:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=7147"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:50:31","slug":"shindig-issue-72-black-sabbath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=7147","title":{"rendered":"Shindig! Issue #72 \u2013 Black Sabbath"},"content":{"rendered":"

RIP Ozzy Osbourne! We loved ya. Here’s an extract from our Sabbath cover in issue #72, which you can all order in glorious print here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Despite minimal airplay and little critical acclaim, Black Sabbath <\/em>entered the UK LP charts on 7th March 1970, and eventually reached #8, going gold, with a 10-month chart run. Geezer Butler was later to recall that the band heard of the record\u2019s arrival in the charts when listening to Top Gear <\/em>whilst on the way to a gig. John Peel\u2019s role in their ascent was acknowledged by Osbourne after the deejay died in 2004. \u201cHe was a pioneer in his own right. If it wasn\u2019t for John Peel, Black Sabbath would never have been played on the radio. He was a good guy.\u201d But even Osbourne was taken aback by the success. \u201cJim Simpson comes up to me and says, \u2018I\u2019ve got some news to tell you.\u2019 And I go, \u2018What\u2019s that?\u2019 And he goes, \u2018Your album enters the British charts at #17 next week.\u2019 And I go, \u2018Fuck off, you\u2019re winding me up. No way.\u2019 \u2018No, it\u2019s true.\u2019 And that was it. And the first Black Sabbath album stayed on the charts for quite some time. I was like, \u2018Why?\u2019 It was such a great surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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