Black Sabbath - Vol.4By the time Black Sabbath began work on what was to be their fourth album in '72, the conveniently titled 'Volume 4', they were very much in the ascendant. Their fan base was growing with each succeeding tour and album, and their style was firmly established. However, to the band members, the treadmill of the rock cycle album tour album tour in perpetuity offered no challenge any more. they wanted to stretch themselves, to push the parameters of what

the album is very cinematic in nature

for the band's next effort

the Canterbury progressiveness of Caravan and the burgeoning experimentalism of Talk Talk’s Colour Of Spring

it’s not a record resting on its laurels

We’re honored to be reissuing this for Record Store Day on limited edition sky blue vinyl in a gatefold jacket

leaving behind a wealth of music that dwarfed the few 12"s and LPs that were released during his short life

“He was a very important person to me and he helped raise me

cathartic and vital as anything they’ve ever put out

"The music on Nation Time came out of the fertile

who released their second studio album

after lot of wondering

the songs are linked with a story on the back cover which details the dream of Simon Simopath to fly