MASTER OF REALITY

"Master of Reality" was the third album released in August 1971. By that time, Black Sabbath had been playing and touring together for four years they were severely burned out. They actually did not have enough material for the next album that's why they wrote most of songs in the studio, including their classics "Children of The Grave" and "Sweet Leaf". Due to time constraint, the album was written and recorded in three weeks. Iommi played flute in "Solitude" in addition to guitar.

As in the case with Deep Purple where Ian Gillan did not get along with Ricthie Blackmore, it applied to Black Sabbath as well. The central problem was between Ozzy and Iommi. Both gentlemen could not get along really well and Iommi wanted to be the one who controlled the band. Despite the tension between Ozzy and Iommi, the bad still delivered good album "Master of Reality". It's not a bad album at all. Keep on rockin' ..!

Peace on earth and mercy mild - GW