Black Sabbath Anthology [Paperback]

Black Sabbath (Author)

Book Description

Series: Black Sabbath | Publication Date: January 1, 1992

This unique collection of 27 of Black Sabbath’s greatest songs will be a hit with your favorite HM guitarist. Includes such headbangers as Iron Man, Paranoid, and War Pigs. All guitar solos are notated in both standard notation and tablature.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Music Sales America (January 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0825610842
• ISBN-13: 978-0825610844
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #392,088 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good collection, but somewhat lacking, July 20, 2006

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WrathofShatner "quark42" (Abilene, TX, USSR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Sabbath Anthology (Paperback)

I've owned this sheet music book for a couple of years and I still occasionally reference it. The song selection is actually better than on any of the "greatest hits" albums I've seen.

What disappointed me is how incomplete some of the transcriptions are. For instance at the end of "Snowblind," the caption simply says to improvise something, rather than taking the extra effort to finish the tablation. Certain riffs like Children of the Sea would have been better written-out instead of in "rhythm slash" notation. "A Bit of Finger" is present and seems reasonably accurate, but there's no "Warning" to go with it. It happens to be my favorite track on that side of the album.

Every song in this book is vital and worth learning, and I'd recommend it to any intermediate guitarist who wants to take on some heavy blues and hard rock influences. Its incomplete status and semi-official credibility are my only disappointments.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Selection Gets Points for Simplicity, February 14, 2007

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LBloom (Hollywood) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Sabbath Anthology (Paperback)

This collection includes all the familiar Sabbath classics, plus some pieces hard to find in sheet music stores: e.g.: National Acrobat, Voodoo, Country Girl, Hard Road, Supernaut, Neon Knights, Heaven and Hell, Children of the Sea, Etc. Many of the "complete" or "recorded versions" of the same songs had numerous guitar overdubs transcribed and since Sabbath are a one-guitar band, the simplified, one-guitar versions were much simpler to follow and that that was the whole idea. The omitted solos to something like "Snowblind" are just pentatonic and are easy to figure out anyway. So the great thing about this book is the simplicity. It is all well and good for someone to notate every last guitar overdub on an album but it can get confusing when you want a one-guitar version of something. Another advantage to the simplified versions is that it takes less space per page for easier reading. Example: the "outro" solo on "War Pigs" is transcribed on one page instead of 5-10 pages and that way you can play along with the record without having to worry about turning the pages. Well worth the money that I paid for it

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great List of Songs, DecentTranslations, March 17, 2008

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K. S. White "Kevstar" (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Sabbath Anthology (Paperback)

This book is great if you want a quick reference on how to play through the classic Sabbath songs. However, some key parts of songs are not transcribed. For example, "Fairies Wear Boots" does not have the opening lick done properly, and the sliding octave runs in intro of this song are left out completely. The true "solos" appear to be done well and that is why this is given 4 stars.