Master of Reality (Deluxe Edition)

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Black Sabbath

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Much like the remaster of black sabbath this is also a lesson in how to remaster music as this is just incredible.

Ive always enjoyed reality,its a very dark almost confused sounding album but with tracks like sweet leaf and children of the grave how can you go wrong,especially now when you have a cd that sounds this good!

Many people are dismissing these sabbath deluxe editions as most will think it's just the single cd bundled with a second disc of extra tracks with some fancy art work but this is simply not the case as this is one of the best versions of this i've ever heard.

Powerful rich smooth sounding you can really close your eyes and go back in time with ozzy and gang and nearly believe they are in the room with you,such is the quality of this release.

Cd two has some interesting tracks,the rather funky weevil woman and a rather strange sounding version of sweet leaf which has lyrics more suited to a love song...different indeed but very worthwhile to listen to.

And of course it has some instrumentals and different takes of songs as well which gives an insight into the recording sessions.

Is it worth getting if you have the cd already?.....you bet,this ranks right up there in the best sounding cd pile and believe me these days that pile isn't very big!

An absolute joy for any ozzy or sabbath fan or indeed heavy rock.

This is exactly how a remaster should be!!!!!!!!

Fantastic and one of the best sounding cds i own.

Unbelievable!

One would think this 2009 Deluxe Edition vinyl would probably match or sound very close to the Deluxe Edition CD.

Such is not the case.

This thing has really (and I mean *really*) been hammered with compression and the bass has been goosed to ridiculous extremes. The Deluxe Edition CD is fantastic and sounds almost exactly like the original UK Vertigo vinyl in terms of its tonality and punch. But, presumably, whoever cut this vinyl edition ("Neil Massiva"? in deadwax) went nuts with the bass and compression. The drums aren't punchy and totally lack slam. It's a complete mess. Buy the Deluxe Edition CD instead. Andy Pearce absolutely nailed the mastering on that and it smokes this nonsense.