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Black Sabbath, Curved Air: Guild Hall, Southampton

Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 16 January 1971

BLACK SABBATH are about as subtle as an enraged mule kicking down a stable door, yet it is this controlled use of sheer physical brute force and electric wattage that has enabled them to quickly amass such a loyal international following.

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