A Sabbath Magazine

[Typhon]

There is currently an issue out by Classic Rock magazine titled "The Complete Story Of Ozzy & Black Sabbath."  I saw it at the checkout stand at the supermarket, of all places.  This is the front cover.



It is full of great pictures and information covering the journey of our favorite band. 
Articles include:  Interviews with all 4 original band members.  How each of the first 6 albums came about.  Ozzy's solo years.  How the band lost Ozzy and recruited Dio.  The final concert.

What struck me was there are no advertisements in the entire 100 pages.  Here is the back cover.



I think it is a great collectors item to have.  It says in the fine print "Display Until 03/02/26".  If anybody wants one but can't find it, let me know and I'll try to grab another one.

[Vyn]

Oh wow, that is cool - and unexpected! Nothing in the magazines at my supermarket has caught my eye in DECADES. That would have.

Going to stop in tomorrow and see what I can see. Thanks for sharing!

[Charger]

That's cool!

Inspired by that I went to a supermarket's magazine section here and found this one:



Went through it quickly it has all the Sabbath albums reviewed plus background stories on various line ups and interviews and such...
I didn't read it too much but I don't think there's anything new, seemed like the stuff was put together from old interviews from back in the day...sort of cool non the less.

But the price was not... 27.20€

Did not buy it.

[Typhon]

^^^^^^
Did that one have advertisements in it?  If it did, then that would be super expensive.  Even without ads, that euro price is $32.  The one I have was $15, although yours has 72 more pages.

[Charger]

That I did not check...next week when I go again I might have more time so I'll go through it with more detail.

15$ would have been something I would have been more than willing to pay...but double that...no thank you.

[Typhon]

^^^^^^
Update:  I found the magazine you displayed in the Barnes & Noble book store.  I bought it for $24.  It does not have any ads in it.  If my conversion calculation from euros to dollars is correct, then they are overcharging at $32.

The book store did not have the Classic Rock mag of Sabbath.  They were already displaying the next issue.   I have not checked back at the supermarket, however.

[Charger]

Yikes yeah that is quite an overcharge there....it does say 14.99£ on the cover which would only convert to 17€ so someone is quite grabby here!

[Vyn]

Alas, it seems those magazines have not propagated to the midwestern US. At least, not to the small store in the small town I live in haha. All they have are the usual assortment of cooking, fashion, and gossip rags. They don't even have a dedicated magazine area anymore, just racks at each checkout for impulse buys.

Don't those idiots understand the cultural and spiritual importance of Black Sabbath? I suggest that it is a conspiracy to keep the truth from the masses. I do live directly in the middle of the so-called Bible Belt, after all.

*Directly north of me is where the Mennonites live. Head west from there and over into Kansas and it's Southern Baptist (which you'll find all over). To the south is RLDS-land. Pockets of Catholicism can be found here and there. Speaking of Kansas - oh my god meh. The whole state is one big wheat field. (sub soybeans/corn/alfalfa where appropriate). Even so, it shines as a Mecca of never-ending curiosities compared to the desolation that is Oklahoma. If the NULL value was a state, that would be Oklahoma. I don't even understand that place, it's so bad as to defy comprehension.

[Zzzptm]

If the NULL value was a state, that would be Oklahoma. I don't even understand that place, it's so bad as to defy comprehension.

One good thing about Oklahoma is... um... OK, it's where Braum's started. They make good burgers and I like the little grocery stores in them. Nice places to stop when traveling to get fresh fruit along the way. Oklahoma also has some pretty roads in the Ozark-y parts of the state.

Other than that, it's what I must drive through if I want to get to somewhere else that's north of me. Kansas even more so.

Back to our discussion of Black Sabbath magazines, I suppose...