Iconic guitarist Tony Iommi has confirmed that the albums Black Sabbath recorded with singer Tony Martin will be reissued in 2023.
He touched upon the group’s re-release plans while celebrating what would have been drummer Cozy Powell‘s 75th birthday on Thursday, December 29th.
Iommi took to his Twitter page to share a photo of Powell and he included the following message, “Cozy Powell would have been 75 today. Looking forward to the release of the IRS albums in 2023, a tribute to his great playing.”
Six years ago, Iommi told I Heart Guitar that “it’s a shame” that “it took a lot for people to accept” Martin as Sabbath’s vocalist. “It’s taken all these years later for people to say, ‘Oh blimey, that was a good band with good singing.’ So it took a long time to get people to really realize how good it was.”
In 2018, Iommi spent time in the studio remixing Forbidden for a future release. The LP, which features Martin, drummer Cozy Powell and bassist Neil Murray, is often regarded as Sabbath’s worst studio recording.
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I am of the opinion that Tony Marin was a bad ass. He had the formidable task of following Ozzy, Dio, Gillan and Glenn Hughes. Can you imagine trying to measure up against what had come before? I thought it worked for what Sabbath was doing at the time. I enjoyed all the Martin era except for Forbidden. I don’t think remixing can fix that one.
Tony Martin was great , I loved the shining great great song, Ray Gillans vocal on that was great too but Tony hit a vocal homerun on that one~