I love the Anno Domini box set. I have felt like the Tony Martin era of Sabbath was so underrated. Tony is a great singer and it’s nice to see him finally getting some respect!
Definitely underrated - even forgotten about by many (previously). It;s good to see the albums are selling well and people are getting into it. Some great riffs from Iommi as well.
I preordered Anno Domini the day they announced its release. I've been keeping an eye out for this for at least 4 years now. Love it! I still haven't listened to Forbidden, but I was a fan of this era back then. I stopped though with Tyr, though I don't remember why. I loved Eternal Idol. Headless Cross is a favorite for sure. Love the box set.
I am a Judas Priest fan as well... I am proud to have a copy of the "Thanks for the words, Al!" version of Rocka Rolla! I collect records for the purpose of having the original period recordings/pressings and art... I have all the original UK releases. I would like to get to Black Sabbath in original UK releases but the cost is out of sight!
Very cool! I had a chance to pick up an original UK press of Rocka Rolla for CDN$10 about 10 years ago and stupidly passed. The store owner even called me and asked if I wanted it. I don't know what I was thinking. The oringal Sabbath pressings would be amazing to own.
@@Channel33RPM at tuesday and saturday there was a fair with lot´s and lot´s of vinyl records for sale for what today is 50cents in perfect condition some of those about 200 through the years i bought most are first pressings without knowing , but this discovered by a less than 20 years than me friend who only owns first editions but maybe 75% of them are not sounding good ,i don´t want first editions with bad sound i prefer the ones where vinyl is well kept and not listened in saphire needle turntables as it happened till the mid 80´s in Portugal, those say that cds sound better ,one listening in a shaphire needle is more than enough to destroy the perfect sound of vinyl and not many had taken care of their vinyl records other reason for them to be in bad condition, what surprises me is some german and dutch friends i have that due to their age lost interest in records or cds and only have a good 70´s amp. and speakers with a open reel deck ,either than the reels they also have spotify on their iphones conected to the amplifier ,we are talking about more than 65 years persons, they came to live in Portugal ,Sunny all year around and ofered me all their components and record colections, i have between 15.000 to 16.000 records in perfect shape since late 60´s maybe having no humidity in the air and 10 years to 10 years without rain, and never touched the grooves on a record only in my work for 35 years as a dj i had records only to that effect like glue to make loops and some scratch not like they make it today but done as it was in late 70´s and 80´s when rap music entered the danse music allthough break dance wasn´t usual in party´s or disco´s, but i do notice records i bought when new that today the brain dead of the vocalist says it wasn´t like they wantred but if diferent they wouldn´t be known today as their first album made them have a career and when listening the improved sound was horrible, i´m refering to Aqualung from jethro tull, it´s production and sound made them great if he says the album sounded bad his brain fried as if it was like the last re-re-remastering none would have bought the album ,still have the first record when released and sounds amazing even better than most of modern bands, i had a PL-43 or 51 and a P3 also a sp-1 personalized from technics in early 70´s the others are pioneers from late 60´s my first equipment
Have you listened to the Forbidden old / remix comparison? I wasn’t familiar with it…but this is mind blowing to hear how it changed : th-cam.com/video/yQk8VDzaJiU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lQJQB-S6BmkMiJEB
Wow! Thanks for the link, Jason. The difference is HUGE. The OG version sounds so dull and lifeless. I'm really curious to hear what Tony will do with Born Again.
Firstly Frank, congratulations on losing a bit of weight. Its funny but up to now we've eaten what we lie.. but a quick glance at the belly tells us to do something about it. I cut out the sugar in my coffees about 3 months ago.. and the difference is huge !! and the belly less huge ha ha !! Love all those new reissued box sets for metal bands.... so much detail but you are right, the pictures are a little grainy, compared to the originals. Have a great weekend Frank !!
You summed it up well, Graham.... at a certain age, you can no longer just eat what you like (well, you can, but not in the context of health and longevity). Congrats on cutting out the sugar in coffee and seeing the results. I love sugar, but have also cut back on it. Cheers man!
Dude, im not sure about losing weight, but pushups are awesome. They can work so much, and force your upper body to be strong. I do only pushups, pulls and bar dips. Body weight only. Very little cardio. Im down to high school weight of 159. I just gotta keep it up. If i do, my physique will be the about best its ever been. Cheers and keep on punchin
I got the Black Sabbath set on CD. I’m really enjoying it. I’ve been curious about the Tony Martin era of the band for years but the music wasn’t available on Spotify and the albums are out of print unless you find them used. Overall a great set and a must have for Sabbath fans.
Congratulations, Frank! Weight loss is hard. My wife went on a diet about a year ago and lost about 20 lbs also. The side effect of that is that I totally lost more weight. I dropped 50 lbs and have kept it off. Again, congratulations!
i do have 50 kg of extra weight i do know how to get my old figure again but my better half says that heroin and cocaine is not good for me but i do miss the feeling after leaving all drugs except tobacco when 50, that i tried but couldn´t make it more than three days and two nights, i at 11.00P.M. couldn´t live without it and saw a policeman and asked him a cigar and explained why, he was ok , this in my way to the gasoline station open 24 hours
The Sabbath set is all new to me .. I find myself played Tye most often .. which is a surprise…but like almost all Black Sabbath my faves are quite fluid ….wonderful set and very blessed to own it.. and very encouraging for Mr Iommi to keep going …
i have a big colection of 80´s metal bands that i liked and after ozzy or ossie only ronnie james dio made a great black sabbath album ,others don´t have any feeling like ian gillian that i bought the album put it to play once and never ever i played it again ,deep purple was fine but his voice in bLACK SABBATH DIDN´T LOOK or sound like balck sabbath, judas priest is also a great band but in early 80´s were all starting the genre so to speak as i do like late deep purple albuns as "Burn" with david coverdable and it´s live album with the cover of "ain´t no love in the heart of the city" when R.Glover left the band and ian paice and john lord still there it started to call them selves whitesnake who i find very god it´s first two albums, about ties i remenber a magazine in the 80´s(maybe hammer metal) with a huge tree of liasons between musicians and bands of the 70´s
I never got into 80's Sabbath. Even though my dad had the Dio albums. My neighbor had Born Again. And the only other one I heard was The Eternal Idol. But that was mostly due to Towers (or maybe it was Zellers at that point) having a whole lot of cassette copies of it for $1.99, so of course I picked one up. Was alright, but I haven't really listened to it since then. I sometimes will play a song or two. But never the entire album. Guess it was just not cutting the mustard by that point, as I was into Slayer and Metallica at that point.
Geezer actually came back on Dehumanizer which was a reunion of the Dio era lineup. Then when Dio & Vinnie Appice both left at the end of 1992 that's when Tony Martin came back to sing and Geezer stuck around for the Cross Purposes album before leaving again.
what ?ronnie james dio in 92 ?i think it´s more than 10 years advanced in time, but one of my favorite rock albums Ronnie James Dio with black sabbath after Rainbow
On the subject of bonus tracks on Special Edition issues of new releases. Is that a marketing technique, or just giving the more rabbid fans a little extra? Anyway I liked it better when those types of songs were used to spice up a Greatest Hits packege with a few "New Songs" along with some remixes.
Totally agree with you about the Judas Priest, much prefer Firepower. And the Sabbath boxset like the same albums in the same order as you. Have the box set on cd and Vinyl, as the few have the 3 ( must be a load more from the sessions) bonus tracks not on originals only Japanese versions, but not in the vinyl set, could have easily put on an ep. Yes the other sets did have a hard back book. Also the few do not have the lyrics in the booklet but do in the vinyl set even though the cd one is 60 pages and Vinyl is 40 pages. But as you say just little bit picks.
Hey congrats on the weight loss!! It sucks that gaining weight is so easy but losing weight takes a lot of work and discipline. Now I gotta tell you when I clicked on this video and thought and saw the thumbnail. I was thinking to myself, self. This guy looks thinner in the face because with men usually it’s the face that goes first then the belly goes later , at least in my experience. Find a picture from last year at this time and put it next to your face now and you can definitely see the difference.
Well done on your achievement Frank. I'm curious if the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath album will have a deluxe set issued at some point in the not too distant future.
When I was 17 I lost 32lbs in 21 days, I was in for a burst appendix and the hospital saw a cantaloupe size tumour in my stomach/bowels. Almost died, but I was lucky I never had to do chemo or anything just aggressive surgery. 3 weeks no food, and only IV fluids. When I was 21 I went through a breakup and I bought a bike. I went to university during the day, I’d get a 50% off breakfast burrito and a strawberry milk from the cafeteria at 11:05am take the TTC home and get off one stop early on the subway to buy a bottle of Wild Turkey, go home study until dinner which was 3pcs grilled jerk chicken and rice and salad plus a fair amount of Wild Turkey, then I’d ride my bike around downtown Toronto for 3-4 hours every night while drunk, I’d cycle until I sobered up, shower, bed. Rinse and repeat daily for a 3 months and I lost 67lbs in 90 days. Wish I had your discipline to do it the right way, congrats Frank!
Great episode, I feel the same way about the Judas Priest album, good but not great. I feel the new Saxon record is much better. Also glad to see you were able to get a copy of the Sabbath box set. Lots of comments about Forbidden. I will agree that the remix sounds better than the original release; however, the issues I have with some of the tracks remain. I’m hoping for a Born Again remix next year, fingers crossed!!!
Hi Frank, you mentioning midnight purchasing, I did that last night and bought myself the new albums from Unleash the Archers and Crystal Viper. One is from Canada and the other is from Poland both great bands, do you know them? I would like to hear your thoughts about them in a video. Thanks and keep on spinning
Unrelated to music...Am I the only person that thinks Makers Mark is the worst and most over rated bourbon ever? :P Oh and congrats on the weight loss and health gain. :D
You are not wrong. They are much better burbons available for much less money. I did a blind taste taste with a friend, and we both preferred Jim Beam (I was surprised). Also, thanks!
I am in the same boat as you because I didn’t own any of the tony martin stuff either. Would like to get that set. On a totally different note who is singing the Friday night theme song. Has a very Jack Russel vibe to the voice.
Had a doctor tell me I needed to lose weight ... he was built just like me. I told him right to his face, "I will if you will". He never mentioned it again 🖕😎
I wonder why the Anno Domini box set didn't include 1987 "Eternal Idol" album. You would think that all the Tony Martin era albums should be in the set. "Eternal Idol" has some great songs on it, a few of my favorites are "The Shining", "Hard Life to Love" and "Born to Lose". To me the box set is incomplete without that album.
Looking svelte Frank! Congratulations! Outside of the images, which are poorly done, this is a great Sabbath box set. As you mentioned, Forbidden was remixed by Iomme and is now a completely different sounding record. I never really never liked that release, but now IMO it has a new freshness and a better Sabbath sound if that's a thing.
That theme song sounds alot like kevin Dubrovnik. Anywho great video as always. I too have had significant weight loss. 50 lbs in 2 months. Some is from jardiance that dropped my a1c to stop me from becoming diabetic but pretty sure wife passing on May 5th helped alot in the weight loss. I'm fine as she fought lupus for 10 years. Only thing is I can't listen to journey for awhile as it was her favorite band. Keep on spinning my Canada friend . Dave. NC.
Great video Frank! Love how you keep us old guys current. Lol. I'm not into everything you review, but that's what I love! Maybe I'd like to buy something you reviewed based on your recommendations. Keep on spinning Frank 👍 😊
Yes same with me on the Priest, Firepower was more consistent, this one has a few experimental type of tracks, and not fond of the return of guitar synths on a few tracks. Still a good album Rob still sounds amazing. 🤟
Cant wait for my copy of Sabbaths box set to arrive!Not my favourite era, but some good tunes in there! Also congratulations for the weigh loss! Greetings from Basque Country!
Hey congrats on the weight loss!! It sucks that gaining weight is so easy but losing weight takes a lot of work and discipline. Now I gotta tell you when I clicked on this video and thought and saw the thumbnail. I was thinking to myself, self. This guy looks thinner in the face because with men usually it’s the face that goes first then the belly goes later , at least in my experience. Find a picture from last year at this time and put it next to your face now and you can definitely see the difference.
@@Channel33RPM in 2019 I started a divorce from a crazy person and I lost a lot of weight because I wasn’t eating regular meals. I was just eating to eat people call that the divorce diet. I think I lost about 25 pounds I was under 200 pounds for the first time in like 20 years and then I met a nice Italian girl and as you know, they are all about pasta and meat so as I met her and started hanging out with her and hanging out with her Familyagain that way back because the food was so good and you can’t say no to you know what will happen wink
Keep on spinnin' and staying healthy! You're looking good! If I may suggest adding a little weight lifting and cardio in combination with what you're already doing, will make you feel even better. Rock on!
Thank you! That is exactly my plan...I'm moving into cardio mode now (walking, biking, swimming and some light jogging), and joining a gym in the fall for weights. it definitely has to be a journey for me (don't want to fall back into bad habits).
@@Channel33RPM Yup! Maintaining the weight you lost is the harder part. When I fall back into bad eating habits every now and again I call it a relapse :-) But it's important to keep at it - we're not getting any younger.
Love your channel. My tastes lie farther back because I am an old guy but always interesting to see your enthusiasm and love for the music and also the sound systems. Best wishes to you. I am in northern Ontario, not that far away.
Walk around the block shirtless/backwards? LOL What and awesome competition. Good for both of you and congrats on the loss my friend! We need video of the loser walking around the block!!! We need a new Vinyl Dens. I'm craving one!
Thanks Brandon. That whole 'walking around the block shirtless and backwards' was a HUGE motivation for me to keep going, LOL. Fortunately, there was no loser. We both met the goal by the June 1 deadline. My next goal is to work on cardio. New Vinyl Dens on Sunday. Cheers, my friend.
The Black Sabbath vinyl box set completely sold out here in NZ. I could not find anyone in NZ even selling the CD version. Had to go to Amazon to get it. Waiting for delivery currently. I have been streaming it in the meantime. It's like having 4 new BS albums as I was completely unaware of this version of BS existed. Shame on me as it's so good!
I can relate - I knew of these albums, but never really gave them much of a chance (and they were impossible to find anyway). It's great to have the 4 reissues. I hope you get your records shortly. Frank
The BS Boxset got to #9 in the german Charts! It's soldout on Vinyl everywhere, so i had to order it on Amazon USA! Got it Yesterday and it's pretty awesome! Thanks for the Video, Greetings from Stuttgart Germany!
Thank you for the video Frank. Congratulations on the health update. At our age (or any age, for that matter), the choices we make on what we put into our bodies are the most important choices we can make. Keep up the great work. Visually we can see the progress. 🙏
If you got one band, and that's YOUR band, and you want everything they put out on vinyl, it's more than OK to have a CD copy too....as long as it's within your means lol
Counting calories is a great step. But the body does not process all calories the same. Robert Lustig has many videos that discuss this. Removing foods with added sugar and eating more fruit will help bring weight down and stabilize energy.
Nice box set that I'm surprised at the popularity of it actually! I'd love to hear the Forbidden remix but I already have all of those albums on CD so will not buy again. I went to see Sabbath on 3 of those tours w/ Martin, 89, 94 & 95 and enjoyed him in the band.
Do you use an app to catalog what albums you already own? I’ve done the mistake of buying the same album twice. Want to finally organize myself and catalog them. Thanks for your help!
I used to keep a spreadsheet using Google Sheets, but stopped updating it a year ago (it became too much of a chore). It was only for vinyl, not CDs. If I could it again, I would probably catalog the collection in Discogs.
I love the Anno Domini box set. I have felt like the Tony Martin era of Sabbath was so underrated. Tony is a great singer and it’s nice to see him finally getting some respect!
Definitely underrated - even forgotten about by many (previously). It;s good to see the albums are selling well and people are getting into it. Some great riffs from Iommi as well.
I preordered Anno Domini the day they announced its release. I've been keeping an eye out for this for at least 4 years now. Love it! I still haven't listened to Forbidden, but I was a fan of this era back then. I stopped though with Tyr, though I don't remember why. I loved Eternal Idol. Headless Cross is a favorite for sure. Love the box set.
I am a Judas Priest fan as well... I am proud to have a copy of the "Thanks for the words, Al!" version of Rocka Rolla! I collect records for the purpose of having the original period recordings/pressings and art... I have all the original UK releases. I would like to get to Black Sabbath in original UK releases but the cost is out of sight!
Very cool! I had a chance to pick up an original UK press of Rocka Rolla for CDN$10 about 10 years ago and stupidly passed. The store owner even called me and asked if I wanted it. I don't know what I was thinking. The oringal Sabbath pressings would be amazing to own.
@@Channel33RPM at tuesday and saturday there was a fair with lot´s and lot´s of vinyl records for sale for what today is 50cents in perfect condition some of those about 200 through the years i bought most are first pressings without knowing , but this discovered by a less than 20 years than me friend who only owns first editions but maybe 75% of them are not sounding good ,i don´t want first editions with bad sound i prefer the ones where vinyl is well kept and not listened in saphire needle turntables as it happened till the mid 80´s in Portugal, those say that cds sound better ,one listening in a shaphire needle is more than enough to destroy the perfect sound of vinyl and not many had taken care of their vinyl records other reason for them to be in bad condition, what surprises me is some german and dutch friends i have that due to their age lost interest in records or cds and only have a good 70´s amp. and speakers with a open reel deck ,either than the reels they also have spotify on their iphones conected to the amplifier ,we are talking about more than 65 years persons, they came to live in Portugal ,Sunny all year around and ofered me all their components and record colections, i have between 15.000 to 16.000 records in perfect shape since late 60´s maybe having no humidity in the air and 10 years to 10 years without rain, and never touched the grooves on a record only in my work for 35 years as a dj i had records only to that effect like glue to make loops and some scratch not like they make it today but done as it was in late 70´s and 80´s when rap music entered the danse music allthough break dance wasn´t usual in party´s or disco´s, but i do notice records i bought when new that today the brain dead of the vocalist says it wasn´t like they wantred but if diferent they wouldn´t be known today as their first album made them have a career and when listening the improved sound was horrible, i´m refering to Aqualung from jethro tull, it´s production and sound made them great if he says the album sounded bad his brain fried as if it was like the last re-re-remastering none would have bought the album ,still have the first record when released and sounds amazing even better than most of modern bands, i had a PL-43 or 51 and a P3 also a sp-1 personalized from technics in early 70´s the others are pioneers from late 60´s my first equipment
I agree 100 percent the BLACK SABBATH boxset is amazing love it, I bought the 4 CD box set version .
Have you listened to the Forbidden old / remix comparison? I wasn’t familiar with it…but this is mind blowing to hear how it changed : th-cam.com/video/yQk8VDzaJiU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lQJQB-S6BmkMiJEB
Wow! Thanks for the link, Jason. The difference is HUGE. The OG version sounds so dull and lifeless. I'm really curious to hear what Tony will do with Born Again.
The box set doesn't include their debut album The Eternal Idol, why wasn't that included?
In a recent interview Tony said it was because Eternal Idol was issued by a different record label.
Plus it came out in 2011 on cd as a deluxe remasteted version not vinyl though but that and different label was the reason.
Even before you started talking about weight loss, i noticed the area around your neck and up to your ears. Noticably leaner. Nice going! Congrats!
Thanks!
Firstly Frank, congratulations on losing a bit of weight. Its funny but up to now we've eaten what we lie.. but a quick glance at the belly tells us to do something about it. I cut out the sugar in my coffees about 3 months ago.. and the difference is huge !! and the belly less huge ha ha !! Love all those new reissued box sets for metal bands.... so much detail but you are right, the pictures are a little grainy, compared to the originals. Have a great weekend Frank !!
You summed it up well, Graham.... at a certain age, you can no longer just eat what you like (well, you can, but not in the context of health and longevity). Congrats on cutting out the sugar in coffee and seeing the results. I love sugar, but have also cut back on it. Cheers man!
Dude, im not sure about losing weight, but pushups are awesome. They can work so much, and force your upper body to be strong. I do only pushups, pulls and bar dips. Body weight only. Very little cardio. Im down to high school weight of 159. I just gotta keep it up. If i do, my physique will be the about best its ever been. Cheers and keep on punchin
Awesome! Congrats!
I got Headless Cross on vinyl back in 89, but by the time TYR came out, vinyl was all but gone in USA. I still need all those later albums
Congrats on the weight loss
Thanks JC!
I was glad to see the Sabbath set was NOT pressed at GZ Media (I think it came out of Optimal, Germany). Awesome set!
I got the Black Sabbath set on CD. I’m really enjoying it. I’ve been curious about the Tony Martin era of the band for years but the music wasn’t available on Spotify and the albums are out of print unless you find them used. Overall a great set and a must have for Sabbath fans.
Congratulations, Frank! Weight loss is hard. My wife went on a diet about a year ago and lost about 20 lbs also. The side effect of that is that I totally lost more weight. I dropped 50 lbs and have kept it off. Again, congratulations!
Thank you - and a HUGE congratulations to you and your wife!
i do have 50 kg of extra weight i do know how to get my old figure again but my better half says that heroin and cocaine is not good for me but i do miss the feeling after leaving all drugs except tobacco when 50, that i tried but couldn´t make it more than three days and two nights, i at 11.00P.M. couldn´t live without it and saw a policeman and asked him a cigar and explained why, he was ok , this in my way to the gasoline station open 24 hours
Last Priest show i saw was in Stuttgart (UFO opened FIRKEN FANTASTIC, EH).
Priest was so bad we left after three songs.
The Sabbath set is all new to me .. I find myself played Tye most often .. which is a surprise…but like almost all Black Sabbath my faves are quite fluid ….wonderful set and very blessed to own it.. and very encouraging for Mr Iommi to keep going …
i have a big colection of 80´s metal bands that i liked and after ozzy or ossie only ronnie james dio made a great black sabbath album ,others don´t have any feeling like ian gillian that i bought the album put it to play once and never ever i played it again ,deep purple was fine but his voice in bLACK SABBATH DIDN´T LOOK or sound like balck sabbath, judas priest is also a great band but in early 80´s were all starting the genre so to speak as i do like late deep purple albuns as "Burn" with david coverdable and it´s live album with the cover of "ain´t no love in the heart of the city" when R.Glover left the band and ian paice and john lord still there it started to call them selves whitesnake who i find very god it´s first two albums, about ties i remenber a magazine in the 80´s(maybe hammer metal) with a huge tree of liasons between musicians and bands of the 70´s
I never got into 80's Sabbath. Even though my dad had the Dio albums. My neighbor had Born Again. And the only other one I heard was The Eternal Idol. But that was mostly due to Towers (or maybe it was Zellers at that point) having a whole lot of cassette copies of it for $1.99, so of course I picked one up. Was alright, but I haven't really listened to it since then. I sometimes will play a song or two. But never the entire album. Guess it was just not cutting the mustard by that point, as I was into Slayer and Metallica at that point.
Dude! Send me your diet! You look way different & younger! I'm fat AF & want to lose weight but it's hard because I'm always hungry!
Geezer actually came back on Dehumanizer which was a reunion of the Dio era lineup. Then when Dio & Vinnie Appice both left at the end of 1992 that's when Tony Martin came back to sing and Geezer stuck around for the Cross Purposes album before leaving again.
what ?ronnie james dio in 92 ?i think it´s more than 10 years advanced in time, but one of my favorite rock albums Ronnie James Dio with black sabbath after Rainbow
The all analog crowd should be thrilled with Mandoki Soulmates. Absolutely 100% Analog 🔊
On the subject of bonus tracks on Special Edition issues of new releases. Is that a marketing technique, or just giving the more rabbid fans a little extra? Anyway I liked it better when those types of songs were used to spice up a Greatest Hits packege with a few "New Songs" along with some remixes.
Totally agree with you about the Judas Priest, much prefer Firepower. And the Sabbath boxset like the same albums in the same order as you. Have the box set on cd and Vinyl, as the few have the 3 ( must be a load more from the sessions) bonus tracks not on originals only Japanese versions, but not in the vinyl set, could have easily put on an ep. Yes the other sets did have a hard back book. Also the few do not have the lyrics in the booklet but do in the vinyl set even though the cd one is 60 pages and Vinyl is 40 pages. But as you say just little bit picks.
Hey congrats on the weight loss!!
It sucks that gaining weight is so easy but losing weight takes a lot of work and discipline. Now I gotta tell you when I clicked on this video and thought and saw the thumbnail. I was thinking to myself, self. This guy looks thinner in the face because with men usually it’s the face that goes first then the belly goes later , at least in my experience. Find a picture from last year at this time and put it next to your face now and you can definitely see the difference.
Great job on the weight loss Franko! It helped having the humiliation consequence for sure. I got 20lbs more to go!
Thanks buddy - you too!!!!
I purchased this on CD the vinyl was way out of my price range.
Well done on your achievement Frank.
I'm curious if the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath album will have a deluxe set issued at some point in the not too distant future.
Thank you. Yeah, good call on SBS. I'm curious as well.
There is only one Black Sabbath and that’s with Ozzy
When I was 17 I lost 32lbs in 21 days, I was in for a burst appendix and the hospital saw a cantaloupe size tumour in my stomach/bowels. Almost died, but I was lucky I never had to do chemo or anything just aggressive surgery. 3 weeks no food, and only IV fluids.
When I was 21 I went through a breakup and I bought a bike. I went to university during the day, I’d get a 50% off breakfast burrito and a strawberry milk from the cafeteria at 11:05am take the TTC home and get off one stop early on the subway to buy a bottle of Wild Turkey, go home study until dinner which was 3pcs grilled jerk chicken and rice and salad plus a fair amount of Wild Turkey, then I’d ride my bike around downtown Toronto for 3-4 hours every night while drunk, I’d cycle until I sobered up, shower, bed. Rinse and repeat daily for a 3 months and I lost 67lbs in 90 days.
Wish I had your discipline to do it the right way, congrats Frank!
Damn dude!!!! First, glad you are still with us, after the tumor. Second, Wild Turkey and biking... what a way to lost weight! Love that story.
Great episode, I feel the same way about the Judas Priest album, good but not great. I feel the new Saxon record is much better. Also glad to see you were able to get a copy of the Sabbath box set. Lots of comments about Forbidden. I will agree that the remix sounds better than the original release; however, the issues I have with some of the tracks remain. I’m hoping for a Born Again remix next year, fingers crossed!!!
I would be first in line to get a remixed Born Again. It's a great album - I would love to hear it with a clearer, more dynamic mix.
Hi Frank, you mentioning midnight purchasing, I did that last night and bought myself the new albums from Unleash the Archers and Crystal Viper. One is from Canada and the other is from Poland both great bands, do you know them? I would like to hear your thoughts about them in a video. Thanks and keep on spinning
I am not familiar with either of those bands. I will look em up. Thanks for the recommendations.
Nothing was in the area of music I prefer, BUT I love seeing what is out there. Thank you!
165……
Oh boy.
Congratulations on the weight loss. I’m a long way from 165.
Thank you.
I love this Boxset 😉
Unrelated to music...Am I the only person that thinks Makers Mark is the worst and most over rated bourbon ever? :P Oh and congrats on the weight loss and health gain. :D
You are not wrong. They are much better burbons available for much less money. I did a blind taste taste with a friend, and we both preferred Jim Beam (I was surprised). Also, thanks!
My favorite Sabbath era is the first four albums, up to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, and for some unknown reason I don't want to go beyond that...
Fair. The original era is my fav as well... up to and including Sabotage (love that album).
I am in the same boat as you because I didn’t own any of the tony martin stuff either. Would like to get that set. On a totally different note who is singing the Friday night theme song. Has a very Jack Russel vibe to the voice.
Believe it or not, the song as mostly AI generated (I added the video and some embellishments). Crazy, hey?
Had a doctor tell me I needed to lose weight ... he was built just like me.
I told him right to his face, "I will if you will".
He never mentioned it again 🖕😎
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I wonder why the Anno Domini box set didn't include 1987 "Eternal Idol" album. You would think that all the Tony Martin era albums should be in the set. "Eternal Idol" has some great songs on it, a few of my favorites are "The Shining", "Hard Life to Love" and "Born to Lose". To me the box set is incomplete without that album.
Tony said it was because Idol was on a different record label.
@@Channel33RPM I kind of thought that might be the deal. Thanks Frank!
Very nice "Slaughter" intro !!!
i always buy the LP & the CD
Looking svelte Frank! Congratulations! Outside of the images, which are poorly done, this is a great Sabbath box set. As you mentioned, Forbidden was remixed by Iomme and is now a completely different sounding record. I never really never liked that release, but now IMO it has a new freshness and a better Sabbath sound if that's a thing.
That theme song sounds alot like kevin Dubrovnik. Anywho great video as always. I too have had significant weight loss. 50 lbs in 2 months. Some is from jardiance that dropped my a1c to stop me from becoming diabetic but pretty sure wife passing on May 5th helped alot in the weight loss. I'm fine as she fought lupus for 10 years. Only thing is I can't listen to journey for awhile as it was her favorite band. Keep on spinning my Canada friend
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Dave. NC.
Dude…. I do that all the time. I should lock my phone in a lockbox at night. Sometimes I don’t even remember ordering stuff.
Ok, you persuaded me to bite the bullet and buy Anno Domini despite its ludicrous price in Australia. I have them all on CD, but, well, you know!
Great video Frank! Love how you keep us old guys current. Lol. I'm not into everything you review, but that's what I love! Maybe I'd like to buy something you reviewed based on your recommendations.
Keep on spinning Frank 👍 😊
Did you say that you get off get your tires off Amazon?
Not sure what I said.... but not that
Yes same with me on the Priest, Firepower was more consistent, this one has a few experimental type of tracks, and not fond of the return of guitar synths on a few tracks. Still a good album Rob still sounds amazing. 🤟
Cant wait for my copy of Sabbaths box set to arrive!Not my favourite era, but some good tunes in there! Also congratulations for the weigh loss! Greetings from Basque Country!
Hey congrats on the weight loss!!
It sucks that gaining weight is so easy but losing weight takes a lot of work and discipline. Now I gotta tell you when I clicked on this video and thought and saw the thumbnail. I was thinking to myself, self. This guy looks thinner in the face because with men usually it’s the face that goes first then the belly goes later , at least in my experience. Find a picture from last year at this time and put it next to your face now and you can definitely see the difference.
Thanks Tom - I will try that picture suggestion. It's so true, gaining weight is way too easy, especially as we get old.
@@Channel33RPM definitely.
@@Channel33RPM in 2019 I started a divorce from a crazy person and I lost a lot of weight because I wasn’t eating regular meals. I was just eating to eat people call that the divorce diet. I think I lost about 25 pounds I was under 200 pounds for the first time in like 20 years and then I met a nice Italian girl and as you know, they are all about pasta and meat so as I met her and started hanging out with her and hanging out with her Familyagain that way back because the food was so good and you can’t say no to you know what will happen wink
EMI not BMI
Maaaaan I woke up this morning with regret…spent money I didn’t need to on records late last night. Then took the walk of shame to my kitchen 😅
Keep on spinnin' and staying healthy! You're looking good! If I may suggest adding a little weight lifting and cardio in combination with what you're already doing, will make you feel even better. Rock on!
Thank you! That is exactly my plan...I'm moving into cardio mode now (walking, biking, swimming and some light jogging), and joining a gym in the fall for weights. it definitely has to be a journey for me (don't want to fall back into bad habits).
@@Channel33RPM Yup! Maintaining the weight you lost is the harder part. When I fall back into bad eating habits every now and again I call it a relapse :-) But it's important to keep at it - we're not getting any younger.
I agree. As soon as I turned 50 (weeks before the weight loss challenge was hatched), I realized it was time for change. Cheers!
@@Channel33RPM Cheers! Enjoy your weekend!
Love your channel. My tastes lie farther back because I am an old guy but always interesting to see your enthusiasm and love for the music and also the sound systems. Best wishes to you. I am in northern Ontario, not that far away.
Walk around the block shirtless/backwards? LOL What and awesome competition. Good for both of you and congrats on the loss my friend! We need video of the loser walking around the block!!! We need a new Vinyl Dens. I'm craving one!
Thanks Brandon. That whole 'walking around the block shirtless and backwards' was a HUGE motivation for me to keep going, LOL. Fortunately, there was no loser. We both met the goal by the June 1 deadline. My next goal is to work on cardio. New Vinyl Dens on Sunday. Cheers, my friend.
ive been guilty of shopping late at night too. getting way too many records coming in the mail.
Congrats on the 20 pounds loss!!
Thank you!
Leslie Mandoki was from 1979 to 1985 member of the German Pop Band Dschinghis Khan if you ever heard of them.
He was young and in need of money 😂
I'm not a BLACK SABBATH fan. But I do like the one track on the WAYNE's WORLD ST "Time Machine."
What is the reason for that ? They were the early originators of what became Heavy Metal
The Black Sabbath vinyl box set completely sold out here in NZ. I could not find anyone in NZ even selling the CD version. Had to go to Amazon to get it. Waiting for delivery currently. I have been streaming it in the meantime. It's like having 4 new BS albums as I was completely unaware of this version of BS existed. Shame on me as it's so good!
I can relate - I knew of these albums, but never really gave them much of a chance (and they were impossible to find anyway). It's great to have the 4 reissues. I hope you get your records shortly.
Frank
Frank the Columbia shirt got some laughs at the MLB game at Rickwood. A bunch of security were like great shirt. Followed by I know I do.
Ha! Awesome - love to hear stories like this.
The BS Boxset got to #9 in the german Charts! It's soldout on Vinyl everywhere, so i had to order it on Amazon USA! Got it Yesterday and it's pretty awesome! Thanks for the Video, Greetings from Stuttgart Germany!
Given that the boxset is selling out everywhere, I think it's fair to say they underestimated demand. I wonder if there will be a second pressing?
Thank you for the video Frank. Congratulations on the health update. At our age (or any age, for that matter), the choices we make on what we put into our bodies are the most important choices we can make. Keep up the great work. Visually we can see the progress. 🙏
Thanks man!
If you got one band, and that's YOUR band, and you want everything they put out on vinyl, it's more than OK to have a CD copy too....as long as it's within your means lol
Fair point - it's within my means... my plan was to just have one copy, but it's all good. I blame the late night shopping....
Counting calories is a great step. But the body does not process all calories the same. Robert Lustig has many videos that discuss this. Removing foods with added sugar and eating more fruit will help bring weight down and stabilize energy.
This was something I definitely learned through my journey as well.
Congratulations on the weight loss🎊🎊🥳🥳🎉🎉👏👏. Awesome video. 😊
Thank you!!! There were times I was going to give up, but I'm glad I didn't.
Nice box set that I'm surprised at the popularity of it actually! I'd love to hear the Forbidden remix but I already have all of those albums on CD so will not buy again. I went to see Sabbath on 3 of those tours w/ Martin, 89, 94 & 95 and enjoyed him in the band.
Those would have been cool shows to see (that lineup did not play in my neck of the woods, unfortunately).
The first 3 are remastered, sound better than the original ones and Forbidden sounds like a brand new album, very much worth getting.
Do you use an app to catalog what albums you already own? I’ve done the mistake of buying the same album twice. Want to finally organize myself and catalog them. Thanks for your help!
I used to keep a spreadsheet using Google Sheets, but stopped updating it a year ago (it became too much of a chore). It was only for vinyl, not CDs. If I could it again, I would probably catalog the collection in Discogs.
@@Channel33RPM thank you for the reply that’s the route I’m thinking of going. Have a great day!
All the best Frank with your health
I had kidney surgery last year so great full to be a live so yes living a healthy life is cool
Great video love it
I'm glad you are well. Thanks for the comment.
Awesome
Hey Frank! When is the next episode of vinyl dens?
Next one is on Sunday.
@@Channel33RPMthanks!