From Ultimate Classic Rock.
Louisa Livingstone, the black-robed woman on the cover of Black Sabbath‘s debut, has spoken about the experience in recognition of the album’s 50th anniversary.
At the time, Livingstone was a model in her late teens, and photographer Keith “Keef” Macmillan chose her, in part because she was only five feet tall, thereby making the scenery around her look big. Macmillan chose Oxfordshire’s Mapledurham Watermill, a historic building that dates back to the 15th century, because he thought it fit the dark, gothic sound of the band, and the two went there one morning.
“I remember it was freezing cold,” she told Rolling Stone. “I had to get up at about 4 o’clock in the morning. Keith was rushing around with dry ice, throwing it into the water. It didn’t seem to be working very well, so he ended up using a smoke machine. It was just, ‘Stand there and do that.’ I’m sure he said it was for Black Sabbath, but I don’t know if that meant anything much to me at the time.”
“She wasn’t wearing any clothes under that cloak because we were doing things that were slightly more risqué, but we decided none of that worked,” he added. “Any kind of sexuality took away from the more foreboding mood. But she was a terrific model. She had amazing courage and understanding of what I was trying to do.”
Despite her work on the cover, Livingstone, now an electronic musician who works under the name Indreba, never gravitated towards the music. But for Macmillan, the cover shoot was an entry into a whole new world. “To be honest, it was the first time I really enjoyed that kind of heavy rock,” he said. “But that album made me a fan for life.”
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- Black Sabbath - The Best Of Black Sabbath - Japanese - vinyl LP - £295.00, $392.35, €345.15 (New Item) (arrived 02-Dec-2021 10:39)on December 4, 2021 at 11:48 am
BLACK SABBATH The Best Of Black Sabbath (Rare 1971 Japanese-only 8-track 'swirl' label LP compilation, housed in a superb & unique textured gatefold picture sleeve with integral four-page booklet featuring a colour picture of the band, English lyrics & Japanese biographical details. The heavy duty sleeve is Excellent with a little faint natural foxing inside & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent to Near Mint condition with few signs of play - a really nice example of this rare pressing!FD-94)
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 3rd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £95.00, $126.35, €111.15 (New Item) (arrived 08-Nov-2021 15:45)on December 4, 2021 at 11:48 am
BLACK SABBATH Paranoid (1972 UK third issue of the 1970 8-track LP on the small 'swirl' logo label with Vertigo lettering above the centre hole, front laminated gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with just a couple of light surface hairlines to show for over fifty years in the wild)
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid - Deluxe Edition - UK - 3-disc CD/DVD Set - £15.00, $19.95, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 14-Oct-2021 16:16)on December 4, 2021 at 11:48 am
BLACK SABBATH Paranoid (2009 UK Deluxe Edition Triple Disc [2CD/DVD] set, comprising the classic album expanded to include a DVD-Audio Disc featuring the 1974 Quadrophonic mix remastered in superior 5.1 Surround Sound Stereo, along with the Bonus 8-track Disc featuring alternate & instrumental recordings, fold-out digipak picture sleeve with picture booklet containing previously unseen photos, comprehensive notes telling the album's story, images of rare single covers & memorabiliafrom the period)
- Black Sabbath - Under Wheels Of Confusion 1970-1987 - UK - cd album box set - £45.00, $59.85, €52.65 (New Item) (arrived 16-Oct-2021 15:34)on December 4, 2021 at 11:48 am
BLACK SABBATH Under Wheels Of Confusion 1970-1987 (Out Of Print 1996 UK 52-track 4-CD box set including Black Sabbath, Into The Void, The Writ & Turn Up The Night, housed in a superb 5" picture box with black hype sticker attached, with a 60-page glossy colour booklet detailing the band's career over this time period including a foreword from Ozzy Osbourne. This collector's item remains in Excellent condition with minimal shelf wear & few signs of play ESFCD419)
- Black Sabbath - 10th National Jazz & Pop Festival - Signed - UK - tour programme - £150.00, $199.50, €175.50 (New Item) (arrived 25-Oct-2021 15:52)on December 4, 2021 at 11:48 am
VARIOUS 10th National Jazz & Pop Festival (Rare 1970 UK 12-page official programme for the festival at the Plumpton Race Track in Sussex, 6th-9th August. The line-up for the three-day festival was packed, including Black Sabbath, Fotheringay, Juicy Lucy, Wishbone Ash, Deep Purple, Van Der Graaf Generator, Groundhogs, Cat Stevens and more, featuring detailed text about the bands with black & images through-out, with a pink & white front cover. The page inside with an image of the Strawbs with Rick Wakeman, which has been boldly signed by Rick in a black ball point pen, along with what looks like a reprodiction of a flyer. Considering this is an item made of paper and is over fifty years old, finding an example is incredibly hard, and this remains in a really nice condition, with some light creases to the cover as you would expect, with just a little signs of age. A really nice example)
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