February 13, 1970

Today is Friday, February 13, 1970, the day the first Black Sabbath album was released in the UK.

The world would never be the same.

Now, any Black Sabbath fan will tell you that what I'm listening to is NOT the version of the album that was released in the UK on February 13, 1970. On that version, the first track on side 2 was "Evil Woman." I'm listening to the American version, the one with "Wicked World" instead of "Evil Woman." That wasn't released until May 1970. I would be happy to purchase an mp3 of "Evil Woman" and substitute it for "Wicked World" in my mp3 player, but it's not available from Amazon. Maybe itunes has it but I don't have an ipod. So I'll just have to skip "Wicked World" and imagine "Evil Woman" when I listen to this album until I get to May.

I can't help noticing the coincidence that I have reached the release date of this album on Walpurgisnacht.

Anton LaVey founded the Church of Satan on Walpurgisnacht 1966.