Name: The Black Sabbath Covers
Brand: Jason Molina

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Bonus disc: No

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SC355

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Black Friday 2017 Release.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2017-12-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

656605035574

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Total Cap

1 / 7" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Jason Molina

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Secretly Canadian

Jason Molina (born December 30, 1973, Lorain, Ohio, USA – died March 16, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He gained recognition for his work as a solo artist and with various musicians. From 2003 onwards, he released music under his own name or with a consistent lineup of band members as the Magnolia Electric Co.
Molina's music showcased his talent for storytelling through heartfelt lyrics and haunting melodies. His unique blend of folk and indie rock captivated audiences worldwide. With a prolific career spanning over two decades, he left behind a rich musical legacy that continues to inspire artists today.
Despite battling personal demons throughout his life, Molina's dedication to his craft never wavered. His raw vulnerability resonated with listeners who connected deeply with the emotions conveyed in his songs. Whether performing intimate acoustic ballads or leading a full band arrangement, Molina's performances were always captivating and emotionally charged.

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When Jason Molina took on another artist's song, he willed his own universe into it, his own personal and artistic mythology. Be it Conway Twitty or Townes Van Zandt, their blues were infused with Molina's own entrancing blues. This pair of newly discovered, home-recorded Black Sabbath covers is no different. Molina, a through-and-through fan of metal (seek out his high school metal band the Spineriders' album if you havenâ€™t yet) peels back the sinister and stoned elements of Sabbath, zeroing in on the loneliness and brooding. He takes "Solitude," from 1971â€™s unfuckwithableÂ Master of RealityÂ -Â and one of Sabbathâ€™s more mystical, near-proggy songs - and doubles down on the title. Molina extracts Ozzy Osbourne's gorgeously cooed vocal performance and transforms it into a high and lonesome sound, a desert campfire howler. And on his cover of "Snowblind," from 1972â€™sÂ Vol. 4, it becomes obvious what a guitar hero Sabbath's Tony Iommi was for Molina. Molina seemed to pull from Iommi's odd, simple fingerings and tunings throughout his catalogue: from his first album (known informally as "the black album") to Magnolia Electric Co.'s Josephine. Molinaâ€™s brief acoustic cover dials back the bombast, but you can surely connect "Snowblind"'s chord progressions with Molina's own on the black albumÂ andÂ Axxess &amp; Ace. Recorded in the midwest in the late '90s, during Molina's multi-season run of batting 1.000, these two intimate songs are a bittersweet artifact of one of the rustbelt's titan songwriters.Â Note to buyer: Do not attempt to play Side B of this 7" release. Side B is a gorgeous etching of a black ram by artist Will Schaff. If you do attempt to play the etching on Side B it will sound absolutely awful.

The Black Sabbath Covers

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