Black Sabbath LP Discography, August 1980-October 1982

Mob Rules A: Turn Up The Night Voodoo The Sign Of The Southern Cross E5-150 Mob Rules B: Country Girl Slippin' Away Falling Off The Edge Of The World Over and Over
Vertigo 6302 119, Australia, 1981
Dionet-00048 Vertigo 6302 119, Australia, 1981 - Reissue, different labels than on the other release - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Vertigo 6302 119, Austria, 1981
Vertigo 6302 119, Brazil, 1982 - Slightly different labels and back sleeve compared to the other release - Click here for the back sleeve picture
Vertigo 6302 119, Brazil, 1982 - Slightly different labels and back sleeve compared to the other release - Click here for the back sleeve picture
Vertigo 6302 119, Brazil, 1982 - Different labels compared to the other two printings
Vertigo 6302 119, Brazil, 1982 - Promo release, has a promo stamp on the front sleeve - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for label picture.
Warner Bros XBS 3605, Canada, 1981
Dionet-00941 Warner Bros XBS 3605, Canada, 1981 - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture.
Warner Bros XBS 3605, Canada - Reissue, released in 1983 or later
Vertigo 6302 119, Columbia, 1982 - Click here for back sleeve picture
Dionet-01208 Vertigo 6302 119, Columbia, 1982 - Click here for side B label picture - Click here for front sleeve picture - Click here for back sleeve picture
Dionet-01384 Vertigo 6302 119, Columbia, 1982 - Promo release, has a promo stamp on the back sleeve - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture.
Vertigo 6302 119, France, 1981 - Black labels - Vertigo logo in the lower left corner of the front sleeve - "Made in France" labels - "marketed by phonogram" text on the bottom right corner of the back sleeve - Does not have black text in the middle of the bottom of the back sleeve - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Vertigo 6302 119, France, 1981 - Black labels - Vertigo logo in the lower left corner of the front sleeve - Different label design than on the first version - "Publication PHONOGRAM" labels - Small difference on the back sleeve in the bottom right corner compared to the first version - Does not have black text in the middle of the bottom of the back sleeve - Click here for back sleeve detail picture
Vertigo 6302 119, France, 1981 - Black labels - Vertigo logo in the lower left corner of the front sleeve - Different label design than on the first version - "Publication PHONOGRAM" labels - Small difference on the back sleeve in the bottom right corner compared to the first version - Has black text in the middle of the bottom of the back sleeve - Click here for back sleeve detail picture
Vertigo 6302 119, Germany, 1981
Vertigo 6302 119, Germany, 1981 - Red-Black Vertigo "UFO" labels
Vertigo 6302 119, Greece, 1981
Vertigo 6302 119, Greece, 1981 - Test pressing with hand-written labels
Vertigo 6302 119, Holland, 1981
Vertigo 6302 119, Holland, 1981 - Slightly different labels than on the other release: No "LC 1633" logo on the label
Vertigo 6302 119, Holland, 1981 - Promo release, promo sticker on label and back sleeve
Vertigo 6302 119, Ireland, 1981
Vertigo 6302 119, Israel, 1981 - Black and white back sleeve - Click here for sleeve picture
Vertigo 6302 119, Italy, 1981
Earmark/Get Back/Sanctuary Records Group 41042, Italy, October 2004 - Gatefold sleeves - Includes Earmark plastic dust jacket with sticker on it - Reissue on 180 gram virgin vinyl - Click here for sticker picture
Earmark/Get Back/Sanctuary Records Group 41042 P, Italy, 2006 - Picture disc, comes in a plastic sleeve with a sticker on it - Reissue - Click here for back side picture
Vertigo 25PP-36, Japan, 1981 - Includes title strip and a lyric sheet - Click here for front cover picture
Vertigo 25PP-36, Japan, 1981 - White label promo release - Includes title strip and a lyric sheet and a sticker on the sleeve - Ebay prices: - 07.08.2007 $27
Vertigo 20PP-94, Japan, 1981 - Includes title strip and a lyric sheet - Reissue, release year not known - Click here for front cover picture
Vertigo 20PP-94, Japan, 1981 - Includes title strip and a lyric sheet - Reissue, release year not known - Promo release, existence not confirmed
Vertigo LPR 23025, Mexico, 1982 - Texts on the back sleeve written in Spanish
Vertigo LPR 23025, Mexico, 1982 - Different labels than on the other release - Yellow "Prohibida la copia" text above the UFO on the label - No "ESTEREO 33 1/3" text and side numbers on the label
Dionet-00456 Vertigo LPR 23025, Mexico, 1982 - White label test pressing - Possibly four copies made
Vertigo 6302 119, New Zealand, 1981
Vertigo 6302 119, Norway, 1981
Vertigo/Dyna 6302 119 (MC-7144 119), Philippines, 1981
Vertigo 6302 119, Singapore, 1981 - Click here for back sleeve picture - Click here for B side label picture - Manufactured for Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong markets
Vertigo STAR 5230, South Africa, 1981
Vertigo 6302 119, Spain, 1981 - Back sleeve has black catalog number and number 49 circled in the upper right corner - A side label has text "Dep. Legal: M. 36344-1981" on the left of the center hole, on the right there are three lines, "63 02 119 - A", "SGAE" and "(P) 1981 Phonogram Int." - B side label does not have the "Dep Legal" text on the left, on the right the texts are same except A has been replaced with B - Click here for back sleeve picture
Vertigo 6302 119, Spain, 1981 - Back sleeve has black catalog number and number 146 circled in the upper right corner - Identical labels compared to the "49 circled" version
Vertigo 6302 119, Spain, 1981 - Back sleeve has white catalog number in the upper right corner but no number in a circle - Identical labels compared to the "146" and "49" versions
Vertigo 6302 119, UK, October 1981 - Reached #12 on UK charts
Vertigo PRICE 77, UK, January 1985 - Reissue
Warner Bros BSK 3605, USA, November 10th 1981 - Reached #29 on US charts, stayed in top-40 for 8 weeks. Sold over 500 000 copies and got the gold award
Warner Bros BSK 3605, USA, November 1981 - Promo release, promo stamp - Similar labels as with the regular 1st release
Warner Bros BSK 3605, USA, November 1981 - Promo release, promo sticker - Meant for in-store playing - Similar labels as with the regular 1st release
Warner Bros BSK 3605, USA - Reissue with the WB "watermark" labels - Click here for side B label picture.
Columbia House/Warner Bros BSK 3605, USA, 1981/? - Columbia House record club release, release year unknown - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Warner Bros/Rhino Entertainment BSK 3605, USA, March 17th 2009 - Reissue, remastered release - Includes a sticker on the front sleeve - High quality vinyl release - Sleeves manufactured in the USA, vinyl in Germany - Click here for sticker picture.
Dionet-01987 Furnace MFG/Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH R1 3605, USA/Germany, 2009 - Reissue, remastered release - Test pressing - Manufactured at Schallplattenfabrik Pallas in Germany for the American company Furnace MFG - Comes in a blank white innersleeve with handwritten "Furnace MFG 3605" and "Musterschallplatte" stamp. - Click here for innerbag detail picture. - Click here for side B label picture.
Dionet-01801 Warner Records/Rhino RPD1 3605/603497845071, USA, 2021-06-12 - Picture disc - Remastered reissue - Includes stickers on the front sleeve - Record Store Day release - Limited edition of 5000 copies - Click here for side A picture. - Click here for side B picture.
Philips RTB 2221055, Yugoslavia, 1981

Mob Rules A: Turn Up The Night Voodoo The Sign Of The Southern Cross E5-150 Mob Rules B: Country Girl Slippin' Away Falling Off The Edge Of The World Over and Over C: (Bonus tracks) Mob Rules (Heavy Metal soundtrack version) Die Young (live B side of Mob Rules) Mob Rules (2021 mix) The Sign Of the Southern Cross/Heaven And Hell (reprise) (live in Portland, OR, USA 1982-04-22) D: (Bonus tracks, live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK 1981-12-31 - 1982-01-02) Country Girl (live) Slipping Away (live) Mob Rules (live) Voodoo (live)

Dionet-01799 Warner Records/Rhino R1 599497/603497850716, USA, 2021-03-05 - Gatefold sleeves - Remastered reissue - Includes a sticker on the front sleeve - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for gatefold sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for side C label picture. - Click here for side D label picture.

Live Evil A: E5150 Neon Knights N.I.B. Children Of The Sea Voodoo B: Black Sabbath War Pigs Iron Man C: Mob Rules Heaven And Hell D: The Sign Of The Southern Cross Heaven And Hell (continued) Paranoid Children Of The Grave Fluff - live recordings from Seattle, San Antonio and Dallas, 1982
Vertigo, Australia, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Different labels than on the other version
Vertigo 6650 009, Australia, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves
Vertigo 6650 009, Brazil, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Labels have catalog number 6302 202/3 - Click here for back sleeve picture - Click here for a picture of all the labels
Vertigo 6650 009, Brazil, 1985 - No gatefold sleeves - Labels have catalog number 6302 202/3 - Slightly different label design than on the other release - Reissue
Vertigo 6650 009, Brazil, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Labels have catalog number 6302 202/3 - Slightly different label design than on the other releases
Dionet-00566 Vertigo 6650 009, Brazil, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Promo release, has a promo sticker on the back sleeve - Labels have catalog number 6302 202/3 - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for sticker picture. - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for side C label picture. - Click here for side D label picture.
Warner Bros 9 23742-1, Canada, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Gray line labels, long text on the bottom of the label
Warner Bros 9 23742-1, Canada, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Gray line labels, short text on the bottom of the label - Possibly the first reissue?
Warner Bros 9 23742, Canada - Gatefold sleeves - Reissue with "line labels" on disc 1 but "watermark" labels on disc 2 - Etchings on the discs: - Side 1: 92-37421 A and Qu - Side 2: 92-37421 B and Qu again - Side 3: 92-37421 C (but in a different handwriting) and Qu (in the same handwriting as sides 1 and 2) - Side 4: 92-37421 D (in the same handwriting as sides 1 and 2) with S4 underneath, and the same Qu as the 3 other sides.
Warner Bros/Columbia House W1 23742, Canada, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Columbia House Record Club printing - Click here for picture of all the labels - Click here for picture of the back sleeve
Warner Bros/? 540898, Canada, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Record Club printing, unknown which record club
Vertigo 6302 202/3, Columbia, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Blue/white labels - Click here for picture of the sleeves - Click here for picture of all the labels
Dionet-00277 Vertigo 6302 202/3, Columbia, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Black/white labels (Circular lines in the side B and C pictures were made by pen, originally the labels do not have them) - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for side C label picture. - Click here for side D label picture.
Vertigo 6650 009, France, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves
Vertigo 6650 009, Germany, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves
Vertigo 6650 009, Germany, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Red-Black Vertigo "UFO" labels
Vertigo 6650 009, Germany, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Red-Black Vertigo "UFO" labels - Misprinting, side D label blank red - Yellow sticker on the back sleeve "Code 2 x 45 Polygram" and "VSSL and AFSD"; most likely indicates this record was shipped for sales in Switzerland - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side C picture.
Vertigo 6650 009, Greece, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Ebay prices: - 01.08.2006 $18
Vertigo 6650 009, Holland, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Labels have catalog number 6302 202
Vertigo 6650 009, Holland, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Labels have catalog number 6302 202 - No "Made In Holland" text on the labels
Dionet-00986 Vertigo/Phonokol 6650 009, Israel, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Labels have catalog number 6302 202/3 - Click here for front sleeve picture - Click here for back sleeve picture - Click here for side B label picture - Click here for side C label picture - Click here for side D label picture
Vertigo 6650 009, Italy, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Labels have catalog number 6302 202
Earmark/Get Back/Sanctuary Records Group 41047, Italy, May 2004 - Gatefold sleeves - Includes Earmark plastic dust jacket with stickers on it - Reissue on 180 gram virgin vinyl - Click here for sticker picture
Vertigo 20PP-49/50, Japan, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Includes title strip and a lyric sheet - Click here for picture of the LPs and the sleeve
Vertigo 20PP-49/50, Japan 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Includes title strip and a lyric sheet - White labels - Promo release - Ebay prices: - 22.08.2006 $25 - 07.08.2007 $14
Vertigo 15PP-47/8, Japan, 1983 - No gatefold sleeves, both LPs have their own jacket but the jackets are attached together - Includes title strip and a lyric sheet - Reissue - Click here for front sleeve picture
Vertigo 15PP-47/8, Japan, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Includes title strip and a lyric sheet - White label promo release - Reissue
Vertigo LPR 23032A2, Mexico, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves
Vertigo/Dyna 6650 009 (6302202/3, MC-7565009), Philippines, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Click here for back sleeve picture - Click here for all the label pictures
Vertigo 6650 009, Spain, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Has number 40 circled on the back sleeve in the upper right corner
Vertigo 6650 009, Spain - Single sleeve, not a gatefold sleeve - Has number 40 circled on the back sleeve in the upper right corner - Reissue - Click here for sleeve picture - Click here for picture of all the labels
Vertigo SAB 10, UK, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Reached #13 in the UK charts
Dionet-01383 Vertigo SAB 10, UK, 1983 - Test pressing - Includes just disc 1 - Click here for side B label picture.
Vertigo SAB 10, UK, 1983 - Test pressing - Might not be a 2LP, the only known copy includes just disc 2
Vertigo PRID 11, UK, April 1986 - Gatefold sleeves - Reissue
Warner Bros BSK 23742-1, USA, January 18th 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Reached #37 in the US charts, stayed in top-40 for 4 weeks from February 19th, 1983 on
Warner Bros BSK 23742-1, USA - Gatefold sleeves - Reissue
Warner Bros/Columbia House W1-23742, USA, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Columbia House Record Club printing with gray line labels - Click here for back sleeve detail picture.
Warner Bros/Columbia House W1-23742, USA, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Columbia House Record Club printing with WB watermark labels - Reissue, release year unknown - Click here for back sleeve detail picture.
Dionet-00478 Warner Bros/Columbia House W1-23742, USA, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Columbia House Record Club printing with WB watermark labels - Reissue, release year unknown - No "Manufactured for Columbia House" text on back sleeve, instead there is a black&white "CRC" sticker on the bottom right corner of the back sleeve. - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for side C label picture. - Click here for side D label picture.
Warner Bros/RCA Record Club R 234601, USA, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - RCA Record Club Printing with grey line labels - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Warner Bros/RCA Record Club R 234601, USA, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Reissue - RCA Record Club Printing with WB watermark labels
Warner Bros BSK 23742-1, USA, 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Promo release, promo stamp and an insert
Warner Bros BSK 23742-1, USA, January 18th 1983 - Gatefold sleeves - Misprinting, B side on the 2nd LP is actually B side of Prince's "1999" album
Warner Bros/Rhino Entertainment BSK 23742-1, USA, March 17th 2009 - Gatefold sleeves - Reissue, remastered release - Includes a sticker on the front sleeve - High quality vinyl release - Sleeves manufactured in the USA, vinyl in Germany - Click here for sticker picture.
Dionet-01988 Furnace MFG/Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH R1 23742, USA/Germany, 2009 - Reissue, remastered release - Test pressing - Manufactured at Schallplattenfabrik Pallas in Germany for the American company Furnace MFG - Comes in blank white innersleeves with handwritten "Furnace MFG R1 23742Pl.1" (LP1), "Furnace MFG R1 23742Pl.2" texts and "Musterschallplatte" stamps. - Click here for LP1's innerbag detail picture. - Click here for LP2's innerbag detail picture. - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for side C label picture. - Click here for side D label picture.
Dionet-01438 Warner Bros Recording Studios, USA, November 10th 1982 - One-sided acetate of the side 2 of the Live Evil album - Comes in record company sleeves - Has "EXTR+1/Gitr" written on the label - Marked "For Lee" on the sleeve, referring to Lee De Carlo, the studio engineer who mixed the album - Click here for front sleeve picture picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture picture.
Dionet-01439 Warner Bros Recording Studios, USA, possibly November 10th 1982 - One-sided acetate of the side 2 of the Live Evil album - Comes in record company sleeves - Has "Side 2 Revisited" written on the sleeve - No labels at all on the disc - Click here for front sleeve picture picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture picture.
Dionet-01440 Warner Bros Recording Studios, USA, November 10th 1982 - One-sided acetate of the side 3 of the Live Evil album - Comes in record company sleeves - Marked "For Lee" on the sleeve, referring to Lee De Carlo, the studio engineer who mixed the album - Click here for front sleeve picture picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture picture.

Live Evil Vol. 1 Side A: E5-150 Neon Knights N.I.B. Children Of The Sea Voodoo Side B: Black Sabbath War Pigs Iron Man
Vertigo/Polydor 20.053, Venezuela, 1983 - Polydor labels - Picture inner sleeves
Vertigo 20.053, Venezuela, 1983 - Vertigo labels

Live Evil Vol. 2 Side A: Mob Rules Heaven And Hell Side B: The Sign Of The Southern Cross/Heaven And Hell (continued) Paranoid Children Of The Grave Fluff
Vertigo/Polydor 20.054, Venezuela, 1983 - Polydor labels - Picture inner sleeves
Vertigo 20.054, Venezuela, 1983 - Vertigo labels - Existence not confirmed

Live Evil A: Black Sabbath War Pigs Iron Man B: The Sign Of The Southern Cross/Heaven And Hell (continued) Paranoid Children Of The Grave Fluff
Vertigo 812 868-1, Guatemala, 1983 - Sides 2 and 4 only - Click here for B side label
Dionet-00130 Vertigo 812 868-1, Guatemala, 1983 - Sides 2 and 4 only - Different B side label design than on the other pressings - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side A label picture.
Dionet-00189 Vertigo 812 868-1, Guatemala, 1983 - Sides 2 and 4 only - Different B side label design than on the other pressings - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture.
Dionet-00477 Vertigo 812 868-1, Guatemala, 1983 - Sides 2 and 4 only - Different B side label design than on the other pressings - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side A label picture.
Dionet-00531 Vertigo 812 868-1, Guatemala, 1983 - Sides 2 and 4 only - Different B side label design than on the other pressings - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side A label picture.

Live Evil A: E5-150 Neon Knights N.I.B. Children Of The Sea Voodoo B: Black Sabbath War Pigs Iron Man
Vertigo Y-TGO-8123461.4, Peru, 1983 - Click here to see part of the front cover and here to see part of the back cover.
Dionet-00141 Vertigo Y-TGO-8123461.4, Peru, 1983 - White label promo release. - Unknown if this was released in regular Live Evil sleeves or in generic Vertigo/El Virrey promo sleeves (see pictures). - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for promo sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture.

Live Evil A: E5-150 Neon Knights N.I.B. Heaven And Hell B: Black Sabbath Children Of The Sea Iron Man
Vertigo/Sung Eum Limited SEL-RP 686, South Korea, September 13th, 1986 - Different back sleeve than on the other countries' printings - Click here for back sleeve picture
Vertigo/Sung Eum Limited SEL-RP 686, South Korea, September 13th, 1986 - Different back sleeve than on the other countries' printings - Slightly different label version - Click here for back sleeve picture
Dionet-00340 Vertigo/Sung Eum Limited SEL-RP 686, South Korea, September 13th, 1986 - Different back sleeve than on the other countries' printings - Different back sleeve compared to the other Korean pressings - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture.
Vertigo/Sung Eum Limited SEL-RP 686, South Korea, September 13th, 1986 - Promo release, red/white promo sticker on label and back sleeve - Click here for back sleeve picture - Ebay prices: - 21.03.2006 $7
Vertigo/Sung Eum Limited SEL-RP 686, South Korea, September 13th, 1986 - Promo release, blue/white promo sticker front sleeve, similar promo sticker on the label with the other release - Click here for front sleeve picture

Live At Hammersmith Odeon A: E5-150 Neon Knights N.I.B. B: Children Of The Sea Country Girl Black Sabbath C: War Pigs Slipping Away D: Iron Man Mob Rules E: Heaven And Hell F: Paranoid Voodoo Children Of The Grave
Dionet-00282 Rhino Entertainment/Warner Bros R1-526573, USA, January 11th, 2011 - Triple gatefold sleeves - Numbered limited edition of 3000 copies - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for side C label picture. - Click here for side D label picture. - Click here for side E label picture. - Click here for side F label picture.
Dionet-00951 Rhino Entertainment/Warner Bros R1-526573, USA, January 11th, 2011 - Triple gatefold sleeves - Promo copy or possibly a test pressing - Unnumbered, bar code crossed out with black marker - Identical sleeves (except for the numbering and crossed out bar code) and labels with the normal release (Dionet-00282)