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The best-known version of the song was a hit for Barbra Streisand in 1971 (as "Hands Off The Man (Flim Flam Man)"). It was the final single of three releases from her Stoney End LP. The song was suggested to Streisand by record producer Richard Perry. The song reached number 82 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1971.
"War Pigs" is widely considered one of Black Sabbath's greatest songs. In 2020, Kerrang! ranked the song number four on their list of the 20 greatest Black Sabbath songs, [ 17 ] and in 2021, Louder Sound ranked the song number one on their list of the 40 greatest Black Sabbath songs.
Gathered in Their Masses is a live album and film by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It features performances from their 2013 world tour , recorded at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia on 29 April and 1 May 2013. [ 4 ]
The band returned to the studio in June 1970, just four months after Black Sabbath was released. The new album was initially set to be named War Pigs after the song "War Pigs", which was critical of the Vietnam War; however, Warner changed the title of the album to Paranoid.
The film documents the final Black Sabbath show, held at the Genting Arena in the band's hometown of Birmingham, England, on 4 February 2017. [4] [5]In addition to the live concert, both the film and album feature "The Angelic Sessions" – five songs recorded in the days following the band's final show.
The movie is set in the countryside and small towns of the American South, and it was filmed in the Anderson and Clark counties, Kentucky, area. It is also noted for its folksy musical score by composer Jerry Goldsmith. The movie's title song "Flim Flam Man," written by Laura Nyro, later became a hit for Barbra Streisand. [4]
Live at Hammersmith Odeon is a live album by Black Sabbath recorded at three concerts between 31 December 1981 and 2 January 1982, during the Mob Rules tour. It was released by Rhino Handmade on 1 May 2007 in a limited edition of 5000, which sold out immediately. The songs "Country Girl" and "Slipping Away" made their debut on an official live ...
When Black Sabbath signed with NEMS, the label which would release their 1975 album Sabotage in the UK, NEMS acquired the band's back catalogue and wasted little time compiling this release. Authorized without the band's awareness by their previous manager, Patrick Meehan , the band would make no money whatsoever from the release.