Song by: Black Sabbath
Remastered By: Nate Whittaker - Emerald Metatron
Year: 2014
Album: Master of Reality
Original Release: July 21, 1971
Recorded: Record Plant, Los Angeles, California, 1971
Length (Remastered) 5:03 / Original: 5:05
Label: Vertigo
Writer(s) Ozzy Osbourne (Vocals), Tony Iommi (Electric Guitar), Geezer Butler (Bass Guitar), Bill Ward (Drums)
Lyrics: (Written By: Ozzy Osbourne)
Producer: Rodger Bain

Lyrics, Written By: Ozzy Osbourne
Recordings are owned by Black Sabbath & Vertigo Records (UK)
Remasters are owned by: Nate Whittaker - Emerald Metatron (UK)

My Mastering Notes:
I dubbed the multitrack of the vocal and reversed one section of it and the other dub left normal, with only an added decrescendo to the most amplitude first vocal and a crescendo to the fading in vocal line. The lead vocals are double tracked, the original version of the song is plain and over-driven. I maintained the over-drive process with an added ambiance reverb at a very short release to maintain a blend with the heavy guitar riff. The vocals are also grouped with an ADT on a low fade send. So the vocals are delayed on the group section to pull them back and forth in blend with the floppy kick drum in groove between the snare hits.

The kick drum is massively different to the original version, I brought out the sub frequencies of the kick and blended them with the sub harmonics of the bass guitar on a group section with a trick I use. So the main beat pulsates through the mix at a very nice dynamic level without destroying the whole low end.

The guitars (including the bass guitar) are left tonal to the original sound, as both Butler and Iommi's guitar tone are iconic and I didn't want to take that way. So they have a basic processing of compression. All electric guitars are dubbed twice, one left naked on a low fade and the main one compressed with the whole electric guitar section sent to a group and compressed again to bring out the grittiness of the tone on the mid-frequency that I wanted to enhance without using EQ or tone processing.

The over-all master channel is compressed twice. All the faders were send to one bus and compressed (using with same setting as the master). I then went over to the master fader, used the same compressing setting, but with a louder tone match for the over-all song, I driven the signal slightly about 3.2-4% and touched it up over all (before compression) with an EQ with slightly enhance the top end to give the over-head drums their own place in the mix. Minor trims were done. Only slightly on the low end. Around 4K to reduce the harsh tone and then personal touches. 
The trim on the drive process was reduced around 4bd and then boosted around 2.8 on the grain on the compressor to maintain volume, but with dynamics (I'm not a fan of the loudness war). I added my own personal touches with saturation, master tone & again, with the drive I used. (Personal touches) so I won't note what I did there. So other-all, the song is completely different!



Lyrics: (Written By: Ozzy Osbourne)

ALRIGHT NOW!
Won't you listen?

When I first met you, didn't realize
I can't forget you, for your surprise
you introduced me, to my mind
And left me wanting, you and your kind

I love you, Oh you know it

My life was empty, forever on a down
Until you took me, showed me around
My life is free now, my life is clear
I love you sweet leaf, though you can't hear

Come on now, try it out

Straight people don't know, what you're about
They put you down and shut you out
you gave to me a new belief
and soon the world will love you sweet leaf

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