{"id":409982,"date":"2026-04-25T09:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/409982\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:18:13","slug":"black-sabbath-get-early-earth-demos-back-after-settlement-with-ex-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/409982\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sabbath Get Early Earth Demos Back After Settlement with Ex-Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharon Osbourne<\/a> has revealed that Black Sabbath<\/a> have obtained their early demos under the name Earth after a settlement with the group\u2019s first manager Jim Simpson.<\/p>\n

In June of last year, Simpson had announced plans to release Earth: The Legendary Lost Tapes <\/a>on July 25th, 2025, with the collection featuring nine demos from Sabbath\u2019s early days as Earth. While it never surfaced in July, a few months later, Simpson once again announced plans for a release, but Sharon threatened legal action<\/a>, saying in an open letter that the band didn\u2019t want the demos released without hearing them first and without getting royalties.<\/p>\n

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In the latest episode of The Osbournes podcast, Sharon told her son Jack that a settlement has been reached, giving the rights to the demos back to the band. Now, Sharon and the surviving Sabbath members are determining what to do with the recordings.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe settled with Jim Simpson and the band now have their demos back,\u201d said Sharon (as transcribed by Blabbermouth)<\/a>. \u201cAnd all four of them [the original members of Black Sabbath] own it, which is where it should be. All of that stuff should be theirs. So it all ended well. So, yeah, they own them. We\u2019re gonna talk about what everybody wants to do with it, and we\u2019ll go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cI just think it\u2019s historically important \u2014 for music lovers of that genre. And then we got [the rights to] the pictures that were taken at that time too. So, that is all so important. I mean, listen, you [Jack] want those pictures. Everybody in the band\u2019s kids and grandkids would love to see [them]\u2026 It\u2019s special. And I\u2019m just happy that it\u2019s where it should be \u2014 with the band, and [they can decide] what they wanna do as a band, what they\u2019re gonna do with it. So that\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Sharon thanked Simpson for working out a deal, saying, \u201cHe did the right thing at the end of the day. He did the right thing for the band.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to taking on the name Black Sabbath, original members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward played under the name Earth after forming in 1968. The aforementioned recordings feature a combination of blues covers and original songs.<\/p>\n

Watch Sharon talk about the early Black Sabbath demos in the latest episode of The Osbournes podcast below.<\/p>\n

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