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Sharon Osbourne has reached a settlement with the original Black Sabbath<\/a> manager over the band\u2019s earliest recordings, meaning their previously unreleased Earth demos may finally see the light of day.<\/p>\n Last June, the group\u2019s first manager, Jim Simpson, announced plans to release Earth: The Legendary Lost Tapes<\/a>, a collection of nine demos from the band\u2019s first musical formation, Earth.<\/p>\n Months after the release date, Simpson once again announced plans to release the tunes, but Sharon threatened the music mogul with legal action in an open letter.<\/p>\n The letter stated that the band didn\u2019t want the demos released<\/a> without first hearing them and without receiving royalties for their music.<\/p>\n Now, in a new episode of The Osbournes<\/a>\u00a0podcast, Sharon shared that all original members of Sabbath have gained ownership of the demos. This includes her late husband and revered frontman, Ozzy Osbourne.<\/p>\n Sharon began, \u201cWe settled with Jim Simpson and the band now have their demos back. And 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 added, \u201cI just think it\u2019s historically important 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Overjoyed, she continued, \u201cAnd 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 Turning her attention to Simpson, she concluded, \u201cHe did the right thing at the end of the day. He did the right thing for the band.\u201d<\/p>\n Originally, Simpson had resisted Sharon\u2019s requests, sharing late last year, \u201cI approached members of the band about this on 24 September 2024. The message I got back was that they didn\u2019t want it released and wanted nothing to do with it. This included two very threatening e-mails from\u00a0Sharon. But\u00a0the band<\/a>\u00a0had every chance to be involved.\u201d<\/p>\n
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