Overview
- Black Sabbath, in a settlement disclosed Friday on The Osbournes podcast, regained the 1969 demo tapes made under the name Earth.
- Sharon Osbourne said all four original members now share ownership of the recordings.
- The deal also returned rights to photographs taken during the 1969 sessions.
- Former manager Jim Simpson had planned a July 2025 release titled Earth: The Legendary Lost Tapes, but it did not proceed after legal threats over ownership.
- The tracks were recorded at Zella Studios in Birmingham and include blues covers and early versions of later Sabbath songs, and the band will discuss if and how to release them.