[2021-08-06] Geezer Butler "Manipulations Of The Mind: Complete Collection" 4CD box and "Very Best Of" 1CD comp (BMG)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

Manipulations Of The Mind: The Complete Collection

Description
Collected together for the first time, 'Manipulations Of The Mind - The Complete Collection', assembles the entire solo works of founding Black Sabbath bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler across four CDs, available via BMG. Featuring the albums 'Plastic Planet' (feat. Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory) (1995), 'Black Science' (1997), and 'Ohmwork' (2005), with a bonus 4th disc of rare and largely unreleased material, 'Manipulations Of The Mind' shines the spotlight on a creative force who, as chief master of the heavy metal originators heavyweight bottom-end and the lyrics that gave voice to the monolithic riffs, didn't rest on his laurels and created three solo albums of forward-thinking new music throughout those years.

The 4th bonus disc is a treasure trove of unreleased demos, studio outtakes, single edits and three live tracks captured at the Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI, February 1996, alongside the song 'Beach Skeleton', only previously heard on the Japanese edition of 'Black Science'. This brand-new collection brings together all three solo albums into one package for the first time and features a booklet which includes never-before-seen photos from the studio from when the original albums were recorded.

Tracklist
[CD1: Plastic Planet]
1. Catatonic Eclipse
2. Drive Boy, Shooting
3. Giving Up The Ghost
4. Plastic Planet
5. The Invisible
6. Séance Fiction
7. House Of Clouds
8. Detective 27
9. X13
10. Sci-Clone
11. Cycle Of Sixty

[CD2: Black Science]
1. Man In A Suitcase
2. Box Of Six
3. Mysterons
4. Justified
5. Department S
6. Area Code 51
7. Has To Be
8. Number 5
9. Among The Cybermen
10. Unspeakable Elvis
11. Xodiak
12. Northern Wisdom
13. Trinity Road

[CD3: Ohmwork]
1. Misfit
2. Pardon My Depression
3. Prisoner 103
4. I Believe
5. Aural Sects
6. Pseudocide
7. Pull The String
8. Alone
9. Dogs Of Whore
10. Don't You Know

[CD4: Rarities And Live Performances]
1. Pseudocide (No Intro)
2. Prisoner 103 (Alt Take)
3. The Invisible (Instrumental)
4. Area Code 51 (Demo)
5. Cycle Of Sixty (Radio Mix)
6. X13 (Radio Mix)
7. Northern Wisdom (Demo)
8. Beach Skeleton (Japanese Version)
9. Pardon My Depression (Alternate Take)
10. Misfit (Rough Mix)
11. I Believe (Demo)
12. Four Feathers Fall (Unused Demo)
13. Drive Boy, Shooting (Live)
14. Detective 27 (Live)
15. House Of Clouds (Live)

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The Very Best Of Geezer Butler

Description
Geezer Butler, founder member of Black Sabbath, presents his selection of tracks from his three iconic solo albums for the first time ever. ‘Plastic Planet’ was originally released in 1995 under the name g/z/r and featured Burton C. Bell of Californian industrial/groove metal pioneers Fear Factory on vocals and is considered a classic of 90s metal. The album perfectly melded Geezer’s roots in doomy blues rock to the industrial influenced metal sound that was a key element in pushing the genre forward in the nineties. Returning in 1997 with ‘Black Science’ and originally released this time under the name Geezer, this album saw Butler once again working with drummer Deen Castronovo and guitarist Pedro Howse, and like ‘Plastic Planet’, was produced by Butler and Paul Northfield (Rush, Alice Cooper, Suicidal Tendencies, Dream Theater etc). Bell was unable to provide vocals this time due to commitments with Fear Factory, but his industrial boots were more than adequality filled by the then completely unknown Clark Brown who stepped up to the plate and delivered an impressively powerful vocal performance over the album’s high-energy and heavy power grooves. With 2005’s ‘Ohmwork’, gone were the industrial metal influences of the previous decade, but Butler still steadfastly refused to hark back to the past and kept everything contemporary, drawing on influences, as a keen follower of music, on everything that was happening in rock at the time. From the pedal to the metal of ‘Aural Sects’ to the epic, neo-psychedelia of ‘I Believe’, ‘Ohmwork’ was a fitting finale to Geezer’s solo album trilogy.

Tracklist
1. Drive Boy, Shooting
2. Man In A Suitcase
3. Misfit
4. The Invisible
5. Box Of Six
6. Pardon My Depression
7. House Of Clouds
8. Mysterons
9. Aural Sects
10. Detective 27
11. Number 5
12. I Believe
13. Catatonic Eclipse
14. Among The Cybermen
15. Prisoner 103
16. Plastic Planet
17. Area Code 51

Amazon USA
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Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B096HQX7GN/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B096HQX7GN/?tag=imwan-21

DanO · 30 Jul 2006

I'm in for both. I have all 3 of those original albums, but, you know.

Mark MN · 13 Aug 2012

DanO wrote:

I'm in for both. I have all 3 of those original albums, but, you know.

I never heard any of his stuff. What's it like?

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

I tried but couldn’t get into these albums.

A mix of Nu-Metal and some Industrial with Alt Metal.

Not bad by any means, but to me it was ugly, downtuned, unappealing music.

I only had the first two albums.

Love Geezer though and it was cool he did something modern and not retro.

JosephC · **Joined:** 27 Jan 2011 **Posts:** 2656

I absolutely love the Black Science record but don't like the other two. Black Science has enough odd-ball type stuff on it to where I find it a pretty original work.

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

The USA pre-order price for the box set has been reduced by $5.50, down to $34.49:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096HXNYDZ/?tag=imwan-20

DanO · 30 Jul 2006

The big box appears to be unavailable, at this time, from Amazon USA.

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

I'm not exactly sure what's going on with the box set, but here's where we currently stand. The Amazon USA link now goes to a third party seller based in the UK who's offering it for $28.83 plus a small shipping fee:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096HXNYDZ/?tag=imwan-20

DanO · 30 Jul 2006

Charlie wrote:

I'm not exactly sure what's going on with the box set, but here's where we currently stand. The Amazon USA link now goes to a third party seller based in the UK who's offering it for $28.83 plus a small shipping fee:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096HXNYDZ/?tag=imwan-20

Yep, I ordered it that way.

[2021-08-06] Geezer Butler "Manipulations Of The Mind: Complete Collection" 4CD box and "Very Best Of" 1CD comp (BMG)

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