PRINCE OF DARKNESS

The Black Sabbath story started when four boys from Birmingham got together to form a band in 1968, releasing a self-titled debut album in 1970.

- MARK JEFFERIES

But it was their second album, Paranoid, released in September that year, that really put them on the the title track became their most famous anthem and is heralded as one of the greatest heavy metal songs of all time.

By 1976, Black Sabbath were international stars with seven albums and hundreds of sold-out gigs under their belts. And these shots showing the band gleefully posing with gold discs (for record sales of more than 500,000) were starting to become a regular feature for the foursome.

Ozzy recalled: "We started off as four guys from Aston who had a dream, and it became true beyond our wildest dreams.