File:Black Sabbath Vol 4 rear cover.jpg.tiff

Photograph of Black Sabbath in 1972. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Sanctuary Records/Universal Music Group, or the company who designed the cover art, Bloomsbury Group. Its also possible the photo belongs to the photographer Keith McMillan.

My own scan from the album Black Sabbath Vol 4's rear cover.

Black Sabbath Vol 4

Slightly cropped.

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To serve as the primary means of visual identification and to highlight an important act in the genre. The photo clearly shows three of the four members of the band; with Bill Ward behind the drum set.

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