Black Sabbath Information

If youre a Black Sabbath fan, especially a long time one, youve seen Henry a bunch of times. Thing is, most people didnt know hes called Henry. Hes something akin to Iron Maidens Eddie, although Henry has never come out on stage live. :) Henry is of course the flying devil or flying angel or whatever you want to refer to it. Its a logo thats been in use for a long time, and that was a point of contention with me. WHEN was the first time we saw Henry? The earliest I could remember was on the Never Say Die album. I saw it used in a tour promo logo as well as on the cover of a single from that album. Check it out: Its been used a boatload of times over the years on numerous things, including several bits of artwork connected to the band. The most recent I think would be the really horrendous music video for the track Bible Black in 2009. If you havent seen that carnage, check it out here . Henry is actually animated there, which was a new wrinkle. Shame though the video was so bad. The most visible, I suppose would be Bill Wards drums on the 1999 Tour. Despite all of its uses over time, its only ever appeared on a few album covers. That being 2009s The Devil You Know . Both in the Matthew 25:41 circle image shown at the top of this page, and as well as the Wal-Mart exclusive cover art, which can be seen here. Was also on the 2007 compilation, The Dio Years . So, as I continued the work for the Jan 2012 re-launch of this site, I was doing some scanning of back cover art, and discovered this on the 1998 remaster of We Sold our Soul for Rock & Roll.. I was a bit perplexed by this, as the original release of this compilation was late in 1975, which if accurate would be the earliest usage. However, I never remembered it being on the old vinyl and cassette tapes I had back in the day. As time went on with the site work, I got a hold of Hugh Gilmour, who has done a lot of artwork for Black Sabbath over the years, and he was credited with art design on that remaster series. His reply is interesting, and seems to ...