Black Widow 
Return to the Sabbat
(1969)
Return To The Sabbat  is the exciting original recording of Black Widow's 1970 album release called Sacrifice, which achieved black magic notoriety as well as hitting the Top 30 Charts. Recorded in late '69, the self produced recording differs from the subsequent release in that it features the vocal talent of Kay Garret * who shared the vocal duties with front man Kip Trevor, before leaving the band prior to the recording of Sacrifice. What the future may have held for a girl with such a powerful voice can only be wondered at. Other than the female voice and some differenses in the arrangement of the songs and some lyrics, this gem delivers the same concept as that of Sacrifice. The master tapes of this pre-production remained in the possession of band member Clive Jones and the recording of this cd has been lifted from that sole acetate, and whilst, despite intensive remastering, one or two slight imperfection may remain, it was felt that the release of Return to the sabbat would be of interest both as an historical document and a collector's item for devoted fans.

For more information about Black Widow and Sacrifice please click here. 

* In 2003, Castle Music released a Black Widow two disc "best of" collection called Come to the Sabbat: Anthology. The second disc included two previously unreleased tracks, "The Devil's Lair" (a song about vampires) and "Madman's Song", both featuring Kay Garret on vocals. These tracks are from the time when Black Widow started their dark magic act, and most likely prior to any recording of material for the Sacrifice album. The start of the mayhem to come!
Tracks:
1. In Ancient Days (9.28)
2. Way To Power (4.08)
3. Come To The Sabbat (4.11)
4. Conjuration (5.53)
5. Seduction (4.41)
6. Attack Of The Demon (3.57)
7. Sacrifice (10.48)

(No lyrics yet, but check out the lyrics on the Sacrifice album, 
which are pretty close to this one, except track 6)
 
 

 
Band Members:
Jim Gannon - Lead guitar, vibes, spanish guitar 
(composer of all tunes except track 3 by Clive Jones)
Zoot Taylor - Organ, piano 
Kip Trevor - Lead Vocals 
   Kay Garret - Lead Vocals 
Clive Jones - Flute, sax, clarinet 
Bob Bond - Bass guitar 
Clive Box - Drums & percussion 
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Recorded and produced by Black Widow at D.T. Studios, Kettering, Northants: November 1969
Published by EMI Songs
Booklet an label illustrations: Tony Meeuwissen
Project co-ordination: Don McKay, Robert Barrs-James & Clive Jones


Release info:
Released by Mystic Records MYS CD 129 CD 2001
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Source: Album sleeve, Internet, emails, Clive Jones and the Black Widow homepage. All tracks, lyrics etc. is copyrighted to Black Widow.