Greatest Hits 1970-1978 - Black Sabbath

Why does this exist? Who is the target audience here?

I would think that the newcomer to Sabbath is the target audience here, because if it isn't, I don't know who the target for this is. Sabbath has a boatload of "Greatest Hits" albums. There's several unofficial ones, plus this one, this one, this one, & the Black Box set which are all official, not to mention this one, which is pretty close (in my opinion) to being official too. (Official meaning band sponsored and not some record label only thing that the band had no input into). That's a lot of Greatest Hits albums, guys. The problem is it's been done so many times, I can find little good to say about this. Since Sabbath put out their last studio album in the Summer of 1995, they've had three greatest hits albums, two live albums, and a box set. Put out something new, or stop please.

The music itself is fine - if you are looking to introduce someone to the band, this is a good starting place for them, but long time fans will have a hard time getting excited about this at all. I strongly recommend the two CD Symptom.. set over this one easily. The only reason I have this is one of my connections at a record label hooked me up with a copy. Otherwise there'd be no way I'd buy this myself.