Sharon Osbourne is looking to block the release of early Black Sabbath demos by the band’s former manager Jim Simpson.

Simpson originally announced back in June that he had nine demo recordings that Black Sabbath recorded in 1969 when they were still called Earth. He had planned to the collection as Earth: The Legendary Lost Tapes on July 25th, but it has yet to see the light of day.

On Friday, Simpson once again announced his intention to release the demos, but Sharon quickly denounced those plans in an Instagram post, explaining that Black Sabbath do not want the demos released. She even included a letter she wrote to Simpson upon his original announcement back in June. Related Video

In that email to Simpson, she wrote, “As you know, the Band do not want these tapes released,

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