Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978 is a compilation album released by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath in 2002.

All songs have been remastered for this compilation. The Black Box set, which was released in 2004, contained versions of the band's first eight albums remastered during the same sessions as this compilation.

Track listing

All songs written by Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, except where noted.

Disc one

† - Previously unavailable in the US

Disc two

Personnel

  • Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot – remastering

Release history

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| United Kingdom

| 22 October 2002

| Rhino Records

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| United States

| 15 October 2002