Shocking Omissions: Coven's 'Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls'
This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR Music's list of 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women.
During a 1986 interview between MTV VJ Martha Quinn and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, the television personality caught the legendary guitarist off guard. "Speaking of the early days of Black Sabbath, I found — I swear — the wildest thing," she says. As he looks on apprehensively, Quinn pulls something out from behind her chair: a copy of Coven's 1969 debut album, Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls.
"Have you ever seen this record before? Coven?"
"No."
"This is a Chicago band. You never saw this before? This album came out in 1969..."
Quinn turns the album around to show that a member of the band is credited
