BLACK SABBATH – Germany 1983 (4CD)

Neunkirchen Audience 8.8 – A large sound, almost feel the sound pressure against your chest on this one! The bass is huge and guitars sit slightly behind creating a sensation of dread, and thankfully the vocals are really placed very nicely in the live sound mix. Definitely the better of the two in this set.

Boblingen 1983 Audience 8.6 The overall sound here is somewhat average but it’s actually slightly clearer than the Neunkirchen show albeit more distant and hollow sounding. It really could use some mid-range boost to bring up the guitars but if you have a good system you can attenuate this to dial in your desired EQ. It’s not bad, it’s just not quite up to prime time and you’ll get more satisfaction from the Neunkirchen show in this set.

Black Sabbath
Germany 1983

Disc 1

Hemmerleinhalle
Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany
27th September 1983

1. Supertzar
2. Children Of The Grave
3. Hot Line
4. War Pigs
5. Born Again
6. Supernaut
7. Drum Solo
8. Rock ‘N’ Roll Doctor
9. Disturbing The Priest

Disc 2

10. Iron Man
11. The Dark – Zero The Hero
12. Heaven And Hell
13. Guitar Solo
14. Digital Bitch
15. Black Sabbath
16. Smoke On The Water
17. Paranoid – Heaven And Hell(reprise)

Disc 3

Sporthalle
Boblingen, Germany
28th September 1983

1. Children Of The Grave
2. Hot Line
3. War Pigs
4. Born Again
5. Supernaut
6. Drum Solo
7. Rock’n’roll Doctor
8. Disturbing The Priest

Disc 4

9. Iron Man
10. The Dark – Zero The Hero
11. Heaven And Hell
12. Guitar Solo
13. Digital Bitch
14. Black Sabbath
15. Smoke On The Water
16. Paranoid – Heaven And Hell(reprise)
17. Interview with Ian Gillan

Ian Gillan – Vocals
Tony Iommi – Guitar
Geezer Butler – Bass
Bev Bevan – Drums
Geoff Nicholls – Keyboards