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Audience 9.2 - Startling realism, where it’s as if Tony is playing right in your living room. Should be in every self-respecting Sabbath fan’s collection. Black Sabbath Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA September 7, 1975 Disc 1 01 Killing Yourself To Live 02 Hole In The Sky 03 Snowblind 04 Symptom Of The Universe 05 War Pigs 06 Megalomania 07 Sabbra Cadabra Jam 08 Sometimes I'm Happy Jam Disc 2 09 Supernaut 10 Iron Man 11 Orchid 12 Rock 'N' Roll Doctor Jam 13 Black Sabbath 14 Spiral Architect 15 Embryo 16 Children Of The Grave 17 Paranoid -
Audience 8.8 - A very satisfying recording, with a great snare drum sound and I highlight that because it is often overlooked. Dio sounds clear and if I fault anything it’s maybe Toni’s guitar which is just slightly behind the overall sound coming from the mains but still it’s really not too bad and the solos really come across clearly. It’s a fine live sound all around and is comfortable on the ears. Black Sabbath 1981-01-20 Hammersmith Odeon London, UK Disc 1 101 Supertzar 102 War Pigs 103 Neon Knights 104 N.I.B. 105 Children Of The Sea 106 Sweet Leaf 107 Drums Solo 108 Sweet Leaf (Reprise) 109 Lady Evil 110 Black Sabbath Disc 2 201 Heaven And Hell 202 Iron Man 203 Guitar Solo 204 Die Young 205 Paranoid - Heaven And Hell (Reprise) 206 Children Of The Grave -
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Audience 7.5 - Technology has done wonders for the collecting world, this tape is a classic example of going from unlistenable muck to actually hearing what the band was doing. You will still place this one in the “fair to average” category but in the pantheon of Sabbath shows this is one hell of a barnburner. I wish we had something a little better, but this tape is MUCH better sounding now than it was 10 years ago. -
Stockholm 1983 Audience 8.9 - This tape starts off kind of average and slowly but surely keeps getting better until what we have is a very good tape of a really good show. As most already know, any good tape of this line up is VERY welcome as it showcases what I consider a great band – I did not say a great Black Sabbath because you can’t get away from Ian’s obvious vocal inflections that inevitably recall his old band. That being said if you listen to this without that bias you realize how good this BAND was in 1983. Paris 1983 Soundboard 9.1 - A most welcomed thing amongst Black Sabbath collectors without question is this board tape with the Ian Gillan line up. I love the material they recorded on Born Again, this is almost the logical progression from Technical Ecstasy, to me anyway. The music is more ideally suited to Ian Gillan’s vocals than it would have been to Ronnie James Dio and I think that is obvious. Black Sabbath Quebec City 1983 Audience 8.9 - I like this tape because you really get to hear and appreciate what the bass is all about in Sabbath and it is here in excellent detail. Everyone shines, it’s great to have this abundance of riches because this short-lived period of Black Sabbath is certainly one of the most unique sounding. Black Sabbath LIVE 1983 Ian Gillan - Vocals Tony Iommi - Guitar Geezer Butler - Bass Bev Bevan - Drums Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards Disc 1 Johanneshovs Isstadion Stockholm, Sweden August 19th, 1983 01. -Intro (Stonehenge) 02. -Children Of The Grave 03. -Hot Line 04. -War Pigs 05. -Born Again 06. -Supernaut 07. -Drum Solo 08. -Rock 'N' Roll Doctor 09. -Disturbing The Priest 10. -Keep It Warm 11. -Black Sabbath 12. -The Dark 13. -Zero The Hero 14. -Tony Iommi's Guitar Solo 15. -Digital Bitch 16. -Iron Man Disc 2 Stockholm Cont'd 01. -Smoke On The Water 02. Paranoid Espace Balard Paris, France September 30th, 1983 03 - Children Of The Grave 04 - Hot Line 05 - War Pigs 06 - Supernaut - Drum solo 07 - Rock 'n' Roll Doctor 08 - Disturbing The Priest 09 - Guitar solo 10 - Digital Bitch 11 - Smoke On The Water 12 - Paranoid Disc 3 Quebec City Coliseum Quebec City, CANADA Oct 20 1983 01 -Intro - Children of the Grave 02 -Hot Line 03 -War Pigs 04 -Supernaut - drum solo - Rock' n' Roll Doctor 05 -Disturbing the Priest 06 -Iron Man Disc 4 07 -Zero the Hero 08 -Heaven & Hell - Guitar solo - Digital Bitch 09 -Black Sabbath 10 -Smoke on the Water 11 -Paranoid -
Audience 8.6 - A strong recording that you know was done by people who were careful and prepared because right away you can hear them getting the recording levels set during the opening bars of the first song. They knew what they were doing! A lively gig, the band riding high and looking to prove that the hype was for real. Get this! -
Audience 9.4 -A fierce sounding tape with major emphasis on Tony, and man, you can hear every nuance of the guitar and it is literally spine-tingling…but at the expense of Ronnie’s vocals. Not to worry too much, I mean, it’s just a badass recording you tend to overlook that. This is well worth listening to I highly recommend it. Black Sabbath Kaikan Hall Kyoto, Japan 1980 November 20 Disc 1 01 Opening SE - Supertzar 02 War Pigs 03 Neon Knights 04 N.I.B. 05 Children Of The Sea 06 Sweet Leaf 07 Drum Solo 08 Sweet Leaf 09 Lady Evil 10 Black Sabbath Disc 2 01 MC 02 Heaven And Hell 03 Iron Man 04 Instrumental 05 Guitar Solo 06 Instrumental 07 Guitar Solo 08 Instrumental 09 Guitar Solo 10 Orchid 11 Die Young 12 Paranoid (encore) 13 SE 14 Announcements Line-up: Tony Iommi - guitars Ronnie James Dio - vocals Geezer Butler - bass Vinny Appice - drums Geoff Nicholls - keyboards -
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Audience 9.0 - This is one of those recordings that really grows on you. You kind of have to adjust a little, especially through the first couple of songs. Taper begins to slowly sort of find the spot, and the recording gets better, a good mix actually although I wasn’t crazy about Tony’s guitar tone around this time…and it’s only Tony who is still original Sabs but his crew is highly competent (not crazy about the big rock stadium mannerisms of Tony Martin). I like the vocals of Martin, don’t get me wrong, but the between song banter is a little over the top. Listen to this without bias, it’s not Sabbath but it’s a great fucking band with Tony Iommi on guitar. Black Sabbath Olympiahalle Innsbruck, Austria 1990-10-09 Disc 1 101 Intro - Ave Satani - The Gates Of Hell 102 Neon Knights 103 Iron Man 104 Children Of The Grave 105 Die Young 106 The Sabbath Stones 107 Bass Solo 108 Heart Like A Wheel (A Part Of) 109 Guitar Solo 110 Headless Cross 111 When Death Calls 112 The Law Maker Disc 2 201 Anno Mundi 202 Black Sabbath 203 Heaven And Hell 204 Paranoid 205 Heaven And Hell (Reprise) -
Audience 8.5 - While some may say this recording is not technically that great, I beg to differ. Now, it is not super clear, but it is not muddy…it is not distant, it is not super dynamic but it still has guts and balls. I actually REALLY grooved to this, and the band is ferocious sounding. Hearing the fresh faced Vinnie Appice on drums for the first time with Sabbath and he’s really driving the beat, a different style to Bill Ward. This one is a must have for anyone that calls themselves a Sabbath fan. It’s THAT important. Black Sabbath Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii August 31, 1980 1. -Dio and Appice interview 2. -War Pigs 3. -Neon Knights 4. -N.I.B. 5. -Children of the Sea 6. -Sweet Leaf 7. -Black Sabbath 8. -Heaven and Hell 9. -Iron Man 10. -Guitar solo 11. -Die Young 12. Paranoid 13. -Children of the Grave -
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Soundboard 9.5 - Cool to hear such a nice board because quite frankly the volume and mix of most of the live recordings I have heard just have little separation of instruments and I like hearing Geezer clearly. Drums sound great on this one. It also happens to be the final show. -
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Pro Audience 9.2 - This rating may seem confusing and that is because I just don’t believe this to be a board feed recording, nor do I believe it to be a straight audience tape. I believe this may have been recorded for broadcast locally and the station probably hung mics or placed them somewhere in the hall because there’s too much ambience for a straight board tape. It’s very good, it’s got a critical element missing in every board tape and that’s some sense of the room, the audience, etc.
Black Sabbath Civic Center Hartford, CT 1980-08-10 Disc 1 101 Supertzar 102 War Pigs 103 Neon Knights 104 N.I.B. 105 Children Of The Sea 106 Sweet Leaf 107 Drum Solo 108 Sweet Leaf (Reprise) 109 Black Sabbath Disc 2 201 MC 202 Heaven And Hell 203 Iron Man 204 Guitar Solo 205 Die Young 206 Paranoid 207 children Of The Grave Bonus track Hammersmith Odeon London, UK 1980-05-08 208 Children Of The Sea -
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Hammersmith 1977 Audience 8.5 Not bad for a ’77 aud. but it doesn’t open up much, stays within a bandwidth that allows you to hear everything on stage but with mostly guitar and bass, with Ozzy singing rising over it all. Drums are somewhat buried the snare comes through OK The more I listen to the more I adjust and like it, like the rating indicates this isn’t terrible seeing as how there are few really stellar ’77 tapes. 6-10-78 Audience 8.4 This tape does not rise above what seems at first a noisiness, where you don’t get a good separation of instruments and a frequency that favors upper mid and highs, but thankfully not annoyingly so. I would say that you might still endure it all the way through regardless because while I was not blown away, I also wasn’t offended. It’s average, but not garbage bin material. 6-19-78 Audience 9.0 The best of the Hammersmith set for sure. It’s pretty clear and has good separation of instruments. I did find it leans more to treble tone, but you can add bass and not destroy this at all…so there’s a lot to like about this show. Black Sabbath Hammersmith Story 1977-1978 Disc 1 Hammersmith Odeon London, UK 1977-03-13 101 Supertzar 102 Symptom Of The Universe 103 Snowblind 104 War Pigs 105 Gypsy 106 Black Sabbath Disc 2 201 Dirty Women 202 Drum Solo 203 Rock 'n' Roll Doctor 204 Guitar Solo 205 Electric Funeral 206 Jam 207 N.I.B. 208 Iron Man 209 Children Of The Grave 210 Paranoid Disc 3 1978-06-10 301 Supertzar 302 Symptom Of The Universe 303 War Pigs 304 Snowblind 305 Never Say Die 306 Black Sabbath 307 Dirty Women 308 Drum Solo 309 Rock 'n' Roll Doctor 310 Guitar Solo 311 Jam 312 Electric Funeral 313 Iron Man 314 Fairies Wear Boots 315 Children Of The Grave 316 Paranoid Disc 4 1978-06-19 401 Supertzar 402 Symptom Of The Universe 403 War Pigs 404 Snowblind 405 Never Say Die 406 Black Sabbath Disc 5 501 Intro 502 Dirty Women 503 Drum Solo 504 Rock 'n' Roll Doctor 505 Guitar Solo 506 Jam 507 Electric Funeral 508 Iron Man 509 Fairies Wear Boots 510 Children Of The Grave 511 Paranoid 512 Outro (She's Gone) -
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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 -
Audience 8.4 - So, first the good news. This recording is much better than the Dublin ’83 show. Why is that significant? Because there are precious few live recordings of any kind of quality highlighting this short lived period with Gillan. I don’t know about you, but I think this material and the sound of the band during this time period is just awesome. I really would have loved more of this…but alas it was not meant to be. The downside is that the recording is mainly from Geezer’s side of the stage, so you are going to get an earful of Geezer, and that is not a deal breaker but what sucks is that Tony sounds weak in comparison. Another upside? You can hear Ian Gillan over the wall of sound, and therein lies the main reason why this tape deserves a listen. Will it get repeated plays? Probably not…but I was happy to be able to get another chance to hear Ian Gillan live with Black Sabbath and I am better for it. BLACK SABBATH Pavillon Des Sports Del Champel Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland September 25th 1983 THE BAND Ian Gillan vocals Tony Iommi guitar Geezer Butler bass Bev Bevan drums Geoff Nicholls keyboards Disc 1 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 12 -Zero the Hero 13 -Heaven and Hell 14 -Iommi Solo 15 -Digital Bitch 16 -Black Sabbath 17 -Smoke On the Water 18 -Paranoid -
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Audience 8.4 - A middle of the road stadium recording that is quite clear but not very close. That being said, I found much to appreciate from this one – namely the curious line-up at this time. Tony Martin singing, ok, he is decent enough and certainly professional caliber but to me, this just is not Black Sabbath. It’s a really badass metal band with Tony Iommi on guitar. This recording does allow you to really hear both Tony’s pretty loud and clear. BLACK SABBATH DATE : 1987/12/10 VENUE : Palasport, Firenze, Italy Disc 1 Supertzar [Intro] Neon Knights Children Of The Sea War Pigs Die Young Drum Solo Iron Man Born To Lose Black Sabbath Disc 2 Glory Ride Heaven and Hell Children Of The Grave The Shining Paranoid The Shining [Reprise] Laguna Sunrise [Outro] RUNNING TIME : ~ 99 minutes LINE-UP : Tony Iommi - Guitar Tony Martin - Vocals Jo Burt - Bass Terry Chimes - Drums Geoff Nicholls - keyboards NOTES : Very good and complete audience recording of the last show of the "Eternal Idol" tour. This was also the last show for the short lived Iommi / Martin / Burt / Chimes / Nicholls line-up, and a great show it was. -
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Audience 8.7 - A somewhat subdued tape that begs for increased volume, which actually may be fine if you have a nice pre-amp…or just turn this up and get down because it isn’t bad. One thing I do appreciate about this tape is that Tony Martin is probably the clearest out of everything, then maybe Iommi and especially his lead work which really rings out. All instruments are present, I think this tape is a keeper. Black Sabbath Playhouse Edinburgh, Scotland 1989-09-05 Disc 1 1. -Ave Satani & The Gates Of Hell 2. -Headless Cross 3. -Neon Knights 4. -Children Of The Sea 5. -Die Young 6. -When Death Calls 7. -War Pigs 8. -The Shining 9. -The Mob Rules 10. -Black Sabbath 11. -Devil And daughter 12.-Iron Man 13. -Children Of The Grave Disc 2 1. -Heaven And Hell 2. -Paranoid & Heaven And Hell (Reprise) 3. -soundcheck (unknown origin) Line-up: Tony Martin - Vocals Tony Iommi - Guitar Neil Murray - Bass Cozy Powell - Drums Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards -
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Audience 8.4 - This is a welcome tape as far as I am concerned. Anything with Ian Gillan has my attention, and this show is much better than the Dublin gig, which I mention because it also contains the infrequently performed “Hot Line” so it’s a big win for fans. The vocals are really clear, and so is the crunchy guitar, with occasionally a little phasing effect but kept to a minimum. Not hi-fidelity, but very good and well worth having in the collection! Black Sabbath 1983 08 18 Norway, Drammen, Drammenshallen Tracklist Stonehenge Children Of The Grave Hot Line War Pigs Born Again Supernaut Drum Solo Rock N Roll Doctor Disturbing The Priest Digital Bitch Black Sabbath Zero The Hero Guitar Solo Iron Man Smoke On The Water Paranoid -
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Chicago 1975 Audience 8.7 A strong tape showcasing Tony for sure as he comes through loud and clear. Ozzy is next in the sound mix followed by somewhat indistinct bass and drums in that they are not detailed, but they are still present as the power of the band is transferred to the tape – this is not a “transistor” radio recording by any means. Very enjoyable! Baltimore 1975 Audience 8.8 This tape is great although it is slightly subdued, but the live sound mix is extremely brutal, you really get a good feel for how powerful this band’s sound was at the time. I wish it was a little bit clearer maybe, but as this show plays you are so sucked into it you really don’t feel critical because it’s a devastating and great ’75 performance. San Bernardino 1975 Audience 9.2 A very open and bright recording that, even with some limitations of the analog tape being used, rates very high for the sheer excitement and power being displayed and thankfully captured so well. I also love the visceral audience reactions (especially when War Pigs gets going), seriously it gave me goose bumps! Love this! Black Sabbath USA 1975 Disc 1 International Amphitheatre Chicago, IL 1975-07-16 101 Supertzar 102 Killing Yourself To Live 103 Hole In The Sky 104 Snowblind 105 Symptom Of The Universe 106 War Pigs 107 Megalomania 108 Sabbra Cadabra 109 Jam - Guitar Solo #1 110 Sometimes I'm Happy 111 Drum Solo 112 Supernaut 113 Iron Man 114 Guitar Solo #2 Disc 2 Civic Centre Baltimore, MD 1975-08-02 201 Intro 202 Hole In The Sky 203 Snowblind 204 Symptom Of The Universe 205 War Pigs 206 Megalomania 207 Guitar Solo #1 - Jam 208 Sometimes I'm Happy 209 Drum Solo 210 Supernaut 211 Iron Man 212 Guitar Solo #2 213 Black Sabbath 214 Spiral Architect 215 Embryo - Children Of The Grave 216 Paranoid Disc 3 Orange Show Auditorium San Bernardino, CA 1975-09-05 301 Supertzar 302 Killing Yourself To Live 303 Hole In The Sky 304 Snowblind 305 Symptom Of The Universe 306 War Pigs 307 Sabbra Cadabra 308 Guitar Solo #1 - Jam 309 Sometimes I'm Happy 310 Drum Solo 311 Supernaut 312 Iron Man 313 Guitar Solo #2 314 Rock 'n' Roll Doctor Jam 315 Black Sabbath 316 Spiral Architect -
Audience 7.9 - This tape shows its age but the master source for this CD is actually an old vinyl boot long since lost to the mists of time. Glad to have it, although I think only hard core collectors will really see the value here. That is not to say its dogshit either, because at times its actually very decent, but it fluctuates also back to mediocre, and that may be due to the tapers having to move or hide their equipment. I still like this one, and I think most Sabbath collectors will appreciate it. -
Audience 9.1 - I waited a long time to get to hear a very strong and clear audience tape of this line up. The wait is over! This rocks! Reading 1983 FM Broadcast 9.3 - I can’t say for sure if this was broadcast or not but it does sound like one of those recordings that ended up over the air. Why? I don’t know it just has that kind of feel to it, and for that reason this should get repeated plays because it’s simply excellent. Black Sabbath U.I.C. Pavilion Chicago, IL 1983-11-18 Disc 1 101 Supertzar - Devil Baby Crying 102 Children Of The Grave 103 Hot Line 104 War Pigs 105 Disturbing The Priest 106 Supernaut 107 Drum Solo 108 Rock 'n' Roll Doctor 109 Stonehenge 110 Iron Man Disc 2 201 The Dark 202 Zero The Hero 203 Heaven And Hell 204 Guitar Solo 205 Black Sabbath 206 Smoke On The Water 207 Paranoid - Heaven And Hell (Reprise) Bonus DIsc Reading Rock Festival 27-August-83 1. -Hot Line 2. -War Pigs 3. -Black Sabbath 4. -Zero The Hero 5. -Digital Bitch 6. -Iron Man 7. -Smoke on the Water 8. -Paranoid -
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