BLACK SABBATH – New York City 1976 (2CD)

Audience 8.4-8.6 – This gets a double rating because I found that it seemed to become better as it went, and really had its best moments during songs or parts that were not full on max volume. Now that being said, the mic that taper used (probably a condenser mic built into his deck) could not accurately reproduce the sound it was picking up in the hall to the tape itself – but because there was level adjust (I am guessing auto level), it never distorted. So what you get is a crowded sounding tape during most of the performance when the music is at full tilt (it’s Black Sabbath so yeah, it’s mostly full tilt), but during parts where the music is more sparse (like during Black Sabbath, or the solos, especially the drum solo) you can hear what the recorder was capable of because it is way much better. In fact I praise the drum sounds, super massive and that’s why I loved Black Sabbath on this tape in particular because it’s frighteningly dense and scary sounding here. This show can be appreciated for the inclusion of songs like Gypsy, All Moving Parts, and Rock and Roll Doctor which are audible enough that you can thank this taper. I’d not heard of this tape before so I assume it’s new to circulation, and personally speaking I am glad it exists and I feel it offers something worthwhile.

Black Sabbath
Madison Square Garden
New York City, NY.
1976-12-06

Disc 1

1. -intro
2. -Symptom Of The Universe
3. -Snowblind
4. -All Moving Parts (Stand Still)
5. -War Pigs
6. -Gypsy
7. -Black Sabbath

Disc 2

1. -Dirty Women
2. -Drum Solo
3. -Guitar Solo
4. -Rock And Roll Doctor
5. -Guitar Solo (reprise)
6. -Electric Funeral
7. -Iron Man
8. -Children Of The Grave
9. -Supernaut intro – Paranoid