OH NO..
HERE IT COMES AGIN
CAN'T REMEMBER
WHEN WE CAME SO CLOSE
TO LOVE BEFORE
After the
Never Say Die
album and tour,
which ran between
1978 and 1979,
Black Sabbath
could no longer
effectively function
with the overt
drug and alcohol dependency
of their lead singer,
Ozzy Osbourne.
They fired him,
and he went on
to develop what would
become a
hugely successful
solo career
with the help
of his future wife,
Sharon Arden
daughter of
Sabbath's manager,
Don Arden.
The rest of
Black Sabbath
knew it would be
difficult to replace
such an
iconoclastic
figurehead,
but were determined
to try.
They eventually
recruited
Ronnie James Dio,
a very powerful
hard rock singer
from
Cortland, NY.
Dio had fronted
a moderately successful
rock band called
Elf
so named
because everyone
in the band
was short!
before being recruited
by
Ritchie Blackmore
to join his
post
Deep Purple project,
Rainbow.
Dio was approached
and although he had
apprehensions
about trying to revive
such a successful band
whose previous lead singer
was a household name,
he was willing to give it a go.
To the credit of the band,
they welcomed Dio's
composing contributions
and gave him
equal credit
on all the songs
that would appear
on their new album,
Heaven & Hell.
That version of Sabbath
and there would be
several more to follow
this one
until the original
Osbourne lineup
regrouped in 1996
was the only
other version
of the band
to see
platinum success.
It became known as
the Heaven & Hell lineup.
Although Ward
would eventually be
replaced by drummer
Carmine Appice's
younger brother,
Vinnie,
this version with
Dio
stayed together
for a number
of albums
and tours.
This King Biscuit show
features a healthy chunk
of material from the
Heaven & Hell record,
but shows the band
when they were still
dependent on many
of the
Osbourne-era hits.
Among those are
revamped versions of
"War Pigs,"
"Sweet Leaf,"
"Black Sabbath,"
"Iron Man,"
"Paranoid"
and the ominous
"Children Of The Grave,"
which closes the show.
The Heaven & Hell lineup
of Sabbath
has reunited to tour
with Vinnie Appice,
but another
re-grouping
of the
original
Black Sabbath
is likely when and if
Ozzy deems it so.
* Which Did Come To
Friction
BUT....
Listen To
This Great Show
As Just A GREAT
Moment In Time
Plus
A BONUS TRACK
From
Hammersmith
TRACKLIST
CD 1
Superztar /(Intro)
War Pigs
Neon Knights
N.I.B.
Children Of The Sea
Sweet Leaf
Drum Solo
Sweet Leaf (Reprise)
Black Sabbath
CD 2
Heaven And Hell
Iron Man
Guitar Solo
Die Young
Paranoid
Children Of The Grave
Children Of The Sea
(Bonus Track) [*]
(CD 1/CD 2)
Live at Civic Center, Hartford, CT,
USA
August,10th 1980
CD 2
(Track 7)
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