This interesting audience recording from Sabbath’s January ’73 Australian tour was once quite sought after, since it was initially kept fairly rare by a small number of collectors. In 2003, the Ngaruawahia tape finally surfaced for the rest of the world to hear. The Ngaruawahia tape then quickly turned up on the Japanese boot GOING THROUGH CHANGES, which was released on October 3, 2003 through Lost And Found Records. The main point of interest for both this and the Sydney show are the only known live recordings of “Changes” done by the original lineup. "Changes" was Tony's 1st ever piano piece, which explains its relative simplicity. It must have have been rather interesting to watch this very unique Black Sabbath live performance with Tony playing piano, while Geezer handled the string accompaniment with a mellotron. Sabbath didn't seem especially keen on the idea of performing “Changes” live, but made exception during the Aussie shows due to the popularity of that song down under. In retrospect, it’s rather cool to hear the band pushing their boundaries a bit by performing such a mellow piece, even if much of the crowd used it as an opportunity to chat! I prefer this version over the Sydney version for the slight boost in quality and the overall performance. The taper sounds as if they are standing closer to the stage than the Sydney taper(s) were. Also, Tony goofs the ending in Sydney, so this is a better representation of the song. "Changes" was later resurrected in November '95 for the last shows of the FORBIDDEN world tour (with a different lineup) and was played as the outro music for their 2001 U.S. tour (and at Graspop Fest in '98). Ozzy himself performed the song on his NO MORE TEARS tour, even recording it for LIVE AND LOUD. And of course, he recently re-recorded yet another rendition with his daughter Kelly. While Ngaruawahia is a cool show to hear (especially with the raw version of "Cornucopia" featured in the show), don't expect anything as stunning as Asbury Park '75. It's at least a very good audience recording with lots of amusing sounds from the crowd throughout. The original source tape played fast, but I believe there is now a speed corrected (and noise reduced) version out there as well.
01 - Introduction 02 - Tomorrows Dream 03 - Sweet Leaf 04 - War Pigs 05 - Snowblind 06 - Iron Man 07 - Changes 08 - Cornucopia 09 - Wicked World w/ Jam 10 - Children Of The Grave 11 - Paranoid
SOURCE
AUD
SOUND QUALITY
B+
FORMAT
Mp3
BITRATE
224
TRACKS #
11
LOCATION / VENUE
Waikato River
Ogamauiahia Music Festival Nz
DATE
July 1 1973
NOTES:
Interesting set list with very very rare live track Changes...they only played it on this show and on one date in Australia. And many many years later in Tokyo as an Encore..
This another very good show but somewhat flawed audience recording. There are some cuts between songs (presumably done by the taper during the show) and during the intro for "Iron Man". Earlier copies of this show that I owned were very muted and muddy sounding. But after hearing a digital clone of the master tape, I am revising my previous judgment onf the Dayton '72 show (which was 'good at best'). There is much more treble in the original recording than I had been able to hear in the higher generation dubs. In fact, the only instrument that seemed a bit low in the mix was the bass. Ozzy's vocals are clear, Tony's guitar rings through and Bill's drums are all right there in the mix.. According to Michael Lindenauer, the remastered version of Dayton '72 came about after the original taper was found by a guy named Pat Patton in 1998. It was during the process of negotiating for an uncirculated recording of Jeff Beck from Dayton 3/11/72 that the Sabbath tape was uncovered. At least two attempts at transferring the reel to reel master were made and the 2nd was definitely an improvement upon previously available copies. However, the last remaster was done with the same old reel to reel recorder that the taper used back in 1972. There remains the possibility that a new transfer on newer equipment could yield even better results.Sabbath is playing well here at the beginning of their U.S. tour to promote VOLUME 4. Dayton '72 contains the earliest recorded live versions of "Under The Sun" and "Wheels Of Confusion" currently in circulation. "Under The Sun" is performed here at a brisker tempo than the studio version. Iommi's live arrangement of his multi-tracked guitar solo is well executed, leaving us all to wonder WHY they didn't play this song at more shows? Also, Dayton '72 features the ONLY complete live version of "Wheels Of Confusion" out there, as opposed to the cut version which is on the Hollywood Bowl 9/15/72 tape. A really classic VOLUME 4 show to have, despite it's minor shortcomings. Just be sure to find a low generation copy!
Tomorrow's Dream Sweet leaf Snowblind War Pigs Under the Sun Iron Man Wicked World Wheels of Confusion Embryo Children of the Grave Paranoid
Tracks: 1. Symptom Of The Universe (3:32) 2. Snowblind (6:31) 3. War Pigs (8:02) 4. Never Say Die (5:19) 5. Black Sabbath (8:03) 6. Shock Waves (5:41) 7. Dirty Women (8:05) 8. Rock'n'roll Doctor *Inc. (1:43)
SOURCE
SDB
SOUND QUALITY
A+
FORMAT
Mp3
BITRATE
320
TRACKS #
8
LOCATION / VENUE
Abilene, TX
Taylor County Coliseum
DATE
Dec 7, 1978
NOTES:
Excellent quality recording. This Aces High release boasts that it is an “Original Stereo Soundboard Recording”, a “Digitally Remastered Edition” and a “Fan Club Issue only” of a bout 300 copies world wide. Whether or not any of these claims are true is another story altogether, but SWOT is a good bootleg for what it is. Kudos for attractive NEVER SAY DIE themed artwork. Some anonymously penned liner notes go a long way to convince the buyer that this is the first actual soundboard tape from the Ozzy years to leak into circulation. They do so by pointing towards the commonly circulated shows like Paris ’70, Cal Jam ’74 and various other TV/Radio broadcasts and claiming that those aren’t true soundboards. I’d beg to differ on the Cal Jam ’74 recording, but I’d have to agree that this mystery writer isn’t totally off base. There are surprisingly few raw soundboard recordings with Ozzy, next to none if you don’t include the FM and TV recordings. So yes, this is tape is very special in that respect.
01. Supertzar 02. Children Of The Grave 03. Children Of The Sea 04. Into The Void 05. Black Sabbath 06. Neon Knights 07. War Pigs 08. The Wizard 09. Symptom Of The Universe 10. The Headless Cross 11. Paranoid 12. Iron Man 13. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
SOURCE
SDB
SOUND QUALITY
A+
FORMAT
Mp3
BITRATE
128
TRACKS #
13
LOCATION / VENUE
Buenos Aires
River Plate Stadium
DATE
September 3, 1994
NOTES:
The last show on the Cross Purposess Tour and a must have for every Black Sabbath Fan. And why you might ask, because there is man called Bill Ward playing drums on this one. It's great to hear Bill playing Headless Cross. Tony martin Is on Vocal
War pigs N.I.B. Fairies wear boots Snowblind Into the void Spiritual Architect Lord of the world Sweet leaf Electric funeral Black sabbath Iron man Children of the grave
This is the complete Lund show. A real 'monster' from the deep this one!! This show catches the Sabs at their peak on the Technical Ecstasy tour. The set list probably stayed the same for the whole tour. Ozzy does not swear once throughout the whole gig! How Rock n Roll is that!! Excellent sound quality.
Intro /Supertzar Symptom Of The Universe Snowblind War Pigs Black Sabbath Dirty Women/Rock n Roll Doctor Electric Funeral/NIB Gypsy Paranoid Children of the Grave
This recording was sold as 'Plumpton'-bootleg on CD so far. Unfortunately the sound quality is less good than on the record and also really less good than on the self-burned CD "Live At Plumpton" (Digital Bitch Productions). Due to latest information we have it seems to be sure that those recordings were not from Plumpton than from Berlin, Germany. You can hear the crowd speaking German, Sabbath definitely played not in Plumton, recordings are the same as on the well-known "Audimax 1970" tape and also Ozzy's announcings make no sense if the band was England.
Paranoid Iron Man Black Sabbath War Pigs Hand Of Doom Rat Salad N.I.B.
Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals Tony Iommi - Guitar Geezer Butler - Bass Bill Ward - Drums Adam Wakeman - Keyboards
SET LIST
NIB After Forever War Pigs Dirty Women Fairies Wear Boots Symptom of the Universe / Sweet Leaf / Electric Funeral Iron Man Into the Void Black Sabbath The Wizard Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Paranoid Encore: Sleeping Village / Children of the Grave Outro: Changes
Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on July 13, 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. Billed as the 'global jukebox', the main sites for the event were Wembley Stadium, London (attended by 72,000 people) and JFK Stadium, Philadelphia (attended by about 90,000 people), with some acts performing at other venues such as Sydney and Moscow. It was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: an estimated 1.5 billion viewers, across 100 countries, watched the live broadcast. The JFK portion included reunions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the original Black Sabbath, and surviving members of Led Zeppelin, with Phil Collins and CHIC member Tony Thompson sharing duties on drums
Line Up:
Ozzy Osbourne (Vocals)
Tony Iommi (Guitar)
Geezer Butler (Bass)
Bill Ward (Drums)
SETLIST
> Children of the Grave (joins in progress) [01:37]
Beat-Club was a German music programme that ran from September 1965 to December 1972. It was broadcast from Bremen, Germany on Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen, the national public TV channel of the ARD, and produced by one of its members, Radio Bremen, later co-produced by the WDR Network following the 38th episode. It is notable for being the first German show to be based around popular music, and featured legendary artists like Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, and Neu! in its seven-year run. In 1972, it was replaced by Musikladen.
SETLIST
- IRON MAN - PARANOID - BLACK SABBATH - BLUE SUEDE SHOES
The bootleg gave themself a second title: An Event In Rock History. And that's a fact! Rob Halford, better known as ex-singer for Judas Priest, joined Sabbath for two gigs to support Ozzy on his last shows for the "No More Tours"-Tour because Dio refused to do so! On this boot you can hear recordings from the second concert plus recordings of the four tracks which Black Sabbath Mark I played finally at the show together and which later on lead to the plans for a great re-union with Osbourne/Butler/Iommi/Ward! Recordings are made in the crowd, so sound quality is less good then on radio shows but still ok. Released in 1993, supposed to be released by an Italian label.
Tracklist
Children Of The Grave Children Of The Sea Symptom Of The Universe N.I.B. Die Young Into The Void Heaven And Hell Sweet Leaf Neon Knights
"The Re-Union-Jam": Black Sabbath Fairies Wear Boots Iron Man Paranoid
Total playing time: 75:07 min
Line Up (first gig)
Tony Iommi (guitar) Geezer Butler (bass) Rob Halford (vocals) Geoff Nicholls (keyboards) Vinny Appice (drums)
Maybe the concert in front of the biggest crowd in the history of Black Sabbath - it is said that 200.000 people or more visited the California Jam. Recordings from that concert are released on various Black Sabbath Bootleg CDs The special thing about this boot is the deluxe CD cover where instead of a booklet the picture has been printed on the front plastic. Looks really amazing. Also the sound is very good but mono(?). Released 1993 or so!
Venue:
California Jam 1, Ontario Motor Speedway, USA 6th April 1974
Line Up:
Tony Iommi (guitar)
Geezer Butler (bass)
Ozzy Osbourne (vocals)
Bill Ward (drums)
Tracklist:
Tomorrow's Dream - Sweet Leaf - Killing Yourself To Live - War Pigs - Snowblind - Sabra Cadabra - Supernaut Part 1 - Supernaut Part 2 - Supernaut Part 3 - Iron Man - Sabra Cadabra Reprise - Paranoid - Embryo - Children Of The Grave
This interesting audience recording from Sabbath’s January ’73 Australian tour was once quite sought after, since it was initially kept fairly rare by a small number of collectors. In 2003, the Ngaruawahia tape finally surfaced for the rest of the world to hear. The Ngaruawahia tape then quickly turned up on the Japanese boot GOING THROUGH CHANGES, which was released on October 3, 2003 through Lost And Found Records.
06 - Iron Man
This another very good show but somewhat flawed audience recording. There are some cuts between songs (presumably done by the taper during the show) and during the intro for "Iron Man". Earlier copies of this show that I owned were very muted and muddy sounding. But after hearing a digital clone of the master tape, I am revising my previous judgment onf the Dayton '72 show (which was 'good at best'). There is much more treble in the original recording than I had been able to hear in the higher generation dubs. In fact, the only instrument that seemed a bit low in the mix was the bass. Ozzy's vocals are clear, Tony's guitar rings through and Bill's drums are all right there in the mix.. According to Michael Lindenauer, the remastered version of Dayton '72 came about after the original taper was found by a guy named Pat Patton in 1998. It was during the process of negotiating for an uncirculated recording of Jeff Beck from Dayton 3/11/72 that the Sabbath tape was uncovered. At least two attempts at transferring the reel to reel master were made and the 2nd was definitely an improvement upon previously available copies. However, the last remaster was done with the same old reel to reel recorder that the taper used back in 1972. There remains the possibility that a new transfer on newer equipment could yield even better results.Sabbath is playing well here at the beginning of their U.S. tour to promote VOLUME 4. Dayton '72 contains the earliest recorded live versions of "Under The Sun" and "Wheels Of Confusion" currently in circulation. "Under The Sun" is performed here at a brisker tempo than the studio version. Iommi's live arrangement of his multi-tracked guitar solo is well executed, leaving us all to wonder WHY they didn't play this song at more shows? Also, Dayton '72 features the ONLY complete live version of "Wheels Of Confusion" out there, as opposed to the cut version which is on the Hollywood Bowl 9/15/72 tape.
This recording was sold as 'Plumpton'-bootleg on CD so far. Unfortunately the sound quality is less good than on the record and also really less good than on the self-burned CD "Live At Plumpton" (Digital Bitch Productions). Due to latest information we have it seems to be sure that those recordings were not from Plumpton than from Berlin, Germany. You can hear the crowd speaking German, Sabbath definitely played not in Plumton, recordings are the same as on the well-known "Audimax 1970" tape and also Ozzy's announcings make no sense if the band was England.
Setlist:
Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on July 13, 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. Billed as the 'global jukebox', the main sites for the event were Wembley Stadium, London (attended by 72,000 people) and JFK Stadium, Philadelphia (attended by about 90,000 people), with some acts performing at other venues such as Sydney and Moscow. It was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: an estimated 1.5 billion viewers, across 100 countries, watched the live broadcast.
Tracklist
Line Up (first gig)
