Join host Pete Pardo and special guest Chris Alo as they put the finishing touches on the history of Black Sabbath, and show off a bunch of their collected Sabbath memorabilia.
What a fantastic series of videos. I can’t believe I didn’t watch these until now. Great stuff guys. (We Soul Our Souls for Rock ‘n Roll is a great best of.)
I would love a new Tony Iommi solo record with past Sabbath singers guests you know Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes and even Tony Martin. That would be awesome. Great video as always
@@ModernDayWarrior2112 Absolutely!! The only deluxe edition of a Tony Martin album so far is The Eternal Idol, but the rest of them so far have not been made deluxe editions. There is a concert that Black Sabbath did in Moscow back in 1989 that is pro shot that would be perfect for the second disc for The Headless Cross deluxe edition and make them audio. They also have a pro shot concert from the Cross Purposes tour that would be perfect for the deluxe edition of Cross Purposes. Hopefully they have other live songs or unreleased songs for the TYR deluxe edition and the Forbidden deluxe edition. I definitely hope to see these four studio albums of Tony Martin have deluxe editions soon hopefully and they would also be remastered for much better sound too.
1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 2. Sabotage 3. Heaven and Hell 4. Master of Reality 5. Mob Rules I love Sabbath!!! No wrong top 5. All albums in any order works for me!! Iconic band for a reason!!
Sabotage is right behind Vol_4 for me and sometimes switches. it's the most underrated album in rock/metal history right next to AC/DC's Powerage imo. Glad someone else recognizes the genius.
@@blacksabbath1022 it is underrated for sure! And yes, Powerage is killer!! The entire album rips. No radio hits so it gets almost no love from the casual fan. But those who know, know how great it is! So many albums out there that are looked over and are genius! Makes me like them even more!
Chris' collection is amazing. Those couple of backpatches are very requested recently among battlevest patch maniacs and can easily get astronomically expensive! The revaluation vintage merchandising has experienced lately is truly impressive.
It sure is!! It is a MASTERPIECE!! Every song is awesome. The production does not bother me at all. It is a very heavy. I actually would have loved for a second album with Ian Gillan.
Pete, you guys owe it to yourselves to go see "Into the Void". Yea, yea, tribute band...but, note for note, they play the first 6th Sabbath albums with exact precision. The mind blowing part for me in seeing them is that it was felt... seriously felt, the vibe that the boys had in Birmingham when they were growing up and writing/playing the early Sabbath songs. They didn't have stacks of amps back then and the Into the Void guys truly capture the essence of how the music was written and played. Been to see them a few times and they never disappoint and it's a great time to get the Sabbath fix in an intimate setting. See you at a show soon!?
In early 80s UK, the peer pressure was to get your denim hand embroidered. The Mum's of Heavy Metallers, Proggers and Rockers would spend their evenings filling the back's of Wrangler jackets (and some Levi) with Zep Swan Songs, Motorhead Skulls and 2112 etc. The aim was to have a massive centre piece and resist bought patches. Mental!
That's some crazy memorabilia guys! Pete, you've been to some killer shows back in the day, seeing Metallica on the Master of Puppets tour with Cliff must have been insane.
Awesome video. Really cool seeing all the Sabbath memorabilia. Past Lives has a nice mix of live stuff from the original era of the band. I really like the songs from the Asbury Park, NJ show from 1975. That full show is definitely one of Sabbath's most well known bootlegs.
I'm glad you mentioned the all black cover of the Canadian release of the Seventh Star cassette. I thought my memory was playing tricks on me, because this is the version I had and I couldn't seen to find any info on it or anyone that seemed to remember it.
CHRIS ALO seems like such a cool knowledgeable Guy that i would want to hang with at Any metal Concert......p.s Farken Awesome Paraphernalia and Collectors items memorabilia
Pete & Chris thanks so much for your video! Just terrific...could you please do a top 10 of concerts you’d wish you saw ( I know Chris’s #1 lol ) but that would be super cool....Oh! And top 10 concerts you wised you didn’t see ☺️✌️👍
What's cool about the Iommi solo albums with various singers was that Ozzy sung on one of the tracks, so it sort of was a partial Black Sabbath song. I'm not sure if Geezer was on bass for it, but cool none the less. MASSIVE fan of the Dep Sessions (the '96 bootleg demos and the official 2004 re-recorded version), as well as Fused (2005), which imo had way better riffs than what would appear on Sabbath's last album with Dio only a few years later. You guys should also check out a brutally heavy collaboration Glenn did with Dario Mollo. The name of the band is called Voodoo Hill and they released 3 amazing albums together. Very Sabbathy.
I love SABBATH one of my favorite bands .first time with VAN HALEN OPEN FOR SABBATH AND the last time was the HEAVEN AND HELL tour at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL .Love SABBATH in all there different line up .LONG LIVE ROCK.
@@hm_nn_5633 You can't help but love Budgie though. They were like the heavy, grungy, Welsh version of Rush, but they predated Rush by about 3 years. For my money, I would say my 3 favorite albums are In For the Kill, Impeckable, and Power Supply (special mention for Night Flight).
Pete, Another pithy band retrospective. Yourself and Chris have since inspired me to purchase the Deluxe Edition of 'The Eternal Idol' and am looking forward to its arrival. I have been a fan of Badlands for years yet because of the circumstances surrounding Ray Gillen's extracurricular activities, was always a bit shy of supporting his legacy. Well, my ethics weakened and need to finally hear the album as recorded with him for myself. I have, however, yet to purchase (or even hear) a copy of 'Dusk'...perhaps the last recordings with Ray before his passing. Cheers to you both! Brent
I don’t know why you think Never Say Die is so bad? It is my third favorite. It has a different sound but I do like Sabotage and the first one better. I live in Atlanta now but when I lived in Montgomery Ny I would go too Rock Fantasy at least once a week. Steve is a great dude! Miss that place.
You have a great Sabbath collection of memorabilia. I do the same for Rush . I have an insane amount of Rush stuff. If you ever wanna do a retrospective on Rush, I’m available Pete ;)
When you have printout tix, do what I do, after the show is over, goto the customer service window and ask for actual physical tix. They usually have a bunch left over that they use for ticket upgrades and stuff.
Black Sabbath have such a huge repertoire that It is always a challenge to pick favourites however my fav 5 are the following: 1 Born Again 2 Mob Rules 3 Headless Cross 4 Heaven and hell 5 Black Sabbath
Really enjoyed the early ‘80s discussion in Part 2, as I grew up in Jersey and was obviously into the same stuff, seeing “Purple Sabbath” at the Spectrum, Rainbow-Scorpions @ MSG, etc. Any chance of a “Deep Purple History” future video set?
as they mentioned @ 24:23 Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi) recorded a full album of material in 1985 for the 7th Star album tentatively called Star of India ..with a different singer and ALL different lyrics. NOT Tony Martin.. NOT Ray Gillan... but.. Jeff Fenholt. In 1991 I was a live sound engineer and our production company was hired to provide sound for Jeff Fenholt who was playing a Christian music venue. At that time Jeff was a born again Christian. He DIDN'T rise to fame because of any association w/ Sabbath though. I think he sang in the original production of Jesus Christ Superstar back in the 70's and I think he even toured in the broadway production. During this show I did in 1991 Jeff would give his "testimony" as to how he had been living a life of sin and booze and drugs and sexxy time with unmarried womanz ... and ... he said he even sang for Black Sabbath.. I was mixing the front of house sound and my ears instantly perked up. In fact, I almost burst out laughing (LOUDLY). The church was filled with a very quiet captive audience. And it took quit an effort on my part to keep my yap shut. I'm a HUGE life-long Sabbath fan ! Been listening to Sabbath since 78' saw Ozzy live w/Randy Rhoads .. And I had NEVER heard of him singin with Sabbath. I squelched my laughter though. He then went on to talk about how several members of Slayer had been recently "saved / born again" but they never revealed it for fear of losing money. Again I almost burst out laughing (LOUDLY) .... because I'm a huge Slayer fan .. especially in 1991. In the end I kept my mouth shut and mixed him. Actually "mixing" him is not the right term. He didn't have a band. He was singin' along to pre-recorded tracks on tape.. So it was just 2 channels for the stereo tape and his vocal channel... all thru a 32 channel Soundcraft console. I had a full sound system (20,000 watt PA) a full rack of processors compressors / EQ's / Fx units. I remember thinking what a waste of a PA system. But hey ... they paid $1500 in 1990 money ! Just one of the many weird gigs I did back then. He was actually a decent singer. Good strong vocals and a good sense of pitch. Although his monitor mix / stage volume was insanely LOUD ! So loud I almost doubted he had been saved... cause no God fearin' man would be playing that LOUD thru monitors.. .lols.... Years later I heard the Star of India tapes. Dang if he wasn't right about "being" in Sabbath. The Star of India tapes w/Fenholt have been uploaded to youtube : music.ruclips.net/video/o5miT1Hxr8E/видео.html
I dunno, Tony is 70 years old. He may get bored, but it's hard to see him coming back after the whole The End tour thing. I would go though, to see him and Glenn .
Absolutely!!! The setlist on that show is phenomenal!! I was a teenager when that came out and I only bought it because of the the live CD that came with the VHS. I am a huge massive fan of the Tony Martin era. I love it big time. The Headless Cross, The Eternal Idol, and TYR are some of my favorite Black Sabbath albums ever.
I really, really hope that does happen. I am a huge massive fan of the Tony Martin era big time. The albums The Headless Cross, The Eternal Idol, and TYR are some of my favorite albums ever. I really hope to see them as deluxe editions soon for some unreleased live or studio songs and for them to be remastered for much better sound.
1. Vol_4 2. Sabotage 3. Master of Reality 4. Paranoid 4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 6. Black Sabbath Nothing against Dio Sabbath but I'm just a huge Ozzy solo fan too. Just Sabbath from 70'-75' to me is the creme de la creme.
I CANNOT pick top 5 Sabbath OR Zep records because it would be like picking a favorite child for me. I love them all for what they were. I have something to say about the last two OZZY era records, but I also wanted to say that to me, there were two Sabbaths; OZZY Sabbath and the REAL Black (Dio) Sabbath. To me, RJD was "the perfect" singer and very much the essence of what Sabbath was all about from day one. Obviously, Dio was older and not living in the Birmingham area of the UK in the late 60's.. JMO. Having said that, I don't believe Sabbath would have made it as a huge band without Ozzy in the early 70's. He was the perfect fit for their early success. Now, about Technical Ext. and NSD: I totally get the dis of both Technical Ext and NSD, though I am personally fond of both records because of the band changing a bit. I have spent more time on an attempt to understand why Sabbath went the direction they did on these records than I should have (different topic)… I have four reasons why I THINK the band changed at this point in their career; 1) The band was becoming a three piece with Ozzy on his way out the door, especially by NSD. Bill doing a lead vocal on NSD was a signal that the brash, charismatic lead singer could be replaced or even just deleted... 2)They were watching a ton of bands sell massive amounts of albums recording more song oriented material. They wanted to appeal to more people; You know, sell more records... 3)The effect Rick Wakeman had on them as songwriters and musical craftsmen was very evident in Technical Ext and NSD. His influence and the introduction of keyboards to Sabbath tunes was most likely a que to the guys to grow musically. 4)The amount of money they collectively needed to continue their substance abuse was getting larger... Both Iommi and OZZY mention this in their memoirs years later.. They needed to sell more records for dope.. Simple formula is make more accessible music.. TOTALLY JMO...
I think I can forgive you guys for not liking *Technical Ecstasy* or *Never Say Die!* 😊 Although I will disagree with Chris on the latter's title song: I think "Never Say Die" is an absolute barn-burner that starts the album off wonderfully, and with high-flying spirit. The problem with the rest of the album is...well, the rest of the album. Although I do sort-of like "Breakout/Swinging The Chain" (I said sort-of), the rest of the album sounds flat, is poorly recorded, and - in the immortal words of Circus magazine in 1983 - it was the work of a lethargic band. Still, I love the title song, and "Breakout" sticks in my head so well that I think it should have closed-out the album by itself. Oh well!!
Pete, have you read the book Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, by Garry Sharpe-Young? It's a combined, slightly expanded edition of his books on Ozzy's band and Black Sabbath 1979-1995. It is large, lengthy, and has everything (and more) you could want to know about these musicians over this time span. Terrible editing, but a goldmine of information.
Did you guys happen to mention the Live at Hammersmith Odeon album from 2007? It was taken from The Mob Rules Tour and sounds a lot better than Live Evil. Unfortunately, I think it's long OOP. www.discogs.com/Black-Sabbath-Live-At-Hammersmith-Odeon/master/302717
At around 25:00, he's blatantly misrepresenting Jeff Fenholt. Fenholt didn't 'milk' the association with Sabbath. And he never wrote a book about it. If anything, he downplayed it, actually. He only ever said he was in a famous Rock Band, and answered that it was Sabbath when pressed. Jeff Fenholt was a famous millionaire before ever being called into Sabbath, as he was the first guy to play the lead in 'Jesus Christ Superstar'. They put him on the cover of Time Magazine for it. He doesn't need to 'milk' the Sabbath connection, because he's much more well-known for something else entirely. Also interestingly: Fenholt confirms Seventh Star was intended as a Black Sabbath project from the beginning. Not an Iommi solo record. The fact that Iommi bought the rights to the Sabbath name shortly before The Seventh Star came out seems to support that.
The Iommi album from 2000 with all the guest vocalists featured Ozzy Osbourne on one of the songs and Geezer Butler was on bass which was a reunion song of Black Sabbath without Bill Ward!
Bill Ward,Laurence Cottle bass guitar session bassist who played bass on Headless Cross and Ozzy Osborne played on Who's Fooling Who Tony Iommi solo album in 2000 not Geezer Butler.
I think it is a little bit silly that Tony Iommi felt obligated to alter music history by having a different musician rerecord the drums for "The DEP Sessions" just because it was discovered that the original drummer had a gay teenage lover.
You need to bring on Chris Alo for more shows!
Definitely
Chris was definitely the guy to have on... great collections👏🏻⚡️
What a fantastic series of videos. I can’t believe I didn’t watch these until now. Great stuff guys. (We Soul Our Souls for Rock ‘n Roll is a great best of.)
Awesome memorabilia, love the jacket with all the bits of the different covers especially!!
20:06 I took a screenshot and made it my Windows desktop background. That's how much I love that jacket.
Great picks. I understand your choices. I love the Dio era so i agree with your favorites.
God damn Chris's Sabbath collection is impressive.
I would love a new Tony Iommi solo record with past Sabbath singers guests you know Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes and even Tony Martin. That would be awesome.
Great video as always
Frostien That’s a cool idea.
I hope Tony keeps putting out deluxe editions of the Martin era.
@@ModernDayWarrior2112 Absolutely!! The only deluxe edition of a Tony Martin album so far is The Eternal Idol, but the rest of them so far have not been made deluxe editions. There is a concert that Black Sabbath did in Moscow back in 1989 that is pro shot that would be perfect for the second disc for The Headless Cross deluxe edition and make them audio. They also have a pro shot concert from the Cross Purposes tour that would be perfect for the deluxe edition of Cross Purposes. Hopefully they have other live songs or unreleased songs for the TYR deluxe edition and the Forbidden deluxe edition. I definitely hope to see these four studio albums of Tony Martin have deluxe editions soon hopefully and they would also be remastered for much better sound too.
Just making album Tony
1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
2. Sabotage
3. Heaven and Hell
4. Master of Reality
5. Mob Rules
I love Sabbath!!! No wrong top 5. All albums in any order works for me!! Iconic band for a reason!!
Sabotage is right behind Vol_4 for me and sometimes switches. it's the most underrated album in rock/metal history right next to AC/DC's Powerage imo. Glad someone else recognizes the genius.
@@blacksabbath1022 it is underrated for sure! And yes, Powerage is killer!! The entire album rips. No radio hits so it gets almost no love from the casual fan. But those who know, know how great it is! So many albums out there that are looked over and are genius! Makes me like them even more!
Chris' collection is amazing. Those couple of backpatches are very requested recently among battlevest patch maniacs and can easily get astronomically expensive! The revaluation vintage merchandising has experienced lately is truly impressive.
That signed Mob Rules record 😍😍😍
Born Again is awesome
It sure is!! It is a MASTERPIECE!! Every song is awesome. The production does not bother me at all. It is a very heavy. I actually would have loved for a second album with Ian Gillan.
Pete, you guys owe it to yourselves to go see "Into the Void". Yea, yea, tribute band...but, note for note, they play the first 6th Sabbath albums with exact precision. The mind blowing part for me in seeing them is that it was felt... seriously felt, the vibe that the boys had in Birmingham when they were growing up and writing/playing the early Sabbath songs. They didn't have stacks of amps back then and the Into the Void guys truly capture the essence of how the music was written and played. Been to see them a few times and they never disappoint and it's a great time to get the Sabbath fix in an intimate setting. See you at a show soon!?
In early 80s UK, the peer pressure was to get your denim hand embroidered. The Mum's of Heavy Metallers, Proggers and Rockers would spend their evenings filling the back's of Wrangler jackets (and some Levi) with Zep Swan Songs, Motorhead Skulls and 2112 etc. The aim was to have a massive centre piece and resist bought patches. Mental!
I love these Sabbath vids with Alo
Awesome show, I too am the biggest Sabb fan. Tks
So much fun watching this.
Gotta throw some love to Geezer Butlers's solo band, GZR. They released 3 bone crushing heavy albums!
Hey Pete, I thought I was a big Sabbath fan until I saw you guys.The best Sabbath live recording is Providence 1975,FYI.
Damn I thought I knew Sabbath. You guys are amazing. Love this stuff. 🤘🏻
That's some crazy memorabilia guys! Pete, you've been to some killer shows back in the day, seeing Metallica on the Master of Puppets tour with Cliff must have been insane.
I'd time machine just for that show alone.
Awesome video. Really cool seeing all the Sabbath memorabilia. Past Lives has a nice mix of live stuff from the original era of the band. I really like the songs from the Asbury Park, NJ show from 1975. That full show is definitely one of Sabbath's most well known bootlegs.
I'm glad you mentioned the all black cover of the Canadian release of the Seventh Star cassette. I thought my memory was playing tricks on me, because this is the version I had and I couldn't seen to find any info on it or anyone that seemed to remember it.
You guys did a great job covering the BS history! Very informative and enjoyable. Keep rocking!
BS???? Edit this and write Black Sabbath.
What an awesome video!
CHRIS ALO seems like such a cool knowledgeable Guy that i would want to hang with at Any metal Concert......p.s Farken Awesome Paraphernalia and Collectors items memorabilia
Omg, I had that Live Evil painters cap when I was in grammar school. Never though I'd see one again.
I was there for the Omaha show. Nice
Saw Sabbath in 78 at Coventry Theatre 🇬🇧 Van Halen support band and the Heaven and Hell Birmingham Odeon 🇬🇧 ✌️✌️
Pete & Chris thanks so much for your video! Just terrific...could you please do a top 10 of concerts you’d wish you saw ( I know Chris’s #1 lol ) but that would be super cool....Oh! And top 10 concerts you wised you didn’t see ☺️✌️👍
Did he write those lyrics at lunch?
Lol
Chris is the man.
Hilarious
Sometimes I wonder if I'm a weirdo b/c my apartment is covered in music memorabilia. This video proves that I'm in good company.
What's cool about the Iommi solo albums with various singers was that Ozzy sung on one of the tracks, so it sort of was a partial Black Sabbath song. I'm not sure if Geezer was on bass for it, but cool none the less. MASSIVE fan of the Dep Sessions (the '96 bootleg demos and the official 2004 re-recorded version), as well as Fused (2005), which imo had way better riffs than what would appear on Sabbath's last album with Dio only a few years later. You guys should also check out a brutally heavy collaboration Glenn did with Dario Mollo. The name of the band is called Voodoo Hill and they released 3 amazing albums together. Very Sabbathy.
The Voodoo Hill stuff is indeed VERY good!!!
Tony Martin also collaborated with Dario Mollo on 'The Cage'. Killer stuff.
@@TheRageaholic You're right, he did!
Great collection!
I love SABBATH one of my favorite bands .first time with VAN HALEN OPEN FOR SABBATH AND the last time was the HEAVEN AND HELL tour at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL .Love SABBATH in all there different line up .LONG LIVE ROCK.
Very cool, guys, thank you.
Could you please do a 'History of Budgie' ... thanks.
Budgie was a monster band. I believe Pete did cover them recently.
@@markrago7217 - Yes he already did! That post was 1 year ago.
@@hm_nn_5633 I thought so...
@@hm_nn_5633 You can't help but love Budgie though. They were like the heavy, grungy, Welsh version of Rush, but they predated Rush by about 3 years. For my money, I would say my 3 favorite albums are In For the Kill, Impeckable, and Power Supply (special mention for Night Flight).
@@markrago7217 - Mine's the first 3 - Budgie, Squawk & Never Turn Your Back On A Friend.
That lore on the GZR, Iommi/Hughes, DIO tour would've been incredible.
I wish the ‘Heaven And Hell’ album would get a Classic Albums presentation.
great job guys
Pete,
Another pithy band retrospective. Yourself and Chris have since inspired me to purchase the Deluxe Edition of 'The Eternal Idol' and am looking forward to its arrival. I have been a fan of Badlands for years yet because of the circumstances surrounding Ray Gillen's extracurricular activities, was always a bit shy of supporting his legacy. Well, my ethics weakened and need to finally hear the album as recorded with him for myself.
I have, however, yet to purchase (or even hear) a copy of 'Dusk'...perhaps the last recordings with Ray before his passing.
Cheers to you both!
Brent
I don’t know why you think Never Say Die is so bad? It is my third favorite. It has a different sound but I do like Sabotage and the first one better. I live in Atlanta now but when I lived in Montgomery Ny I would go too Rock Fantasy at least once a week. Steve is a great dude! Miss that place.
Geezer's band GZR (the 3 released albums) are pretty good as well.
Yeah, I liked Plastic Planet with Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory on vocals.
Hi Pete.....watch the orb go across the screen just before 8 mins is up!
Amazing merch!
Ian Gillan 🎤 Toni Iommi 🎸 2 monsters 👏👏👏
I had a Live Evil painter's cap years ago!!! Wow!!!
Killer shirts! Guys
Wow stacks of great content coming out..
You have a great Sabbath collection of memorabilia. I do the same for Rush . I have an insane amount of Rush stuff. If you ever wanna do a retrospective on Rush, I’m available Pete ;)
When you have printout tix, do what I do, after the show is over, goto the customer service window and ask for actual physical tix. They usually have a bunch left over that they use for ticket upgrades and stuff.
By the way, Chris is great!!
Black Sabbath have such a huge repertoire that It is always a challenge to pick favourites however my fav 5 are the following:
1 Born Again
2 Mob Rules
3 Headless Cross
4 Heaven and hell
5 Black Sabbath
I was in a Sabbath cover band in the 90's called Sabra Cadabra.... I was Phoney Iommi.... Ozzy was the only Sabbath for me....
Really enjoyed the early ‘80s discussion in Part 2, as I grew up in Jersey and was obviously into the same stuff, seeing “Purple Sabbath” at the Spectrum, Rainbow-Scorpions @ MSG, etc. Any chance of a “Deep Purple History” future video set?
Yes, it's coming VERY soon!!!
Awesome, thank you!!!!
I'd love your take on the satanic controversy of B.S.
I had that Iommi record somewhere. I also had the tribute albums. Both volumes.
That 3rd jacket is fuckin awesome!
I was at the Omaha show on the End tour that you mentioned. Ozzy was not in great form considering it was the first show of the tour though.
as they mentioned @ 24:23 Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi) recorded a full album of material in 1985 for the 7th Star album tentatively called Star of India ..with a different singer and ALL different lyrics. NOT Tony Martin.. NOT Ray Gillan... but.. Jeff Fenholt. In 1991 I was a live sound engineer and our production company was hired to provide sound for Jeff Fenholt who was playing a Christian music venue. At that time Jeff was a born again Christian. He DIDN'T rise to fame because of any association w/ Sabbath though. I think he sang in the original production of Jesus Christ Superstar back in the 70's and I think he even toured in the broadway production. During this show I did in 1991 Jeff would give his "testimony" as to how he had been living a life of sin and booze and drugs and sexxy time with unmarried womanz ... and ... he said he even sang for Black Sabbath..
I was mixing the front of house sound and my ears instantly perked up. In fact, I almost burst out laughing (LOUDLY). The church was filled with a very quiet captive audience. And it took quit an effort on my part to keep my yap shut. I'm a HUGE life-long Sabbath fan ! Been listening to Sabbath since 78' saw Ozzy live w/Randy Rhoads .. And I had NEVER heard of him singin with Sabbath. I squelched my laughter though. He then went on to talk about how several members of Slayer had been recently "saved / born again" but they never revealed it for fear of losing money. Again I almost burst out laughing (LOUDLY) .... because I'm a huge Slayer fan .. especially in 1991.
In the end I kept my mouth shut and mixed him. Actually "mixing" him is not the right term. He didn't have a band. He was singin' along to pre-recorded tracks on tape.. So it was just 2 channels for the stereo tape and his vocal channel... all thru a 32 channel Soundcraft console. I had a full sound system (20,000 watt PA) a full rack of processors compressors / EQ's / Fx units. I remember thinking what a waste of a PA system. But hey ... they paid $1500 in 1990 money ! Just one of the many weird gigs I did back then. He was actually a decent singer. Good strong vocals and a good sense of pitch. Although his monitor mix / stage volume was insanely LOUD ! So loud I almost doubted he had been saved... cause no God fearin' man would be playing that LOUD thru monitors.. .lols.... Years later I heard the Star of India tapes. Dang if he wasn't right about "being" in Sabbath.
The Star of India tapes w/Fenholt have been uploaded to youtube :
music.ruclips.net/video/o5miT1Hxr8E/видео.html
Jeff Fenholt recorded some demos for a Tony Iommi solo album and was never a official member of Black Sabbath.
Jason Newsted was on bass for that 2 song Ian Gillan/Tony Iommi collaboration with Nicko McBrain and John Lord.
Jason Newsted played bass guitar on Out of My Mind only for a charity event for the Armenia earthquake victims.
Seventh Star Canadian promo k7 = Smell the Glove
Awesome
my top 5,
1. paranoid, 2. black sabbath, 3. Heaven & Hell, 4. Master of Reality, 5. the mob rules
Should have had Chris on the deep dive cuts
Wayne's World! Wayne's World! It's party time - excellent! Wayne's World!
My top 3:
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Vol. 4, Master of Reality/Heaven and Hell.
I dunno, Tony is 70 years old. He may get bored, but it's hard to see him coming back after the whole The End tour thing. I would go though, to see him and Glenn .
is that an orb passing at 7:48?
It is!
Dio’s ghost? He is a New Yorker after all....
MANY ORBS were passing....... all thru from 18 minutes in...
My top 9: 1-3 Master/Bloody/Sabotage 4-5 Heaven/Mob 6 Paranoid 7 Vol 4 8 Eternal Idol 9 Dehumanizer
No mention whatsoever of "Cross Purposes LIVE"? Great live album/VHS.
Absolutely!!! The setlist on that show is phenomenal!! I was a teenager when that came out and I only bought it because of the the live CD that came with the VHS. I am a huge massive fan of the Tony Martin era. I love it big time. The Headless Cross, The Eternal Idol, and TYR are some of my favorite Black Sabbath albums ever.
Have you seen Ralph Vierra's " Eternal Idol " B.S. series?
I have one with a totally different cover it was called the HR when I have totally different cover
Both Tony Martin and Tony Iommi have indicated that they will do something together soon.
I really, really hope that does happen. I am a huge massive fan of the Tony Martin era big time. The albums The Headless Cross, The Eternal Idol, and TYR are some of my favorite albums ever. I really hope to see them as deluxe editions soon for some unreleased live or studio songs and for them to be remastered for much better sound.
Why? And embarrassment themselves all over again?
No official statement yet from Tony Iommi or Tony Martin working together again has been released .
1. Vol_4
2. Sabotage
3. Master of Reality
4. Paranoid
4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
6. Black Sabbath
Nothing against Dio Sabbath but I'm just a huge Ozzy solo fan too. Just Sabbath from 70'-75' to me is the creme de la creme.
The Evil Spirit of Sharon curses the video and all its watchers at 7:48. ”Thou shalt not talk about Sabbath with any other singer than Ozzy”😄
She was an still is The Ultimate TROLL !
Is there enough Bill Ward solo material to do a retrospective?
I guess I'd like a solo Geezer retrospective
No mention of G//Z/R!
Jeez, those are some big jackets
What no Ward One?
I actually like the Forbidden album
I CANNOT pick top 5 Sabbath OR Zep records because it would be like picking a favorite child for me. I love them all for what they were. I have something to say about the last two OZZY era records, but I also wanted to say that to me, there were two Sabbaths; OZZY Sabbath and the REAL Black (Dio) Sabbath. To me, RJD was "the perfect" singer and very much the essence of what Sabbath was all about from day one. Obviously, Dio was older and not living in the Birmingham area of the UK in the late 60's.. JMO. Having said that, I don't believe Sabbath would have made it as a huge band without Ozzy in the early 70's. He was the perfect fit for their early success. Now, about Technical Ext. and NSD:
I totally get the dis of both Technical Ext and NSD, though I am personally fond of both records because of the band changing a bit. I have spent more time on an attempt to understand why Sabbath went the direction they did on these records than I should have (different topic)…
I have four reasons why I THINK the band changed at this point in their career;
1) The band was becoming a three piece with Ozzy on his way out the door, especially by NSD. Bill doing a lead vocal on NSD was a signal that the brash, charismatic lead singer could be replaced or even just deleted...
2)They were watching a ton of bands sell massive amounts of albums recording more song oriented material. They wanted to appeal to more people; You know, sell more records...
3)The effect Rick Wakeman had on them as songwriters and musical craftsmen was very evident in Technical Ext and NSD. His influence and the introduction of keyboards to Sabbath tunes was most likely a que to the guys to grow musically.
4)The amount of money they collectively needed to continue their substance abuse was getting larger... Both Iommi and OZZY mention this in their memoirs years later.. They needed to sell more records for dope.. Simple formula is make more accessible music..
TOTALLY JMO...
I think I can forgive you guys for not liking *Technical Ecstasy* or *Never Say Die!* 😊 Although I will disagree with Chris on the latter's title song: I think "Never Say Die" is an absolute barn-burner that starts the album off wonderfully, and with high-flying spirit. The problem with the rest of the album is...well, the rest of the album.
Although I do sort-of like "Breakout/Swinging The Chain" (I said sort-of), the rest of the album sounds flat, is poorly recorded, and - in the immortal words of Circus magazine in 1983 - it was the work of a lethargic band. Still, I love the title song, and "Breakout" sticks in my head so well that I think it should have closed-out the album by itself. Oh well!!
Pete, have you read the book Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, by Garry Sharpe-Young? It's a combined, slightly expanded edition of his books on Ozzy's band and Black Sabbath 1979-1995. It is large, lengthy, and has everything (and more) you could want to know about these musicians over this time span. Terrible editing, but a goldmine of information.
Whats the fb of the guy with battle jackets? Masculine invasion??
facebook.com/Bestial-Expressions-Hand-Painted-Denim-225488234268986
Have you done the History of Led Zeppelin?
Did you guys happen to mention the Live at Hammersmith Odeon album from 2007? It was taken from The Mob Rules Tour and sounds a lot better than Live Evil. Unfortunately, I think it's long OOP. www.discogs.com/Black-Sabbath-Live-At-Hammersmith-Odeon/master/302717
Ugh, we forgot to talk about it again!!! But yeah, great sounding live disc!!
Oh well! Maybe in Part IV! ;)
No Sabotage??😀
I Love That era. very cool Album megalomania. Symptom of the universe.
Ozzy solo retrospective?
Where can I get Dehumanizer unreleased with Cozy?
Pete could you do A worst to best Haken
At around 25:00, he's blatantly misrepresenting Jeff Fenholt.
Fenholt didn't 'milk' the association with Sabbath. And he never wrote a book about it. If anything, he downplayed it, actually. He only ever said he was in a famous Rock Band, and answered that it was Sabbath when pressed. Jeff Fenholt was a famous millionaire before ever being called into Sabbath, as he was the first guy to play the lead in 'Jesus Christ Superstar'. They put him on the cover of Time Magazine for it. He doesn't need to 'milk' the Sabbath connection, because he's much more well-known for something else entirely.
Also interestingly: Fenholt confirms Seventh Star was intended as a Black Sabbath project from the beginning. Not an Iommi solo record.
The fact that Iommi bought the rights to the Sabbath name shortly before The Seventh Star came out seems to support that.
The Iommi album from 2000 with all the guest vocalists featured Ozzy Osbourne on one of the songs and Geezer Butler was on bass which was a reunion song of Black Sabbath without Bill Ward!
Bill Ward,Laurence Cottle bass guitar session bassist who played bass on Headless Cross and Ozzy Osborne played on Who's Fooling Who Tony Iommi solo album in 2000 not Geezer Butler.
I think it is a little bit silly that Tony Iommi felt obligated to alter music history by having a different musician rerecord the drums for "The DEP Sessions" just because it was discovered that the original drummer had a gay teenage lover.
The biggest problem is Tony helth
What... No coffee mug ??
waw no motorhead why you don't like them?
1st Iommi didn’t sell cuz it sucked. Iommi doesn’t even do so much lead
It's half a decent album, it started leaning out half way thru then totally fucked out , the Billy ldol & Ozzy songs were piss poor.
The devil you know