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Black Sabbath   11/27/1980

Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia
Media cd   2 discs
Notes Black Sabbath
Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia
November 27th, 1980
Yeoman remaster 0613

This is a best-sources mix compiled from the following sources:

Source 1: 1st generation FM version*
Source 2: Bringer of evil (Power Gate-100)**
Source 3: 4th generation SB version***

Three different sources are available from this wonderful show and all of them have their advantages and disadvantages.

The 1st generation FM version has the best sound, best frequency range and the least deterioration. However it stops somewhere during the first few minutes of "Die young" and also omits much of the drum solo. An artificial audience track was added to it in post-production, probably by the radio station.

"Bringer of evil" is more complete and sounds quite good, but not as good as the FM version. However, this version has a strange edit, which was probably made to fit the show onto one disc. It misses some of the intro "Supertzar", has the "Die young intro", but leaves out the whole guitar solo and the count in to what I called "Die young (reprise)", apparently to make listeners believe that "Die young" was played like that on the evening. After "Die young" some of Dio's words are missing as well as a few seconds at the beginning of "Paranoid", again to hide the fact that the song is incomplete.

The 4th generation SB version is the most complete version, but has the weakest sound of the three available sources. While it is more complete than the other two sources it lacks the beginning of "Heaven and hell" available on the FM recording.
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Owned by josh Genin · Last Updated May 23, 2023