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Still sealed 9 cd box set with an 12 page booklet. Limited to 300 numbered copies

Black Sabbaths original line-up lasted until 1979, after which Osbourne was fired and replaced by Ronnie James Dio. But it was not only Dio that were new to the band. They had also brought in the musical genius Geoff Nicholls, first as a second guitarist when Black Sabbath doubted whether they would even continue under that name. Nicholls then switched to bass when Geezer Butler left briefly, and then became the band’s keyboardist upon Butler’s return and the decision to keep the Sabbath name. Nicholls and Dio lighted the spark back into the band again and the band wrote and demoed material for their upcoming album without Geezer Butler. Heaven And Hell was very successful and became the bands highest-charting album since 1975’s Sabotage. The Heaven And Hell tour. The tour started in Europe in April of 1980 and ran unto February of 1981. The choice to start in Europe was due to the face that the band knew they could rely on their fanbase even though they had changed singer. After the European leg the band went to Usa for a co-headlining tour with Blue Öyster Cult called Black And Blue Tour. Original drummer Bill Ward left the band after the show at Met center on August 19th 1980, forcing the band to cancel 6 shows, and he was replaced by Vinnie Appice. In November of 1980 the band toured Japan and Australia before returning to Europe in January of 1981 to do some more shows on English soil. This massive 9 cd box set is a fine testament to that glorious tour with gigs from the first European leg, the Black And Blue tour, the Japanese tour and finally a show from the Australian leg and lots of bonus recordings and interviews. We got both nights from Tokyo so you get the second night were the played a Heaven And Hell version that is less than 10 minutes. The first five minutes of the show are classic Sabbath but in the middle of the song Iommi walks off stage, which Dio, Butler and Appice expertly improvised and carried into Iron Man. However the show ends with Iron Man and Iommi never returns to the stage and dont play on Iron Man. The audience are told Tony is ill and that they should now go home. The audience was raucous, blowing whistles and not understandably unhappy with this development. All these are included on this recording. All these classic shows makes it a must have for fans of the Dio era of Black Sabbath.

Track list:
Disc 1 and 2: Stadthalle, Offenbach June 2, 1980
1. Intro / Supertzar
2. War Pigs
3. Neon Knights
4. N.I.B.
5. Lonely Is The Word
6. Sweet Leaf
7. Drum Solo-Bill Ward
8. Sweet Leaf-reprise
9. Children Of The Sea
10. Guitar Intro – Black Sabbath
11. Heaven And Hell
12. Iron Man
13. Jam – Guitar Solo – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Orchid
14. Die Young
15. Paranoid – Heaven And Hell Outro
16. Children Of The Grave
17. KJSO-FM Interview with Tony Iommi

Disc 3 and 4: Civic Arena, Hartford, August 10, 1980
18. Intro / Supertzar
19. War Pigs
20. Neon Knights
21. N.I.B.
22. Children Of The Sea
23. Sweet Leaf
24. Drum Solo-Bill Ward
25. Sweet Leaf-reprise
26. Black Sabbath
27. Heaven And Hell
28. Iron Man
29. Guitar Solo
30. Die Young
31. Paranoid – Heaven And Hell Outro
32. Children Of The Grave
33. Supertzar-live Usa August 1980
34. War Pigs-live Usa August 1980
35. Neon Knights-live Usa August 1980
36. Children Of The Sea-live Usa August 1980
37. Guitar Intro – Black Sabbath-live Usa August 1980
38. Die Young-live Usa August 1980
39. Children Of The Grave-live Hammersmith. London, May 8 1980
40. Off The Record Interview with Geezer Butler Pt.1
41. Off The Record Interview with Geezer Butler Pt.2
42. Off The Record Interview with Geezer Butler Pt.3
43. KMET-FM Ronnie James Dio US Radio Interview
44. WLPX Ronnie James Dio US Radio Interview

Disc 5 and 6: Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, November 16, 1980
45. Intro / Supertzar
46. War Pigs
47. Neon Knights
48. N.I.B.
49. Children Of The Sea
50. Sweet Leaf
51. Drum Solo-Vinnie Appice
52. Sweet Leaf-reprise
53. Lady Evil
54. Guitar Intro – Black Sabbath
55. Heaven And Hell
56. Iron Man
57. Guitar Solo / Instrumental Jam
58. Orchid
59. Die Young
60. Paranoid – Heaven And Hell Outro

Disc 7 and 8: Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, November 18, 1980
61. Intro / Supertzar
62. War Pigs
63. Neon Knights
64. N.I.B.
65. Children Of The Sea
66. Sweet Leaf
67. Drum Solo-Vinnie Appice
68. Lady Evil
69. Guitar Intro – Black Sabbath
70. Heaven And Hell
71. Iron Man
72. Announcement In English
73. Announcement In Japanese
74. JOQR FM Japan Radio Ronnie James Dio Interview

Disc 9: Capitol Theatre, Sydney, November 27, 1980
75. Intro / Supertzar
76. War Pigs
77. Neon Knights
78. N.I.B.
79. Children Of The Sea
80. Sweet Leaf
81. Drum Solo-Vinnie Appice
82. Sweet Leaf-reprise
83. Guitar Intro – Black Sabbath
84. Heaven And Hell
85. Iron Man
86. Die Young Intro
87. Guitar Solo
88. Die Young Reprise
89. Paranoid – Heaven And Hell Outro
90. Radio 4IP Interview with Ronnie James Dio
91. Castle Rock Show Interview with Ronnie James Dio