BLACK SABBATH Biking Skulls WORCHESTER MASS IAN GILLAN

	£		55
	$		73

black sabbath

BIKING SKULLS

WHITE MAGIC WMLP-07 (AUSTRALIA) 1983

EXCELLENT / NEAR MINT

RARE

1983

IAN

GILLAN

!IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIVE LP!

LIVE IN WORCHESTER MASSACHUSETTS

very cool full-colour front cover

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BLACK

SABBATH

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TONY

IOMMI

GEEZER

BUTLER

BILL

WARD

OZZY

OSBOURNE

FANTASTIC, ALMOST STUDIO SOUND QUALITY - TAKEN DIRECT FROM THE MIXING DESK FOR LIVE RADIO BROADCAST - IAN GILLAN’S VOCALS ARE UNBELIEVABLE - HE DOES GREAT JUSTICE TO THESE SACRED CLASSICS, EVEN HANDLING THE EPIC OF DOOM ‘BLACK SABBATH’ BRILLIANTLY, WHICH HAS ALL OF OZZY’S ORIGINAL EMOTIONAL INTENSITY AND THEN SOME, WITH IAN ADDING MANIACAL DEMONIC LAUGHTER AND CHILLING SCREAMS - COMPLETE WITH TOLLING BELL, THIS ONE IS MASSIVE! - TONY IOMMI BEGINS WITH AN ALMOST BAROQUE GUITAR INTRO AND THE SHEER MONUMENTAL WEIGHT OF THE RIFF WHEN IT KICKS IN IS AWESOME - HIS LEAD BREAK AS THE SONG REACHES ITS PEAK IS FRIGHTENINGLY POWERFUL - IN FACT, TONY’S GUITAR WORK IS TOTALLY BRUTAL THROUGHOUT - HE EVEN THROWS IN SOME BLISTERINGLY FAST BLACKMORE-STYLE SOLOING TO ‘SMOKE ON THE WATER’ - IAN OBVIOUSLY GETS A BIG KICK OUT OF SINGING THIS DEEP PURPLE TRADEMARK WITH BLACK SABBATH! - GEEZER’S BASS IS, OF COURSE, AMAZINGLY ELASTIC AS ALWAYS - WHAT A PLAYER! - AND JUST HOW GOOD IS IT TO HEAR BEV BEVAN (!) PLAYING THE DRUMS AT LAST WITH HIS LIFELONG BRUMMIE MATES - GEOFF NICHOLLS’ OCCASIONAL KEYS ARE MIXED WELL BACK SO THEY NEVER INTRUDE - THE OVERALL BALANCE OF THIS RAW BUT TIGHT LIVE LP CAPTURED FOR RADIO WITH A HIGHLY APPRECIATIVE WORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS AUDIENCE IS JUST ABOUT PERFECT - ‘PARANOID’ IS TAKEN AT BREAKNECK PACE WITH GILLAN DELIVERING THE MUCH-LOVED ANTHEM IN EXEMPLARY FASHION - INCREDIBLY, ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER SONGS, HE DOESN’T EVEN SCREW UP OR FORGET ANY LYRICS! - PERHAPS BEST OF ALL, HOWEVER, IS A BONECRUNCHING VERSION OF ‘CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE’ WITH A SPINECHILLING SOLO FROM TONY AND THE BEST AND MOST BRUISING RENDITION OF THE DOOMED-OUT MID SECTION I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED - AGAIN, IAN GILLAN SINGS THIS MASTERPIECE SUPERBLY AND IT IS QUITE ASTONISHING TO REALISE HOW WELL HIS VOICE SUITED THE GROUP - TO HEAR HIM CONTRIBUTE SUCH HUGE VOCAL PERFORMANCES ON MAJOR BLACK SABBATH PIECES IS AN HONOUR, JUST AS IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO EXPERIENCE TONY AND GEEZER STORMING THROUGH ‘SMOKE ON THE WATER’ - THIS IS ONE PHENOMENAL RECORD! - I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WITNESS THE BAND LIVE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN THE MID TO LATE 70s AND THIS NIGHT MUST RANK WAY UP THERE WITH THE BEST FROM SABBATH WHEN THEY WERE AT THEIR HIGHEST PEAK - A VERY SPECIAL PIECE AND A BEYOND RARE MOMENT IN TIME!

intro   chidren of the grave   take me to the river   zero the hero   heaven and hell

black sabbath   smoke on the water   paranoid

VERY RARE UNOFFICIAL LIVE LP

extremely limited original vinyl LP release from 23 years ago by White Magic of Melbourne, Victoria

featuring Ian Gillan

live in Worchester Massachusetts 1983

excellent / near mint condition

genuine original pressing with incredible thick full-colour sleeve

white labels and hand-inscribed matrix numbers: BS-01 / BS-02

RARE

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