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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This is a must-have for Sabbath fans. The only "official" early Sabs set is on view here. To be sure, its a bit dated in terms of stage-show, editing, etc but isn't that part of the beauty of the thing? When Beatles fans go nuts over B&W film of the terrible four, no-one complains. So screw the critics. This is a fantastic DVD of the Sabs at their best. A must-see for all genuine rock afficianados, and essential to Sabbath fans. Great stuff.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I was at the Hammersmith Odeon at this gig in the second row of the circle (in the middle) and my memory of it was that Black Sabbath were tired, bloated and blown off stage by Van Halen who were the support band for that tour. I remember that Van Halen did 2 encores and Sabbath only did 1, proof, if we needed it, that their time was up. Don't get me wrong, I love old Sabbath stuff but this tour was far from their best.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I must disagree with my friend KoKy, who - by the way - reviewed DVD I bought. :)
I understand him in a way - we all want perfect sound. BUT...
I believe most of you will agree with me that quality of sound/picture/menu/sleeves is - after all - still the FORM. And what is more (and the most) important is - after all - the CONTENTS.
So let's start from the contents of this DVD.
This video was originally released as VHS, some quarter of a century ago. :) It features Sabbath's concert filmed professionally at legendary venue Hammersmith Odeon in London, on June 19, 1978. Unfortunatelly, this video does not contain complete concert, but it still has most of it, with all the most important songs. (A few songs which are missing were probably not recorded at all.) The concert was part of the "World tour 1978", the last Sabbath tour with Ozzy.
And now for the most important issue of all - Black Sabbath are fuckin' BRILLIANT at this concert! Ozzy is great, Geezer is great. Tony is... well, Tony. And Bill Ward - like reviewer ncassar said - "just blows you away"!!
My favourite part is the begining of the show - "Supertzar" intro with the first song "Symptom of the Universe", which fitted together perfectly. But the whole concert is awesome, I can't describe it with words - you have to see it for yourself.
Now, the sound quality is not so great - although not so disastrous as KoKy wrote. But here is the main difference between his and mine way of looking at the things. He wrote: "What's the point ... when the sound is terrible?" And I say: for the good sound, you have albums (CDs), and the POINT of this DVD is not the sound, but the picture. This DVD is important because we can SEE Sabbath live on stage. Great sound quality would be more than welcome, sure - but here, sound is less important than the video. (Video quality is not perfect, but still quite good.)
So... the concert, Sabbath performance itself - gets 5 stars, no doubt about that. But I will took one star away for the bad sound quality. Furthermore, I will took another star away because the sleeve and menu of this DVD are so incredibly cheap, and without any extra stuff, and without almost any information about the show!
So... that leaves us with 3 stars for this DVD. But now I will ADD one star for the fact that THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL SABBATH LIVE DVD (for the 1970's era)!
With more good will from producers/publishers of this DVD, I believe this COULD be much better edition. This band... this show... deserves better. With that in mind:
4 stars ... highly recomended.
"WE LOVE YOU ALL!!"
I understand him in a way - we all want perfect sound. BUT...
I believe most of you will agree with me that quality of sound/picture/menu/sleeves is - after all - still the FORM. And what is more (and the most) important is - after all - the CONTENTS.
So let's start from the contents of this DVD.
This video was originally released as VHS, some quarter of a century ago. :) It features Sabbath's concert filmed professionally at legendary venue Hammersmith Odeon in London, on June 19, 1978. Unfortunatelly, this video does not contain complete concert, but it still has most of it, with all the most important songs. (A few songs which are missing were probably not recorded at all.) The concert was part of the "World tour 1978", the last Sabbath tour with Ozzy.
And now for the most important issue of all - Black Sabbath are fuckin' BRILLIANT at this concert! Ozzy is great, Geezer is great. Tony is... well, Tony. And Bill Ward - like reviewer ncassar said - "just blows you away"!!
My favourite part is the begining of the show - "Supertzar" intro with the first song "Symptom of the Universe", which fitted together perfectly. But the whole concert is awesome, I can't describe it with words - you have to see it for yourself.
Now, the sound quality is not so great - although not so disastrous as KoKy wrote. But here is the main difference between his and mine way of looking at the things. He wrote: "What's the point ... when the sound is terrible?" And I say: for the good sound, you have albums (CDs), and the POINT of this DVD is not the sound, but the picture. This DVD is important because we can SEE Sabbath live on stage. Great sound quality would be more than welcome, sure - but here, sound is less important than the video. (Video quality is not perfect, but still quite good.)
So... the concert, Sabbath performance itself - gets 5 stars, no doubt about that. But I will took one star away for the bad sound quality. Furthermore, I will took another star away because the sleeve and menu of this DVD are so incredibly cheap, and without any extra stuff, and without almost any information about the show!
So... that leaves us with 3 stars for this DVD. But now I will ADD one star for the fact that THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL SABBATH LIVE DVD (for the 1970's era)!
With more good will from producers/publishers of this DVD, I believe this COULD be much better edition. This band... this show... deserves better. With that in mind:
4 stars ... highly recomended.
"WE LOVE YOU ALL!!"
Most Recent Customer Reviews
good!
il prodotto è arrivato integro e la spedizione è stata veloce. venditore raccomandato.che palle non so più che scrivere! all is ok thanks
Published 4 months ago by DalexaM
quality
love sabbath saw them in manchester on this actual tour when i was a lot younger.
its brill.
if you love sabbath you are bound to enjoy this.
its brill.
if you love sabbath you are bound to enjoy this.
Published 5 months ago by Steven J. Smith
Great picture and performance, but awful sound
I'm very merciless when writting review of any music-featuring DVD that doesn't serve its primarily purpose well - THE SOUND. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2006 by KoKy_the_rock_maniac
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