Black Sabbath 1971-01-14 Oval Hall, City Hall Sheffield, UK

 

Black Sabbath
1971-01-14
Oval Hall, City Hall*
Sheffield, UK
VG+ audience recording
"Sheffield '71" version
FLAC

A SABBATH DIMERS PROJECT (SDP) UPLOAD 

* The Oval Hall is the largest concert hall inside Sheffield City Hall.

Running time:
59:26 min

Artwork:
Included

Line-Up:
Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals
Tony Iommi – Guitar
Geezer Butler – Bass
Bill Ward – Drums

Tracklist:
(01) War Pigs (07:18)
(02) Into The Void (alt. lyrics) (07:14)
(03) Iron Man (07:10)
(04) Guitar Intro (01:49)
(05) Black Sabbath (07:37)
(06) After Forever (alt. lyrics) (05:43)
(07) Wicked World (12:59)
(08) Fairies Wear Boots (06:50)
(09) Paranoid (02:45)

This recording is famous, especially for including great early live renditions of the rarely recorded tracks "Into The Void" and "After Forever". Thanks to the original uploader! Since some people said that this show was lossy-sourced, I checked and compared aboout 8 versions of it regarding their sound, running times, spectral and frequency images. Thanks to all those who sent me their versions for testing, and of course to those who advised me in lossiness testing! Most of those versions were completely identical. This is one of them. They all originate from the famous "Sheffield '71" bootleg which was sourced directly from the master tape, see quoted info below. Regrettably, I removed the 54 sec. snipped of the 1969 demo song "When I Came Down" that was originally included here as bonus track. Sorry for that, I have no idea why I did it. Maybe somebody else can upload it? 

Regarding the often discussed lossiness issue: As I mentioned above, I tested a lot of versions of this show. While there exists a version that is clear lossy-sourced without ambiguity (probably sourced from 128K MP3), this (much wider circulated) version is a more complicate case. To make a long story short: After all the tests I am now sure that this is lossless. Though it was said that it is directly from the master and definitely lossless when it started to circulate, it shows a frequency cut-off that might indicate lossy lineage; however, the cut-off might also just indicate that the source tape didn't include much sound above 15 kHz (due to the specific charecteristics of the tape or the recording device that was used). Since the spectral image (as shown by the software Cool Edit Pro, which does this job much better than Exact Audio Copy) zoomed to 2 seconds shows NONE of the "lego blocks" that are typical for lossy-sourced recordings, and no straight, clear-cut boarder between the black and the blue areas either, some people who are much more experts in these issues than I am concluded that this is lossless. 

Enjoy this great and historic show!

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FURTHER INFO QUOTED FROM FORMER INFO WEBSITE <SABBATHLIVE.COM>:

'The tape speed begins shifting when the recorders batteries starting waning during “Wicked World”. The problem grows a bit worse during the last two tracks – “Paranoid” and “Fairies Wear Boots”. These defects are disappointing, but not enough to ruin an otherwise wonderful early audience tape.

It is also important to note that this does NOT appear to be the complete show. During this era, Sabbath almost always began the show with “N.I.B.”, which is missing here. Instead, the tape begins with the 2nd song, “War Pigs”. This is a guess on my part, but none of the other shows from this era start with “War Pigs”.

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CD-R's: 

SHEFFIELD ’71 (2004 SL / Rock Steady Records): The definitive version! Sourced directly from the original master cassette and nicely re-mastered and equalized for optimum sound by RF. This CD-R was mysteriously seeded on STG in June 2004 without any mention of the mystery bonus track – a 54 second sample of the unreleased 1969 demo “When I Came Down”!"'

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PLEASE UPLOAD YOUR NON-SHARED SHOWS! ALSO, PLEASE HELP WITH MY REUQESTS, SEE COMMENTS BELOW!

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