Black Sabbath 1980-11-27 Capitol Theatre Sydney, Australia

Black Sabbath
1980-11-27
Capitol Theatre
Sydney, Australia
Stereo soundboard recording
DBP edition*
FLAC

*Lineage:
SBD (stereo) > analog master cassette tape > unknown high-end transfer equipment > DAT > unknown high-end transfer equipment > analog metal cassette tape > unknown high-end tape deck > Sony SBM converter > PC > moderate editing and mastering by Digital Bitch Productions (DBP) > 2xCDR  > PC > WAV > FLAC > Dime > you

Running time:
90:25 min

Artwork:
Included (created by DBP)

Many thanks to Digital Bitch Productions (DBP)! As for the lineage: DBP (located in Germany) were contacted by an Australian fan who told them that his friend had purchased the original analog master tape of this show, recorded from the SBD, and had already transferred that tape to DAT using high-end equipment. DBP responded by asking if they could get a DAT or CDR copy of the DAT tape. For some reason though, the Australian fans were unable to do that. Instead, the DAT tape was transferred to a high-quality analog metal cassette tape that was sent to Germany. As soon as it arrived, DBP transferred it to digital and moderately mastered it.

This is an excellent-sounding stereo SBD recording. Geoff's keyboards are clearly audible, which sounds - as usual - a bit funny sometimes. The biggest flaw of this recording is that Children of the Grave wasn't taped, and the beginnings of both Heaven and Hell and Paranoid are missing as well.

Other non-commercial versions of this SBD recording that I have checked were all known or unknown higher generation copies (except one that seemed to be more or less a digital copy of this one, but never made it to Dime). The commercial bootlegs I have checked were either edited down to ~75 min to fit one CD by removing the guitar solo ("Burning the Cross", "We Blind the Sky", "Bringer of Evil") or had the guitar solo added from a higher generation tape ("Bringer of Evil - Definitive Edition", "Under The Southern Cross"). This DBP edition, in contrast, contains the guitar solo in the exact same quality as everything else. The only commercial release that I haven't been able to track down, "Ausie Knights" (Smooth Dancer), is likely a copy of the DBP edition. Anyway, if anyone owns "Ausie Knights", please let me know. I would be very interested in getting a FLAC rip and compare it.

Tracklist:
101. Supertzar (intro) (01:11 min)
102. War Pigs (07:24 min)
103. Neon Knights (04:45 min)
104. N.I.B (05:37 min)
105. Children of the Sea (06:30 min)
106. Sweet Leaf (03:58 min)
107. Drum solo (03:10 min)
108. Sweat Leaf (cont.) (02:16 min)
109. Black Sabbath (09:38 min)
201. Heaven and Hell (cuts in) (16:44 min)
202. Iron Man (07:07 min)
203. Guitar solo (13:19 min)
204. Die Young (05:17 min)
205. Paranoid (cuts in) + Heaven and Hell (reprise) (03:29 min)

Line-up:
Tony Iommi - Guitars
Ronnie James Dio (RIP) - Vocals
Geezer Butler - Bass
Vinny Appice - Drums
Geoff Nicholls (RIP) - Keyboards 

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