Live at Hammersmith Odeon

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Live at Hammersmith Odeon
Live album by Black Sabbath
Released	May 1, 2007
Recorded	1981/1982
Genre	Heavy metal
Label	Rhino Handmade
Producer	Black Sabbath
Professional reviews
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Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell chronology
Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (2007) Live at Hammersmith Odeon (2007)

Live at Hammersmith Odeon is a live Black Sabbath album recorded December 1981 during the Mob Rules tour. It was released on May 1, 2007 in a limited edition of 5000, which sold out immediately.

The songs "Country Girl" and "Slipping Away" make their debut on official live releases.

It was released only as a digipak, featuring a mini reproduction of a tour programme. Although there is a UK tour progamme for the 'Mob Rules' dates, the one included with this release is actually that for the January 1981 UK dates, which were part of the 'Heaven and Hell' tour. (The cover photo is also from the 'Heaven and Hell' tour.)

The album does not detail from which of the four nights each song was taken but, by comparison to existing bootlegs, diligent fans have uncovered this info, see details below.

[edit] Track listing

1. "E5150" (Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler)
2. "Neon Knights" (January 2nd, 1982) (Dio, Iommi, Butler, Bill Ward)
3. "N.I.B." (January 1st, 1982) (Ozzy Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward)
4. "Children of the Sea" (January 1st, 1982) (Dio, Iommi, Butler, Ward)
5. "Country Girl" (January 1st, 1982) (Dio, Iommi, Butler)
6. "Black Sabbath" (December 31st, 1981)
7. "War Pigs" (January 1st, 1982) (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward)
8. "Slipping Away" (December 31st, 1981) (Dio, Iommi, Butler)
9. "Iron Man" (January 1st, 1981) (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward)
10. "The Mob Rules" (December 31st, 1981) (Dio, Iommi, Butler)
11. "Heaven and Hell" (January 1st, 1982) (Dio, Iommi, Butler, Ward)
12. "Paranoid" (December 31st, 1981) (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward)
13. "Voodoo" (January 2nd, 1982) (Dio, Iommi, Butler)
14. "Children of the Grave" (December 31st, 1981) (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward)

[edit] Personnel

• Ronnie James Dio – vocals
• Tony Iommi – guitars
• Geezer Butler – bass
• Vinny Appice – drums
• Geoff Nicholls – keyboards

[edit] Sales

The album was released on Rhino Handmade in a limited edition of 5,000 numbered copies, timed to coincide with the release of Black Sabbath: The Dio Years and with the world tour of Heaven and Hell. On May 2, 2007, Tony Iommi's official website posted a notice stating all 5,000 copies had sold out; apparently, the final copies sold on the May 1, 2007, the day of its release.^{[citation needed]}

Live at Hammersmith Odeon thus became the quickest selling album in the 9 year history of Rhino Handmade.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• Product description on Rhino Handmade