Black Sabbath: Live at Hammersmith Odeon Scheduled for Ltd. Edition Vinyl Release in January (Metal Club)

Black Sabbath's Live at Hammersmith Odeon is coming out on a limited edition 3-LP vinyl pressing on January 11th next year. These tracks were originally released on a limited edition Rhino Handmade CD in 2007 (now sold out) and more recently were included in the 2CD reissue of Mob Rules.

The fourteen tracks on this set were compiled from four shows that Black Sabbath played at Hammersmith Odeon between Dec. 31st 1981 and Jan. 3rd 1982. According to Rob Dwyer (sabbathlive.com), here is the breakdown:

1) Neon Knights (January 2nd, 1982)
2) N.I.B. (January 1st, 1982)
3) Children Of The Sea (January 1st, 1982)
4) Country Girl (January 1st, 1982)
5) Black Sabbath (December 31st, 1981)
6) War Pigs (January 1st, 1982)
7) Slipping Away (December 31st, 1981)
8) Iron Man (January 1st, 1981)
9) The Mob Rules (December 31st, 1981)
10) Heaven And Hell (January 1st, 1982)
11) Paranoid (December 31st, 1981)
12) Voodoo (January 2nd, 1982)
13) Children Of The Grave (December 31st, 1982)

This 3-LP set is on 180 gram vinyl with a triple gatefold packaging and it will be limited to 3,000 numbered copies.

Links:
Black Sabbath

Heaven & Hell: Win A Vinyl Copy of "The Devil You Know" (Courtesy of Rhino Records)

It has been a while since I've done a give-away...

To keep this simple - drop me an email at 'mike.brooklynrocks at gmail dot com' with the subject 'Giveaway'. Be sure to include to include your first and last name and postal mailing address in the email.

I'll close this out on July 2nd and choose a winner at random.

Links:
Heaven & Hell's Website
Rhino Records

Heaven & Hell Announce Show at MSG on August 25 - Pre-Sale Tickets on Sale Tomorrow (May 6th)

Heaven & Hell is touring this summer with Coheed & Cambria and the tour stops at Madison Square Gardens on August 25th.

Pre-sale tickets go on-sale tomorrow at 10AM (the password is supposed to be 'devil') and tickets are available to the general public starting at 10AM on Friday, May 8th. Ticket prices range between $54.50 - $79.50.

Here is the full list of tour dates for the band's August tour:
07 Vancouver, BC, Thunderbird Arena
08 Seattle, WA, WaMu Theater* (w/Neurosis)
10 San Jose, CA, Event Center Arena
11 Los Angeles, CA, Greek Theater
12 Phoenix, AZ, Dodge Theater
14 Albuquerque, NM, Journal Pavilion
15 Denver, CO, Red Rocks
18 Cincinnati, OH, PNC Pavilion
19 Chicago, IL, Charter One Pavilion
21 Detroit, MI, Meadow Brook Pavilion
22 Cleveland, OH, Nautica Pavilion
23 Baltimore, MD, Merriweather Post Pavilion
25 New York, NY, WaMu Theater @ MSG
27 Wallingford, CT, Chevrolet Theatre
28 Boston, MA, Bank Of America Pavilion

Links:
Heaven & Hell's Website

Heaven and Hell: Advance Tracks from "The Devil You Know" (Black Sabbath)

Stream: Heaven and Hell - Five Advance Tracks from "The Devil You Know"

Who ever thought Black Sabbath would reunite with Dio...and record a new studio disc?

Heaven and Hell (I have a hard time not saying 'Sabbath') have their first studio disc coming out on April 28th on Rhino Entertainment. The last time this lineup of the band went into the studio was 1992's Dehumanizer.

There are a couple of different versions of The Devil You Know coming out next week:
- The iTunes version contains bonus live versions of "I" and "Die Young" (from Heaven & Hell's 2007 tour)
- At select indie record stores, a signed booklet or a t-shirt comes with the purchase of the disc (check out Vintage Vinyl in Fords, NJ)
- The Best Buy version comes with a bonus DVD of behind-the-scenes content with interviews, studio footage, etc.
- The Wal Mart version features an exclusive cover with a logo similar to the old Sabbath logo

Here is the teaser promo video for The Devil You Know:


Links:
Heaven and Hell's Website

Heaven & Hell - Pictures from CD Signing at Vintage Vinyl, Fords, NJ 8/2/08

I'm not much for CD signings but I couldn't pass up meeting Heaven & Hell. Like most signings/in-stores, this was a wristband-only event. With only 500 wristbands available, I thought would sell out right away so I drove out to Vintage Vinyl a few weeks ago and purchased the Heaven & Hell - Radio City DVD and got a wristband. Surprisingly, I heard some people talking that wristbands were still available early in the day. It seems at bit unbelievable that this wasn't as mobbed as the Ozzy/Sabbath CD signing at VirginMega back in the late 90's.

Anyway, the line seemed to move fairly quickly and it was about a 90 minute wait to meet the band. The band was really cool and I got a few pictures in addition to the signed DVD.



Heaven & Hell are playing PNC Arts Center on August 9th and Jones Beach on August 10th.

Links:
Heaven & Hell's Website