Black Sabbath Past Lives (Deluxe Edition, 180 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's)Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass); Bill Ward (drums). Principally recorded live in Manchester and London, England in 1973. Includes liner notes by Bruce Pilato. Hot on the heels of Ozzy Osbourne's rebirth as a pop culture icon comes PAST LIVES, Black Sabbath's first official Ozzy era live recording. Initially released as an unauthorized 1980 recording called LIVE AT LAST, disc one takes the same material

alternately shimmering and clipped keyboards

” which was released on June 12th amidst worldwide protests

" the anthropomorphic ode "Caribou

Format Detail: LP Gold color vinyl

their unbridled enthusiasm for all things classic rock is kind of endearing -- their oldest members were barely of legal drinking age at the time of the recording -- and that fresh-faced approach to such well-worn tropes helps elevate the material

1 Hopefulessness 2 City Looks Pretty 3 Charity 4 Need A Little Time 5 Nameless

before 'Let There Be Light' hovers into view like Jean Michel Jarre piloting that huge UFO in Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Kenny Passarelli (bass

Good Time Guy

when you could be with me wasting your time

" In the end

and Mellotrons