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Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell (1980)(2CD SHM Remaster)
Japanese only 2 x SHM paper sleeve pressing. Features 2010 DSD Remastering. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing, SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc, allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players.
A huge return to form - rejuvenated by pint sized wonderthroat Ronnie James Dio exactly as Purple had been by David Coverdale a couple of years earlier. Neon Knights and the title track are classic straightforward Sabbath, Children of the Sea, Die Young and Lonely is the Word married this riff-fest to the drama of Dio era Rainbow beautifully. Iommi's guitar playing takes another step forward here, and his solos throughout are the best of his career. His work on all of the above is almost operatic in scope, drama and fluency.
All together, this was Sabbath's most coherent, consistent and vitalmore… album, it showed the so called 'New Wave of British Heavy Metal' up for the spotty bed-wetters they really were.
The 2010 remaster adds 1980 live cuts and a dreadful, unremastered mono version of Lady Evil. The live tracks - Neon Knights, Die Young, two different versions of Children of the Sea and - bizarrely - two copies of the same Heaven and Hell (one faded out five minutes before the end) - all stick far closer to the album arrangement than Live Evil takes. Sadly, as fans commented at the time, Bill's disillusion with the band at this point (the live tracks were mostly recorded 9 days before he quit) is evident in his playing, which is unadventurous, often replacing studio flourishes with straight beat-keeping. The production on the live songs is very compressed and raw, like an untreated soundboard recording - which the new tracks may in fact be. One version of each of the doubled tracks, however, is taken from a released single. I presume they just couldn't track down the original recordings - which makes me wonder why they didn't replace one of duplicated Heaven and Hells with, say, a live version of Lonely is the Word, criminally dropped from the setlist once Vinnie Appice joined the band. The sound quality is quieter - and somewhat less punchy - than the 2004 Sanctuary release. You notice it straight away on Neon Knights, which sounds less brutal, full-on and remorseless. Like The Doors remasters, maybe 80s Sabbath doesn't benefit from too much retrospective polishing. In any event, turning up the volume solves most of the problem...D. Jellinc
Many had left Black Sabbath for dead at the dawn of the '80s, and with good reason — the band's last few albums were not even close to their early classics, and original singer Ozzy Osbourne had just split from the band. But the Sabs had found a worthy replacement in former Elf and Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio, and bounced back to issue their finest album since the early '70s, 1980's Heaven and Hell. The band sounds reborn and re-energized throughout. Several tracks easily rank among Sabbath's all-time best, such as the vicious album opener, "Neon Knights," the moody, mid-paced epic "Children of the Sea," and the title track, which features one of Tony Iommi 's best guitar riffs. With Heaven and Hell, Black Sabbath were obviously back in business. Unfortunately, the Dio-led version of the band would only record one more studio album before splitting up (although Dio would return briefly in the early '90s). One of Sabbath's finest records...G. Prato
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell (1980)(2CD SHM Remaster 2010)
Codec: flac
High Fidelity CD Formats
SACD (Super Audio CD)
HSACD (Hybrid SACD)
HDCD (High Definition Compatible Digital)
MFSL (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)
DTS 5.1 Audio CD
DCC Gold GZS
Size: 491 MB
Genre : Rock
2000mustangs
Hi Waen, great share. How is the weather in pattaya? See you soon...
Line-up:
Vocals : Ronnie James Dio
Guitar : Tony Iommi
Bass : Geezer Butler
Drums : Bill Ward
Tracklist:
CD 1
01 Neon Knights 3:54
02 Children Of The Sea 5:34
03 Lady Evil 4:26
04 Heaven And Hell 6:58
05 Wishing Well 4:07
06 Die Young 4:45
07 Walk Away 4:25
08 Lonely Is The Word 5:50
CD 2
01 Children Of The Sea - Live 6:25
02 Heaven And Hell - Live 7:20
03 Lady Evil - Mono Edit 3:58
04 Neon Knights - Live in Hartford 4:49
05 Children Of The Sea - Live in Hartford 5:58
06 Heaven And Hell - Live in Hartford 12:34
07 Die Young - Live in Hartford 4:36
