Live at Hammersmith Odeon

Infobox Album
Name = Live at Hammersmith Odeon
Type = live
Artist = Black Sabbath


Released = May 1, 2007
Recorded = 1981/1982
Genre = Heavy metal
Length =
Label = Rhino Handmade
Producer = Black Sabbath
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kvfexzy5ldse link]
Chronology = Black Sabbath
Last album = ""
(2007)
This album = "Live at Hammersmith Odeon"
(2007)
Next album =

"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.

Track listing

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

Personnel

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

ales

The album was released on Rhino Handmade in a limited edition of 5,000 numbered copies, timed to coincide with the release of "" 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.Fact|date=May 2007

"Live at Hammersmith Odeon" thus became the quickest selling album in the 9 year history of Rhino Handmade.Fact|date=May 2007

External links

* [http://rhinohandmade.com/browse/ProductLink.lasso?Number=7735 Product description] on Rhino Handmade