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Black Sabbath 01/19/81
Hammersmith Odeon, London, England
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Set I
War Pigs [joined in progress during verse - "Politicians turn their heads away"]
Neon Knights
N.I.B.
Children Of The Sea
Sweet Leaf
Drum Solo
Sweet Leaf [reprise]
Lady Evil
Black Sabbath
Heaven And Hell
Iron Man
Guitar Solo
Die Young
Paranoid
Set II
 
Set III
 
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Muffdiver (5/5) DVD / 1 View  
Hellrazor69 (5/5) dvd / 1 B B View  
TOTALMETALDVD (5/5) DVD / 1 B+ View   AUD SHOT - STANDALONE MENU
Notes: Overall GOOD quality show shot from right of center balcony. A great early Dio era Sabbath.
Metal Trader (5/5) DVD / 1 View   AUD [1:17:18]
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infected_by_sound (5/5) DVD / 1 View  
Notes: AUD
phil (5/0) Dvdr / 1 View  
Mark (5/4.9) DVD / 1 B+ B+ View   AUD
Notes: AUD 85m (Also includes slideshow)
Powerage5 (3/4.6) DVD-R / 1 7 View   AUD - 1 cam
Notes: AUD - 1 cam
emanon (3/4.8) DVD / 1 View  
koopee (2/4.8) DVD / 1 View  
IMABAJIM (1/5) DVD / 1 View  
Notes: AUDIENCE 1 CAM ,, B GRADE ,, 88MIN
Hard2Handell (1/4.3) DVD / 1 A- View   Audience
Do NOT Use (1/5) DVD / 1 View   Aud
C Montana (1/4) DVDR / 1 A- A- View   TV
Brandon (1/4.8) DVD / 1 View  
carlos arias (0/0) DVD / 1 View  
STEPHane (0/3) DVD / 1 View  
Petr (0/0) DVD / 0 View   AUD
Notes: Good to very good (at best) quality. London ĺ81 is the most complete film that we have from the HEAVEN AND HELL world tour, lacking only the introduction, 1st half of ôWar Pigsö and possibly an encore of ôChildren Of The Graveö. But we do get to see one of a kind visual representations of the band performing ôSweet Leafö with Ronnie, as well as ôLady Evilö. This was the second night of a four-night stand at the Hammersmith Odeon in mid-January 1981. Technically speaking, the film may be disappointing to those hoping for the perfect specimen. The sound quality is quite distorted and the camera work is very shaky in spots. Also ľ the lens of the camera was a bit dirty. During the darker scenes, you can see an imprint made upon the dust that was sitting on the lens. This should be a reminder to you amateur videographers to ôclean your lenses before filmingö! But once youĺre at peace with its faults, youĺre thankful to have this unique glimpse at one of Sabbathĺs last HEAVEN AND HELL era shows. The filmer was in the center-right side of the balcony (more towards Iommi), thus giving us a fairly unobstructed view of the entire stage. Two large crosses are tilted towards one another from opposite sides of Vinnyĺs drum riser. Geezer Butler is all in white with a thin, striped tie! Ronnie is dressed a bit more casually in jeans. The show is often traded as 12/30/80, but this date is definitely incorrect. Sabbath were originally scheduled to perform at the Hammersmith Odeon in London from December 27th through 30th, but later postponed these appearances until the New Year (January 18th and 21st). But once this had been determined, we were left with the question of which show this was actually from. The date was narrowed down to the January 19th show through a process of elimination, thanks to some detective work by John Maulucci and Gary Dean. Gary Dean: ôI checked all 3 shows & none are the same as the video, in which only leads to one date that may be the correct date for the video. A show no one has [on audio tape] as far as I can see.ö One unique aspect of the London 1/19/81 show is Ronnieĺs introduction for ôN.I.B.ö, which he mistakenly introduces as ôSweet Leafö. Geezer disregards the mistake and begins the riff to ôN.I.B.ö Ronnie quickly corrects himself and mutters an apology to the audience.