This show was recorded at the Worcester Centrum in Worcester, MA in 1983. I was at it. One of the best concerts of my life.. Kinda strange knowing it is me and my buddies cheering in this recording. "Born Again" ruled. "Disturbing the Priest" is imo the best vocal performance ever recorded.
Saw this tour at the Spectrum in Philly. Quiet Riot was the support. Lots of Sabbath fans disliked "Born Again", but my friends and I loved it! I went with my "ride or die" brother... Harry E. His Pop was cool and would drive us over to Philly (we lived in South Jersey) to see shows and then swing by and pick us up. I was a Junior in High School and Harry was Sophomore (so we didn't drive yet). Ian Gillan provided THE spookiest version of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" I have ever heard! I believe "Paranoid" was the final encore, but Tonny Iommi walked out on to the stage... raised his hand... smiled and played the opening riff from "Smoke on the Water". The place went nuts!! Thanx for this!
I was at that show too! It was an awesome show! I was thrilled when they did this as the encore! I lived in South Jersey also! Where did you live? I lived in Turnersville!
I would love to see footage from this tour. I've wondered for a while now if Geezer was using a pick or his fingers, but from the sounds of it, I'm betting it was his fingers.
@@rustyrelicsfarm2406 not true. Look at plenty of live footage and hes using a pick. Watch the footage from hammersmith odeon 1978 and he uses a pick on some of the songs
One of the most magic moments in rock and roll... Sabbath jamming on Deep Purple's all time classic... and dare I say, excelling the original. What a powerful rendition.
Purple Sabbath-This shows you just as Great Tony truly is.A lot of bands wouldn't touch other material when an new Famous musician's joins the band,But Tony is rather humble & gave fans a nice surprised.It is interesting that Tony play's it in a Total Sabbath Way,his Tone is unmistakable & Truly MASSIVE...
Yeah but for me this is not Black Sabbath that Ive grown up with.For me Ozzy is the real Black Sabbath.I never seen this Version of BS.Seen Ozzy & Real BS 3xs.From Detroit to Philly,Florida, Ozzy's my favorite front man for his band " Black Sabbath"...
Ian Gillen was a great rock vocalist and a star independently of Sabbath. It only seemed right that at least one of his songs be sung at a Sabbath concert while he was with the band..
friend of mine said they wouldn't play this. We had to wait for traffic after this. Thank you for posting this. Thought I woulnever hear it again. Now I can show all my friends who don't believe me. Rock on dude.
My God this is so exciting...... although it took place 39 years ago. It's just that I've never heard Toni iommi/Black Sabbath cover smoke on the water although I've heard the solo that Toni played on smoke on the water for the Armenian aid program in 1989. But this is amazing.
I agree - and many people don’t know this but Geoff Nicholls - the lake great Geoff Nicholls - was on keyboards/organ in the band during this tour (and for 25 years of the bands tenure). He could’ve easily replicated Jon Lords organ parts, or even done his own rendition - but I’m thinking that conversation had to come up during rehearsals, and Tony and geezer probably just wanted it more in the vein of Sabbath and more ‘guitar heavy’ is my only guess. I’ve always wondered this too, though.
@@williamsidis5489 You can't wrap your mind around it. Look at all the great Rick Keyboardist. Lord was Lord of the Hammond. One thing Lord, Hensley and Emerson did was melt a sound of Neoclassical Hard Rock. That root was Deep Purple. They sold around 180 million Albums. Black Sabbath around 77 million.
@@kurtsherrick2066 deep purple sold 188 albums???? HAHAHAHAHAHHA… the most sold purple’s album was “machine head”, it sold around 7 millions copy, just “Paranoid” sold 13 millions….
@@kurtsherrick2066 by the way, purple is on hall of fame? How about today? Purple when were reunited in the original lineup played for 70.000 people or was on usa and UK chart? NO! No one remember more about Purple… its just a foggy band for the 70’s. When Sabbath reunited in 1997, they sold better than purple’s “perfect strangers”…. Did purple play on LIVE AID? I dont think so buddy…. By the way, Iommi nowadays its a Sir, Ritchie turned into a poor/crazy and corny guy that play those boring medieval songs that no one cares….. sabbath its another league
I remember that night. 11/18/83. Sabbath blew Quiet Riot off the stage, who had the #1 single, "Bang Your Head". It was also Rudy Sarzo's birthday, & he got a cake in the face before Sabbath came out onto the stage. Geezer would have none of it, and launched into Children Of The Grave the second he set foot onstage.
It's great they did one of Ian Gillans old songs on the Born Again tour. I also kind of wish that at least once during the three different periods that Dio was in Black Sabbath (and the 3rd time he was in the band when they called themselves "Heaven & Hell." That the band would play at least a couple of Dios solo songs, I would just like to hear what those songs sounded like with Iommi playing them. I think the songs would be way heavier sounding with Iommi doing them live, than they did with Dio's bands guitarists: Campell, Goldie, Aldritch, etc...ever could. I saw Black Sabbath on their Cross Purposes 1994 tour at the state theater in Detroit, MI. with the Iommi-Butler-Martin-Rodinelli line-up, and it was by far the loudest concert I've ever been to, I could barely hear anything for about 3 days afterward. I saw the band again in 2006 with the Iommi-Butler-Dio-Appice line-up at the John Labatt arena in London, Ontario Canada. Unfortunately this time they played in a huge hockey arena, so the sound wasn't nearly as loud, I was on the opposite end of the building from the stage too so that didn't help. The other song I would have liked to hear done live, with either Dio or Ian Gillan singing was the Wizard. I can't believe Dio especially never sang that song live with them. When they did that song live with Tony Martin singing it sounded fantastic, 100 times better than Ozzy could ever have sang it even in his earlier years.
THIS is how this song needs to be performed...in a serious way. In the past 20 or so years, Gillan was performing it with this sing-a-long crap that no one is even into. No Jon Lord here, but still an excellent version.
"You're Going To Burn In Hell" -- this version is a little more evil than the Deep Purple version. Black Sabbath did this to pay tribute to Ian Gillian's previous band.
Love my Purple and love my Sabbath, mix it up once all good but never to push it again its two entire different sounds one for heavy rock and one with ozzy for heavy metal or the starting of it
I'm definitely a Ozzy fan with BS ...Seen em 3xs,but never seen this version of BS.When people talk Black Sabbath I always think of Ozzy as the front man for BS.I guess this version is OK?
What do you mean you heard it all now they were both the bar chords kings it's like they were picked out of each other's own assholes the both of them were made famous by making whole albums out of bar chords I wish it that easy for me to make a living.
I really wish they could have held on long enough to make another album, as their live sets were really great as it worked better than it had any right to? But sadly the Deep Purple reunion was waiting in the wings, that too was better than it had any right as well! But great it was(IS!) And we have live recordings like this to remind us just how great this lineup was❤️🎸😎👍
the biggest difference is, that Blackmore plays this song with his fingertips, while Iommi plays it power chords - that´s the reason why it sounds heavier
Well Freddy the biggest difference is a stratocaster has single coil pickups that sound thin and shrill, and the Gibson SG has humbuckers that sound full and thick and warm. Just like Angus plays the SG. But thanks for playing. And power chords are usually two strings played with fingertips. I think you meant barre chords.
Well if I remember correctly, the recorded song has keyboards playing the rhythm, which helped to fill out the sound... I don't hear a keyboard here... Still sounds thick as hell... Hail Toni Iommi, the RiffMaster...\m/ (×_×) \m/
Don't forget Geezer's ability to fill every void in the song with his bass! Not dissing Glover but Geezer can simply be the foundation for a skyscraper in terms of being the foundation of a song, unlike Geezer who elects to play more technically and essentially be just another instrument in the sound palette.
Always wondered that myself too, James. Geoff Nicholls was their keyboardist/organist on this tour (and was with the band 1979-2004), and while his keyboards are on other songs throughout this live tour/show, I didn't hear them either. My only guess is that it was voted (probably by Tony/Geezer) that they remain very faint or even non-existent while they did this song in a more guitar-driven, Sabbathy way.
It`s much heavier than the original version but I cannot complain...creator of Heavy Metal is playing it!
only time Sabbath did a cover. Epic. The Born Again era doesn't get enough love
First time I saw BS live was this tour… fantastic!
Hands down, the best cover of this song!! Ever!! 🎶🙏🥰🙏🎶
This show was recorded at the Worcester Centrum in Worcester, MA in 1983. I was at it. One of the best concerts of my life.. Kinda strange knowing it is me and my buddies cheering in this recording. "Born Again" ruled. "Disturbing the Priest" is imo the best vocal performance ever recorded.
Muito bom !!! Ian Gillan eterno ❤👊👊👊👊
Excellent rendition with Iommi sounding heavier than Ritchie on the riffs.
Gillan sounds marvellous.
Superb guitar solo.
OMG! That riff is the most badass. Iommy totally killed it, I can listen to its instrumental even without the song that's what the prodigy he is.
I love how Tony follows the structure of the solo but makes it his own.
Hahaha yeah, this is exact what he said in an 80s interview. Pure art, so beautiful to witness this even decades after.
The Master, King of all Riffs.
Saw this tour at the Spectrum in Philly. Quiet Riot was the support. Lots of Sabbath fans disliked "Born Again", but my friends and I loved it! I went with my "ride or die" brother... Harry E. His Pop was cool and would drive us over to Philly (we lived in South Jersey) to see shows and then swing by and pick us up. I was a Junior in High School and Harry was Sophomore (so we didn't drive yet). Ian Gillan provided THE spookiest version of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" I have ever heard! I believe "Paranoid" was the final encore, but Tonny Iommi walked out on to the stage... raised his hand... smiled and played the opening riff from "Smoke on the Water". The place went nuts!! Thanx for this!
A couple nights later at Nassau Coliseum, 15 yr old me had a religious experience when they played this :-)
Saw them on this tour in Montreal with Nazareth - blew my mind
Saw them in France. They ended the live with smoke on the water.
I was at that show too! It was an awesome show! I was thrilled when they did this as the encore! I lived in South Jersey also! Where did you live? I lived in Turnersville!
@vincentbonfigli2954 Bridgeton. We're practically neighbors 😆
This the 1st time I ever heard Sabbath doing it & it sounds great!
Geezer's killing it
I would love to see footage from this tour. I've wondered for a while now if Geezer was using a pick or his fingers, but from the sounds of it, I'm betting it was his fingers.
@@KRS2000 He always used his fingers.
@@rustyrelicsfarm2406 not true. Look at plenty of live footage and hes using a pick. Watch the footage from hammersmith odeon 1978 and he uses a pick on some of the songs
Yep Geezers Bass is a fat as a chick I once dated.
Geezer absolutely abusing those bass strings.
One of the most magic moments in rock and roll... Sabbath jamming on Deep Purple's all time classic... and dare I say, excelling the original. What a powerful rendition.
Ahhhhhhhhh, no. Not even close.
The drums, bass, and a god on the guitar. Agreed.
I’d like to hear Deep Purple do Symptom of the Universe
Better than the original,hands down.
You better go see a doctor. You might have brain damage.
My favourite thing about Ian Gillian is when he imitates the guitar solos! It's so funny!
This is like seeing Ronald Macdonald in Burger King
Too funny! Tahanks. Had to grab my guit and jam along.
BLACKMORE; I'll have the Big Mac meal thanks lOMMI; I'LL HAVE THE WHOPPER meal thanku.
LMFAO
lol
LMFAO!! So true
Totally awesome! I loved this Ian Gillan Sabbath era too! It was killer. "Born Again" was a killer record too..
Didnt tony recently say that they may remix and reissue the gilan and martin era records? How grest this would be.
AMEN
You need your ears tested, Born Again is SHIT. Typical statement from a Yank, stupidity of the highest order.
Purple Sabbath-This shows you just as Great Tony truly is.A lot of bands wouldn't touch other material when an new Famous musician's joins the band,But Tony is rather humble & gave fans a nice surprised.It is interesting that Tony play's it in a Total Sabbath Way,his Tone is unmistakable & Truly MASSIVE...
purple meets black
he also said it was only fair that they did some DP stuff since Ian was singing all sabbath stuff. pretty amazing
This is probably the best video on youtube
yes
No th-cam.com/video/BKGNvo8WTrA/w-d-xo.html
This is the greatest version of smoke on the water not even close
I saw this tour. I'll never forget it! My first Black Sabbath gig!!
Yeah but for me this is not Black Sabbath that Ive grown up with.For me Ozzy is the real Black Sabbath.I never seen this Version of BS.Seen Ozzy & Real BS 3xs.From Detroit to Philly,Florida, Ozzy's my favorite front man for his band " Black Sabbath"...
My first Sabbath gig too!
@@jimkostan9932 I’d have to disagree, Tony makes what sabbath truly is..a Headbanging heavy metal band.
Tony iommi it’s the only man which to leadered since his origins, so him it Black Sabbath
Ian Gillen was a great rock vocalist and a star independently of Sabbath. It only seemed right that at least one of his songs be sung at a Sabbath concert while he was with the band..
"Is"...…
I was at one of those shows in Beaumont, texas Friday night 1984,born again tour was a badass show & night ranger was the backup band 💪🎸
Night ranger sucks
Yes they do, big time! S-U-C-K-S!
It's perfect !
Buena adaptación de la canción de Depp Purple, como siempre magnífica la guitarra de Tony Lommi.
Awesome... I like this better than the original!
Geezer owns this shit!
friend of mine said they wouldn't play this. We had to wait for traffic after this. Thank you for posting this. Thought I woulnever hear it again. Now I can show all my friends who don't believe me. Rock on dude.
My God this is so exciting...... although it took place 39 years ago. It's just that I've never heard Toni iommi/Black Sabbath cover smoke on the water although I've heard the solo that Toni played on smoke on the water for the Armenian aid program in 1989. But this is amazing.
This version is HUGELY missing Jon Lord's organ for that definitive sound.....RIP Jon Lord (The Maestro)......
I agree - and many people don’t know this but Geoff Nicholls - the lake great Geoff Nicholls - was on keyboards/organ in the band during this tour (and for 25 years of the bands tenure). He could’ve easily replicated Jon Lords organ parts, or even done his own rendition - but I’m thinking that conversation had to come up during rehearsals, and Tony and geezer probably just wanted it more in the vein of Sabbath and more ‘guitar heavy’ is my only guess. I’ve always wondered this too, though.
Organs are for church
@@williamsidis5489 You can't wrap your mind around it. Look at all the great Rick Keyboardist. Lord was Lord of the Hammond. One thing Lord, Hensley and Emerson did was melt a sound of Neoclassical Hard Rock. That root was Deep Purple. They sold around 180 million Albums. Black Sabbath around 77 million.
@@kurtsherrick2066 deep purple sold 188 albums???? HAHAHAHAHAHHA… the most sold purple’s album was “machine head”, it sold around 7 millions copy, just “Paranoid” sold 13 millions….
@@kurtsherrick2066 by the way, purple is on hall of fame? How about today? Purple when were reunited in the original lineup played for 70.000 people or was on usa and UK chart? NO! No one remember more about Purple… its just a foggy band for the 70’s. When Sabbath reunited in 1997, they sold better than purple’s “perfect strangers”…. Did purple play on LIVE AID? I dont think so buddy…. By the way, Iommi nowadays its a Sir, Ritchie turned into a poor/crazy and corny guy that play those boring medieval songs that no one cares….. sabbath its another league
Blown way by this :0 Damn...
I remember that night. 11/18/83. Sabbath blew Quiet Riot off the stage, who had the #1 single, "Bang Your Head". It was also Rudy Sarzo's birthday, & he got a cake in the face before Sabbath came out onto the stage. Geezer would have none of it, and launched into Children Of The Grave the second he set foot onstage.
Cool story Rudy is a cool guy he’s always interesting on podcasts.
Deep Sabbath!
Think I like that better than Black Purple! Both good names though
Black Purple
This is great. Thanx for this upload!
man, this is heavy
Awesome wallpaper choice & amazing sound *****
I'm so grateful to you for sharing this superb upload
A tie warm hug full positive energy great friend
Tony is the man
Awesome version!
The best crossover ever made
just when you can't improve on a perfect riff , in comes Iommi the monster of riffs , gotta dig it .
It's great they did one of Ian Gillans old songs on the Born Again tour. I also kind of wish that at least once during the three different periods that Dio was in Black Sabbath (and the 3rd time he was in the band when they called themselves "Heaven & Hell." That the band would play at least a couple of Dios solo songs, I would just like to hear what those songs sounded like with Iommi playing them. I think the songs would be way heavier sounding with Iommi doing them live, than they did with Dio's bands guitarists: Campell, Goldie, Aldritch, etc...ever could. I saw Black Sabbath on their Cross Purposes 1994 tour at the state theater in Detroit, MI. with the Iommi-Butler-Martin-Rodinelli line-up, and it was by far the loudest concert I've ever been to, I could barely hear anything for about 3 days afterward. I saw the band again in 2006 with the Iommi-Butler-Dio-Appice line-up at the John Labatt arena in London, Ontario Canada. Unfortunately this time they played in a huge hockey arena, so the sound wasn't nearly as loud, I was on the opposite end of the building from the stage too so that didn't help.
The other song I would have liked to hear done live, with either Dio or Ian Gillan singing was the Wizard. I can't believe Dio especially never sang that song live with them. When they did that song live with Tony Martin singing it sounded fantastic, 100 times better than Ozzy could ever have sang it even in his earlier years.
I saw them play this live at the Toledo sports arena in 1984? They did this number as an encore on the Born Again tour.
A song smoke on the water is a hit forever
I feel if Sabbath was going to do a Deep Purple cover, I only wish they would’ve gone deeper in the catalog, maybe Child in Time
Deep Sabbath? Purple Sabbath? Either way it’s fookin’ awesome.
Really great!
Best Cover
creio que depois da versão do Made In Japan e Live in London, esta é a terceira melhor versão ao vivo da música.
Great 🙂
THIS is how this song needs to be performed...in a serious way. In the past 20 or so years, Gillan was performing it with this sing-a-long crap that no one is even into. No Jon Lord here, but still an excellent version.
Saw this live at the Worcester Centrum, the roof blew off, the crowd when nuts....
Not all DP songs suit to Sabbath, but at least this song could be a great exception.
Iommi can play twinkle little star and you'd swear the gates of hell had opened
F'n Awesome
Awesome
Black Purple....
Tony playing Smoke On The Water is pretty neat
Heavier than the deepest purple.
No one is better than Iommi! But I get your point.
Incredible strong 💪🏾 & stunning 😂❤, even much better than The Deep Purple Version 😅!!!
"You're Going To Burn In Hell" -- this version is a little more evil than the Deep Purple version. Black Sabbath did this to pay tribute to Ian Gillian's previous band.
Love my Purple and love my Sabbath, mix it up once all good but never to push it again its two entire different sounds one for heavy rock and one with ozzy for heavy metal or the starting of it
I'm definitely a Ozzy fan with BS ...Seen em 3xs,but never seen this version of BS.When people talk Black Sabbath I always think of Ozzy as the front man for BS.I guess this version is OK?
I Love 😍🤘
He makes this riff his own.....like a jack hammer
Lets call it greatness :)
That Bass :)
this song really suits Geezers bass too
amazing bass
Geezer Rlz xd
I like the original. I like the Sabbath version better.
TONY IOMMI DOING RITCHIE BLACKMORE!! I have heard it all now :)
I saw it live in Copenhagen back in the 80's
What do you mean you heard it all now they were both the bar chords kings it's like they were picked out of each other's own assholes the both of them were made famous by making whole albums out of bar chords I wish it that easy for me to make a living.
You all want to hear a real guitarist than listen to Randy Rhoades I bet Randy didn't even bother learning this crap as a kid.
@@patrickshannon1547 check out Allan Holdsworth and Al di Meola if you want a real guitarist.
@@patrickshannon1547 😎 this is hilarious
I really wish they could have held on long enough to make another album, as their live sets were really great as it worked better than it had any right to? But sadly the Deep Purple reunion was waiting in the wings, that too was better than it had any right as well! But great it was(IS!) And we have live recordings like this to remind us just how great this lineup was❤️🎸😎👍
Made in Japan the best version obviously!!!!
You can tell from the start its sabbeth from the guitar sound
HELL YEAH! THE SHIT!
Iommi riffs are always monstrous
I'm probably gonna get flack for this, but this version sounds better than the Mk IV lineup of Deep Purples live version.
Smoke on the Water on steroids
Tony Lommi make the riff strong and oversound than original version,
unkn0wn Rαge it’s Iommi not Lommi
Definitely better than the original.😊
Esto es musika chinga!!!
solid jam
Better than the original!!!
Deep sabbath 😁😁
the biggest difference is, that Blackmore plays this song with his fingertips, while Iommi plays it power chords - that´s the reason why it sounds heavier
Slightly but Keep in mind that killer sg and laney amps
Well Freddy the biggest difference is a stratocaster has single coil pickups that sound thin and shrill, and the Gibson SG has humbuckers that sound full and thick and warm. Just like Angus plays the SG. But thanks for playing. And power chords are usually two strings played with fingertips. I think you meant barre chords.
@@sotisproductions823 Laney amps that are like souped up Marshalls. Laney Sound LA 100 BL 100 watts sounds like 250.
@@taterlysaladman9377 ah okay, thank you :-)
@@sotisproductions823 fun fact:tony's laney rig was thrown away by his ex guitar tech . by that time , he was using mesa bogige amps
rock on
I was seen that tour / Bev Bevan - Drums - Ian Gillan - Vocals
I too, in Madrid (Spain)
There is a seeded version at TPB for torrent
Tony and fuckin geezer are teeing it up black purple purple Sabbath
DEEP SABBATH BLACK PURPLE
Tony said this is riff he wish he could've written.
Well if I remember correctly, the recorded song has keyboards playing the rhythm, which helped to fill out the
sound...
I don't hear a keyboard here...
Still sounds thick as hell...
Hail Toni Iommi, the RiffMaster...\m/ (×_×) \m/
Don't forget Geezer's ability to fill every void in the song with his bass! Not dissing Glover but Geezer can simply be the foundation for a skyscraper in terms of being the foundation of a song, unlike Geezer who elects to play more technically and essentially be just another instrument in the sound palette.
Always wondered that myself too, James. Geoff Nicholls was their keyboardist/organist on this tour (and was with the band 1979-2004), and while his keyboards are on other songs throughout this live tour/show, I didn't hear them either. My only guess is that it was voted (probably by Tony/Geezer) that they remain very faint or even non-existent while they did this song in a more guitar-driven, Sabbathy way.
Absolutely
It's always great this song, even if you have listened to this for 30 years, or maybe a Bieber version, a good song always rocks.
@SVB2002
it s Beaven on the drums on live not in studio
I would be more curious listening to them playing Highway Star. It is much faster song!
ACOJONANTE
I saw him in BK once. He was vomiting.
It's like the avengers teaming up with the justice league
BLACKMORE may have invented this riff but IOMMI fucken owned it here, put the IOMMI gargantuan grunt into it!! 🕇👊🤘👊🕇
An idea. Ozzy doing Stairway To Heaven.