(Soundboard FLAC)
Black Sabbath
Bootleg: "Come To The Sabbath"
Label: Living Legend Records – LLRCD 061*
Source: Excellent soundboard recording taken from the VHS of the Pro-shot Broadcast for the Belgian TV program “Pop Shop”
Sound Quality: A+
12/19/70 L'Olympia, Paris, France
01.Intro/Paranoid (3:26)
02.Hand Of Doom/Rat Salad (8:05)
03.Iron Man (6:32)
04.Guitar Intro/Black Sabbath (8:34)
05.N.I.B. (5:55)
06.Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Jazz Improvisation (5:55)
07.War Pigs (7:56)
08.Fairies Wear Boots (6:36)
Notes: 'Paris ‘70' (as it is best known) is one of the most popular films of Black Sabbath in concert during the 70's. It is one of only a few pro-shot concert films available to us and certainly the most complete one from this era.
Originally filmed on 16mm for the Belgian TV program “Pop Shop”, it was later re-broadcast on British TV by Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Television, where it aired in 2-30 minute episodes. Footage from this show later appeared on some official releases, such as THE BLACK SABBATH STORY - VOLUME 1 and Ozzy Osbourne’s DON’T BLAME ME autobiography. The audio portion was also used for the 2002 live compilation PAST LIVES.
It goes without saying that this is one of the most essential Black Sabbath videos to have in your collection. The performance is top notch and it is the earliest known pro-shot film of the band playing a full concert. I get questions all the time about whether the band is going to release the whole thing on video. Given that they have already issued much of the audio from this show on the live compilation PAST LIVES, it remains a likely possibility.
Ozzy does sing some different lyrics for many songs and improvises some new ones during “Hand Of Doom” and “War Pigs”. During “War Pigs”, he even resorts to the original lyrics for “Walpurgis” during one verse. Although it wasn’t uncommon for Ozzy to forget lyrics, I do think makes it more likely that the songs were still somewhat new to the band at this show.
Although it is rarely mentioned in the track listings, “Rat Salad” is performed after “Hand Of Doom”. It would also be the last time that this song would turn up in a live Sabbath recording.
These “alternate lyrics” have given us some suspicions about the date for this show, which is well after the release of PARANOID. Since “Paranoid” was not written until the end of the PARANOID sessions in June ’70, the true date for this video would have to be sometime after then.
Oddly enough, the true origin of this film has been the subject of vigorous debate by fans and researchers. Recently, I discovered several article from some French music papers that state that the actual date for December show in Paris was December 19th, 1970, not the 20th as it always been written. Thierry Bauwens suggested that the actual show may not have been performed until after midnight, but I cannot think of many Sabbath shows from that period where they did play at such an hour. Most shows were done between 7:30 PM and 11:30 PM.
There are many small clues that do indicate that the film was more than likely NOT done at the L'Olympia Theatre in Paris on December 20th, 1970. And while it is true that Sabbath played at the L'Olympia Theater on the PREVIOUS day (December 19th), the venue they are performing in does not at all resemble L'Olympia.
Max Robinson (from Italy) is one of several people helping me to research this mystery. Max came up with the following conclusions about the Paris 1970 video.
1. The UK TV speaker just before the show does not say when or where the show has been recorded.
2. During the show there is no hint of any kind that helps thinking it is been done in one place or another.
3. During the backstage scene there is a writing on a wall "Defense de Fumer" which, in French, means "No Smoking".
4. In a big part of Belgium the main language is French.
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