Audio CD review:
Black Sabbath - Live At Last

Black Sabbath - Live At Last

Band: Black Sabbath Title: Live At Last Rating: Release Date: 30 June, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Tomorrows Dream 2: Sweet Leaf 3: Killing Yourself To Live 4: Cornucopia 5: Snowblind 6: Medley 1: Embryo/Children Of The Grave 7: War Pigs 8: Medley 2: Wicked World/Supernaut/Drum Solo/Guitar Solo 9: Paranoid

Customer Reviews definitely worth having!!! ok, i understand why black sabbath didn't want this released - given that at the time of release(1980) ozzy wasn't in the band any more, but. . . this is a fantastic record of the live sound of the band (recorded in 1973) and it even has an early version of "killing yourself to live" - with different lyrics (the song hadn't yet been recorded) a must for fans of ozzy-era black sabbath. LIVE SABBATH It is exactly the same as this version for sale. My review is based on the Westminster Music version of Live At Last. It has much cooler cover art too. Anyway,most will think I'm crazy,but this is my favorite Sabbath album thus far. That is just my opinion(let the hate mail start rolling in). I feel the live tracks just put the studio versions to the way side. Not that the studio cuts are garbage - they're excellent. But these live songs are slower,heavier,and much darker. That's due to Tony going drop d for all the songs. The main complaint that people seem to have about this cd is the production and sound quality. In reality,I think people are stretching it. It's pretty damn good;maybe because I like the rawness and gritty quality of the whole set and recording. Pure sludge/doom here friends. Some folks are just to slick for this. All in all,what I'm conveying to all you out there in computer land is this - I LIKE THIS! P. S - Go out and get their early studio albums as well. Everybody stand up and go CRAZY!!! I'll be honest with you. . I just bought this CD for about $3 at a clearance sale and I wasn't expecting much. I'm not even sure I'd even heard of this album before but I figured what the hell? Well, I am about one minute into track 3 and I am in my glory. It's taking me right back to the last Sab show I saw a couple years ago. I think it's pretty much the same set too! I have seen Sabbath about 5 times and they are definitely my favorite band to see live. And I have been to a lot of shows my friends. This is a pretty good record of the band in their prime. As some other reviewers have noted, the sound quality is raw, and yes, somewhat like a cleaned-up bootleg, but that's all part of the appeal for me. A+. . You can see a complete list of all Black Sabbath discography, or go back to the Black Sabbath tabs