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Summary: Sabbath's prime period
Review: This is a great compilation of videos, interviews and assorted info regarding what is arguably Black Sabbath's best era. It could have been better; full- length song inclusions for one thing. But no interview with the band's greatest frontman Tony Martin is bewildering to say the least. And while it seems far too much rope is given to the comparatively weak '92 reunion with Dio, this originally came out at that time. So while this dvd is far from perfect, it's the best there is to highlight this magnificent era in Sabbath's history. Hopefully a third volume will appear, if only to sum up the final three years in the true Black Sabbath story, '93-'96 (before that horrendous reunion with Ozzy).
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Summary: DIO SABBATH AND BEYOND
Review: This is a Story of SABBATH, not a Concert video. Great Interviews with DIO, GILLAN ( very funny segment that explains where SPINAL TAP and Stonehenge originated). Fundamentally different to Volume 1 of the set THE BLACK SABBATH STORY; and yes you DO get 85 Minutes worth of material, just in several slabs. Dio seems to be at his most conciliatory, probably because of the then upcoming De-Humanizer tour. This is a real Gem, and I thoroughly enjoyed the DVD. SABBATH will Hopefully release a Third DVD to cover the period post 1993. And i hope they do this soon. I would especially Love to see a long interview with Bill Ward, since he has been the most honest, forthright, and consistently appreciable of the band members in talks and other interviews. You will see this in Bill's spots on this DVD, and it is worth the wait to see Bill on screen, although it is conceivable that Fans who like Volume one will not like the fundamentally different content in Volume 2 .
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Summary: DIO SABBATH AND BEYOND
Review: This is a Story of SABBATH, not a Concert video. Great Interviews with DIO, GILLAN ( very funny segment that explains where SPINAL TAP and Stonehenge originated). Fundamentally different to Volume 1 of the set THE BLACK SABBATH STORY; and yes you DO get 85 Minutes worth of material, just in several slabs. Dio seems to be at his most conciliatory, probably because of the then upcoming De-Humanizer tour. This is a real Gem, and I thoroughly enjoyed the DVD. SABBATH will Hopefully release a Third DVD to cover the period post 1993. And i hope they do this soon. I would especially Love to see a long interview with Bill Ward, since he has been the most honest, forthright, and consistently appreciable of the band members in talks and other interviews. You will see this in Bill's spots on this DVD, and it is worth the wait to see Bill on screen, although it is conceivable that Fans who like Volume one will not like the fundamentally different content in Volume 2 .
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Summary: Disappointed Sabbath fan
Review: What I didn't like about this home video was the way it was presented. It starts off with Ozzy's last single 'Hard Road'. From there it goes down hill. The Dio footage from 'Heaven and Hell' were great, but why talk during the songs? Were they so hard up for time that they had to talk during the music to cram it all into one video? The worst part of the package is the 'Born Again' era. I love Born Again and wish Ian had stuck around with Sabbath for a little longer. Ian says 'Without question I was the worst singer Sabbath ever had.' (I guess he's never heard of Tony Martin. Maybe Iommi agrees with Ian because the two songs 'Trash' and 'Zero the Hero' that are played are only small snips. Not only do you not here the whole song, but they talk during thoise too. To see Dio and Ian are the only reasons I bought this video. I love the Ozzy, Dio, and Ian eras, but from there my feelings for Sabbath are lukewarm. 'Seventh Star' is an OK album if you accept it for what it is, but the video with singer Glenn Hughes is just awful. From there it gets worse. Tony Martin is a generic singer who has no business in Sabbath and doesn't belong with them at all. Iommi only uses him when he can't get a gig with Ozzy or Dio. I don't like any of the Tony Martin albums. I have them because they are Black Sabbath, but it's really not. The video ends where Sabbath left off in 1992. Hope for the future with Dio back in the lineup on the Dehumanizer tour, a phenominal album. Unfortunately, the reunion with Dio and Appice was short lived and Dio left Sabbath while on tour swearing never to return. Why? Because he refused to sing with Black Sabbath who was opening for Ozzy. At the l;ast second, Iommi got Robn Halford of Judas Priest fame to sing the show. Vol II compliments the far superior Vol I tape, but falls flat in to many places compared to the first.
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Summary: This could have been so much better
Review: What I hate about this video is how performances are cut or talked over. This DVD starts out pretty good with the last video from the Ozzy era (Long Road). We start losing it from there. I love Sabbath with Ozzy, Dio, and Ian, but why were their performances talked over or even worse, cut? Dio doing great with Die Young and Neo Knights but the commentary over the song is annoying. What's even worse is Ian Gillian's footage. Zero the Hero and Trashed are talked over and cut. By the way Ian, you don't have to profess yourself as Black Sabbath's worst singer. That honor goes to none other than Tony Martin. Now why we get full clips of Tony material is beyond me. I'd rather hear 'Zero the Hero' than 'Feels good to Me'. I was also very disappointed that except for one video, Seventh Star was hardly mentioned. Seventh Star is better than anything with Tony Martins name on it. The DVD ends with the 'Oh man it's great to be back' Dio reunion on the Dehumanizer Tour. Would it have killed them to let us see the entire performance of 'I' instead of the little snipit? Volume I is much superb than Volume II. Not because it'a all Ozzy material, but because it was edited and presented better. Volume II could have been colosal and proved that without Ozzy, the Sabs can rock, but the presentation just wans't there.
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