I think we can all agree that Rhino needs to hire Chris Alo as a consultant for his expertise and common sense whenever they do a Black Sabbath reissue set.

Chris Alo is THE Sabbath guru! Love nerdy shows like this one, and Alo’s enthusiasm is so contagious. More shows like this would be fantastic 😀

7:01 - THAT Black Sabbath live at the Hammersmith is IMO the BEST live Sabbath recording of any era. That Neon Knights is UNPARALLELED...

Chris is really on form here, absolutely loved it. He certainly put a big smile on my face.

Come on,we need reissues of 'Tyr' and 'Headless Cross', seriously!

I really enjoy listening to Chris and Pete. They are both honest and passionate about hard rock and heavy metal. A joy to watch!

Two of my favorite albums of all-time! Dio era Sabbath was my introduction to the band. All eras of Sabbath kick ass!

I really appreciate honest reviews by devoted fans. At 24:30 reminds me of hard core bourbon collectors. A friend once said to me "Are you saving that bottle to open at your funeral?!" That statement changed the way I looked at bourbon. Hey! Iommi! Are you waiting to release the out takes at your funeral?!

Hopefully a full proper remix of Born Again is next.

Can't wait! Pete Pardo rules!

What a great review and comparison of these latest CDs to the prior CDs and library of Sabbath. And, though not surprised, was glad to hear Chris' say he listened to each not only on his top sound system setup but also in his car which is where many of us listen to our music. Thanks, Chris and Pete, for following up your dream setlist for Sabbath with this show!

I still remember walking into my local record store in Andover, England, in 1980 and handing over cash that I'd earned at my Saturday job, and walking out with Heaven and Hell. I was completely knocked out by it then and am still shocked how awesome it is 41 years later.

OK, so my brain doesn't always fail me! Sabbath did play four dates at Hammersmith Odeon, but I guess the band did not record the 4th and final night, which was January 3rd 1982.

The Tony Martin era albums has to be released as deluxe editions!!!!! All of them remastered and bonus songs unreleased and live songs. I love the Tony Martin era big time. Albums like The Eternal Idol, Headless Cross, and TYR are PHENOMENAL!!!! I really hope that it happens.

I love the passion guys. You are doing the (dark) Lord’s work.

I’m convinced Iommi is sitting on a mountain of Sabbath gold and is just putting off going through all of it. For the love of god Tony please release this stuff!!!

Nice review Pete and Chris, always good to see you guys review some Black Sabbath.

I was there at Hammersmith in early Jan '82, happy days!

Chris has 4 copies of Never Say Die and hates it ,he's a real collector !!

I find myself returning to Heaven and Hell again and again over the years. It pumps me up more than most of their output, and it's a solid album from start to finish.

When my favourite channel has one my my favourite bands with THE brilliant Chris Alo I'm very happy! Top content Pete as always you and the gang have got me through 2 lock downs

Awesome and important reviews 🤘Thank you Pete and Chris 🤘

I agree with the "I've bought so many versions of this". Bought them both on vinyl when they came out and all the successive reissues on CD. Hope there's something different to enjoy

I saw both h&h and mob rules tours at Newcastle city hall amazing

Guess I am the 'ordinary listener', I have all the original vinyls the band in all incarnations put out but I can live with the compilations 'Greatest Hits 1970 - 1978' , 'Black Sabbath - The Dio Years' and 'The Sabbath Stones' to satisfy my repurchase urges. Great job as is customary Pete and Chris.

I bought The Mob Rules one because of the new live show of Portland on CD 2. I did not get the Heaven And Hell one yet because it didn't have anything new. Now that Chris Alo said that it does sound amazing I will be buying it.

The best part of this Mob Rules 2021 is the live set from Portland specifically from Heaven and Hell, guitar solo, The Sign of the Southern Cross and Paranoid all listened to as a one single track.

Great review with lots of useful information and love the unfiltered opinions.

Thank you guys for mentioning the Black Sabbath’s reissues.🎤🎸🎵🥁

Greetings from the Netherlands

"Born Again" is a must to be revisited as: 1) because it has remained essentially untouched 2) the album was not well received at the time but has aged incredibly well. It's more stoner rock than the first 3 Sabbath albums.

Love these guys they're real fans and tell u the real deal the truth of the matter .way to go Pete!

Chris and Pete had me on the edge of my seat. I only have these records from itunes ipod. May buy these new CDs.

Heavan & Hell at Hartford was the actual B=side to Die Young. It is the best version I know of. The atmosphere of the song with the acoustics and what I can only describe as white noise hasn't been captured on any other version I've heard.

I bought both albums originally on vinyl back at release time. In terms of Cd I have the Heaven and Hell Castle remaster . I've never seen the need to buy another. In terms of Mob Rules I had the Castle remaster but replaced it with the delux reissue that has the Hammersmith show (which is excellent). I see no need to buy to either of these two new re-issues.

Great review/re-cap. Loved how Chris nearly had a stroke when fussing about some of the CD bonus material being re-added to the future re-releases.... that's how me & a few of my friends feel every time that nonsense happens.... the re-release/re-packaging of this music has just enough bits & pieces to attempt to hook you to buy yet another iteration of it.

I agree with Chris. The complete Hartford concert should have been included.

The Mob rules but Chris Alo and Pete Pardo rule even more ! Cheers from Paris

Thanks to Chris Alo.

Great to hear you guys be so passionate about black sabbath. Have loved black sabbath since I heard my first album paranoid in the early 80’s. I love the first 6 Ozzy albums, first two dio albums here are great also and massive return to form. I do think that heaven and hell does sound a lot like long live rock n roll, same singer and producer may have had a lot of input into the album.

Chris is the ultimate Dio era Sabbath historian. Wendy should run the draft of the long awaited RJD biography by him for a fact check. I’m so glad this channel devotes so much to Dio’s career. Regarding a dream set list, I would definitely include several songs from Dehumanizer, such as Letters From Earth 🌏 Suns Of The Father, Too Late and Double The Pain from The Devil You Know as deep cuts. Country Girl and SOTSC are the ultimate although very different songs. Cheers 🌊

Excellent review. Informative and funny these guys are in a league of their own.

Glad to have watched this before ordering either of them - I've already got the Live at Hammersmith so dont think I'll bother with the Heaven and Hell, however the Live at Portland sounds essential so I'll be going for the Mob Rules, which I prefer to Heaven and Hell anyways. Like Chris I have the video release of Black and Blue, thankfully I still have a VHS player that works so i could copy the video to DVD and split the Sabbath and BOC sets , although the quality isnt as great as a remastered reissued version would /should have been its ok for my own viewing pleasure. There was an interveiwe Eddie Trunk did with Tony thats up on you tube elsewhere where Tony confirmed he is bot really annoyed about SlapBAck coming out but that it also has Ronnie playing bass on it, although somewhere else Geezer seems to have said he's playing bass on it - however I've not heard or seen that.

It took me very long to get Mob Rules on vinyl. Heaven and Hell is not available at all here in the Netherlands. So I was really really happy to hear they would reissue them.

You guys are the best!!!!

cool to see some live streams going to be there for it live but it's nice to see you're doing some live chats.

I love Chris' takes...so funny!

Fantastic! Looking forward to grabbing the 'Mob Rules' new issue! Portland!!!

This was very helpful.. thank you guys

This is like the 4th of july and Christmas! The two greatest Metal/Hard rock albums re released on Vinyl.

Thank you guys for reviewing these reissues, so those of us who are not die hard fans or collectors of your range could decide to go for them or not. It is pricey (and usually there is space and/or spouse limitations present) to check if the sound is better or not. Now we know in advance thanks to your expertise. Personally, having both albums as LP’s (as vinyl was originally called) and Universal 2010 deluxe reissues is perfestly fine with me. On Heaven and Hell alternative Yugoslav cover is given which is actually a version of a back of the cover. I always wondered why, as record companies changed covers which did not in someone’s mind fit with political and ideological premises of the country. For instance, New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) by Simple Minds lost its cross and was redesigned. Heaven and Hell posed no threat to the system, angels were fine and smoking actually encouraged. As much as I know already first Yugoslav issue had a mark “srebrna” meaning silver. For a hard rock band that was a real success to count on so many buyers. After so many decades, having a different cover makes it special.

Got both delivered today. Can’t wait to hear your review. Can more live Dio ever be a bad thing? Not in my opinion 🤘🎶🍻

For me, if I want to physically buy a reissue of anything, there has to be a pretty big book or something that details something I don’t know about the release being reissued. I’ll listen to a remastered album on Spotify, but a lot of the times I don’t know the difference between that remaster and the previous one. Great show as always guys.

both are great albums!

The liner notes are pretty cool with all those pictures. I haven't seen that "red sabbath" image in a long time (the lucifer demon over the red and white background from the Mob Rules booklet), and that was the first time I've seen the black sabbath cross with horns poking out of it (same booklet) that I have on a poster I picked up probably 15 or 20 years ago. Great review as always, guys.

As long as we keep buying it they will keep doing the same thing. Not buying.

Great review, and totally agree about the Heaven and Hell reissue. They should not have used any of the bonus tracks and live tracks from the 2010 reissue. They should instead have included a live show. There are some good/ok recordings from Tokyo and Australia from the Heaven and Hell tour, or why not use the New York (Black & Blue) recordings? The Mob Rules reissue on the other hand is phenomenal.

Great show guys. I'll pass on these but still loved hearing about them from the 2 of you.

My favourite albums of Black Sabbath, I bought both ( CD and vinyl versions ) already had all versions

What a team. Remember when albums came out my brother bought them on cassette. Also bought Live Evil on cassette.

Tremendous review by both. I decided , closing in on 5️⃣9️⃣years , I spent a ton of $$$$, on different versions etc. there’s a time to finally bring in the outfield / game over. I’m not pulling the trigger , like I always do. Lol. Well today ANYWAY!!! 👍💯

I’ve got these and love them.

Excellent show, I really enjoyed this one! I picked up the Mob Rules vinyl reissue and the sound was excellent, and even though it doesn't have all the bonus tracks as the CD version, I grabbed it because I'd never had a vinyl copy. H&H - I have an original pressing, '96 remaster, and Rules of Hell remaster, as well as Hammersmith, so I couldn't justify buying it again. There just wasn't enough to entice me or make it worth it to me.

I had a bunch of the Castle Records remasters including Heaven&Hell and Mob Rules in the 90's. I just listened to Mob Rules today and it still sounds great. They were such an audio upgrade from the 1st Gen. CD's.

Lol “there just giving us ice in the winter. “ lol.

Also, Chris, Tony has said in a few recent interviews that the Forbidden re-mix is a priority currently. That said, even with better production, i still think that the songwriting will still hold it back. That said, I'm still buying it!

Listening to you guys tell everything bad about the discs, I thought man I should have waited to buy these, but no..... I would still have bought them. Cool review and insight. Chris Alo rules🤘🎶🍻

I love these kinds of shows!

I didn't get the Heaven and Hell reissue cuz it doesn't have anything that couldn't be found on the Heaven and Hell or Mob Rules deluxe editions. I did get the Mob Rules reissue. And whenever I start to question my collector-itis, I just remember that Chris Alo is out there and then I feel better about myself as I buy yet another copy of said CD.

Been to more shows at the Portland Memorial Colosseum than I can count. I actually seen Sabbath there on the Sabotage tour. Still have the ticket stub.Memories of Ozzy with the strobe machine gun during Iron Man. To be 15 again. Pretty cool they released a recording from the fabled arena.

I know Chris!! Went to tons of his Hudson Horror festivals. Good to see him on here.

The first two albums with Ozzy (Debut and Paranoid) and these first two albums with Ronnie are my 4 favorite Sabbath albums.

Still catching up with the shows Pete and looking forward to all the great stuff coming up in April

@ Chris Alo You should do a book out on Sabbath recordings and photos.Future generations can use it for references. May as well do a Godzilla and Horror films too..Thank you for sharing your passion.. Aloha Stay Safe...

IMO the ultimate Sabbath grail would be the "lost" Mob Rules tracks referenced by Iommi. SOMEBODY has access to that material. Put it out Tony.

I own the Heaven and Hell vinyl and cd of Mob Rules. They are good. Since I saw the Heaven and Hell Tour and loved it maybe I someday would pick up the Heaven and Hell one. Mob Rules one deal with that one later if So inclined to.

Great video good reissues totally agree with all comments guys

GREAT DISCUSSION !!!!

Great review I read the contents for the two and passed on Heaven & Hell. Like Pete, I’m a Heaven & Hell guy but the Mob Rules release has a far superior set of extras. Mob Rules just arrived and I haven’t had a chance to listen yet.

I've been wanting to see a remix of Born Again for a long time. I'd also like to see the Tony Martin era get proper reissues, especially Headless Cross.

Maybe the rest of Hammersmith will be on a Live Evil rerelease? Love this era of Sabbath, best music ever.

Agreed Pete, and I do care about Born Again, and I hope you're correct about it getting remixed, I have the 2004 remaster you spoke about, it's a definite improvement, but still room for more improvement, as a big Deep Purple and Black Sabbath fan, as you can imagine that album is a favorite, rock on. 🤘

Hammersmith is the real Live Evil. That was the best Sabbath I'd purchased in many years. All of the Rules of Hell box sounds really good if you download the hi-res 24/192 files. The new live show with Mob Rules is probably the reason I'll have to get this new one.

I hope they do the Paranoid and Volume 4 style boxes for the rest of the Ozzy era at least.

Chris and Pete great Duo, 24:47 Hilarious.

Great information from black sabbath major fans about the repeated tracks.

Black Sabbath - "Live in Worcester" (sometimes called "Live in Hell") bootleg is crushing and sounds great. This concert is better than the officially released "Live in Donington" with Gillan.

I totally agree. I much prefer the physical version. You pay more, but you get more. Also, I just purchased these two re-issues.

I'm going get the mob rules I need that Portland show.

I have the original issues from WB and the 2010 deluxe versions. I did buy the new remasters, but I got them on vinyl since I did sell my vinyl collections many years ago.

I haven't listened to the Mob Rules remaster yet, but for the Heaven and Hell remaster I felt like the lead guitar was much more noticable which was nice but to my ear it seemed like a bit too much reverb got added to Ronnie's voice for Neon Knights and Heaven and Hell. I need to go back and listen to my old CDs and The Dio Years stuff for reference again though.

With the obvious exception of Ozzy's " Children of the grave" Dio,s Sabbath was to me the best years.Two great albums that I wore the shine of the vinyl off!Dio was good with Rainbow and when he went solo as well.

Hammersmith was four shows, but only three were used to build the album. The limited Hammersmith album was a US release, so it was added to the 2010 remasters because those were UK releases. Obviously, people who are interested in the material will buy it, wherever they are. But officially, the 2010 H&H and MR deluxe albums were only released in the UK, along with the deluxe Dehumanizer. The latter was then released in the US, without changes, in 2019. These new H&H and MR versions are officially the first US release of deluxe editions, never mind that most American fans, including me, already have the 2010 ones. I think they based the bonus material on what they thought American fans had/hadn't heard, however unrealistic that is in practice. Also, Heaven in Hartford has mostly Ozzy-era songs, so anyone who picks that CD up should know, those are what's missing from the H&H bonus tracks. Chris, I assume you've heard the DrainSTH albums? They're okay, and Maria does a good job. She seems to have retired from singing and performing after marrying Tony. Let's hope she, or someone, makes his tapes available, as you suggest. One last thing, supposedly the master tapes for Born Again are missing, which is why the album has never been remixed. The 2nd (3rd?) generation ones have been remastered, but that only goes so far, obviously...

Already purchased these 3 times on CD and once on vinyl lol . Got to say though ....they are two of the best albums ever made 🤘 Don't think I will be purchasing again .

Good discussions!

They should give us the Tony Martin remasters with all the bonus/live tracks. Who gives a f... about all those remasters they did hundreds of times. Just crazy...

I love the deluxe 2cd of Mob Rules from 2010 cause of disc 2. The new deluxe version has different deluxe material on disc 2. The original H&H deluxe from 2010 was lacking with the extras. Also love the newest Dehumanizer 2cd / 2LP deluxe versions.

Saw Sabbath, Black and Blue tour at the Garden......after being a big Sabbath fan turned my attention to Ozzy/Randy....

I agree with opinions on the endless reissues. I like seeing the love to go with the Ozzy era. The 25th anniversary release of Deep Purples Machine Head to me is one of the best reissues. Bring Born Again back! Oh yeah The Who’s live at Leeds is one of the greatest reissues. So I’m glad they do this even if I pass.

Chris is crazy. Love You man :)