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• Heaven & Hell: Neon Nights - Live At Wacken | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  On Thursday July 30th 2009 Heaven & Hell took to the stage at the famous Wacken Festival in Germany as part of the tour in support of their album The Devil You Know released earlier in the year. Although nobody knew at the time it was to be Ronnie James Dio's last filmed concert appearance before his sad death in May 2010 from stomach cancer. Heaven & Hell were on fantastic form and played a set blending tracks from the newly released album with classics from their Black Sabbath days. This is a truly fitting tribute to one of the legendary voices of rock. Tracklist: 1) E5150 2) Mob Rules 3) Children Of The Sea 4) I 5) Bible Black 6) Time Machine 7) Fear 8) Falling Off The Edge Of The World 9) Follow The Tears 10) Die Young 11) Heaven And Hell 12) Country Girl 13) Neon Knights

• Black Sabbath - The Last Supper | DVD | (15/12/2003) from £16.19   |  Saving you £-6.20 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  There was something genuinely heart-warming about the decision by Black Sabbath's founding members to take to the road again in 1999. The fractious intra-band relationships that have characterised Black Sabbath's long career were a major inspiration for the writers of This is Spinal Tap, and so there was something pleasingly symmetrical and evocative of the closing scenes of that fine film about the Sabs' reunion.The concert footage was taken from six of the concerts on that tour. It is conclusive proof that the original quartet of Osbourne, Iommi, Butler and Ward--or, in Osbourne's words, "four dickheads from Aston, near Birmingham"-­were every bit as exuberantly juvenile a rock & roll band in their early fifties as their late teens. Also included is a sketchy biography and interviews with the band by Henry Rollins, one of the countless contemporary musicians influenced by Sabbath. It's a nice idea, but the only real weakness of the package is that Ozzy is never granted time to wheel out any of his peerless reserve of grotesque rock & roll anecdotes. Nevertheless, the already formidable case for Osbourne's knighthood is strengthened further. --Andrew Mueller

• Heaven And Hell - Live From Radio City Hall | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Live From Radio City Music Hall captures the band bashing its way through some of the Dio era's best including Mob Rules Die Young Neon Knights Children Of The Sea and an epic 15-minute-plus version of Heaven And Hell. The quartet also performed a pair of new songs-the hit single The Devil Cried and Shadow of the Wind. The DVD will include the entire show shot in breathtaking HD as well as a tour documentary and other bonus footage.

• Ozzy Osbourne - Live And Loud | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £9.43   |  Saving you £0.56 (5.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This programme features 18 tracks including: 'Changes' (acoustic version) 'Desire' 'I Don't Know' 'Paranoid' 'No More Tears' 'War Pigs' 'Bark At The Moon' 'Crazy Train' 'Black Sabbath' and 'Suicide Solution'.

• Ozzy Osbourne - Don't Blame Me | DVD | (15/12/2003) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-6.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Ozzy Osbourne - Don't Blame Me

• Heaven And Hell - Live From Radio City Hall Ltd Edition | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Live From Radio City Music Hall captures the band bashing its way through some of the Dio era's best including Mob Rules Die Young Neon Knights Children Of The Sea and an epic 15-minute-plus version of Heaven And Hell. The quartet also performed a pair of new songs-the hit single The Devil Cried and Shadow of the Wind. The DVD will include the entire show shot in breathtaking HD as well as a tour documentary and other bonus footage.

• The Black Sabbath Story - Vol. 2 - 1978-1992 | DVD | (26/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This second instalment in The Black Sabbath Story covers the period between 1978 and 1992. These were the wilderness years after founding vocalist Ozzy Osbourne left the group and it often seemed as though Sabbath had fitted their tour bus with a revolving door--by 1986, guitarist Tony Iommi was the only founder member left in the group. Five different vocalists are featured in this programme: Ronnie James Dio (ex-Rainbow), Ian Gillan (ex-Deep Purple), Glenn Hughes, Geoff Nicholls and Tony Martin. The nine promo videos collected here are representatives of an era that all but the most die-hard of Sabbath fans have tried to forget. It is an ignominy that is richly merited. The kindest thing that can be said of this collection of awful 80s hair-metal soundtracking dreadful black-and-white videos of men with haircuts that not even German football players would be caught dead with is that it's an interesting period piece. On the DVD: The Black Sabbath Story is presented in widescreen. Sound is available in Dolby 5.1 Surround or Dolby Digital. The menu of extras is badly laid out, but includes a gallery of Sabbath albums and further interviews with band members--including an extraordinary and hilarious reminiscence from Ian Gillan, which confirms that that Black Sabbath's reality was far more preposterous than any of the satirical conceits offered by This Is Spinal Tap.--Andrew Mueller

• Black Sabbath - Never Say Die | DVD | (03/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Recorded live in 1978 'Never Say Die' is a defining moment in Black Sabbath's history. This unique concert is one of Sabbeth's final performances with the original classic line-up. After a brief break from the band in 1977 front-man Ozzy returns here in triumphant form performing classic songs including 'Never Say Die' 'Black Sabbath' and 'Paranoid'.

• Black Sabbath - Masters Of Reality | DVD | (14/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Black Sabbath: Masters Of Reality condenses 40 years of Black Sabbath inot 3 comprehensive DVD's! This set features the following: The Halcyon Years: Witness the rise to power as the Mighty Sabbath rise from the back streets of Birmingham to global domination. The Dio Era: As Ozzy left the band Ronnie James Dio joined the fray. Follow the transition from one of the best front men in history to another one-off Rock God! A Full Circle: Sabbath finally end their carousel lineup through Tony Martin Dio once more and back to Osbourne in a triumphant return to form.

• Black Sabbath Story | DVD | (26/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It is possible that Black Sabbath enjoy a higher global profile now that at any point in the group's long history. This, of course, is largely due to singer Ozzy Osbourne's undignified but profitable decision to allow MTV to portray him as a sort of heavy metal Grandpa Simpson. Possibly as a result of his immense celebrity, Osbourne didn't find the time to be interviewed for this retrospective documentary. However, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward are on hand to provide a telling of events which, while never as entertaining as Osbourne's familiar routine, is at least more coherent. Osbourne is irrepressibly present in the archive performance footage collected here, shot at various points between 1970 and 1978. The early stuff is especially interesting, proving beyond doubt that Sabbath--whether they realised it or not--had much more in common with the prototypical punks like The Stooges and the MC5, who were then starting to make waves in America, than they have with the uncountable long-haired and leather-trousered heavy metal bozos who have attempted to fill Sabbath's shoes since. On the DVD: The Black Sabbath Story is presented in widescreen. Sound is available in Dolby 5.1 Surround or Dolby Digital. The menu of extras is a little confusing to negotiate, but includes further interviews with band members, a gallery of Sabbath albums, and a long re-telling of Sabbath's very early history by former manager Jim Simpson.--Andrew Mueller