Showing posts with label 1998. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1998. Show all posts

Friday, August 29, 2025

Black Sabbath - Reunion [Japanese Ed. 2CD Live] (1998)

Year: 19 October 1998 (CD October 28, 1998)
Label: Sony Records (Japan), SRCS 8807-8
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Country: Birmingham, England
Time: 54:06, 53:32
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 432. 420 Mb

Charts: UK #41, CAN #6, FIN #29, FRA #65, GER #32, SWE #11, SWI #84, US #11. UK: Silver; CAN & US: Platinum.
Reunion is a live album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released on 19 October 1998. As implied by the title, the album features a reunion of the original lineup of vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward for the first time since Never Say Die! (1978). "Psycho Man", one of two studio tracks on the album, was the last to feature Ward on drums. Black Sabbath received their first ever Grammy Award in 2000 for the live recording of "Iron Man" taken from Reunion.
Six years after founding member Ozzy Osbourne departed Black Sabbath under less than amicable circumstances, he briefly rejoined his former bandmates for a single performance on 13 July 1985 at the Live Aid benefit concert in Philadelphia, and again in 1992 for the climax of his No More Tours farewell tour. Much to the dismay of fans, neither brief reconciliation had resulted in a full-fledged Black Sabbath reunion resulting in a new album and tour. A serious attempt at a reunion in 1993 proved fruitless as the band members lamented the reappearance of old animus. In 1997, Osbourne, Iommi and Butler reunited for the 1997 Ozzfest shows as Black Sabbath. Ward was absent due to health issues, and he was replaced by Faith No More's Mike Bordin. Ward had made a brief return to Black Sabbath for a short South American tour in 1994, but it was with Tony Martin fronting the band. Anticipation for a full and meaningful reunion of the Osbourne-era version of the band was high.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunion_(Black_Sabbath_album))

01. War Pigs (08:27)
02. Behind The Wall Of Sleep (04:06)
03. N.I.B. (06:44)
04. Fairies Wear Boots (06:19)
05. Electric Funeral (05:01)
06. Sweet Leaf (05:07)
07. Spiral Architect (05:39)
08. Into The Void (06:31)
09. Snowblind (06:08)

01. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (04:36)
02. Orchid - Lord Of This World (07:06)
03. Dirty Women (06:28)
04. Black Sabbath (07:29)
05. Iron Man (08:20)
06. Children Of The Grave (06:30)
07. Paranoid (04:29)
08. Psycho Man (Studio Track) (05:19)
09. Selling My Soul (Studio Track) (03:10)

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Caravan - The Show Of Our Lives - Live At The BBC 1968-1975 [2CD] (1998)

Year: 1998 (CD 2007)
Label: Decca Records (Europe), 5301443
Style: Canterbury Scene, Art Rock, Progressive Rock
Country: Canterbury, Kent, England
Time: 71:36, 73:20
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 358, 430 Mb

Caravan were formed in 1968, during the reign of the Canterbury sound – a sudden waft of enthusiasm for avant-garde progressive rock. By the mid-seventies, the band had become synonymous with the scene. They found themselves saddled with a titanic irony: having effectively scripted for the rulebook for a scene borne from a desire to defy all musical rules and conventions.
Throughout the eighties and nineties, the band faded quietly into the background. But, in recent years, shows like BBC 6 Music’s Freak Zone have acted like a life support machine for the band, with Stuart Maconie regularly dusting off their records, and generating intrigue in their quirky, jazz-riddled rock.
The Show Of Our Lives – the closest thing to a Caravan release for four years – is a collection of BBC archive recordings, charting the band’s youth from 1968 to 1975. It’s a rich resource, bringing together well-polished recordings of some of the band’s best known and most respected work.
It’s a release which will appeal exclusively to fans of Caravan. Of course, this’ll come as no surprise to the Caravan boys: after forty years of skirting the fringes of obscurity, they’ll be well aware that their indulgent organ solos and hysterical song structures aren’t to everyone’s tastes.
Like any album forged together from the archives, it does feel rather disjointed. For those unfamiliar with the Canterbury sound’s proudest survivors, The Show Of Our Lives will be a pretty slapdash and substandard introduction. But if you’re already well acquainted with their idiosyncratic sound, then it should be a different story.
(bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vmf9/)

01. Place Of My Own (04:13)
02. Hide (04:18)
03. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You (02:47)
04. Hello Hello (03:13)
05. As I Feel I Die (06:25)
06. Love To Love You (03:13)
07. Love Song Without Flute (03:34)
08. In The Land Of Grey And Pink (03:46)
09. Nine Feet Underground (14:28)
10. Feelin', Reelin', Squeelin' (09:31)
11. A Hunting We Shall Go (09:16)
12. Waffle Part One: Be Alright & Chance Of A Lifetime (06:46)

01. Memory Lain Hugh (05:04)
02. Headloss (04:29)
03. The Love In Your Eye (13:55)
04. Mirror For The Day (04:17)
05. Virgin On The Ridiculous (07:02)
06. For Richard (15:06)
07. The Dabsong Conshirtoe (15:13)
08. Stuck In A Hole (03:16)
09. The Show Of Our Lives (04:54)

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