Black Sabbath 1982. The Mob Rules Tour. Part 1. With Ronnie James Dio. Audio remastered. . 

Yeah, I was 15 or so. I saw this show. I remember the first time I heard mob rules on the radio, I was thinking this good shit. It was bad ass rock. I listened to that album over and over. No pun intended.😊

You and me both! This brings back great memories.

Heaven and Hell reaffirmed my belief in Sabbath as the true innovators they have always been. Tony Iommi is a flippin' enigma.

Yeah I know

Live Evil on video

After coke killed them

The best bassist ever

Yes, truly a delight. Too bad Vinny Appice was all over the place.

Geezer has always been a monster.

I saw them in Milwaukee '80. SABBATH barely started playing when some HOOLIGAN threw a bottle at Geezer, injuring him. DIO announced Show OVER!! A riot ensued. Very Intense ending for the band & the fans. I hope that fan got his Ass kicked!! At least I got to see Blue Oyster Cult play a full set, before Sabbath came on

@@tollboothwillie6192 That doesn't seem so bad. BOC was at their peak in those days, while Sabbath's was a bit far behind.

100% Agree!

Different sounds

It's expected. There will always be comparisons of an original artist to the new guy. Either way, Sabbath Dio is the best. Children of the Sea, c'mon. Best song in music let alone Sabbath.

I agree 100% 👏👏 Rip DIO🤘

For sure !!!

There were about ten, look up best top rock singers from the 80 ties my first show he was great live and kept going,,,,RIP DIO

Dio sits at the top. @@Sanesaint1

@@Thirdfish it’s all opinions anyway

@@sambell385 Who rattled your cage. Nose hole.

One of a kind

I saw this tour at pine knobtheater ln Michigan.

saw it in Miami

@traphaelaugostolarrpalmersos. Hope I got that right. I'm 60 and Kiss 1st late 75.! Sabbath not long after. That was Sabbaths 1st album recorded on to a 8trk tape ! Yes they could do that. Had that and Dark side of the moon on recorded 8trk.! Was 12 yr old in 76.! 1st Kiss album given to me was Alive.! 1st one I bought was R n R over 76.! 1st Sabbath album vinyl given to me was Vol 4.! 1st one I bought was Sabotage.! Still fanatical for both.! Cheers from Daytona Beach Florida..

I am 50 years old. Should i be sad not be older? No, not really. But the truth is i missed lots and lots of concerts just because i've been too young in the late 70s and early 80s. And some things in life will never come back. Anyway, rock and roll on, guys!!

Dayton Ohio Hara arena

I think he's about 22 years old here. He was real young when he scored the gig to sit in for Ward.

@@robwilson3749 Vinny would’ve turned 25 in September of ‘82

pounding drums

I saw him in a drum clinic he did in Maine in 1989. He was incredible. I think he broke 3 of the cymbals on the kit that night!

@@shanegriffin2215 Don't tell me, lemme guess, they jammed The Ocean by Zeppelin and VH's Hot For Teacher I was their bassist at a clinic for him and Carmine around the same time in Revere Ma. It was a great time I'll never forget it..

Ronnie was the best singer Rainbow ever had as well!!!

I was 15 and five feet from the stage but in front of the speakers on Tony's side. Mostly I watched dio and geezer . It was an epic event for sure. Loved those sabbath albums with dio. Still do.

I saw that tour and my ears rang as well. Great Concert

Yes, Heaven and He’ll and Mob Rules. Two of the best hard rock heavy metal albums ever recorded.

i´m 58 ,thanks from brazil

Dio was awesome on this tour! One of the best concerts I ever saw! I was spellbound. So Strong!!

Difiero contigo la mejor versión de la canción Black Sabbath es con Ian Gillan

i saw this tour in Seattle and Ozzy the same year. Glad to see Ronnie fronting them it was an epic experience.

​@@heavyercuadra3521That was a pretty good version.

You would have really liked the original sabbath

Yeah, I saw all of the versions of Sabbath and they were the best with Dio. Dio had the voice that allowed them to soar. Best voice in not only metal but all of rock.

^ what they said. Vinny's murdering that kit.

THIS is Vinny at his BEST ..🤘🤘

Oh my God what a voice and what a band

@@cletusbeauregard1972

Agreed. Still amazed at 'Voodoo' and 'Black Sabbath' versions. This album gets very little love.

Only its not very live.... Ronnie called it a piece of shit lol....go to 1 min 30 secs. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GGqz9CYXalQ.htmlsi=r31eSVnJLG2eDG7N

I bought it at the time having seen the tour. The crowd mix was quiet. Still, great live versions.

Ozzysongs are not to Dio

Meh. it wasn't really "live" per se. As Ronnie had said in the past it was patchwork and overdubs and punch ins and he wanted nothing to do with it.

100%, bet

No. Dio was great and I love HnH and TMR, but Osbourne, Ward Butler, and Iommi were the best Sabbath lineup.

You're not wrong. @@kristopherloviska9042

I think you bumped your head or your just Snowblind..

Not only the best Sabbath lineup but possibly the best lineup by any band.

Blizzard of Oz was killer saw in Columbus ohio moterhead was opening act

Вам повезло видеть легенд в живую . Ренди Роудс потрясающий гитарист .

Indeed, both Sabbath and Ozzy went on to even better things independently of each other. That's why I could never understand the constant clamor for a reunion that had already started by this point in '82.

saw this tour in Oakland Ca, and Ozzy same yr. Back in the day when you could see 8 to 10 great bands every yr, and not pay over 20.00 for a ticket.

this is 100% correct

yes. yes!

Absolutely, and I love all the old school metal vocalists....Gillan,Coverdale,Ozzy,Meine,Halford, Dickinson etc. but Dio was in a class all his own.

Agreed 👏

​@@StitselThat list of vocalist's is absolutely stunning .... Love them all 🌟 Dickinson and Halford came first to mind but all of them amazing. Love Dio in Rainbow Black Sabbath and Dio ⚡⚡⚡

I saw this tour in so fla in hs, but the outlaws didn't open. I did see Molly hatchet/ outlaws about the same time though. God bless brother.

Agreed! We saw this tour at the LA Forum....frying on "Goofy" blotter acid no less! We started to peak just as The Outlaws finished their set. Green Grass and High Tides FOREVEN, Man! 🤣 Then 'Sabbath came on and TOTALLY blew us away..... Requiescat In Pace, Dio, and my best friend Rob-Dog who I saw it with.

I cannot imagine this on lsd. I think I ate some mushrooms before a David Gilmore show. I did not eat that much but it was a freaky little concert. I drank and smoked so much b4 the mob rules show. I must have been 15. My friend was huffing helium or some shit and fell backwards in his seat during the show and puked all over himself. A real buzz kill. I was just watching or listening to an old audio of ozzy on blizzard of Oz tour. I saw ozzy with randy rhoades but maybe the next album, I am not sure. Anyways, it was a good show but the mob rules just sounds much better. Ozzy sounded kind of fucked up. Thanks for responding. Sorry for your friend passing away. God bless. Rob From South florida.

@@robertfleischer-g8f We lived out in the SoCal high desert between Mojave and Death Valley, and for us just getting to the Forum was a long drive. The 4 of us were smoking weed and drinking beer and JD the whole way to LA. There were a bunch of us party animals from town and we met a bunch of friends in the parking lot. We dropped the Goofy (so named because a lot of blotter acid in the '80's had Disney characters on the tabs, this batch was "Goofy" instead of Mickey Mouse...LOL) in the parking lot as we were partying, so we started frying at the start of the Outlaws set and peaked right as they finished. It was so intense, and when 'Sabbath came on... Wow, just....WOW! One of the most memorable concerts I've ever seen, and not just because of the acid. Me and Rob-Dog were huge Dio fans from before his time in Sabbath (we wore out Rainbow Kill The King, etc.) and this was our first time seeing him and with Sabbath it was just that much more awesome.

I went AWOL from artillery training in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma to catch their December 4th, 1981 show in Philly. No way was I gonna be stationed in Europe for a couple years without seeing Sabbath one final time! Round-trip airfare and all else totaled about $400 in 1981 dollars, but it was worth every penny.

I lived in Glendale in 2016 and went there a few times. I am now confused. Sabbath was playing their final show then but I chickened out. Anyways, I saw this tour in hs.

And yet , they conspired against Ronnie on Live Evil . Bravo ..

For sure. ✌️🤘

Absolutely

On the Live Evil LP Dio says it was "being filmed." Too bad we never go to see the real video

Lol

Cool story. So sorry you had to live in Wyoming but it's cool that Sabbath was able to bring an element of normalcy to it for a few hours at least. Living in Wyoming in 1982 is as close to a description of hell you're going to find. I'm glad you survived.

I saw same tour but in Portland. Outlaws were good but dio was awesome!

Saw same tour, Vancouver - Outlaws did Green Grass encore!

Saw this tour in Long Beach Ca. Great show, super loud. Outlaws we're good opening act but seemed like a strange match.

Yeah, I was 2nd row in front of the speakers. There were a mountain of speakers. The guy was doing the sound check for the drums and it almost knocked me out of my seat. The only concert I remember being as loud was rainbow with that stone cold song. I could not hear for about a week. But it was beautiful noise. Rock and roll ain't noise pollution.😊

Thanks for You Brother!

Isn't this the version from the Donnington Recordings?

It's only 41 years old. LOL!! 😎

It's the Live at Hammersmith album

Me too 24th row what a nite

I saw this show at the LA Forum. Tickets sold out too fast for us to get them but they added a second show which we did get in. It really was a great concert

Only for DIO may he RIP

Some bylaws were violated.

If not, these guys are felons and could be headed to prison for life. It can't be legal. Feels too good.

I was at the Chicago show.

You, too?! I saw them at The Forum in 1982 ..( I was 15 as well- born August 66) it was the third concert I went to ( Rush Anaheim 81 and The Police LA 1982 were the previous two). Was it just me or were these guys not the loudest spectacle imaginable?! My ears rang for two and a half days after the Mob Rules show. Just the E5150 bass intro at the beginning shook the walls. Then they kicked into Neon Knights and it really got loud. Great memory.

@@Rosie-lp6oo OMG yes it was so loud! To this day, the loudest show I've ever seen. I'm a July 66 baby!

So many memories at McNichol’s.

@@nikx1514 Totally agree. I saw some great shows there - Deep Purple, Stevie Ray with Jeff Beck, Blue Oyster Cult, The Firm, Robert Plant's solo tour and on and on.

YOUR tellin // Jesus about Lucyfurr, the song saying please take my hand. Heh, no /lucy the made one the devil will kneel and give up his short stint. Deuteronomy says Lucy's wings had embedded tabrets and pipes, music instruments. Yeah he makes music but he is a copy of the real truth, most realistic but a carbonize copy. Wrote out, made with limited time, just like those who follow. The tongue by the dominion of man is strong and God given. Watch what you sing and say, it is real and will impregnate your life.

​@@whatcher8151what are you babbling about??😂

​@@whatcher8151drugs are bad mmkayy lol

Agreed, and same two shows/tours as you

Better than Heaven n Hell

@@MENFUSSMIKE Frankly, I agree. I think "Mob Rules" IS a better album.

@@DEE-o4v I knew you were cool.

No way. It doesn't sound unique without ozzy. Sounds like so many other bands. It doesn't sound bad, he's a great singer, just not that great connection with the audience, it isn't Black Sabbath without ozzy.

​@@galetinm you're the one person who feels that way

Alvin Lee was opening act I saw in Columbus ohio as well

I was there as well

I saw this tour in so fla 2nd row in front of the speakers. The sound sucked but I was very wasted so that I thought it was great. What are you going to do? God bless.

You must’ve seen the tour just before or after me vancouver over the border

I was there too. Does anyone remember the opening act?

@@936anyst In Seattle it was The Outlaws

Iommi has influenced every metal guitarist for the last 50 years, he is always cited as an inspiration

Dimebag said in a interview It s waisted time to try to compose good heavy metal riff and songs....Tony just did It....stop.

This was my first show up close. 8th row. Hollywood Sportatorium. Saw them with Gillian also at Sunrise. Night Ranger opened.

That show with gillian was probably my favorite concert ever. I forgot night ranger opened. I may have missed them I cannot recall. I remember seeing deep purple at the sportatorium also. That was a good show. I saw rainbow in West Palm which had to be the loudest concert I ever saw. I couldn't hear for a week. Anyways, thanks for replying. I am still here in Hollywood Beach so life goes on. I could have went to sabbath final show in L.A. but I talked myself out of it. That happens when you get old.😊

um! i think you meant E5150

yeah - surprisingly excellent sound - just like I remember it - saw the 16 November 1981 show in Kitchener - amazing!

Can only imagine being there I was like 10 didn't really know what metal was about but I had this album got it through Columbia records in the mail along with Heaven and Hell and Van Halans Mean Street album probably a couple others those are the ones I remember old man sarcastically looked at them and said I did good being a ass he meant well but a hard ass about everything

I believe it was a few days from that show I saw them in Springfield Illinois at the Prairie Capital Convention Center.... a great show!......

Saw saw this show in Southern California. Long Beach, I think. The Outlaws opened. Just before Sabbath came out, two hippie groders behind us accidentally dropped a joint behind my seat. They smoked it with me and my little group for retrieving it, and I think it was laced with something, because by the time Sabbath started I was hallucinating. The sound of E5150 played so loud through the PA scared the shit out my tripping brain!

Great memories I was too young to had been there seen many a heavy metal bands at Richmond coliseum was fortunate to see Sabbath Reunion tour with Ozzy on VA Beach would have loved to had seen them with Dio Rock On

I was 12 and getting beatings from my brother for stealing it off him. Well worth it.

I had too!

I was 20 years old and had Live Evil on cassette, too. I still do.

@@rockon074 Very cool

Same...16 years old in 82, first concert we drove ourselves to. Pine Knob music theater in Clarkston Mich. The original opening act had to drop out and they hired a punk band, the Cadillac kids, at the last minute. They were booed off the stage. Wrong band for that audience. Ah, the memories!

Yup...never have ever seen something near that

Lucky!!

Warrant huh??? I saw you wayyyyyyyyyy back in the day… what happened to your 🎉seat in the band!???

Not Jason Green???? Dudeeeeee…. Your an inspiration to humanity….truly.. mad respect my friend….

I too was there, my first real concert at 15. I believe the Outlaws opened up for them. Great memories

Lmao

Weapons wtf ! I understand that kids get crazy but still....... get comfortably numb and enjoy being blown away by Sabbath, ffs..... 😮😮😮

REO opening for Rainbow ? Lol ! 😮😮 I guess they really wanted to be blown off stage ! Wth

yep nobody did drunk teenager metalheads

I was also in Charlotte on the 26th . It was snowing outside and Sabbath blew the roof off that place. Was about 20 ft from the stage. Like others have said my ears were ringing for days.

​@@larryfoster6204I was on the 7th row at the Greensboro show on Feb 16th and Doc Holiday was louder than Sabbath apparently they didn't do a sound check it was too loud Sabbath were perfect and Doc Holiday didn't do anymore shows on the Mob Rules tours. If I remember right Molly Hatchet played the Charlotte Coliseum show and I remembered it snowing spent the night with friends in Charlotte. 😊

@@richardhincemon Yes you are right, Molly Hatchet did play with Sabbath that night.There was a lesser known band that opened that show I think it was the George Hatcher Band or something like that.

​@@larryfoster6204Sounds right I do remember September 26th Heaven and Hell tour in Charlotte Coliseum a band from Kannanpolis called Jesse Bolt opened with Riot from Australia next that was a great concert after seeing the original members in 72 , 75 and 77 Ronnie James Dio was just what they needed heading into the next decade.

We went to the 2nd night at The Forum in 82. Was it just me or were these guys louder than most rock acts? I’ve seen and okayed in a lot of concerts, yet Black Sabbath with Dio still stands out as one of THE loudest shows I ever witnessed: must have been 110 decibels or more. I don’t remember them playing at Long Beach that year . Probably because my friend already had the Forum tickets and was already going to see them: I like Long Beach Arena better than the Forum: plus am from Long Beach. The arena has better acoustics than the larger Forum. Too bad they don’t have many concerts there anymore.

Oops. I meant “played”.. not “okayed” .

Religious Tyranny!

Audio really is incredible!!! 😱👍