BLACK SABBATH/LIVE IN BRUSSELS 1970 VER77 (-19) FRANCE

  I don't usually buy bootlegs or counterfeits. Too often they're crippled by bad audio and/or sloppy covering. But this is something else. A top concert from Black Sabbath, originally recorded for Belgian television 1970 in Brussels, contained in a fully laminated sleeve with four clear group images and a picture label. According to rear sleeve it's an "excellent quality master recording". And it sure sounds like it, cause the audio is absolutely tophole. Here I get numbers from their first two albums, just with a much rawer sound than from the studio recordings. The guitars are fiercer and the drums sharper, while Ozzy's just being Ozzy. What I appreciate most in live records is presence - when the artist come so near I can be there. And here I am, just closing my eyes in the listening chair I'm in Theatre 140 in Brussels, 3rd October 1970, and enjoying it to the fullest. The concert originally issued on vinyl 1989 as "Copper", a "Luxembourg" unofficial release, with different sleeve and track order. There have been many unofficial releases since all over the world with differing titles and sleeve designs on vinyl, CD, cassette and DVD. Too many to get in to here. First French had label as shown here in a fully laminated cover.  (LYBÖ*)  (BLÄC*)  (ÖRJ*)