Friday, January 9, 2026

Black Sabbath - Death Called ~ Manchester Apollo, Manchester, England, 06-09-1989 (FM)

Black Sabbath
Death Called
Manchester Apollo
Manchester, England
June 9, 1989
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8
Cover Art Included

FM Lineage: Silver CD "Death Called '89" > EAC > WAV > FLAC Level 8

01 Gates of Hell
02 Headless Cross
03 Neon Knights
04 Children of the Sea
05 Die Young
06 Iron Man
07 When Death Calls
08 War Pigs
09 Heaven and Hell
10 Paranoid
11 Cloak And Dagger **

** removed official CD bonus track

Tony Iommi guitar
Tony Martin vocals
Cozy Powell drums
Neil Murray bass

Live member:
Geoff Nichols keyboards, backing vocals

Nice FM recording from The Headless Cross Tour. Headless Cross was the second release to feature vocalist Tony Martin. Martin stepped into the breach after the departure of Ray Gillan. Ray of course had stepped in for ousted vocalist Glen Hughes. Martin's first task unenviable task was to re-record Ray Gillan's vocals for The Eternal Idol album. A very hard task as Martin confessed that some of the keys were out of his comfort range. The Headless Cross album was the first written with Martin's vocals in mind, and the first to feature Hard Rock/Heavy Metal journeyman drummer Cozy Powell. Cozy's only demand, "pick a vocalist and stay with him, Black Sabbath needs to regain it's legitimacy". Martin has sang on as many releases as Ozzy and more than Dio gaining the respect of Black Sabbath fans everywhere.


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