Blue Öyster Cult / Black Sabbath - King Biscuit Flower Hour #306 ~ For Broadcast September 14, 1980 (Pre-FM)

Blue Öyster Cult / Black Sabbath
King Biscuit Flower Hour #306
For Broadcast September 14, 1980
The Black & Blue Tour
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut August 10, 1980
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet & Label Scans Included

01 Tone
02 Blue Öyster Cult - Soundcheck (With DJ Intro)
03 Commercial
04 Blue Öyster Cult - Dr. Music
05 Blue Öyster Cult - Lips In The Hills
06 Blue Öyster Cult - Unknown Tongue
07 Blue Öyster Cult - The Marshall Plan
08 Blue Öyster Cult - Divine Wind
09 Blue Öyster Cult - Born To Be Wild
10 Blue Öyster Cult - Encore Break
11 Blue Öyster Cult - Roadhouse Blues (The Doors)
12 Commercial
13 Black Sabbath - Supertzar (Intro)
14 Black Sabbath - War Pigs
15 Black Sabbath - Neon Knights
16 Black Sabbath - Children Of The Sea
17 Commercial
18 Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
19 Black Sabbath - Die Young
20 Promo #1 (feat. Black Sabbath)
21 Promo #2 (feat. Blue Öyster Cult)

Blue Öyster Cult:
Eric Bloom – lead vocals, stun guitar, keyboards
Buck Dharma – lead guitar, vocals
Allen Lanier – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Joe Bouchard – bass, vocals
Albert Bouchard – drums, vocals

Black Sabbath:
Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) vocals
Tony Iommi guitar
Geezer Butler bass
Vinny Appice drums

Black Sabbath Touring Member:
Geoff Nicholls – keyboards, 2nd guitar

Did not know there was actually a Pre-FM recording from the Black & Blue Tour till I found this (not really sure how long ago). When Rosebud & I came together we bond on our mutual love of all things Black Sabbath & Heavy Metal. I tell this story a lot, but I asked Rosebud to marry me at a Pantera, Black Sabbath concert. It was during the song "Becoming" by Pantera. I look over and see my 5foot 2inch girlfriend had her fist in the air singing along to the chorus "I'm born again with snake eyes, becoming God size" and I said "Please marry me", there was a couple next to us that heard Rosebud say yes and smoked a joint with us. It was a great night. This is Rosebud's 1st Rosebud Pick of 2022!! What a way to start!!

FLAC

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Black Sabbath - Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 (Pre-FM)

Black Sabbath
Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02
The Orpheum Theater, Boston, Massachusettes August 9, 1992
For Broadcast January 4, 1993
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8 16bit/44,1khz & MP3 320kbps/48khz
No Cue Sheets or CD Scans
Newspaper Clippings Included

Original Lineage: Original Radio Broadcast 2 CD Set > Toast Titanium (on MAC) > Flac

JustDave Additional Lineage: Trader's Little Helper (decode) Wave 16bit/44,1khz > Goldwave v6.83 (editing) > Wave 16bit/44,1khz > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > Flac Level 8 16bit/44,1khz

Hosted By Greg Steel

CD One

01 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 Intro - Greg Steel
02 Interview Segment - Geezer Butler
03 Black Sabbath - The Mob Rules (From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Heavy Metal)
04 Black Sabbath - Computer God
05 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 Break - Greg Steel
06 Commercial - United States Army
07 Commercial - Flintstone Kids Vitamins
08 Commercial - Sublingual Products Zinc Supplement
09 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 Intro - Greg Steel
10 Interview Segment - Geezer Butler
11 Black Sabbath - Children Of The Sea
12 Black Sabbath - Time Machine (From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Wayne's World)
13 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 Break - Greg Steel
14 Commercial - Fugitive Nights by Joseph Wambaugh
15 Commercial - American Gladiators
16 Commercial - Flintstone Kids Vitamins
17 Commercial - Halls Menthol Cough Drops
18 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 Intro - Greg Steel
19 Interview Segment - Geezer Butler
20 Black Sabbath - War Pigs
21 Black Sabbath - Neon Knights
22 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 Break - Greg Steel
23 Commercial - United States Army
24 Commercial - Fugitive Nights by Joseph Wambaugh
25 Commercial - Halls Menthol Cough Drops

CD Two

01 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 Intro - Greg Steel
02 Interview Segment - Tony Iommi & Geezer Butler
03 Black Sabbath - I
04 Black Sabbath - Die Young
05 Black Sabbath - Tony Iommi Guitar Solo
06 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 ID - Tony Iommi
07 Commercial - United States Army
08 Commercial - American Gladiators
09 Commercial - Sublingual Products Zinc Supplement
10 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 ID - Geezer Butler
11 Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
12 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 Break - Greg Steel
13 Commercial - United States Army
14 Commercial - Fugitive Nights by Joseph Wambaugh
15 Commercial - Flintstone Kids Vitamins
16 Commercial - PULSE Music Minute: Fear Factory Soul Of A New Machine
17 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 Intro - Greg Steel
18 Black Sabbath - Iron Man
19 Black Sabbath - Paranoid/Heaven And Hell (reprise)
20 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 Wrap Up - Greg Steel
21 Westwood One High Voltage - In Concert #93-02 Promo Bed w/Voiceover - Greg Steel

Total Playing Time CD1: 43mn 5sc
Total Playing Time CD2: 41mn 11sc
Total Playing Time Both CDs: 1hr 24mn 16sc

Ronnie James Dio – vocals
Tony Iommi – guitars
Terence "Geezer" Butler – bass
Vinny Appice – drums

Touring Member Since 1979:
Geoff Nicholls – keyboards, rhythm guitar

JustDave's Notes:
- Thank you to Tcantafio the original ripper of the files.
- Thank you Draftervoi for the newspaper clippings.
- Thank You to my fellow members of The Collective Of Live Music for all the help and inspiration.

Known Faults:
- No cue sheets or CD scans included with the files.
- CD One Track One has about a 2 seconds of phasing of the stereo signal at the very beginning of the track.

Recording Notes:
- Recording was sent to me in 7 unedited flac files with no cue sheet or CD scans.
- Recording was initially a live broadcast from The Orpheum Theater, Boston, Massachusettes August 9, 1992. The show was then re-released by Westwood One 3 times with different track lists and running orders.

Editing Notes:
- I used Trader's Little Helper to decode the flac files. Then used Goldwave to index the tracks. Waves were re-encoded with Trader's Little Helper aligning sector boundaries. Then tagged the files with Mp3tag.

FLAC

MP3

Black Sabbath - Europe 1993 ~ Monsters Of Rock Arena, Del Chionso, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 08-12-1992 (SBD)

Black Sabbath
Europe 1993 - (Reaper Records - GS1288)
Monsters Of Rock
Arena Del Chionso
Reggio Emilia, Italy
August 12, 1992

Flac Level 8 16bit/44,1khz & MP3 320kbps/48khz
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

Lineage: JustDave's Silver CD > EAC > Traders Little Helper > Flac Level 8
 

01 Computer God
02 Children of the Sea
03 Time Machine
04 War Pigs
05 medley:
     a Master of Insanity
     b After All (The Dead)
06 Iron Man
07 Heaven and Hell

Tony Iommi guitar
Geezer Butler bass
Ronnie James Dio vocals
Vinne Appice drums
Geoff Nichols keyboards

The title of the CD is Europe 1993 but Black Sabbath didn't play a single show in 1993. Recorded in 1992, this boot wasn't released until 1993, hence the name and another example of bootleggers caring about the money not the music or the facts. Anyway, this is a very clean sounding soundboard. You can hear all the instruments clearly, however the bass is a little thin (IMHO). Black-Sabbath.com says this boot comes from the masters of the original TV broadcast tapes, I say if your a Sabbath fan and you don't have this..... You Should !!

Flac

MP3

DIO - Definitive Evil ~ Le Zenith, Paris, France, November 23, 1987 (FM)

DIO
Definitive Evil - (Shades 142)
Le Zenith, Paris, France
November 23, 1987
FM Broadcast Recording or Stereo Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

Repost New Links Added 08/14/2025

Lineage: Extracted to FLAC from original silver CDs via EZ CD Audio Converter

Disc One

101 Stand Up And Shout
102 Dream Evil
103 Neon Knights (Black Sabbath)
104 Sunset Supermen
105 Naked In The Rain
106 Guitar Solo / Naked In The Rain (reprise)
107 The Last In Line
108 Holy Diver
109 Drum Solo

Disc Two

201 Heaven And Hell (Black Sabbath)
202 Man On The Silver Mountain (Rainbow)
203 All The Fools Sailed Away
204 Keyboard Solo / Instrumental
205 All The Fools Sailed Away (reprise) / The Last In Line (reprise)
206 Night People
207 Rock 'n' Roll Children
208 Overlove
209 Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (Rainbow) / Rock 'n' Roll Children (reprise)
210 Rainbow In The Dark
211 Mob Rules (Black Sabbath)
212 We Rock

Total Playing Time: 1hr 39mn 10sc

Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) – lead vocals
Craig Goldy – guitar
Jimmy Bain (R.I.P.) – bass, backing vocals
Vinny Appice – drums, percussion
Claude Schnell – keyboards, piano

Rosebud has a pretty wide musical taste but if I ask her what she wants to hear I usually have to preface it with no Queensryche, Kansas or Dio. They are her 3 go to bands when asked, which sometimes annoys me since I have her every CD she asked for. I usually have to remind her she has the compete recorded works of Grace Slick and Lynyrd Skynyrd to get a different response out of her. Last night I didn't say that, so that means you benefit with a great Dio show! I probably say this too much but  one thing I really love about Ronnie's Dio music is that it neatly ties together the music from his days in both Black Sabbath and Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.

Flac

MP3

Downloaded from https://purplehippies.com/ the best place for Deep Purple and related bootlegs!

Dio - Hammersmith Trilogy 1984, 1986 & 1987 ~ Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 1984, 1986 & 1987 (SBD)

Dio
Hammersmith Trilogy 1984, 1986 & 1987 - (Shades Records ~ Shades 301)
Hammersmith Odeon
London, England, U.K.
October 5, 1984
May 13, 1986
December 5, 1987
Sources Vary
FM Broadcast/Soundboard Recordings
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

Lineage: Extracted to FLAC from Original Silver CDs via EZ CD Audio Converter

CD 1
101 Stand Up And Shout
102 One Night In The City
103 Don't Talk To Strangers
104 Mystery
105 Egypt (The Chains Are On)
106 Holy Diver
107 Heaven And Hell (Black Sabbath)
108 The Last In Line
109 Rainbow In The Dark
110 Man On The Silver Mountain (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow)
111 Love Live Rock 'n' Roll (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow)
112 We Rock

CD 2
201 DJ Intro
202 King Of Rock And Roll
203 Like The Beat Of A Heart
204 Hungry For Heaven
205 The Last In Line
206 Holy Diver / The Last In Line (Reprise)
207 Sacred Heart / The Last In Line (Reprise)
208 Rock 'n' Roll Children
209 Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow)
210 Man On The Silver Mountain (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow)
211 Rainbow In The Dark

CD 3
301 Stand Up And Shout
302 Dream Evil
303 Neon Knights (Black Sabbath)
304 Naked In The Rain
305 The Last In Line
306 Holy Diver
307 Heaven And Hell (Black Sabbath)
308 All The Fools Sailed Away
309 Rock 'n' Roll Children
310 Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow)
311 Rock 'n' Roll Children (Reprise)
312 Rainbow In The Dark
313 We Rock
314 Don't Talk To Strangers

CD 1 Recorded October 5, 1984
CD 2 Recorded May 13, 1986
CD 3 Recorded December 5, 1987

Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) vocals
Vivian Campbell guitar CD 1
Craig Goldie guitar CD 2 & CD 3
Jimmy Bain (R.I.P.) bass
Vinny Appice drums
Claude Schnell keyboards

Rosebud's Tribute To Her Favorite Singers continues with The Godfather Of Heavy Metal Ronnie James Dio, or Dio as his fans call him. Dio, a name  when mentioned in Hard Rock/Heavy Metal circles gets you a flash of the Meloik and story of a first Dio concert experience. Some will say it was with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. Some will say it was fronting the mighty return of Black Sabbath (Me included JD). Then there are those who say it was fronting his eponymously named solo outfit Dio. A chosen few can say they saw the man fronting Elf. A rare few can say it was as Ronnie Dio fronting the Doo Wop group Ronnie & The Red Caps. No matter where and when they saw him, it was always agreed the man had a presence larger than his 5 foot 4 inch frame. His distinctive voice, phrasing, and inflections were boosted by a power that most singers could not muster on their best day.

This bad ass 3 CD set collects together 3 killer Dio performances at The London Hammersmith Odeon. 1 with Vivian Campbell on guitar, 2 with Craig Goldie. All 3 are a nice mix of Dio's career from Rainbow, through Black Sabbath, to his solo career. I remember when I first heard the Holy Diver album. My friend we called Tripper (not because of LSD though) brought it over to my house the same day I had bought Motörhead's Another Perfect Day. We smoked a couple joints and listened to the Motörhead first. Neither one of us loved it on the first listen (it's 1 of my top 5 of Motörhead now0. It was a bit of a change of direction, more melodic. We then put on Holy Diver, it was actually a love at first sound thing for both of us. I did comment it was a bit more commercial than his Black Sabbath material (just like Ozzy). We both, however, agreed it was the perfect bridge between his Rainbow and Sabbath music. Like any fanatic of Ronnie James Dio, I was more than pleased to find that live it was just that. All 3 sets here are loaded with Rainbow, Sabbath and Dio tunes. Enjoy!!

Flac CD1
Flac CD2
Flac CD3

MP3

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Tower Of Babel ~ World Tour Rehearsals 1976 xx-xx-1976 (SBD)

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Tower Of Babel - (Super Sonic ~ SS 200013/14/15)
World Tour Rehearsals 1976
xx-xx-1976
Soundboard Recording
MP3 224kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

CD 1
01 Mistreated Take 1
02 Mistreated Take 2
03 Mistreated Take 3
04 Mistreated Take 4
05 Mistreated Take 5
06 Mistreated Take 6
07 Mistreated Take 7
08 Mistreated Take 8
09 Mistreated Take 9
10 Kill The King Take 1
11 Kill The King Take 2
12 Kill The King Take 3
13 Kill The King Take 4
14 Kill The King Take 5
15 Kill The King Take 6
16 Kill The King Take 7 (Complete)
17 Man On The Silver Mountain

CD 2
01 Keyboard Solo
02 Stargazer Take 1 (Complete)
03 Stargazer Take 2
04 Stargazer Take 3
05 Stargazer Take 4
06 A Light In The Black (complete)
07 Still I’m Sad (The Yardbirds)
08 Drum Solo
09 Live Footage And Interviews (*) - (first seconds removed - Over The Rainbow intro)

CD 3
01 Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio (Music: Man On The Silver Mountain)
02 Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio (Music: Catch The Rainbow)
03 Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio (Music: Still I’m Sad)
04 Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio (Music: Sixteenth Century Greensleeves)

- Contains recordings from tour rehearsals recorded in May 1976 on CD 1 and CD 2.
- (*) Taken from promotion film from 1976
- CD 3 contains material from Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow radio special (ALL official released music between interviews removed)

Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) - vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Cozy Powell (R.I.P.) – drums
Tony Carey – keyboards
Jimmy Bain (R.I.P.) – bass

Rosebud's Tribute To Her Favorite Singers continues with a double shot of Ronnie James Dio. Both recordings are 3 CD sets as well. This one is from Rainbow's rehearsals for their 1976 world tour. It's been called a for fanatics only collection because of it's shortage of complete performances. I say anyone curious about how the band prepped for a show should check it out. It's a free download of a very expensive bootleg CD, but if this one isn't for you show #2 from this double shot will be.

MP3

Kuni, Quiet Riot & Dio - Japan Aid 2 ~ Showa Kinen Park, Tokyo, Japan 10-04-1987 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Kuni, Quiet Riot & Dio
Japan Aid 2
Showa Kinen ParK
Tokyo, Japan.
October 4, 1987
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Included

Rosebud's Pick

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.28 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps 

01 - Kuni - Shine On
02 - Kuni - Looking For Action
03 - Kuni - Hands Up
04 - Quiet Riot - Scream And Shout
05 - Quiet Riot - Wild And The Young
06 - Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel the Noize (Slade)
07 - Dio - Stand Up And Shout
08 - Dio - Neon Knights (Black Sabbath)
09 - Dio - Rainbow In The Dark
10 - Dio - Stars

total playing time:  41mn 47sc

Tracks 01- 03 Kuni
Jeff Scott Soto - Vocals
Kuni Takeuchi - Guitars
Douglas Taylor Baker - Bass
Mike Terrana - Drums

Tracks 04-06 Quiet Riot
Paul Shortino - Vocals
Carlos Cavazo - Guitar, Vocals
Sean McNabb - Bass, Vocals
Frankie Banali – Drums, Percussion

Tracks 07-10 Dio
Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Craig Goldy - Guitar
Jimmy Bain - Bass, Backing Vocals
Vinny Appice - Drums, Percussion
Claude Schnell - Keyboards

justdave's notes:
I ripped the audio with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to adjust the volume, re-edit some track marks, and add a fade in/fade out at the beginning/end of the recording. The interview tracks were very short and had bad audio so I edited them out. No EQ or noise reduction was used. I then encoded the waves to MP3 320kbps because the DVD had lossy audio.

This show has a soundboard recording of Quiet Riot with Paul Shortino of Ruff Cutt on vocals. Keven DuBrow had been fired by the band because of derogatory remarks Keven had made in the press about other Metal bands. The fan backlash caused the other members of Quiet Riot to fire Dubrow and replace him with Shortino. This left Quiet Riot with no original members in the band.

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Dio - Summerfest ~ Henry Maier Festival Grounds, Lazer 103 Rock Stage, Milwaukee, WI USA 07-10-1994 (FM)

Dio
Summerfest
Henry Maier Festival Grounds
Lazer 103 Rock Stage
Milwaukee, WI USA
July 10, 1994
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Rosebud's Pick

Lineage:
Technics Quartz Synthesizer AM/FM Stereo Receiver SA-160 > Pioneer cassette deck, model forgotten and JVC TD-W505 stereo double cassette deck > BASF Chrome Maxima II 90 and Maxell XLII-S 90 high bias master tapes > JVC TD-W505 stereo double cassette deck > TDK SA90 high bias cassette tape, 1st generation > JVC TD-W505 stereo double cassette deck > Aiwa XC-RW700 CD/CD recorder (tracking done here) > SONY CD-R AUDIO 80 min. CD-Rs > Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (wav files onto HD here) > Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (retracking and editing of tracks done here) > Trader's Little Helper (encode level 8, aligned on sector boundaries)

01 - DJ intro
02 - Undead intro
03 - Jesus, Mary And The Holy Ghost
04 - Strange Highways
05 - Don't Talk To Strangers
06 - Pain (with Tracy G. guitar solo)
07 - Mob Rules
08 - Holy Diver
09 - Man On The Silver Mountain (with Vinnie Appice drum solo)
10 - Evilution
11 - Give Her The Gun
12 - Stand Up And Shout
13 - The Last In Line
14 - crowd noise one
15 - A Rainbow In The Dark
16 - We Rock
17 - crowd noise two
18 - Here's To You
19 - crowd noise three
20 - Happy Birthday, Dear Ronnie

total time: 1hr 32mn 52sc

Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) – vocals
Tracy G – guitar
Jeff Pilson – bass
Vinny Appice – drums
Scott Warren – keyboards

This show was on Ronnie James Dio's 52nd birthday.

Flac

MP3 

Dio - Westwood One Superstars In Concert ~ Spokane Coliseum, Spokane, WA 07-24-1984 (FM)

Dio
Spokane '84 - (Bondage Music - BON143)
Westwood One Superstars In Concert
Spokane Coliseum
Spokane, WA
July 24, 1984
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

Silver > EAC > Wave > Flac Level 8
01 We Rock
02 Mystery
03 Heaven And Hell
04 The Last In Line / Heaven And Hell (reprise)
05 Eat Your Heart Out
06 Stand Up And Shout
07 Holy Diver
08 Drum Solo
09 The Mob Rules
10 Don't Talk To Strangers
11 Rainbow In The Dark
12 Man On The Silver Mountain
13 Long Live Rock And Roll / Man On The Silver Mountain (reprise)

Ronnie James Dio – vocals
Vinny Appice – drums
Jimmy Bain – bass
Claude Schnell – keyboards
Vivian Campbell – guitar

Another great show from Rosebud's extensive Ronnie James Dio collection. This time it's from the Dio tour to promote the bands second album Last In Line. You get tracks from both albums as well as classics from Ronnie's days in Black Sabbath and Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.

Flac

MP3

Dio - The Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland xx-xx-1984 (FM)

Dio
Apollo Theatre
Glasgow, Scotland
xx-xx-1984
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Rosebud's Pick

Recording Lineage:
FM -> Taper's source, unknown transfer to cassette(n)

Playback Lineage:
Cassette(n) on Technics Cassette Deck -> Alesis Masterlink @ 44.1kHz, 16-bit (level adjustment, track splits) -> CDR -> EAC to .wav -> TLH to .flac

01 - Intro Tape
02 - Stand Up & Shout ->
03 - One Night in the City
04 - Don't Talk to Strangers
05 - Mystery
06 - Egypt (The Chains are On)
07 - Holy Diver
08 - Man on the Silver Mountain
09 - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
10 - We Rock
11 - The Mob Rules

Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.)  – vocals
Vivian Campbell – guitar
Jimmy Bain – bass
Claude Schnell – keyboards
Vinny Appice – drums

original uploader notes:
Source cassette(n) received in trade many years ago, believed to be 1st gen from taper's master.

Rosebud say's it's been a little while since we brought the Metal, so here is a sweet offering from her extensive Ronnie James Dio collection. It's from the tour for the Holy Diver LP, and should not be missed.

Flac

MP3

Dio - Captured Live ~ Santa Monica Civic Center, Santa Monica, CA 10-07-1983 (Pre-FM)

Dio
Captured Live
Santa Monica Civic Center
Santa Monica, CA
October 7, 1983
Broadcast February 13, 1984
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cue Sheets or Cover Art

Rosebud's Pick

Vinyl>VPI HW 16.5 Record Vacuum>VPI MK III table/Audioquest PT-6 Arm/AT OC-9
Cartridge>Sony CDRW 33 Pro Cd Recorder>CDRW>WAV>CD WAV>Flac

01 - Stand Up And Shout
02 - Straight Through The Heart
03 - Shame On The Night
04 - Stargazer / Guitar Solo >
05 - Heaven And Hell
06 - Holy Diver >
07 - Rainbow In The Dark
08 - Man On The Silver Mountain (incl. Starstruck)
09 - Outro

Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P) – vocals
Vinny Appice – drums
Jimmy Bain – bass
Vivian Campbell – guitar
Claude Schnell – keyboards

Ronnie James Dio formed the band Dio after leaving/being fired from Black Sabbath (depending on who is telling the story). The band Dio's music fit well right between the Power Metal of his Rainbow days and the Doom Metal of Black Sabbath. This made it easy for Ronnie to feature songs from the most popular eras of his career. Ronnie's Elf material as well as his Do Wop days were left untouched. Ronnie James Dio was diagnosed with stomach cancer November of 2009. Ronnie underwent treatment and was reported to be responding well. Ronnie lost his battle with cancer on May 16, 2010, the disease had metastasized through out his body.

Flac

MP3

Dio - Westwood One In Concert ~ Selland Arena, Fresno, CA 12-28-1983 (Pre-FM)

Dio
Westwood One In Concert
Selland Arena, Fresno, CA December 28, 1983
Broadcast March 12, 1984
Pre-FM Recording
Original Broadcast Vinyl Rip
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Rosebud's Pick

lineage: Vinyl > VPI HW 16.5 Record Vacuum > VPI MK III table/Audioquest PT-6 Arm/AT OC-9
Cartridge > Sony CDRW 33 Pro Cd Recorder > CDRW > WAV > CD WAV > Flac

01 - Stand Up And Shout
02 - Straight Through The Heart
03 - Shame On The Night
04 - Children of the Sea
05 - Holy Diver
06 - Drum Solo
07 - Rainbow In The Dark
08 - Heaven And Hell
09 - Guitar Solo
10 - Heaven and Hell (reprise)
11 - Don't Talk to Strangers
12 - Man on the Silver Mountain

Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) – vocals
Vivian Campbell – guitar
Jimmy Bain – bass
Vinny Appice – drums
Claude Schnell – keyboards

Another fine post for our Ronnie James Dio tribute, this time a Pre-FM recording from his solo band.

Flac

MP3

Black Sabbath - Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA 09-09-1992 (FM)

Black Sabbath
Orpheum Theater
Boston, Mass.
August 9, 1992
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Rosebud's Pick

lineage: WBCN - FM radio > Yamaha 500 reciever > Nak. BX-100 cassette deck (dolby off) > Maxell XLII 90 min. cassettes > (part of guitar solo spliced in from FM master of re-broadcast, same lineage) played on Nak. 300 into soundforge (wav) > flac (sb's aligned)

01 Radio Intro & Walk On Music  3:02
02 The Mob Rules  3:30
03 Computer God  6:51
04 Children Of The Sea  6:37
05 Time Machine  5:23
06 War Pigs  8:31
07 I  6:58
08 Die Young  2:27
09 Guitar Solo  11:48
10 Black Sabbath  7:16
11 Master Of Insanity / After All (The Dead) 7:55
12 Drum Solo  4:53
13 Iron Man  7:58
14 Heaven And Hell  11:06
15 Announcer Encore Break  2:46
16 Neon Knights  5:27
17 Paranoid / Heaven And Hell (reprise)  3:50
18 Announcer Closing Credits  3:47

total time: 1hr 50mn 15sc

Black Sabbath 1992
Ronnie James Dio vocals
Tony Iommi guitar
Geezer Butler bass
Vinny Appice drums

Our Dio tribute rolls on with another offering from his days with Black Sabbath. This time from the Dehumanizer Tour. I have a few different versions of this gig and, this one I enjoy the most. When I caught this tour it was at The Capitol Theater in Flint, Michigan. The place held about 2,000 people so it was a great place to catch the tour. Every seat was like being on the main floor of an arena. Thrash Metal Titans Exodus were the opening act along with Skew Siskin. I crowd surfed and was thrown over the barricade in front of Dio. I had to be walked threw the back stage area, out side, then to the front door to be let back in. As we came around the side of the building, security and I ended up in the middle of a verbal fight between Exodus' and Skew Siskens' road crews. Kind of an interesting night.

Flac PT1
Flac PT2 

MP3

Ronnie James Dio & ELF - War Pigs'72 ~ The Bank, Cortland NY late January OR early February 1972 (SBD)

Ronnie James Dio & ELF
War Pigs'72
The Bank Cortland
late January OR early February 1972
Soundboard Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Picks

CD1
01 Crosseyed Mary (Jethro Tull Cover)
02 Stay With Me (Faces Cover)

 03 Little Queenie/Johnny B Good/Whole Lotta Shakin' (Chuck Berry/Jerry Lee Lewis medley)
04 An Old Raincoat (Rod Stewart Cover)
05 Cold Ramona
06 Black Dog (Led Zeppelin Cover)
07 Lura Lura
08 Four Day Creep (Humble Pie Cover)

CD2
01 Give Me A Chance
02 Rumble (Link Ray Cover)
03 Aqualung (Jethro Tull Cover)
04 Drown Me In The River
05 Simple Man (Graham Nash Cover)
06 Won't Get Fooled Again/Baba O'Riley (Who medley)
07 Pisces Apple Lady
08 Dirty Dollar Bill
09 Buckingham Blues
10 So Long
11 You Shook Me/Rock's Boogie (Elvis Presley Cover)
12 War Pigs (Black Sabbath Cover)

total time: 1hr 40mn 47sc

Ronnie James Dio - vocals / bass
Gary Driscoll - Drums / Percussion
Dave "Rock" Feinstein - Guitar
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards

Before Ronnie James Dio climbed to fame as lead vocalist for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow he slogged it out in his local scene like countless other musicians. Ronnie started his musical career in a Doo Wop group called The Vegas Kings. The Vegas Kings changed their name to Ronnie & The Rumblers who changed their name to Ronnie & The Red Caps when they got their chance to record a few singles. The band changed their name yet again to Ronnie Dio & The Prophets before recording more singles and the album Dio At Dominoe's a local restaurant. The restaurant in question became Dominoe's Pizza and has a plague outside commemorating the event that states "WE ROCK". The Prophets became The Electric Elves, then The Elves till finally becoming Elf. Elf released a couple albums produced by Roger Glover who suggested the band to Ritchie Blackmore as an opening act for Deep Purple MKII. Blackmore like Dio's voice so much that he took on Elf (minus the guitarist of course) as the core of the first line-up for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. After Rainbow Ronnie went on to become a Heavy Metal Icon as lead vocalist for Black Sabbath. The rest of course is history.

This is a soundboard recording from pre-fame Elf, with Ronnie already belting out "War Pigs", and also Jethro Tull, and Humble Pie covers. I have included some really cool bonus tracks that any Dio collector should not be with out. These bonus tracks regrettably are only in MP3 128kbps (sorry). I also have included a very good history of Ronnie's days as a starving artist.

MP3 

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Heritage While The Light Last ~ Koseinenki Kaikan Osaka, Japan 12-09-1976 (SBD)

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Heritage While The Light Last - (Rising Arrow - 039)
Koseinenki Kaikan
Osaka, Japan
December 09, 1976
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

Lineage: Rising Arrow-039 1CD + Bonus 1CD-R > WAV > FLAC

CD1 ~ Master Direct Version ~
01 Over The Rainbow
02 Kill The King
03 Mistreated
04 Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
05 Catch The Rainbow
06 Member Introduction
07 Purple Haze
08 Lazy Intro
09 Man On The Silver Mountain
10 Blues
11 Vocal Improvisation
12 Starstruck
13 Man On The Silver Mountain (reprise)

CD2 ~ Tape Direct Edition Bonus CD-R ~
01 Over The Rainbow
02 Kill The King
03 Mistreated
04 Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
05 Catch The Rainbow
06 Purple Haze
07 Lazy Intro
08 Man On The Silver Mountain
09 Blues
10 Vocal Improvisation

Ritchie Blackmore Guitar
Ronnie James Dio Vocals
Jimmy Bain Bass
Tony Carey Keyboards
Cozy Powell Drums

Taken from Cozy Powell's personal original master cassette copy of the show.

Continuing with our solute to Ronnie James Dio we have a fantastic show from the Rainbow Rising line-up of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. This tape is supposed to come from the personal archives of Cozy Powell. Cozy made soundboard and stage recordings of his many bands which have surfaced as bootlegs over the years since his death. This boot has two separate mixes of the same show the version on CD 1 being the most complete. Ronnie's vocals are amazing on this one. Personally I can never have enough live versions of Ronnie singing "Catch The Rainbow".

Flac Part1
Flac Part2 

MP3

DIO - Estadio Victor Jara, Santiago, Chile, 08-24-2004 (FM)

DIO

Estadio Victor Jara
Santiago, Chile
August 24, 2004
Radio Futuro FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick
CD1
01 - King of Rock and Roll
02 - The Sign of the Southern Cross
03 - Stargazer
04 - Stand Up & Shout
05 - Drum solo
06 - Don’t Talk To Strangers
07 - The Eyes
08 - The Mob Rules
09 - Man on the Silver Mountain
10 - Guitar & keyboard solo
11 - Long Live Rock And Roll
12 - Man On The Silver Mountain
13 - Rock And Roll Children

CD2
01 - Gates Of Babylon
02 - Holy Diver
03 - Heaven And Hell
04 - The Last in Line
05 - Rainbow in the Dark
06 - We Rock
07 - Neon Knights

Ronnie James Dio – vocals
Craig Goldy – guitar
Simon Wright – drums
Scott Warren – keyboards
Rudy Sarzo – bass

As our tribute to Ronnie James Dio rolls on we come to the man's solo career. The DIO solo material fit quite nicely alongside his Rainbow and Black Sabbath material. At the time of this recording Ronnie had a deep back catalog to go through. Along side fan favorites like "Man On The Silver Mountain", "Heaven And Hell", & "Holy Diver" the man pulls out "The Sign Of The Southern Cross" and the rarely played "Gates Of Babylon". Ronnie is in fine voice and the band is playing quite well together. A nice addition to anyone's DIO collection.

MP3

Black Sabbath - Bringer Of Evil ~ Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia 11-27-1980 (SBD)

Black Sabbath
Bringer Of Evil - (Power Gate - 100)
Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia November 27, 1980
Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut August 10, 1980
Unknown Venue, Heave & Hell U.S. Tour August 1980
Soundboard/FM Broadcast Recordings
Flac Level 5 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

Lineage: Silver Boot > EAC > WAV > FLAC (Level 5)

CD1:
01 Supertzar
02 War Pigs
03 Neon Knights
04 N.I.B.
05 Children Of The Sea
06 Sweet Leaf
07 Drum Solo
08 Sweet Leaf (Reprise)
09 Black Sabbath
10 Heaven And Hell
11 Iron Man
12 Die Young
13 Paranoid

CD2:
01 DJ Intro
02 War Pigs
03 Neon Knights
04 Children Of The Sea
05 Heaven And Hell
06 Die Young
07 Supertzar
08 War Pigs
09 Neon Knights
10 Children Of The Sea
11 Black Sabbath
12 Die Young

CD1 all tracks Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia November 27, 1980
CD2 tracks 01-06 Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut August 10, 1980
CD2 tracks 07-12 Unknown Venue, Heave & Hell U.S. Tour August 1980

Ronnie James Dio vocals
Tony Iommi guitar
Geezer Butler bass
Geoff Nicholls keyboards
Vinnie Appice drums all tracks CD1
Bill Ward drums all tracks CD2

Our next offering for our salute to Ronnie James Dio is from his days with Black Sabbath, more specific, the Heaven & Hell World Tour. This set offers tracks from 3 different shows over 2 packed CD's.

When Black Sabbath re-united the classic line-up after many years apart, Bill Ward commented that the way the band played had changed. He said during his time with the band they had played by "feel". When Sabbath started playing with different drummers the band started playing "time". This was hard for Bill to get used to as he still played by "feel" and never plays a song the same way twice. This great collection gives us a chance to compare the drumming of Bill Ward and first replacement Vinnie Appice. CD1 is Vinnie Appice and CD2 has Bill Ward. The second half of the CD is of special note, being an unknown soundboard from the USA tour.

The file set was almost a gig so I split the flac in 2 parts all parts needed to unzip.

Flac part1

Flac part2

MP3

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Soundboard Archives 1976 (SBD)

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Soundboard Archives 1976 - (Darker Than Blue - 077/078)
Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 12-16-1976 Evening Show
Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan 12-08-1976
Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan 12-09-1976
Soundboard/FM Broadcast Recordings
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

Silver CD -> EAC -> Flac

CD1
01 Mistreated
02 Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
03 Catch The Rainbow

CD2
01 Over The Rainbow
02 Kill The King
03 Mistreated
04 Man On The Silver Mountain
05 Blues
06 Man On The Silver Mountain
07 Still I'm Sad
08 Tony Carey Keyboard Solo
09 Stargazer

CD1 all tracks Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, December 16, 1976 Evening Show
CD2 tracks 01-05 Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan December 9, 1976
CD2 tracks 06-09 Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan December 8, 1976

Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) vocals
Ritchie Blackmore guitars
Cozy Powell (R.I.P.) drums
Tony Cary keyboards
Jimmy Bain bass

With the anniversary of Ronnie James Dio's passing comes closer Rosebud and I have decided to pay tribute the man with bootlegs from his various bands. Up first is an offering from his days in Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. More specifically the Rainbow Rising line-up. Considered by many to be the definitive version of the band, which would only last to the recording sessions for the follow up album started. This 2 CD bootleg is comprised of tracks from 3 Japan shows. The concerts in Germany and Japan during the Rising Tour were recorded to make the On Stage live album. With a heavy metal sound and the improvisational skills of MK2 era Deep Purple, it's no small wonder this line-up is loved by so many.

Flac Part1
Flac Part2 

MP3

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Starstruck ~ Koseinenkin Hall, Osaka, Japan, 01-17-1978 (SBD)

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Starstruck
Koseinenkin Hall
Osaka, Japan
January 17, 1978
Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

CD1
01 Intro
02 Over The Rainbow
03 Kill the King
04 Solo / Mistreated
05 Greensleeves
06 16th Century Greensleeves
07 Solo / Catch The Rainbow
08 Long Live Rock n' Roll

CD2
01 Lazy / Man On The Silver Mountain 
02 Blues
03 Starstruck
04 Man On The Silver Mountain (reprise)
05 Solo / Still I'm Sad / Ode To Joy
06 Solo / Still I'm Sad (reprise)
07 Do You Close Your Eyes
08 Over the Rainbow

Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar
Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) - Vocals
Cozy Powell (R.I.P.) - Drums
Bob Daisley - Bass
David Stone - Keyboards

For many, Rosebud & Myself included, the Ronnie James Dio era of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, is considered the best. With a trio of studio LP's and one double live LP Dio & Blackmore drew the blueprint for the Power Metal genre. Sword & Sorcery, Maidens, Knights, Kings & Queens became the subject matter for many imitators.

MP3

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow -BBC Rock Hour ~ The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia 06-24-1978 (Pre-FM)

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
BBC Rock Hour
The Omni
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
June 24, 1978
Pre-FM Recording
MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Rosebud's Pick

BBC Rock Hour radio show reel to reel > Maxell XLII > DAT > DAT clone > CD-R > WAV > mkw Audio Compression Tool FLAC

01 Intro
02 Kill The King
03 Mistreated
04 Long Live Rock n Roll
05 Man On The Silver Mountain
06 Still I'm Sad

Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar
Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) - Vocals
Bob Daisley - Bass
David Stone - Keyboards
Cozy Powell (R.I.P.) - Drums

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow was opening for REO Speedwagon when The BBC taped this show. On the road to promote the Long Live Rock & Roll release, this would be Ronnie James Dio's last tour with Rainbow. Ritchie decided to pursue a more commercial direction for the band, leaving the sword and sorcery themes behind. Dio didn't agree with that decision and decided to leave the band. David Stone and Bob Daisley were fired and replaced with Dony Airey and Roger Glover respectively. To replace the departed Dio, Blackmore first attempted to convince Ian Gillan to join him. Gillan refused and Blackmore hired Graham Bonnett. In 1997 Cozy Powell convinced Blackmore and Dio to reform the Rainbow Rising line-up. It was to be a one tour reunion, alas Cozy Powell's death in 1998 kept this reunion from happening.

Flac

MP3