Dio-Fronted Black Sabbath Albums Get Reissue Treatment

BY Josiah HughesPublished Feb 8, 2010

With Heaven and Hell quickly approaching its 30th anniversary, the time is ripe for three classic albums of the Ronnie James Dio era of Black Sabbath to be reissued. Along with Heaven and Hell, 1981's Mob Rules and 1982's Live Evil will also be getting redone.

Besides the remasters of the original recordings, each album will come with a bonus disc of material. This spans extra live recordings and videos to alternate edits of tracks. Live Evil will also contain restored banter from Ronnie James Dio.

Keep an eye out for these three sets when Universal Music reissues them on April 5. As previously reported, Dio is currently battling stomach cancer. Last month, his wife reported that he was making progress through chemotherapy.

Heaven and Hell:


Disc One:

1. "Neon Knights"

2. "Children Of The Sea"

3. "Lady Evil"

4. "Heaven And Hell"

5. "Wishing Well"

6. "Die Young"

7. "Walk Away"

8. "Lonely Is The Word"



Disc Two:

1. "Children Of The Sea" (live)

2. "Heaven And Hell" (live)

3. "Lady Evil" (mono edit)

4. "Neon Knights" (live video)

5. "Die Young" (live video)

6. "Neon Knights" (live in Hartford, CT, 1980)

7. "Children Of The Sea" (live in Hartford, CT, 1980)

8. "Heaven And Hell" (live in Hartford, CT, 1980)

9. "Die Young" (live in Hartford, CT, 1980)



Mob Rules:



Disc One:

1. "Turn Up The Night"

2. "Voodoo"

3. "The Sign Of The Southern Cross"

4. "E515"

5. "The Mob Rules"

6. "Country Girl"

7. "Slipping Away"

8. "Falling Off The Edge Of The World"

9. "Over And Over"

10. "Die Young" (live, twelve-inch version)*

11. "The Mob Rules" (alternative version)*



Disc Two:

1. "E515" (live)

2. "Neon Knights" (live)

3. "N.I.B." (live)

4. "Children Of The Sea" (live)

5. "Country Girl" (live)

6. "Black Sabbath" (live)

7. "War Pigs" (live)

8. "Slipping Away" (live)

9. "Iron Man" (live)

10. "The Mob Rules" (live)

11. "Heaven And Hell" (live)

12. "Paranoid" (live)

13. "Voodoo" (live)

14. "Children Of The Grave" (live)



Live Evil:



Disc One:

1. "E515"

2. "Neon Knights"

3. "N.I.B."

4. "Children Of The Sea"

5. "Voodoo"

6. "Black Sabbath"

7. "War Pigs"

8. "Iron Man"



Disc Two:

1. "The Mob Rules"

2. "Heaven And Hell"

3. "The Sign Of The Southern Cross / Heaven And Hell"

4. "Paranoid"

5. "Children Of The Grave"

6. "Fluff"



* bonus tracks

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