''Past Lives'' is a

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released in 2002 by

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. It peaked at number 114 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The first disc was previously known as '' Live at Last'', an album not put out by Black Sabbath's record company, and therefore not an official Black Sabbath album. The second consists of recordings made for television and radio, previously only available on bootlegs. It was released as a digipak and later a standard jewel-case.

Track listing

All songs written by

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, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward.

Disc one

Tracks 1-5 were recorded at the Hardrock in Manchester, England on March 11, 1973. Tracks 6-9 were recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London, England, on March 16, 1973. # "Tomorrow's Dream" – 3:03 # " Sweet Leaf" – 5:26 # "Killing Yourself to Live" – 5:29 # "Cornucopia" – 3:57 # "Snowblind" – 4:46 # "Embryo / Children of the Grave" – 4:33 # " War Pigs" – 7:36 # " Wicked World (Medley/jam that contains parts of "Into the Void", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Supernaut" and a drum solo; transitions back into "Wicked World") – 18:55 # " Paranoid" – 3:14

Disc two

As with many bootleg releases, tracks 1, 5-9 are miscredited as being from the Olympia Theatre in Paris, France, on December 20, 1970. In 2016, Warner Brothers/Rhino Records located the original master tapes for this concert for inclusion on the ''Super Deluxe Edition of Paranoid.'' It was then officially noted that these tracks (1, 5-9) were actually recorded by RTBF for television at Theatre 140, 140 Avenue Plasky, 1040 Bruzelles in

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on October 3, 1970. The entire performance in Brussels was first broadcast on "Pop Shop" by RTBF, Belgium on January 21, 1971 (part one) & April 4, 1971 (part two). Tracks 2-4 were recorded at the Asbury Park Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey on August 5, 1975. # " Hand of Doom / Rat Salad" – 8:25 # "Hole in the Sky" – 4:46 # " Symptom of the Universe" – 4:52 # "Megalomania" – 9:53 # "

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" – 6:25 # "

" – 8:23 # " N.I.B." – 5:31 # "Behind the Wall of Sleep" – 5:03 # " Fairies Wear Boots" – 6:39 *The "deluxe edition" contains the same tracks as the original album.

Personnel

* Tony Iommi - guitars * Bill Ward -

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* Geezer Butler - bass Liner notes for the 2002 CD booklet were written by Bruce Pilato. Liner notes for the 2010 Deluxe Collector's Edition CD booklet were written by Alex Milas.

Charts

References

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