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''Black Sabbath: The Dio Years'' is a 2007 compilation CD of material recorded by
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band ...
during vocalist
Ronnie James Dio Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hel ...
's tenure in the band. The CD contains remastered tracks taken from the studio albums '' Heaven and Hell'' (1980), '' Mob Rules'' (1981), and '' Dehumanizer'' (1992), as well as a live version of the song " Children of the Sea" taken from the live album '' Live Evil'' (1982). It also contains three songs that were recorded in 2007: "The Devil Cried", "Shadow of the Wind", and "Ear in the Wall". It was reported that the collection was first conceived of as a box set including all albums from '' Heaven and Hell'' to ''
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''. This idea was eventually scrapped, and instead a box set was planned to feature just the four albums recorded from the Dio era of the band. This second idea was put aside, though would eventually be revisited as ''
The Rules of Hell ''The Rules of Hell'' is a collection of four albums by the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath featuring Ronnie James Dio on vocals in remastered form. The albums included in the set are: *1980 ''Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath al ...
'', a box set released in the summer of 2008. In an interview conducted by
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,
Tony Iommi Anthony Frank Iommi Jr. (born 19 February 1948) is an English musician. He co-founded the pioneering Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was the band's guitarist, leader, primary composer, and sole continuous member for over ...
revealed that originally two new tracks were planned, but after recording three new songs the original plan was changed to accommodate all three tracks in the compilation. On 23 February 2007, both
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and Sirius Satellite Radio unveiled the song "The Devil Cried" from the upcoming album.
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subsequently made the track available (for preview only) on 26 February 2007. "The Devil Cried" was released as a single on 13 March 2007. After the recording was completed, the members decided to tour under the moniker Heaven & Hell. Dio and Iommi decided that the working partnership they had achieved in recording the three new songs would not be wasted, so they recorded '' The Devil You Know''.


UK Tour Edition

Before the Heaven & Hell tour of the UK in November 2007, a special edition release of ''The Dio Years'' was released on 5 November, ''Black Sabbath: The Dio Years Tour Edition'', to commemorate the tour. This CD, only to be in print for a limited time, features four songs from the '' Live at Hammersmith Odeon'' limited edition live album recently released by Black Sabbath. The four songs, recorded live in 1981 during Black Sabbath's "Mob Rules Tour" are "Neon Knights", "The Mob Rules", "
Children of the Grave "Children of the Grave" is a song by English rock band Black Sabbath, from their 1971 album ''Master of Reality''. The song lyrically continues with the same anti-war themes brought on by " War Pigs" and "Electric Funeral" from the band's previ ...
", and "Voodoo".


Track listing

All songs were written by
Ronnie James Dio Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hel ...
,
Tony Iommi Anthony Frank Iommi Jr. (born 19 February 1948) is an English musician. He co-founded the pioneering Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was the band's guitarist, leader, primary composer, and sole continuous member for over ...
and
Geezer Butler Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the pioneering Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded and performed with Heave ...
, except where noted.


Personnel

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Ronnie James Dio Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hel ...
– vocals *
Tony Iommi Anthony Frank Iommi Jr. (born 19 February 1948) is an English musician. He co-founded the pioneering Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was the band's guitarist, leader, primary composer, and sole continuous member for over ...
– guitars *
Geezer Butler Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the pioneering Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded and performed with Heave ...
– bass * Bill Ward – drums (on tracks 1–5) *
Vinny Appice Vincent Samson Appice (born September 13, 1957) is an American rock and metal drummer best known for his work with the bands Dio (band), Dio, Black Sabbath, and Heaven & Hell (band), Heaven & Hell. Of Italian descent, he is the younger brother ...
– drums (on tracks 6–16) *
Geoff Nicholls Geoffrey James Nicholls (29 February 1948 – 28 January 2017) was an English guitarist and keyboardist, and longtime member of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath until 2004. Nicholls also played in the NWOBHM band Quartz before joining Black S ...
– keyboards (on tracks 1–13) * Mike Exeter – engineering and mixing


Charts


See also


References

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