Collectors Music Reviews

I seem to remember when the Asbury Park show surfaced that it was only 1 disc. Does anyone know anything about this 2 disc set?

Looking forward to ordering both those Sabbath titles – I think time has been deservedly kind to the Tony Martin era and I throughly enjoy revisiting these concerts. The “No Label” guys nearly always produces quality silvers too, great stuff.

TMOQ, the original release of Asbury Park (in full) was a Bondage 2CD called ‘Heaven And Earth’ (BON 269/270). There was then a European issue (new digipak artwork, straight copy of the CDs), titled ‘Accidental Overdose’. There have been several single CD issues, I believe, editing solos, mostly, but since I have the Bondage set I’ve never bothered with those.

No Label are, indeed, serving Sabbath fans well.

Langley released the Sheffield 1989 show as a 2CDR titled ‘Tales From Sheffield’ (Langley-096), so a ‘silver’ is most welcome. Especially as I was at that show. :)

I’d forgotten about that, my first Tarantura purchase. (How I forgot when I had had to pay so much for it, I can’t explain!)

‘Devil & Daughter’ (Langley Deluxe 016) is an upgrade on its previous 2CDR release as ‘Tales From Sheffield’ (Langley-096), which came out in 2005, I believe. The audience comments show it to be the same source, but the sound is crisper at both high and low ends: I believe this to be from a higher gen tape, rather than solely down to mastering. The bonus track is ‘Cloak and Dagger’, whereas on the earlier release there were 4 tracks by The Alliance, featuring Tony Martin. The sleeve states that these are demos, but I think they may actually be from a BBC session.

The Friday Rock Show session tracks were; We Are Strangers,Trying to Forget & No Broken Hearts. (some can be found on youtube).So those other tracks must be a demo or something. Tony Martin related news : The first ever solo Tony Martin show in the UK will be at Birmingham Asylum 27th July 2012. Its billed as “Tony Martins Headless Cross”