BLACK SABBATH - California Jam 1974 - Live - SPA Top Gear Edition - VERY RARE

Limited, cleaned-up and veeery good-sounding, mixing-desk-sourced 80-minute CD, containing the full, 65-minute performance recorded in April 1974 at the huge festival (known, among other things, for the Deep Purple performance), on the tour promoting the LP "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"! What is there to say... Ozzy was in form, the band played very precisely and improvised a great deal (especially in the fantastic "Instrumental Jam"), and the set of tracks - like a dream! Alongside the two killers from 1970 (Brussels and Montreux), the excellent performance from Asbury Park from 1975 (available on 2CD) and the catalogue "Live At Last" recorded in 1973, I find it hard to recall a better performance from the 70s! Simply in terms of sound quality it is top five! In addition three (unfortunately rather poorly recorded) tracks from this tour are included - including probably the only known performances of "A National Acrobat" and "Changes" - priceless!!! An absolute must! (JL)