Live at Last
Live at Last is a Black Sabbath concert album that reached the shops in 1980, issued by NEMS. The band neither knew about it nor approved it. Their former manager, Patrick Meehan, owned the rights to the recording and put it out legally, and the sleeve famously credited the singer as "Ossie Osbourne".
It was a hit all the same, climbing to No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart. It appeared in the same year as Heaven and Hell, the studio album that opened a new chapter for the group, so it looks back at an earlier era just as the band was moving on. The band later gave it an official release on 20 August 2002 in the US, as the first disc of the two-disc Past Lives set. It is worth hearing as a document of how the band sounded on stage, with a backstory as odd as anything on the record.
Live at Last: tracklist, credits and charts
9 tracks · 57:05Tracklist
- 1Tomorrow’s DreamButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward3:04
- 2Sweet LeafButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward5:27
- 3Killing Yourself to LiveButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward5:29
- 4CornucopiaButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward3:58
- 5SnowblindButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward4:47
- 6Children of the GraveButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward4:32
- 7War PigsButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward7:38
- 8Wicked WorldButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward18:59
- 9ParanoidButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward3:10
- Produced by
- Patrick Meehan
- Recorded at
- Hard Rock Café Manchester, Rainbow Theatre
- Recorded
- *11 March 1973 at the Hardrock Concert Theatre, Manchester *16 March 1973 at the Rainbow Theatre, London
- Engineered by
- Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward
- Label
- NEMS
- Length
- 57:05
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1980 | 5 |
| Swedish Albums · 1980 | 26 |
From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikidata only
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | July 1980 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | June 1980 | |
| Wikidata | 21 June 1980 | |
| UK / Europe release | July 1980 | earliest UK or European date |
16 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1980 | GB | NEMS | original | |
| 1981 | IT | Ariston | other | |
| 1982 | GB | NEMS | other | |
| 1986 | FR | Castle Communications | 5013428720011 | other |
| 1987 | US | Creative Sounds Ltd. | 016726600127 | other |
| 5 March 1989 | JP | Vertigo | 4988011314506 | other |
| June 1989 | DE | Vertigo | 042283270428 | other |
| 1990 | SU | SNC Records | other | |
| 1996 | US | Power Sound 2001 | 016726600127 | other |
| 1 August 1996 | GB | Essential! Records | 5017615833126 | other |
| 21 October 1996 | JP | Castle Communications | 4988004064890 | other |
| 7 March 2001 | JP | Victor | 4988002413409 | remaster |
| 21 October 2004 | XE | Sanctuary Midline | 5050749207128 | other |
| 2010 | — | Sanctuary Records | 00602527499109 | other |
| 2010 | — | Sanctuary Records | 602527499109 | remaster |
| 28 March 2014 | — | Sanctuary Records | 0602537422838 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 563×599 | rejected |