JAZZ SABBATH
Acapela Studio,
Cardiff, Wales

21st November 2022

Lineage:
Support & Set 1: Church Audio CA-14 omnis > CA-9200 > Edirol R-07 (@24/96) > Cool Edit Pro 2 > CDWave > TLH
Set 2: Edirol HR-09 (internal mics @24/96) > Cool Edit Pro 2 > CDWave > TLH

Recorded front row, just off centre

Recording, transfer & artwork by boombox

Timings - Billy Watman: 29m00s; Jazz Sabbath: 86m57s

Disc 1 - Set 1:
1. Introductory Video
2. Fairies Wear Boots
3. Snowblind
4. Milton Speaks
5. Evil Woman
6. Behind The Wall Of Sleep
7. Rat Salad

Disc 2 - Set 2:
1. Video & Introduction
2. Iron Man
3. Changes
4. N.I.B.
5. Paranoid
6. Children Of The Grave
7. Encore Break
8. Black Sabbath
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Filler - Support: BILLY WATMAN
9. Introduction/Cavatina (John Williams)/Flamenco
10. Back To Black (Amy Winehouse)
11. Banter & Tuning
12. The Show Must Go On (Queen)
13. Looping Demo - Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield)
15. Rasputin (Boney M)
16. Banter & Tuning
17. Mr. Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne)
18. Banter & Tuning
19. Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd)

JAZZ SABBATH are:
Piano - Milton Keanes (aka Adam Wakeman)
Bass - Jack Tustin
Drums - Dylan Howe

boombox's notes december 2022:

We had been waiting for years for a Jazz Sabbath tour - ever since Adam started doing 'Iron Man' during Wilson & Wakeman shows. So where better to see them than in the venue where that historic Jazz Mag recording was made? To open proceedings, young classical/flamenco fingerstyle guitarist, Billy Watman, delivered an impressive half hour set of very diverse covers, displaying just why he made the final of Sky's 'Guitar Star' competition at the age of 14. Jazz Sabbath's lineup has changed since the albums were recorded (or this is perhaps a touring line-up like the Zombies!), with two established jazzers coming in in Dylan (son of Steve) Howe and jazz wunderkind Jack Tustin. With far less humorous chatter than usual, Milton/Adam preferred to let the music do the talking and very good it is too - it's Sabbath, Jim, but not as we know it!

Due to my central taping location, my mics picked up much less of the PA, which is never loud anyway. What you hear is pretty much the acoustic sound in the room plus what was in the monitors. This meant, of course, a very quiet recording, which needed lots of work on levels. There is perhaps a little more hiss and background noise than I'd like, but it still sounds very good. The comparatively loud drums, especially in 'Rat Salad', means I did have to use a smidge of compression. The reason for the use of my backup source for Set 2 was that I was worried Dylan's hard hitting would have toasted my levels, so I checked them in the setbreak and they were OK, but somehow I didn't turn the recorder on properly for Set 2 as the intro video started with no warning. With both mic sources being omnis though, they sound pretty similar.

If you want to know more about the history of Jazz Sabbath, I suggest you check out the very funny videos on their youtube channel and of course, buy the albums.

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