Black Sabbath - Never Say Die: Live in 1978 (DVD, 2003)

Never Say Die was recorded live in 1978, the last year of Black Sabbath's original line-up (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler & Bill Ward). If you have any knowledge on Sabbath's career at this particular point in time you would know Iommi has demanded centre stage for this last tour, so Ozzy's performance is restricted to the side of the stage, and therefore pretty disappointing. It is painfully obvious to see the tiredness not just Ozzy (soon to be fired), but all the others are under too. The performances are good (I mean, it's Black Sabbath, afterall) but not brilliant, probably due to the sound levels and Ozzy's voice not being anywhere as good as it usually is, which was really disappointing for me. If you're a Sab fan, you'll buy it regardless of any review (just as I did). It's good to see the how the band performed towards the end of the original four-piece.It's nowhere near as good as the Sabbath Story : Volume One (which infact features two excerpts of the same Never Say Die concert), but I would still strongly recommend it to any Sabbath fan, because we can all take the bands problems at the time into consideration. Theres some worthwhile performances on here, plus rare concert songs such as Dirty Women, Rock & Roll Doctor and Never Say Die, as well as the classics (War Pigs, Paranoid, Children Of The Grave, Snowblind, Symptom Of The Universe, Electric Funeral & Black Sabbath). There aren't any extras on the disc, but my guess is you're not contemplating buying it for those anyway. It's worthwhile for any Sabbath fan to have it in your collection.