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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-05-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2006 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........cd1: 9 cd2: 8 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.ronniejamesdio.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Dio Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Holy Diver Live (Jap. Ed.) Label : Victor ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ The idea of playing an album through live was ║ │
│║ perhaps done most famously by Pink Floyd in ║ │
│║ support of The Wall, but done more than a decade ║ │
│║ after the album's release the concept becomes ║ │
│║ even more interesting, giving the musicians who ║ │
│║ worked on it an opportunity to re-interpret and ║ │
│║ to bring fresh life to one of their seminal ║ │
│║ recordings. To my knowledge, Floyd weren't in ║ │
│║ the habit of playing The Wall in the same order ║ │
│║ as on the album, but Holy Diver is played in the ║ │
│║ exact same order as it was set to vinyl in 1983, ║ │
│║ with the songs flowing into one another and ║ │
│║ almost no banter with the crowd to create the ║ │
│║ most cohesive experience of the album possible. ║ │
│║ After that we are treated to what seems like a ║ │
│║ snapshot of Ronnie Dio's mid-seventies to mid- ║ │
│║ eighties career. ║ │
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│║ Through some of the set, Ronnie's performance is ║ │
│║ low and often hoarse. Rather than the operatic ║ │
│║ vocal lines with which he graced the studio ║ │
│║ recording of 'Holy Diver', here the track sees ║ │
│║ him using an almost growling moan to sing the ║ │
│║ lyrics. Two years later he would be on tour with ║ │
│║ Heaven & Hell, proving himself capable of ║ │
│║ singing as if it was still the '80s, so I can ║ │
│║ only assume that the less theatrical performance ║ │
│║ for this concert was a stylistic decision or a ║ │
│║ result of circumstances at the time. For 'Don't ║ │
│║ Talk to Strangers' and 'Shame on the Night', he ║ │
│║ uses a more "classic" Dio voice, as he does for ║ │
│║ most of the second half of the concert. His ║ │
│║ finest moment here is when he unexpectedly opens ║ │
│║ the brilliant rendition of 'Long Live ║ │
│║ Rock'n'Roll' with a section from 'Catch the ║ │
│║ Rainbow', one of the most tender and lovely ║ │
│║ pieces of music he has performed on and which ║ │
│║ never fails to get me all misty-eyed and shit. ║ │
│║ Had I been at the concert, mind, I would have ║ │
│║ been gutted that this song wasn't played ║ │
│║ through. ║ │
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│║ Doug Aldrich really shines on a lot of the ║ │
│║ guitar solos, particularly for 'Don't Talk to ║ │
│║ Strangers' and the final two songs, while his ║ │
│║ solo on 'Holy Diver' far surpasses Campbell's ║ │
│║ original. Aldrich isn't quite up to the task of ║ │
│║ 'Heaven & Hell' however, with his playing ║ │
│║ actually sounding quite messy in parts, and ║ │
│║ overall thoroughly paling in comparison to the ║ │
│║ version released a year later on Live Radio City ║ │
│║ Music Hall. He also fails to bring out the ║ │
│║ bounce and atmosphere of 'Gates of Babylon', ║ │
│║ although the track is saved by Simon Wright's ║ │
│║ spectacular performance. ║ │
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│║ However, 'Man on the Silver Mountain', 'Tarot ║ │
│║ Woman' and 'Sign of the Southern Cross' are all ║ │
│║ a delight to hear as well as, of all things, ║ │
│║ 'Rainbow in the Dark', and then 'Shame on the ║ │
│║ Night', which both sound better than they ever ║ │
│║ did on record. He truly has his moment with the ║ │
│║ half-time guitar solo on the end of 'Shame on ║ │
│║ the Night', eventually joined by Wright and ║ │
│║ Sarzo for some rather excellent jamming that ║ │
│║ reminds of some of the elaborate Rainbow ║ │
│║ performances Ronnie was a part of with Cozy ║ │
│║ Powell and Jimmy Bain. And then at the end, ║ │
│║ after a reprise of 'Shame...', Aldrich fucking ║ │
│║ nails that 'Holy Diver' riff. What was the ║ │
│║ problem earlier?! ║ │
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│║ One of the things that make Dio-involved ║ │
│║ concerts such a pleasure to hear is his handling ║ │
│║ of his crowds. He's really damn polite. Whether ║ │
│║ re-emphasizing how honoured he is to have been ║ │
│║ part of Black Sabbath or Rainbow, repeatedly and ║ │
│║ humbly thanking the audience and promising he ║ │
│║ really means it, or in a more touching moment ║ │
│║ dedicating a song to the late Cozy Powell, ║ │
│║ Ronnie is an absolute gentleman. ║ │
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│║ There is some inconsistency, and although Holy ║ │
│║ Diver does in my opinion, probably deserve most ║ │
│║ of the praise it is given, something like Dream ║ │
│║ Evil would have made a better whole-album- ║ │
│║ played-live experience. Even with a few stumbles ║ │
│║ on the guitar, I must confess Aldrich is usually ║ │
│║ very impressive, especially considering his ║ │
│║ being drafted in as an emergency after Craig ║ │
│║ Goldy pulled out. Dio, as well as the musicians ║ │
│║ he was playing with at the time, present a ║ │
│║ capable and often exciting performance of the ║ │
│║ album, and it did mean that five or six songs ║ │
│║ barely ever played did get played. For those ║ │
│║ looking to get some live Dio songs, this album ║ │
│║ probably has the overall best tracklist of the ║ │
│║ band's three live albums. ║ │
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│║ Now Rainbow's Rising, that's what I would like ║ │
│║ to see performed in its entirety. We'd have to ║ │
│║ get Ritchie Blackmore back from the middle ages, ║ │
│║ though. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ - CD1 [ ] │
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│ 01 - Stand Up And Shout [04:35] │
│ 02 - Holy Diver [04:46] │
│ 03 - Gypsy [09:47] │
│ 04 - Caught In The Middle [04:52] │
│ 05 - Don't Talk To Strangers [05:12] │
│ 06 - Straight Through The Heart [04:38] │
│ 07 - Invisible [05:18] │
│ 08 - Rainbow In The Dark [04:46] │
│ 09 - Shame On The Night [16:53] │
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│ - CD2 [ ] │
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│ 01 - Tarot Woman [06:55] │
│ 02 - Sign Of The Southern Cross [03:22] │
│ 03 - One Night In The City [06:11] │
│ 04 - Gates Of Babylon [08:23] │
│ 05 - Heaven & Hell [11:26] │
│ 06 - Man On The Silver Mountain [04:15] │
│ 07 - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll [06:15] │
│ 08 - We Rock [06:22] │
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│ Total Length : [113:5] min │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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