Don Kirschner's Rock Concert 1975

Artist: Black Sabbath

Venue: Don Kirschner's Rock Concert

City: Santa Monica

Date:1975.09.

1-TV Announcer-French TV MUSIQUE SHOW(Interesting if you understand French)

2-Don Kirschner's intro

3-Killing Yourself To Live

4-Hole In The Sky

5-Snowblind

6-War Pigs

7-Paranoid

Notes: This 25-minute U.S. television performance is currently the only pro-shot footage in circulation from the SABOTAGE era. It was Sabbathís first appearance on Don Kirshnerís Rock Concert, a late night music showcase that ran from 1973 to 1981. They also reappeared on this program in 1980 with new vocalist Ronnie James-Dio.

The performance itself is excellent! The band are enjoying themselves and Ozzy has his voice under control. The film allows us to see the 'snowflakes' the band used during their 1975 performances of "Snowblind". It's kind of funny to see these flakes covering the band as they played. You can see the white stuff all over the stage for the remainder of their set! For "Black Sabbath, a large silver cross was raised above Bill's drum set. Also, note the carnations that adorned Bill's drum kit. This was a decoration he had adopted for that particular tour.

The arrangement of "War Pigs" is a bit skewed, as though the band went into the wrong section at one point. They are able to recover the song without noticably screwing up.