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Black Sabbath: California Jam (1974)

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Overview

It was this now legendary appearance at California Jam I that would expose Black Sabbath to many mainstream American television viewers via ABC-TV.  The band appeared alongside such acts as Deep Purple, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Rare Earth, Seals & Crofts and The Eagles It was originally broadcast on ABC’s ‘Wide World in Concert’ series, which aired three songs from Sabbath on May 24th, 1974 – and later rebroadcast this segment in November ’74.  This footage has never been commercially available, aside from one clip of “Children of The Grave”.  The entire show was recorded as a soundboard audio, but apparently only these four songs were captured on video.  Track Listing: Intro-Footage of the band arriving, Children of the Grave, Post-show interview with Ozzy, War Pigs, Paranoid, Killing Yourself to Live.  (Order may differ based on source.)

Length 22 minutes

Actors

Ozzy Osbourne | Tony Iommi | Geezer Butler | Bill Ward