Black Sabbath – Last Gig With Ray: Nottingham, 4th June 1986 (2003)

July 19, 2024

Supposedly the last gig the band did with Ray Gillen before his release from the band. This adds up because during the between-song banter he says that they are going to take a break after this show and work on a new album, which could only have been The Eternal Idol. Unfortunately, we all know what happened to Ray Gillen and the lassies he was fucking whilst touring the world. HIV ain’t no joke.

Regarding the material on this bootleg, there’s a very strange mix of Ozzy / Dio / Gillian / Hughes tracks, at one point you get “Symptom of the Universe” into a medley of “Sweet Leaf” and “Zero the Hero”, followed immediately by “Seventh Star”. It’s a wild ride. The recording quality is also pretty fucking great.