Product Details

• Actors: Ronnie James Dio, Bobby Rondinelli, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (DTS 5.1)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hurricane Int'l
• DVD Release Date: April 1, 2008
• Run Time: 158 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000YJ56SI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,095 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

These three unique DVDs are a treasure trove of all things Sabbath. You’ll find fascinating interviews selected from archives all over the world with main men Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osborne and Geezer Butler, plus the inside story of the group from band mates Ronnie James Dio, Glenn Hughes, Neil Murray and Bobby Rondinelli. The program also features superb rare footage of the band live in concert from 1970s and 1980’s performing classics such as Hand of Doom, Paranoid, Children of the Grave, Iron Man and many more.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Good, April 7, 2008

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Louis N. Pappas - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Sabbath: Master Of Reality (Special Edition) (DVD)

I had high expectations for this DVD because I wanted to see the band perform live back in the early 70s. But it only played little clips here and there with lame interviews between them. I like documentaries on my favorite bands, but this one was so boring and repetitive.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Has some really great stuff for collectors., May 24, 2009

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This review is from: Black Sabbath: Master Of Reality (Special Edition) (DVD)

As another reviewer said this doesnt contain complete live songs. But does have about 3/4's of Sabbath's rarely seen 2nd performance on Tops Of The Pops. In '78 Sabbath performned Never Say Die twice on the BBC music show. The First performance is on the story of vol.1 dvd/vhs but the 2nd is hard to find in trading. Just for this makes this a must have for Sabbath fans. Also is footage of the band from the Paris '70, Kirschner's Rock Concert '75, Never Say Die '78, New York '80, Cross Purposes '94 dvds. All of the bands official videos except Headless Cross, Hand Rocks The Cradile, Get A Grip. Interviews come from Ozzy & Geezer radio interview segments, Iommi from the Inside Black Sabbath dvd, Bobby Rondenelli, Glenn Hughes, Neil Murray are interviewed on camera for this dvd. And some music personalities such as Tommy Vance, Dougie White, Writers from Kerrang magazine are interviewed on camera. Severial pics of the band I've never seen B4 pop up from time to time on this release. The only problems I have with this set is alot of the concert footage i have collected over the years but I bet lots of Sabbath fans havnt yet so this would be great for them. Also The Tony Martin era is totally put down and talked bad about. The people on this set just trash the 10 years he was Sabbath's singer. But I do think Sabbath fans should get this.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ignore those other reviews, February 27, 2009

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zmudadoom - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Sabbath: Master Of Reality (Special Edition) (DVD)

this is an insightful and revealing look into the creation of the music of black sabbath not a concert video. if you want to learn something about how they created what is essentially the blueprint for an entire genre of music then you will enjoy this set. i actually learned about who came up with what lyrics and Tony Iommi even reveals a few of his tricks for attaining his trademark sound. so ignore the other reviews they clearly did not get that this is a biographical piece not a live concert.