Japanese specialized label “Alive The Live” is doing a very nice job making available on CD for the first time recordings from major acts originally aired by the legendary King Biscuit Flower Hour FM Radioshow. “DIO – Live Philadelphia ’84” captures Ronnie at his peak and with it’s considered his best band; Vivian Campbell on guitars, Jimmy Bain on bass, drummer Vinny Appice and Claude Schnell on keyboards.
This is the full show, 12 songs in its entirety.
As part of the “Last In Line Tour, “DIO – Live Philadelphia ’84” took place on August 25, 1984.
The set list is pure DIO gold, including ‘Stand Up And Shout’, ‘One Night In The City’, ‘Don’t Talk To Strangers’, ‘Mystery’, ‘We Rock’, ‘The Last In Line’, the awesome Rainbow in the Dark’, etc.
There’s also an excellent take on Sabbath’s ‘Heaven And Hell’ (an extended version featuring a killer Campbell solo) and of course a Rainbow medley of ‘The Man On The Silver Mountain / Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll’.
DIO – Live Philadelphia ’84 [Japan release only / Remastered] back
This DIO Philadelphia ’84 concert was also filmed (pro shot) and appeared only on VHS, not ‘officially’ though. There’s also bootleg CD’s but not complete, but this Japanese Alive The Live Records is the first sanctioned release of the August 25, 1984 performance.
It’s DIO at the mid-Eighties, it’s all good. (thanks to Satoshi for this one!)
01 – Stand Up And Shout
02 – One Night In The City
03 – Don’t Talk To Strangers
04 – Mystery
05 – Egypt (The Chains Are On)
06 – Heaven And Hell
07 – The Last In Line
08 – Heaven And Hell (reprise)
09 – Rainbow In The Dark
10 – Man On The Silver Mountain / Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll
11 – The Mob Rules
12 – We Rock
Ronnie James Dio – vocals
Vivian Campbell – guitars
Jimmy Bain – bass
Vinny Appice – drums
Claude Schnell – keyboards