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Cross Purposes Live

Format: DVD
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 92 ratings

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BLACK SABBATH

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ Unknown
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.47 x 0.28 x 7.4 inches; 2.89 ounces
  • Audio Description: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 5055544202835
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ August 7, 2012
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Black Sabbath
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Store for Music
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0085OQXUO
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 92 ratings

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Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars Complete show, nothing omitted.
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2015
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I have had this on VHS for 20 years and have had nothing to watch it on for at least 15. The disc I received had the complete show, nothing was omitted. My only complaint would be the picture quality, it looks like it was taken directly from the VHS. I'm ecstatic that I can watch this again, well worth the money.
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GTRJUNKIE
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice show from the Martin era,
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2018
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I had this originally on VHS and had been looking for a copy on DVD. Not only is this available at a great price, it is the entire show. I agree with previous reviewers that the video quality is adequate at best. It does not appear that any effort was made to remaster the original recording. The audio however, isn't bad. Other reviewers have indicated playback issues with their discs. I did not experience any of that. My disc played the entire concert without the picture freezing as others have noted.

All in all, I am happy with this release as it is the only one I am aware of from the Tony Martin years. This will never be a recruiting tool for new fans but, collectors will want a copy as well as fans curious as to what a live show with Tony was like.
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Jeremy Hautajarvi
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2019
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Wish they had the technology to do 4K recording but you get what you get. Not much pyro. Seems like it’s just a small club date.
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gunman42782
5.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2014
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I am not a huge Tony Martin era fan, but I loved this DVD. Martin is very personable and does a outstanding job on this. Made me appreciate the Martin era just a bit more than I did.
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M. Frobom
4.0 out of 5 stars The Other Black Sabbath
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2007
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This fun to watch DVD reveals a side of Sabbath that I hadn't seen before. It has neither the feel of doom pioneering genius of the classic footage; nor the choreographed Icon worship of the re-union era stuff. What it does show is a day on stage of a veteran, hard working, professional, hard rock band. Standing close together on stage, playing as a unit, maybe a little road weary or hung over; and working their butts off. Musicians more than rock stars. I have a lot of respect for the Tony Martin era band; although I just never could buy him or any of the Blackmore guys singing the Ozzy material. I wish they hadn't been so overshadowed by the classic line-up; because they were a great band in their own right. I'm glad the record companies have finally let Iommi put out material under his own name.
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Dave A. Schacht
3.0 out of 5 stars BUYER BEWARE!
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2014
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Even though this DVD arrived seemingly brand new (sealed in plastic), it still had playability issues. After viewing almost the entire disc, when Track 12 ("Symptom Of The Universe") was playing the picture froze and continued to move very slowly until I finally gave up and had to eject the DVD from my player. This was very frustrating to me as I had hoped to view the entire concert. It does play fine on my laptop computer, but that's not where I'd prefer to view it. I was so happy to get this full concert on DVD as I was fortunate to pick up the companion CD over a year ago (and I simply couldn't afford the still overpriced VHS tape of this concert; now, it looks like that's the only way that I'd be able to view the entire concert on my TV as I'm not sure that I should take a chance on buying another possibly defective DVD). Now, about the contents of the disc itself: The picture appears to be of VHS quality (which means poor for a DVD). At times, the band members are bathed in a weird, colored glow (which, in a perverse way, is kind of cool) and the color also changes occasionally to black & white. The camera shots are good and also focus on the audience from time to time. This leads one to believe that this show was professionally shot for an eventual release, and why this hasn't been rereleased on a better quality DVD is mysterious to say the least. Most of the Black Sabbath material from the Tony Martin years has sadly gone out of print which leads to higher prices for some items. The band is in fine form as they run through a series of Sabbath classics (though, oddly enough, there's no performance of "War Pigs" included in the set) and what was then newer material from their recently released "Cross Purposes" album. For someone who appreciates all eras of Black Sabbath (like I do), this is a real treat. Vocally, Tony Martin is closer to Ronnie James Dio in concert than Ozzy Osbourne, but the bulk of the classic material on this disc is from the Ozzy years, including a truncated "Iron Man" which flows relatively quickly into "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". For me, the highlight of the performance is a version of the song, "The Wizard" which originally appeared on Black Sabbath's debut from 1970. This show was filmed at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 1994, so it would really have been nice to see a 20th Anniversary CD/DVD rerelease of this this year. There's a nice summary of the band on the inside cover of the DVD case (but no booklet) which shows a misspelling of Ian Gillan's surname (as Gillian). There's also a picture gallery on the DVD which I was unable to access on my player. If you're a diehard Sabbath fan like me, then you may want to add this to your collection. But be forewarned, you may end up getting a defective copy like I did. AMMENDMENT (11/3/2015): I recently acquired a much better DVD player and was able to watch this disc in its entirety on my TV. It wouldn't play properly on two other DVD players, so, naturally, I thought that I had purchased a defective disc. If you're thinking about buying this and you have a newer DVD player (or one that is "region-free"), then I highly recommend it. The performance is excellent. All of the band members are at the peak of their powers. Even if you're just curious about the Tony Martin era of Black Sabbath, you should get this. You won't be disappointed (provided you experience no playability issues with the DVD like I originally did)!
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William T.
5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2013
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When I Got the Dvd i Expected to Get the Edited Version.. but this was the Whole show..
and it was Great to see this Era of sabbath live...
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RychusOne
1.0 out of 5 stars copied off a VHS??
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2013
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ok, The concert is great, the music is amazing, obviously filmed by a professional camera crew. The copy I got seemed to come in professional packaging. The DVD graphics, however looks like it has an copy of the original scanned, printed and stuck on a generic DVD. The video is grainy and the audio is so so. I mean it looks like someone copied the concert of a VHS tape. This was filmed in the 90's but I have 60's concert footage that is much better quality than this.Will someone please get the masters and re-issue this concert in high def? Also, half the concert material is missing. Mysterious....
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jose
5.0 out of 5 stars Buen concierto
Reviewed in Spain on October 6, 2019
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Muy buen concierto
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Valter Rock
5.0 out of 5 stars Grande.
Reviewed in Italy on March 12, 2019
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Grande concerto. Nulla fa rimpiangere al rimpiazzo di Ozzy.
Consigliato
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Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on September 21, 2015
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Supper !!!
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Ricardo lorenzo Flamenco
5.0 out of 5 stars Great. Semi bootleg release will be better once cleaned up and released officially, until then buy this edition.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 27, 2016
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Tony Martin is my least favourite Sabbath vocalist hes excellent technically and a great Lyricist
its just i personally don't like his voice. However I enjoyed the DVD very much.
Bobby Rondelli ,formerly of Rainbow, is great prefer his playing to Vinnys.
Tony is awesome as always and great to see Geezer back where he belongs.
I just wish Glen Hughes could have been together enough to have done the vocals on every post 7th star Sabbath album!
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guenot claude
1.0 out of 5 stars Dvd black sabbath. (Cross purpose live)
Reviewed in France on November 22, 2015
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J'était très content d'avoir reçus ce dvd. Et surprise illisible. Je ne peut pas le visionner. Alors est ce qu'il peut être lu en Europe?
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