Starting in 2018, the Dio band has participated in Record Store Day each year (and sometimes twice if they hit the Black Friday RSD as well). The offering from Dio so far has been a string of seven picture disc singles, and while they haven't been life changing, they have been fun to collect. For 2023, however, they changed things up a bit and this time out we get a live Dio record from '83.
Initially, I wasn't too excited over another live Dio album. I already had seven of them in my collection, and wasn't sure that I needed another one. I was soon set straight, because this is a killer live set as Dio, Viv, Vinny and Jimmy rip through a bunch of songs from the first album, Holy Diver, plus some classics from Sabbath and Rainbow. Dio's voice is incredible here and band are just on fire. Ronnie has been gone for 13 years now, so there won't be any new material from the man... so records like this end up being a bit special and are a nice reminder of how incredible he was as a front man. RJD forever.
Red vinyl and numbered out of 8,000 pressed.
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