Past Lives is a live album released in 2002 by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It peaked at number 114 on the Billboard 200. The first disc was previously known as Live at Last, an album not put out by Black Sabbath's record company, and therefore not an official Black Sabbath album. The second consists of recordings made for television and radio, previously only available on bootlegs. It was released as a digipak and later a standard jewel-case.
All songs written by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward.
Tracks 1âÂÂ5 were recorded at the Hardrock in Manchester, England on 11 March 1973. Tracks 6âÂÂ9 were recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London, England, on 16 March 1973.
As with many bootleg releases, tracks 1, 5âÂÂ9 are miscredited as being from the Olympia Theatre in Paris, France, on 20 December 1970.
In 2016, Warner Brothers/Rhino Records located the original master tapes for this concert for inclusion on the Super Deluxe Edition of Paranoid. It was then officially noted that these tracks (1, 5âÂÂ9) were actually recorded by RTBF for television at Theatre 140, 140 Avenue Plasky, 1040 àBruxelles (Brussels), Belgium on 3 October 1970.
The entire performance in Brussels was first broadcast on "Pop Shop" by RTBF, Belgium on 21 January 1971 (part one) & 4 April 1971 (part two).
Tracks 2âÂÂ4 were recorded at the Asbury Park Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey on 5 August 1975.
Liner notes for the 2002 CD booklet were written by Bruce Pilato. Liner notes for the 2010 Deluxe Collector's Edition CD booklet were written by Alex Milas.