Cross Purposes Live is a boxed set released by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath in 1995. The set comprised a live album on CD and a VHS tape of a concert recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on Wednesday 13 April 1994. It is Black Sabbath's only live album with singer Tony Martin. The CD was housed within an oversized videotape case but had its own inserts and jewel case.
The song "Children of the Sea" was also played at the concert, between "Children of the Grave" and "I Witness" in the running order, but is not featured in the official release for reasons unclear. Bobby Rondinelli's drum solo also has a minute edited out.
Both the original CD and VHS tape are out of print, but an hour long unlicensed DVD was released with nine of the sixteen original video tracks. This release includes the promo videoclip of "Feels Good to Me", from the album Tyr (1990).
In December 2010 an officially licensed DVD was finally released by Eagle Rock Entertainment only in Japan, featuring the complete 87 minutes of concert.
CD: "Time Machine" (Ronnie James Dio, Iommi, Butler) - 5:08 "Children of the Grave" - 5:25 "I Witness" (Tony Martin, Iommi, Butler) - 5:02 "Into the Void" - 6:39 "Black Sabbath" - 8:12 "Psychophobia" - 3:03 "The Wizard" - 4:42 "Cross of Thorns" (Martin, Iommi, Butler) - 4:43 "Symptom of the Universe" - 7:31 "Headless Cross" (Martin, Iommi, Cozy Powell) - 5:34 "Paranoid" - 5:13 "Iron Man" - 3:27 "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" - 6:11
DVD: 1. Time Machine (5:08) 2. Children Of The Grave (5:25) 3. I Witness (5:02) 4. Mob Rules (4:18) 5. Into The Void (6:39) 6. Anno Mundi (6:17) 7. Black Sabbath (8:12) 8. Neon Knights (5:35) 9. Psychophobia (3:03) 10. The Wizard (4:42) 11. Cross Of Thorns (4:43) 12. Symptom Of The Universe / Drum Solo (7:31) 13. Headless Cross (5:34) 14. Paranoid (5:13) 15. Iron Man (3:27) 16. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (6:11)
Credits
Tony Martin – Vocals Tony Iommi – Guitar Geezer Butler – Bass Bobby Rondinelli – Drums Geoff Nicholls – Keyboards Filmed Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London Video directed by Duncan Smith Video produced by Martin R. Smith Audio produced by Will Ashurst
Notes CD/VHS IRS 7243-4-91314-3-9 (EUR 1995)
* – Mob Rules, Anno Mundi, & Neon Knights appear only on the videotape, and not on the CD. Symptom of the Universe is misspelled on the US box as Symton of the Universe. Tony Martin was sick during much of this tour – this unfortunately isn’t a great representation of what he can do live. The video was re-released on DVD in 2003, 2010, and again in 2012. However, both releases were put out without Tony Iommi or Black Sabbath’s authorization, and should be considered UNOFFICIAL. The 2003/2010/2012 DVD’s are also incomplete, missing up to six songs that were on the original VHS release.