Black Sabbath on BBC Midlands "Look! Hear!" (lost TV footage featuring Dave Walker on vocals; 1978)
In late 1977, Ozzy Osbourne unexpectedly left Black Sabbath to start a solo career. Former Fleetwood Mac and Savoy Brown singer Dave Walker was brought in as Ozzy's replacement. The band immediately began work on new material, with Walker supplying the lyrics.
History
On January 6, 1978, Black Sabbath were filmed playing a two song set on the BBC Midlands' program "Look! Hear!." War Pigs and a very rough, early version of Junior's Eyes were played. The performance remained relatively unknown until the audio of Junior's Eyes was featured on a Black Sabbath bootleg entitled Archangel Rides Again that was unofficially released in 1992.
On October 25, 2011, Dave Walker was interviewed by Jason Saulnier from musiclegends.ca and was asked about his performance on "Look! Hear!." Dave stated that he has no idea what happened to the footage and that he's in no contact with the members of Black Sabbath. The interviewer also stated that he has seen the performance, so it is possible that it was once on YouTube, but was taken down.
On June 28, 2020, a post was made by Emerald Sabbath on his Facebook page stating that he managed to get a copy of Junior's Eyes from the "Look! Hear!" performance, but no War Pigs. He also mentioned he's in contact with his copyright lawyer to get it released. On January 8, 2021, Emerald Sabbath made a post saying that the BBC would not release it due to legal reasons.
Availability
This is one of the most sought after piece of media in Black Sabbath history, and sadly the only existence of the performance is through some less-than-stellar audio on YouTube.
Audio Of Junior's Eyes
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