Black Sabbath & Showco (1975–1979)
From 1975–1979, Black Sabbath’s tours carried some of the heaviest, most influential rock of the era—shows that demanded power, clarity, and consistency at arena volume. This page is a starting point for gathering Showco-connected materials from those years, including tour and crew ephemera, backstage items, documentation, and reliable external articles that help trace Sabbath’s live evolution across the late ’70s.
This page is a work in progress. I’m building the archive by hand and will continue adding links, documents, and memorabilia as they’re located and digitized.
Have Black Sabbath–era Showco photos, passes, documents, or reliable articles to share? Please contact me if you’d like to contribute to this page.
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
A live performance by Black Sabbath from the 1970s.
Digital representation of the lighting rig supplied by Showco. Provided by Clive Davies (Black Sabbath's Lighting Designer, 1975-1978)
A live performance of Black Sabbath from the 1970s.
Black sabbath's guitar player
Sabbath lighting mock-up