James Dio

Rare 1991 Japanese-only 38-track 4-CD boxed set including the albums 'Holy Diver', 'The Last In Line', 'Sacred Heart' & the exclusive 'Live Tracks', each in their own case with picture sleeve. Comes housed in an outer picture slipcase box with a 60-page Japanese/lyric booklet & original wraparound obi-strip

After participating in five classic studio albums (three with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and two with Black Sabbath) in the late '70s and early '80s, it seemed that singer Ronnie James Dio could do no wrong. And with the release of his self-monikered band's debut album, Holy Diver, in 1983, Dio struck gold once again by injecting catchy melodies into the classic metal riffery of his previous groups. Besides Dio's inspired songwriting, the album's consistency owes a lot to his carefully chosen bandmates, including veteran bassist Jimmy Bain and drummer Vinny Appice, and a phenomenal find in young guitarist Vivian Campbell, whose creativity and technique are quite astounding.

Dio's landmark concept album! Magica was originally released in 2000 and features the late, great Ronnie James Dio on vocals/keyboards ,Craig Goldy on guitar/keyboards, Simon Wright on drums and Jimmy Bain on bass. CD 1 Features the original Magica CD remastered under the supervision of Ronnie James Dio's long time Engineer, Wyn Davis .CD 2 features the 18:26 Magica Story narrated by Ronnie James Dio,the Japanese Only Bonus track Annica ,Electra that was recorded for the planned Magica 2 & 3 and six never before released Official Live Bootleg Tracks from 2000/2001!