Dio

Europe first press 1991. Record plays well with minor marks. Sleeve and inner have minor wear.
despite recording two hit studio albums with black sabbath (1980's heaven and hell and 1981's the mob rules) and playing throughout the world to huge crowds, ronnie james dio left the band in 1982-the year of his final release with sabbath, the in-concert live evil. as soon as the announcement of his departure was made official, dio began to put together his first solo project. joining him were former rainbow bandmate jimmy bain on bass, former sabbath bandmate vinny appice on drums, ex-sweet savage guitar hero vivian campbell, and newcomer claude schnell on keyboards. holy diver, dio's band debut, was issued in 1983.