Dio's First Three Albums Getting Deluxe Reissues

02/02/2012
. Big news for fans of Ronnie James Dio. The first three seminal Dio albums, Holy Diver, Last in Line, and Sacred Heart are getting the deluxe reissue treatment.

That's the good news, the bad news is North American fans apparently will have to order the reissues as imports as these deluxe reissues are coming from Universal, not Warner Bros Records who hold the rights in North America, according the leading Black Sabbath fansite Black-Sabbath.com.

The site posted the official announcement with all the details, the tracklisting, plus some additional notes of their own. Of note in the announcement: As well as the original CD being re-mastered, these reissues each feature a bonus CD containing an expanded booklet with notes from Malcolm Dome and has been endorsed by Ronnie's widow Wendy Dio.

Here are the tracklistings:

Holy Diver
Disc one
Stand Up And Shout
Holy Diver
Gypsy
Caught In The Middle
Don't Talk To Strangers
Straight Through The Heart
Invisible
Rainbow In The Dark
Shame On The Night

Disc two
Evil Eyes
Stand Up And Shout
Straight Through The Heart
Stand Up And Shout
Shame On The Night
Children Of The Sea
Holy Diver
Rainbow In The Dark
Man On The Silver Mountain

Last In Line
Disc one
We Rock
The Last In Line
Breathless
I Speed at Night
One Night In The City
Evil Eyes
Mystery
Eat Your Heart Out
Egypt (The Chains Are On)

Disc two
Stand Up And Shout � Live � B-Side Last In Line
Straight Through The Heart � Live � B-Side Last In Line
Eat Your Heart Out � Live � Mystery
Don't Talk To Strangers � Live � Mystery
Holy Diver - Live � B-Side We Rock
Rainbow In The Dark - Live � B-Side We Rock
One Night In The City � Pinkpop Festival, Geleen
We Rock � Pinkpop Festival, Geleen
Holy Diver � Pinkpop Festival, Geleen
Stargazer � Pinkpop Festival, Geleen
Heaven And Hell � Pinkpop Festival, Geleen
Rainbow In The Dark � Pinkpop Festival, Geleen
Man On The Silver Mountain � Pinkpop Festival, Geleen
Don't Talk To Strangers � Pinkpop Festival, Geleen

Sacred Heart
Disc one
King Of Rock N Roll
Sacred Heart
Another Lie
Rock N Roll Children
Hungry For Heaven
Like the Beat Of A Heart
Just Another Day
Fallen Angels
Shoot Shoot

Disc two
Hide In The Rainbow � Dio EP
We Rock � Live � B-Side Rock N Roll Children
Last In Line � Live � B-Side Rock N Roll Children
Like the Beat Of A Heart � Live � B-Side Hungry For Heaven
King Of Rock N Roll � Intermission
Rainbow In The Dark � Intermission
Sacred Heart � Intermission
Time To Burn � Intermission
Rock N Roll Children � Intermission
Long Live Rock N Roll � Intermission
Man On The Silver Mountain � Intermission
We Rock � Intermission

You can read a lot more details about these reissues here