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Black Sabbath: Rock band's Ronnie James lets it go at Maple Leaf Gardens blow-out last night before 14,000 happy fans who looked like motor cycle gang members between rampages, Peter Goddard says
Black Sabbath: Rock band's Ronnie James lets it go at Maple Leaf Gardens blow-out last night before 14,000 happy fans who looked like motor cycle gang members between rampages, Peter Goddard says

Black Sabbath: Rock band's Ronnie James lets it go at Maple Leaf Gardens blow-out last night before 14,000 happy fans who looked like motor cycle gang members between rampages, Peter Goddard says

Date11/19/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Black Sabbath: Rock band's Ronnie James lets it go at Maple Leaf Gardens blow-out last night before 14;000 happy fans who looked like motor cycle gang members between rampages; Peter Goddard says.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Object NumberTSPA_0101767F
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