Released Apr 3, 2007 (US/North America)
Released Apr 9, 2007 (UK/Europe)
Released Nov 5, 2007 (Europe – UK Tour Edition)
Released Mar 11, 2008 (US/N America – MVI Edition)

[ Tour Dates ]

Track Listing (Standard CD)

Neon Knights
Lady Evil
Heaven And Hell
Die Young
Lonely Is The Word
The Mob Rules
Turn Up The Night
Voodoo
Falling Off The Edge Of The World
After All (The Dead)
TV Crimes
I
Children Of The Sea – Live
The Devil Cried *
Shadow of the Wind *
Ear in the Wall *
The Devil Cried (Radio Edit – Digital DL Only)

Track Listing (UK Tour Edition)

Disc 1

Neon Knights
Lady Evil
Heaven And Hell
Die Young
Lonely Is The Word
The Mob Rules
Turn Up The Night
Voodoo
Falling Off The Edge Of The World
After All (The Dead)
TV Crimes
I
Children Of The Sea – Live
The Devil Cried *
Shadow of the Wind *
Ear in the Wall *

Disc 2

Neon Knights (Live)
The Mob Rules (Live)
Children of the Grave (Live)
Voodoo (Live)

Writing Credits

Older songs vary by song
The three new tracks were written by Iommi / Dio / Butler

Credits

Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
Tony Iommi – Guitar
Geezer Butler – Bass
Bill Ward – Drums (Tracks 1-5)
Vinny Appice – Drums (Tracks 6-20)
Geoff Nicholls – Keyboards (Tracks 1-13, 17-20)
Remastered by Bill Inglot & Dan Hersch
Illustrations by Wes Benscoter
Supervising Producer – Mason Williams
Product Manager – Liz Erman

Catalogue Numbers

CD Rhino R2-116668 (US 2007)
CD Rhino 8122-79992-4 (EUR 2007)
CD Rhino 8122-79947-5 (EUR 2007 – Tour Edition)
CD Warner Bros WPCR-12622 (JPN 2007)
CD Rhino R2-298876 (US 2008 – MVI Edition)

Notes

This was originally going to be a box set for the Dio Years, sort of a “Black Box II”. It got pared down to a single disc late in 2006.
Bill Ward was originally onboard during the recording of the new tracks, but backed out after musical differences in the style of the recordings.
The new tracks do not have any keyboards on them (per interviews with Tony & Ronnie).
There are a handful of tracks that appear both on this compilation and the “Stand Up & Shout: The Dio Anthology”. Both were “remastered”, but do not share the same remastering sessions. They were re-remastered for the Dio Years package.
Track 13 was culled from the “Live Evil” album, so all four of Dio’s Black Sabbath albums are represented in this package.
Other release dates for the package around the world besides the ones above:
United States: Apr 3
Australia: Apr 14
Brazil: May 28
Canada: Apr 3
France: Apr 10
Germany: Mar 30
Italy: Apr 13
Japan: Apr 25
Mexico: Apr 3
Netherlands: Mar 30
Spain: Apr 3
UK: Apr 9
The UK Tour edition was released to coincide with the UK dates to close the 2007 Heaven & Hell tour.
The UK Tour edition is a UK only release.
The MVI edition has the same track listing as the original release, except it also has some music videos on it, too. The songs represented there are Neon Knights, Die Young, & TV Crimes. On top of that, it also has a photo gallery, buddy icons, wallpapers, and a booklet PDF, and a link to ringtone purchase options. You can read more about the MVI format here. The MVI edition looked cosmetically the same on the outside, save for the addtl track info on the back. The front looked exactly the same as the standard edition.
There used to be an electronic “E-Card” for the release when the album was new (it was here), but as of last check in October 2011, it appears to be gone. A partially functional version of it is still available here at archive.org.

Images

This is the cover to the “Tour Edition” version of this release. It’s mostly the same, just with the addition of “TOUR EDITION” towards the bottom.

This next image is from the inside artwork for the Dio Years CD. It was drawn by Wes Benscoter, who also did the cover art for the 2003 release, “Stand Up & Shout: The Dio Anthology”.

Here are some thumbnails for various pictures of the inside of the CD package. If you want to see larger versions, you can visit this photo gallery elsewhere on the website.