After losing access to this account over three years ago, I've finally got it back. I'd just like to say that I'm absolutely dumbfounded by the number of views on these videos. Thank you SO much! I do have more rare Ozzy and miscellaneous metal bootlegs that I can share here, if anyone's interested.
barkattheozz666 I am 100% interested. Do you have the other untouched recordings from Cleveland? These sound so much better than they do on tribute. Would you post them or by chance email them to me?:)
I had the whole show uploaded here in the past, but all of the songs that were used on Tribute got blocked. If you give me your email, I'll send you a link to download it. What codec do you want the files in?
WOW!!!!! ,this sounds fuckin great. I saw him in 81 as well,thank god. First time ive stumbled across this particular live version n it sounds great. Shit,i bet Ozzy n Sharon are sitting on a shitpile of good stuff and just aren't releasing it. Lee was good,as was Zakk,but there will never be anyone like Rhoads. With the exception of a few songs,i just can't really get into anything from Ozzy but the stuff off the first 2 albums.............ok maybe Bark at the Moon. Guess i was just too into Rhoads sound n got spoiled..
Thanks 'barkattheozz666' for this!!! It takes me waaay back to 1982 when I saw Ozzy for the first time with Randy and I still have the concert ticket stub to this day that was $7.50 and I even still have the Ozzy in concert ad from the local newspaper for the same concert. Even the stage that Ozzy brought with him was amazing to me the way it looked like a cool old castle! Oh yeah, me and a friend made an Ozzy 'banner' from a bed sheet that we hung on the railing at the concert. The permanent markers that we used for the banner had bled thru the sheet onto the cement floor in my parents basement and is still there to this day! OzzY & Randy forever!!!! ROCK-ON!!!
@Justin Ford Okay then, where is your Blizzard of Ozz? Where is your Diary of a Madman? Also, why do you need to feel superior to others? Is it trauma from childhood? Low self-esteem? Insecurity?
Just think everyone what the THIRD album would have sounded like. If Randy stayed with ozzy that is. I just can't imagine how incredible it would have been... wow.
he wasn't given a choice really to stay or go,but he could have not gotten on that plane,but you aree right,he was going to leave,but misfortune took over and he died,not meant to sound harsh,but I think you get what I was trying to say,no pun intended
John has it right, Bats head soup was the vinyl, had 10 songs if I remember correctly. This CLEVELAND recording of the whole show, became the Tribute album/CD, I've got both. Wasn't at this show in 81 but was at the CLE show in 82, the last day of January, about 7 week's before that fateful flight.
He was often compared to Eddie van Halen, but while Eddie is fun and seriously kicking ass, Randy is making the grave, deep and dramatic side of music palpable.
Yes i am definitely interested in listening to anything you have thats prior to the Diary Of A Madman Tour . First off i want to say this video is the best quality sound I've heard from any bootleg recordings out there .and trust me i have heard all of them thats out there for the public to hear .i saw Ozzy with Randy on the Blizzard Of Ozz Tour (9-81 Tampa Florida) like just weeks after this particular shows recordings .and it sounds exactly like the show i heard .and seriously your recording is practically as good as anything that was professionally released .as good as the Randy Rhoads Tribute Album and as good as the 3 song Ozzy Live EP release from Jet Records . I would love to hear this entire show if you have it and any more recordings from the Blizzard Tour that have this kind of quality .The reason im only concerned with shows from the Blizzard tour is because in all honesty the bands sound went down hill beginning on the Diary Tour .now partly might have to do with the poor soundboard recordings but i think it has to do more with the change of the venues sound systems but i think thats due to the bands live sound changed drastically .the band decided to include keywords live on every single song on the Diary tour and the keys were way to loud along with Ozzys vocals .so loud it was to the point where it was drowning out Randys guitar parts and the rest of the band also .they changed something major in the sound systems where it just sounded awful .in the beginning the band only really used keys on Mr Crowley and Revaluation Mother Earth .ozzy hated keyboards and didn't want them in the band but Randy wanted them and thought they enhanced the music and Bob coming from Deep Purple and Rainbow also liked them .if you go back and listen to all the bootleg recordings from their first Uk shows from late 1980 and their first US and North American Tour there were no keyboards being used live on all there songs and the ones that did have them used were at a low volume level .even on the After Hours TV Studio Session if you go back and watch and listen its only Mr Crowley that you can hear them being used and i think that was a much better sound like a true 4 piece Metal Band .but .all this changes starting on the Diary Tour.
@luigigarcia64 That's Fantastic!!!! I would have very much have loved to seen this show. Did they have the Mid-Evil Castle set on stage or was this place too small?
John Yup. Bat’s Head Soup. I used to have that bootleg many moons ago. Randy’s live tone and playing is the best it ever was on this recording. It really is a crime this wasn’t pro shot.
Even though the quality isn't that good, this mix is way better than the Tribute album! Actually can hear the bass! I totally prefer his original raw vocal over the rerecorded version!
Can you inagine seeing this guy for the first time sonic wall that hits you in the face out of the gate, Randy an all time A leaguer. this is much better than tribute version, ozzy sounds better.
Not trying to be a Randy or guitar snob but this solo sounds nothing like Zakk, do you really think Zakk could go one solo without doing at least one pinch harmonic? The answer is: fuck no. Maybe your young and new to listening to Randy's style (wow how lucky you are) I've had enough of Zakk for quite a while now, first off he's not a comedian or even funny, everything he say's he say's it in a comical way, but it's not funny and his BLS live solo spot guitar solo's, good God help us, it just goes on and on. Don't get me wrong the dude is a God and has basically mastered his craft but he needs to slow down. We know he can shred and that's all his solo's are, are 20 min of him shredding, sweating, in need of a shower and spittting.in the air probably landing on some poor sap.Ozzy realized all this 7-8 yrs ago when he let Zakk go.BLS/Ozzy same band.(mo)
guys....here is a tip for you...stop comparing guitar players, specially Zak and Rhoads...f***...both gods with different styles and techniques, equipments, different decades and songs...true is...no one here will never play not even close to both of them haahahhaa....CRY!!!!
Do you have the "crazy train" track from this concert? If so can you PM it to me? The guitar and vocals are messed with in the tribute album, this sounds much cleaner to me.
Apperently this is the live recording from the show that on Tribute. They re-recorded Ozzys bit. Only place where they touched Randys playing on the record is Crazy Train. He started solo one beat too early. That can be found in youtube. And of course you can hear that this recording is raw and they tweaked Randys playing in the tribute mix
It's the same thing he plays on the actual Blizzard of Ozz album, but with more oomph. It's a sweep-pick into a pull-off lick on the B,G,D,A strings, but with his wah-wah pedal kicked forward for more treble and attack. There's also a harmonic that comes out from the sweep of the pick into the first note, which really stands out on this version, compared to others.
