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Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz & Diary of a Madman [30th Anniversary Box Set] (2011)
On May 31, music fans will have their first taste of re-issues from rock icon OZZY OSBOURNE's catalog of work with the releases of two albums which form the cornerstone of Ozzy Osbourne's career as a solo artist: Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman (Epic Records/Legacy Recordings). Long revered by rock fans around the world, these two albums created a template for hard rock in the 1980's and beyond as they were marked by the ground-breaking and historic union of Ozzy and the late guitar hero Randy Rhoads. These definitive versions of 1980's Blizzard of Ozz (with previously unreleased bonus tracks) and 1981's Diary of a Madman are available individually on vinyl or CD, or together in a deluxe collector's box. All versions were restored and remastered from the original analog sources by George Marino.
The 30th Anniversary Edition of Blizzard of Ozz CD includes the original album in its entirety, restored and remastered for this edition, with bonus tracks, while the new Legacy Edition of Diary of a Madman includes the original album in its entirety, restored and remastered for this edition, with a bonus second CD of previously unreleased live performances featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads with rhythm section Rudy Sarzo (bass) and Tommy Aldridge (drums). A single disc version of the remastered Diary of a Madman will also be available.
For serious fans and collectors, the limited edition 30th Anniversary deluxe boxed set houses the restored and remastered vinyl and CD editions of Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman, the 'Ozzy Live' compact disc. Beyond the music, the box set is highlighted by a variety of exclusives including an expansive 100-page coffee table book, a two-sided wall-size poster, a precise and detailed full-size replica of Ozzy's iconic gold cross that he has worn for 30 years, and 'Thirty Years After The Blizzard' DVD.
This new 'Thirty Years After The Blizzard' DVD chronicles Ozzy's years with Randy Rhoads features previously unseen footage of Ozzy and Randy filmed in 1981 & 1982; it incorporates rare archival photos and films; along with new and revelatory interviews with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Lemmy (Motorhead), Steve Vai, Nikki Sixx, Rob Halford, Zakk Wylde, Bill Ward and more. The DVD also contains over 70 minutes of additional rare live performances and interviews; included is the premiere of more than 30 minutes of newly-discovered never-bootlegged footage of Ozzy and Randy from the Blizzard of Ozz tour shot from the front of the stage at New York's fabled Palladium on May 2, 1981. This new feature is a must-see for aficionados of Ozzy's epic release, Blizzard of Ozz and its pivotal effect on rock & roll history.
Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman are landmark albums that took metal in a new direction in the early 1980's, inspiring whole new generations of rock bands and fans. 'Crazy Train,' the first single from Blizzard of Ozz, has become one of Ozzy's musical signatures, a perennial on the rock playlists and as part of Ozzy's live performances.
With combined worldwide sales of more than 10 million copies, Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman have been awarded gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications in a variety of countries including Canada, Korea, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Brazil, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States, where Blizzard of Ozz has been certified RIAA 4x platinum and Diary of a Madman is RIAA triple platinum.
One of the most iconic figures in pop culture, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy winner Ozzy Osbourne has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, approximately 50 million with his seminal metal band Black Sabbath and the rest as a solo artist.
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I recently overheard someone say how revolutionary the first two Ozzy Osbourne albums are and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed by how completely idiotic yet common of a remark that is. Look up the top comment to 'Flying High Again' and some jackoff claims that Randy Rhoads was not just a talented guitar player but a 'composer'. Alright, I never actually took music theory, but one thing I can tell you is that 'composer' is not a word anyone should be using for your average pop rock guitarist. That word denotes that the creator of the music created the music as a means not necessarily to please an audience, but to fulfill one's self. At least that's what they taught me in musicology. In other words, pop artists do not, will not and cannot make the cut to be held among the likes of Mozart, Beethoven, etc., and I personally don't think that they should when Randy Rhoads does his best Eddie Van Halen impersonation on 'Flying High Again'. Some unfortunate people listening to it will think it's an intricate masterful work of a solo, but in all honesty, you could get a modest guitar player to learn it in a matter of hours. As far as being a revolutionary album, Diary of a Madman doesn't really make many strides in my book (or shall we say diary). I'll give it credit where credit is due and say that the title track was really epic fare for its time, and 'Over the Mountain' has a strikingly bludgeoning guitar riff for 1981. Much the same could be said for Black Sabbath's 'Symptom of the Universe' which dates back all the way to 1975. The opening track in particular being much more forward thinking considering thrash metal wasn't formally introduced to the world until 1983 via Exciter and Metallica. That's about all the praise I can sing for the album being revolutionary in any sense of the word, and I have to use that term loosely because Ozzy's sophomore album in reality doesn't measure up to the scope of the word. Black Sabbath's Paranoid was revolutionary. Venom's Welcome to Hell fits the bill, but Ozzy Osbourne was predominantly a pop metal band as evidenced by the second track off the album 'Flying High Again'. An insufferably overrated glam metal song that makes me feel filthy all over with Ozzy's sleazy n' cheesy 'Oh no, oh no, here we go now' banter. The seven minute disgrace that is 'You Can't Kill Rock and Roll' doesn't fair any better, much worse in fact. The album's short enough as it is when you toss out the B-side crap like 'Little Dolls', but this takes up way too much of the album's resources along with the ballad 'Tonight'. It's an unfortunate shame that it seems as though it's a requirement for Ozzy to have a ballad on every single one of his albums, but Diary of a Madman goes full retard and has two. At least it's better than the completely useless 'Tonight'. Still, the fact the song is called 'You Can't Kill Rock and Roll' is ironic and somewhat offensive. This is the last thing I think of when I think of rock and roll. Indeed, if anyone could kill rock and roll, perhaps it would be Ozzy Osbourne himself. I'm shocked of how many Black Sabbath fans claim that Never Say Die was a bad album and come out to defend these pansy ass albums. Maybe it has something to do with that overrated guitarist of his who's only famous because he's dead. Okay, that might be a little too harsh. After all, I wasn't around in 1981. What the hell do I know, but I can look back on these albums in retrospect and in all honesty, I don't see any of the supposed genius in either of them. As aforementioned, if you think Randy Rhoads was some great 'composer', or shall we just say 'songwriter', you're denying yourself the truth that Bob Daisley wrote all these songs. If you love this album as much as you say you do, you'll declare him as the rock god, not Randy. If you still want to stand by Randy being a great songwriter, I'm going to assume you're talking about the first couple of Quiet Riot albums. If that's your thing, more power to you, but I've honestly heard few albums that could measure up to their generic and repulsive pop rock. Unfortunately Randy carried that stench with him while managing to break out of his shell and improve on tracks like 'S.A.T.O.' and 'Believer'. The former being an improved take on the party rock of 'No Bone Movies' from Blizzard of Oz with the latter being the heaviest track Diary of a Madman manages to muster. Half of the album's actually solid, with the other half being really trite and tripe. 'Little Dolls' being another one of those complete throwaway tracks. Ozzy slides into all his lines, getting annoying and old real quick as the rest of the band play some really boring and derivative power anthem arena rock. There's this weak ass bridge thrown in the middle that'll make you think that 'Fluff' from Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath really wasn't all that bad, at least it felt neo-classical in a sense to give the album some variety, but this is really bottom of the barrel material for Ozzy's early solo career. Although I mentioned 'S.A.T.O.' has an overall party rock vibe to it, it's actually a little more complex than the track off of Blizzard of Oz I compared it to. Don Airey's keyboard intro and spacey outro to the song help establish a direction for Diary of a Madman especially as the title track closes the album setting the benchmark for Ozzy's most classic material, right up there with 'Mr. Crowley' and 'Crazy Train'. Randy showed a lot of improvement from his time with Quiet Riot to his work with Ozzy Osbourne. I think it's unfortunate though that he's seen by most be Ozzy's best guitarist over Jake E. Lee. I can understand the appreciation for him in some of the more grandiose works he's done with Ozzy, but I'm not sorry to say that a lot of the material off the first couple of albums is terrible. Zakk Wylde would state that he and his guitar player friends would all learn different solos from the first two Ozzy albums because each solo had a distinct feel to it. That's definitely fair to say. Technically skilled and diverse? Sure. Imaginative, innovative or revolutionary? Not hardly, not when measured up with Eddie Van Halen, a very similar guitarist to himself. That being said, it's hard to measure him up against anyone when he only had four albums under his belt. It's fair to say he could've improved over time, and thus it's fair to say that perhaps he could've gone on to write much better material with Ozzy Osbourne. It's anyone's guess, really. Superchard gets super hard for: S.A.T.O. Diary of a Madman Over the Mountain Believer