OZZY OSBOURNE – Blizzard Of Ozz ✝ Diary Of A Madman [30th Anniversary Collectors Edition Box Set] , MP3+FLAC

You need this collectible 3-disc box set “Blizzard Of Ozz ✝ Diary Of A Madman” celebrating the 30th anniversary of Ozzy’s solo career released in 2011 (now out of print) featuring both albums and an extra CD with a live recording from the era. In the box there’s also both albums on vinyl LP, a DVD with vintage footage, and a replica of Ozzy’s iconic Blizzard Of Ozz cross.

The great thing with this box set is the remastered original mixes of Blizzard Of Ozz + Diary Of A Madman, and the awesome 100-page coffee table book with awesome pictures, photos, singles reproductions and more (all included in the file).
It’s hard to mess up such classic albums, but Ozzy’s team did just that back in 2002, responding to a lawsuit from former band members who played on the records by replacing their parts with new additions from different musicians.
Ozzy said that he wasn’t involved with, and didn’t support this change, which has thankfully been reversed. So now everything’s back as it was, plus, sounding as good as modern technology allows.
Oh, and that’s only the beginning. A previously unreleased live show from the ‘Blizzard’ tour is featured on disc two of the ‘Madman’ reissue, showing off a rawer sound than the previously released ‘Tribute’ set from the same era. The guitar work and compositional skills of the late, great Rhoads are even more spectacularly impressive in this setting than they are in a recording studio.
These albums not only are heavy metal classics, these are contemporary music in general classics.

So, yeah, this box set is wonderful. Listening to it you’ll remember that despite all his antics and past reality show nonsense, Ozzy was a musician first and foremost, and a damn great one.
Must Haves

 

CD1. BLIZZARD OF OZZ 1980 (U.S. release 1981)
01 – I Don’t Know
02 – Crazy Train
03 – Goodbye To Romance
04 – Dee
05 – Suicide Solution
06 – Mr. Crowley
07 – No Bone Movies
08 – Revelation (Mother Earth)
09 – Steal Away (The Night)
BONUS TRACKS:
10 – You Looking At Me, Looking At You
11 – Goodbye To Romance (2010 Guitar & Vocal Mix)
12 – RR (Previously Unreleased Randy Rhoads guitar solo)

 

CD2. OZZY LIVE 1981
01 – I Don’t Know (Live)
02 – Crazy Train (Live)
03 – Believer (Live)
04 – Mr. Crowley (Live)
05 – Flying High Again (Live)
06 – Revelation (Mother Earth) (Live)
07 – Steal Away (The Night) (Live)
08 – Suicide Solution (Live)
09 – Iron Man (Live)
10 – Children Of The Grave (Live)
11 – Paranoid (Live)

 

CD3. DIARY OF A MADMAN
01 – Over The Mountain
02 – Flying High Again
03 – You Can’t Kill Rock And Roll
04 – Believer
05 – Little Dolls
06 – Tonight
07 – S.A.T.O.
08 – Diary Of A Madman

Lead and Harmony Vocals – Ozzy Osbourne
Guitars – Randy Rhoads
Bass Guitar, Harmony Vocals, Gong – Bob Daisley (CD1)
Drums, Percussion, Tubular Bells, Timpani – Lee Kerslake CD1)
Bass – Rudy Sarzo (CD2, CD3)
Drums – Tommy Aldridge (CD2, CD3)
Keyboards – Don Airey (CD1, CD2)
Keyboards – Johnny Cook (CD3)

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