$haron finally smartens up?!

[tojoro]

Considering the poor relations between the O$bournes and Daisley & Kerslake, I wondered how Bob and Lee were able to use compositions from Blizzard & Diary for their Living Loud project with Jimmy Barnes & Steve Morse.
Obviously, there shouldn't have been a problem, as it's known that Ozzy's only contribution to those albums were his voice and vocal melodies.
These albums getting the deluxe treatment, with the original recordings is truly great news. The audio and video extras are gravy, but I really hope that Bob and Lee will finally get the credit they deserve.
Perhaps there is some truth that this was Sharon's plan all along in order to make the 30th anniv. all that much bigger.
Myself? I agree with Igo. I think they started to realize Blizzard and Diary weren't selling like they used to. What was done to those albums was the textbook example of cutting off your nose to spite your face. She fucked up a very important part of her husband's legacy just to say 'fuck you' to a couple of ex-hired hands. In the end, it made her look foolish to fans and peers alike, and hurt Ozzy, Inc.
I am glad, but suprised $haron is going forward with this, as basically she is admitting she is wrong, but that is a small price to pay in order to restore a lot of credibility.
It's obvious I am biased. I do love the two albums that were recorded with Jake, I've always wished he and Ozzy could have worked together once more. I've liked Zakk, but never loved his work with Oz. What I'm trying to say is BOO & DOAM are the two most important albums Ozzy has in his solo canon. They solidified his reputation, they yeild the most songs that are still played live today and they set the template for what is referred to as the "Ozzy Sound".
Ozzy owes much to Kerslake & Daisley, more than the financial sense, as it was the two of them that rescued him from the depths and gave him a solid foundation to stand on and build a name, and they also took a green kid with little touring or studio experience, and helped him become a solid contender.
Looks like I'll have more than turkey to sink my teeth into this Thanksgiving!

[atomicpunk5151]

Man, first day purchase for the Randy videos and the remasters with Bob & Lee. Great news.

[chefcraig]

How are we to know that this wasn't Sharon's plan all along...to cut out Daisley's and Kerslake's performances, replace them with substandard rerecorded performances to create an uproar and high demand for the albums with the original performances still intact, and then several years down the road make the originals available again to the buying public, thus spurring increased sales of the first two albums?

The only thing missing from this scenario is the outright demand for...one million dollars.





Bonus punchline, mainly because I saw it on a MASH rerun the other evening.

Flagg: (to Burns) You were insanely jealous of her engagement. You were furious at being rejected! You were capable of murder.
Hawkeye: That's right! So you hit over the head with a blunt instrument.
B.J.: A saxophone.
Hawkeye: Then you hypnotized her and told her she was Johnny Ray.
B.J.: Then you performed plastic surgery on her, made her look like Johnny.
Hawkeye: The rest is obvious. You stuck her in a trunk, you mailed her to Las Vegas, and now she's doing two shows a night at the Sands.
B.J.: Three on Saturdays.
Flagg: (dragging Burns with him) There's only one flaw with that theory.
Hawkeye: Only one?
Flagg: They don't do three shows Saturday night at the Sands.
Hawkeye: How do you know?
Flagg: I was a showgirl for six weeks.

[Jagermeister]

Sharon Osbourne was the surprise guest at Ozzy Osbourne's elaborately staged news conference on Wednesday afternoon (May 19) at Casa Loma's Great Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to promote his new album, "Scream".

Video highlights from the press conference can be viewed in two parts below (courtesy of MusikUniverse.net).

When asked about Ozzy's upcoming 30th-anniversary editions of his first two albums, 1980's "Blizzard Of Ozz" and 1981's "Diary Of A Madman", with their original drum and bass tracks restored (unlike the 2002 reissues of these albums, which saw the replacement of the original bass and drum tracks by Osbourne's then-drummer Mike Bordin and -bassist Robert Trujillo), Sharon said, "They are coming out for Thanksgiving and they will be on the market then. . . It's going back to the original recordings with [Bob] Daisley [bass] and [Lee] Kerslake [drums]. And there will be a lot of stuff that you haven't heard before in the packages. Like certain conversations that were going on in the studio with the guys just messing around while the tape was still rolling. All of that will be added into it."

Q: There's also talk of some visuals in the archives with Randy Rhoads.

Sharon: "We've got two different shows that we have in the archives that we're working on right now. Of course, in those days, the tapes were, like, cut to twenty minutes and then you had to change the tape, so we're trying to clean it up and make sense of it. We are working on it, yeah, along with another film that we have of Randy, so it'll all be boxed together. It should be a great piece to have for a real fan. It will be an amazing piece."

As previously reported, Ozzy Osbourne will release a holiday album called "Black Christmas" late next year, according to an article in the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine. The set will be accompanied by a TV special. Ozzy's wife and manager Sharon seems to be the driving force behind the project, telling the magazine that she had discussed the idea with her husband, but that "he's trying to forget that it actually exists." No further details, such as songs that Ozzy might record for the album, are available.

According to Rolling Stone, Ozzy is reportedly considering performing both "Blizzard Of Ozz" and "Diary Of A Madman" in their entirety at some point in his upcoming touring schedule.

The Ozz will hit the road in support of his new record, "Scream", which is due out on June 22. He'll begin with a short, six-date Ozzfest trek before headlining on his own in the fall.

Ozzy says he wants to change up his set list when he gets onstage this year, explaining, "I've got such a . . . body of work to choose from now. I'd like to do some different [BLACK] SABBATH songs, and some different Ozzy songs."

Ozzfest begins on August 14 in San Bernardino, California. The festival's organizers have announced that all fans who purchase tickets for one of the dates before June 18 at LiveNation.com will receive a digital copy of "Scream" the day before the album is available in stores. Tickets go on sale Saturday (May 22) and will feature all-in pricing with no additional fees.


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[Jagermeister]

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[Jagermeister]

He really likes Gus basically because he can play all his old shit note for note? ok.. I get that.

[Jagermeister]

" So Ozzy when was the last time you wiped your own ass? "


" Ask Sharon"

[binnie]

Some re-issues I'm actually excited about. They have been a long time coming.

[FORD]

I think Bob , RR's mom and his foundation and the fans are the only ones that should profit from the Grail. Fuck $haron.

Well, if you believe the bullshit that Sharon spewed out on "Celebrity Apprentice", then she would donate every dime she and Ozzy made from these reissues to her cancer charity. Maybe she'll surprise us all and do exactly that?

Of course the odds of that are about equal to my odds of winning the Powerball and retiring to Tahiti with Angie Everhart, but it COULD happen, right?

[ELVIS]

A remastered SOTD should be included as well...

[chefcraig]

A remastered SOTD should be included as well...

We'll more than likely see that right after he gets around to re-releasing Ultimate Sin, or when hell freezes over, whichever comes first.

[FORD]

A remastered SOTD should be included as well...

Nah, I'd like to see that album get it's own upgrade, and repackage it with a legit release of the video from the Gillis leg of that tour. But not mixed with the Randy stuff. That era should stand on its own.

[ELVIS]

yeah, I agree with that...

[Mr Walker]

Nah, I'd like to see that album get it's own upgrade, and repackage it with a legit release of the video from the Gillis leg of that tour. But not mixed with the Randy stuff. That era should stand on its own.

I read they were releasing the Gillis show on DVD... I'll try to find the article.

[Mr Walker]

Here it is...

http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=54606