Ozzy Osbourne - Randy Rhoads Tribute (1987)

Just prior to the death of guitarist Randy Rhoads, Ozzy Osbourne was planning on releasing a live album. With Randy's passing in March of '82, Osbourne felt that it would be more appropriate to shelve the album in favor of SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, a live double set that featured only versions of his Black Sabbath-era material. By 1987, Osbourne finally felt that the time was right to issue the originally planned live effort featuring Rhoads, titled TRIBUTE… TRIBUTE is simply one the greatest live heavy metal albums ever released. Rhoads' playing is consistently fire throughout, a fact that confirms how tragic his early passing was. Rhoads' entire output is absolutely essential for guitar freaks, but he sounds even better live than in the studio. The album also includes outtakes from the classical-influenced acoustic guitar piece, "Dee", a song Rhoads wrote for his mother Delores, and which was originally included on Osbourne's debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz. TRIBUTE confirms that this early solo Ozzy line-up featuring Randy Rhoads was his finest…


Tracklist:

01. I Don't Know
02. Crazy Train
03. Believer
04. Mr. Crowley
05. Flying High Again (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Lee Kerslake)
06. Revelation (Mother Earth)
07. Steal Away (The Night) with Drum Solo
08. Suicide Solution with Guitar Solo
09. Iron Man (Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward)
10. Children Of The Grave (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward)
11. Paranoid (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward)
12. Goodbye To Romance
13. No Bone Movies (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake)
14. Dee [Randy Rhoads Studio Out-Takes] (R. Rhoads)

All songs written by Ozzy Osbourne, Bob Daisley & Randy Rhoads except where indicated
Produced & Engineered by Max Norman. Executive Producer: Ozzy Osbourne.
The songs from "I Don't Know" through to "Paranoid" are recorded live in Cleveland, Ohio on May 11, 1981.
Randy's guitar solo spot in "Suicide Solution" is taken from the show in Montreal, Quebec on July 28, 1981.
"Goodbye To Romance" and "No Bone Movies" are rumored to be taken from the very first Blizzard tour,
possibly from Southampton on September 2, 1980. These two tracks feature Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake.

• Ozzy Osbourne - vocals
• Randy Rhoads - guitar
• Rudy Sarzo - bass
• Tommy Aldridge - drums

Original Release Date: May 09, 1987
Release Date: Juny 20, 2007
Label: Epic (Sony Music Japan)
Audio CD: [EICP 784]