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A box set featuring both re-issued albums, the Blizzard of Ozz/Diary of a Madman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set, was released, featuring both CD re-issues, 180-gram LP Vinyl versions of both albums (original album only), the "Thirty Years After the Blizzard" DVD Documentary, over 70 minutes of additional rare live performances and interviews ...
In May 2011, Sony Legacy released its Deluxe 30th Anniversary Editions of Diary of a Madman and Blizzard of Ozz with the original bass and drum tracks. These releases also featured bonus tracks and previously unreleased live material featuring guitarist Rhoads – Diary of a Madman features a second CD entitled Ozzy Live , featuring previously ...
In August 1980, the band began rehearsing at Shepperton Studios in Shepperton, England for the "Blizzard of Ozz Tour."Don Airey, who had been hired to perform keyboards and synthesizers on "Mr. Crowley", "Goodbye to Romance" and "Revelation Mother Earth", could not tour with Ozzy since he had already signed a contract to tour with Rainbow, so the band hired Lindsay Bridgwater.
Randy Rhoads (1956-1982) recording Ozzy Osbourne's 'Blizzard of Ozz' album at Ridge Farm Studio in West Sussex, England in May 1980. (Photo: Fin Costello/Redferns) (Fin Costello via Getty Images)
Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American guitarist. He was the co-founder and original guitarist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot, and the guitarist and co-songwriter for Ozzy Osbourne's first two solo albums Blizzard of Ozz (1980) and Diary of a Madman (1981).
Blizzard of Ozz (1980) Every solo debut is, at some level, a kiss-off to the musician’s former band. A good first solo album says, “This is what we could have had, but you blew it.”
The band rehearsed songs from Blizzard of Ozz, and the three Black Sabbath songs they had already been performing, "Over the Mountain," "Flying High Again" and "Believer" from Diary of a Madman. On 29 November, with opening act Girl, the band performed at Colston Hall in Bristol.
"Mr. Crowley" is a song by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, about English occultist Aleister Crowley. Written by Osbourne, guitarist Randy Rhoads and bass guitarist/lyricist Bob Daisley, it was released on Osbourne's debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz in September 1980 in the United Kingdom. [2]