Artist: OZZY OSBOURNE
Album: RANDY RHOADS TRIBUTE REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1987/ 2002
EAN/UPS: 5099750204528
Media type: CD

Just prior to the death of guitarist Randy Rhoads, Ozzy Osbourne was planning on releasing a live album. With Randy's passing in April 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 firey throughout, a fact that confirms how tragic his early passing was. The first eleven tracks are from the DIARY OF A MADMAN tour, including such exceptional Ozzy solo tracks as "Crazy Train," "I Don't Know," "Flying High Again," "Mr. Crowley," "Suicide Solution," and the Sabbath nuggets "Iron Man," "Children of the Grave," and "Paranoid." "Goodbye to Romance" and "No Bone Movies" are from an earlier solo gig, and the final track, "Dee (Randy Rhoads Studio Outtakes)," is a stirring solo guitar piece. TRIBUTE confirms that this early solo Ozzy line-up featuring Randy Rhoads was his finest.

Recorded live in 1981. Includes liner notes by Phil Alexander, Ozzy Osbourne, Delores Rhoads.
Digitally remastered by Stephen Marcussen (Marcussen Mastering).

All songs written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley, except where noted.

TRACKLIST:

1."I Don't Know" - 5:40
Originally from Blizzard of Ozz

2."Crazy Train" - 5:19
Originally from Blizzard of Ozz

3."Believer" - 5:08
Originally from Diary of a Madman

4."Mr. Crowley" - 5:37
Originally from Blizzard of Ozz

5."Flying High Again" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Lee Kerslake) - 4:17
Originally from Diary of a Madman

6."Revelation (Mother Earth)" - 5:58
Originally from Blizzard of Ozz

7."Steal Away (The Night)" [with Drum Solo] - 8:04
Originally from Blizzard of Ozz

8."Suicide Solution" [with Guitar Solo] -7:46
Originally from Blizzard of Ozz

9."Iron Man" (Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward) - 2:50
Originally from Paranoid

10."Children of the Grave" (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward) - 5:57
Originally from Master of Reality

11."Paranoid" (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward) - 2:59
Originally from Paranoid

12."Goodbye to Romance" - 5:33
Originally from Blizzard of Ozz

13."No Bone Movies" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake) - 4:02
Originally from Blizzard of Ozz

14."Dee" [Randy Rhoads studio out-takes] (Rhoads) - 4:22
Originally from Blizzard of Ozz

LINE-UP:

Ozzy Osbourne - vocals
Randy Rhoads - guitar
Rudy Sarzo - bass
Bob Daisley - bass on "Goodbye to Romance" & "No Bone Movies"
Tommy Aldridge - drums
Lee Kerslake - drums on "Goodbye to Romance" & "No Bone Movies"
Don Airey - keyboards