Ozzy Osbourne/UK 12.19.1982

OZZY OSBOURNE BAND at the end of 1982, which included Pete Way in addition to Brad Gilles. A valuable live album where you can enjoy that extremely rare lineup is now available. This work includes “December 19, 1982 Glasgow Performance”. This is a masterpiece audience recording. Pete left UFO to form FASTWAY, but gave up on FASTWAY due to contract issues. I joined Ozzy Band for a while before moving to WAYSTED. Only 7 live performances were held during that period. This work is a live album that conveys such a precious time. Also, from Ozzy’s point of view, this period is also the end of the Blood era. Let’s look back at the flow from the death of Randy Rhoads to the addition of Jake E. Lee and check the position of the show.・January 1st – March 18th: North America #1 (44 performances)《Randy passed away on March 19th → Bernie Tormé participated》 ・April 1st – 10th: North America #2a (7 performances)《Brad… Gills participation》・April 13th-June 28th: ​​North America #2b (51 performances)←*Official video ・July 9th-15th: Japan (5 performances)・August 1st-8th: North America# 3 (3 performances)《Don Airey leaves》・September 26th + 27th: North America #4 (2 performances)←※Official live album《Pete Way/Lindsay Bridgewater participation》・December 10th-20th : UK (7 performances) ←★Here★《Brad & Pete leave → Jake & Don Costa join》 This is Ozzy Osbourne in 1982. Speaking of the Blood era, the official live album/video work “SPEAK OF THE DEVIL” is famous, but the live album with only Sabbath songs was “North America #4”, and the video version of the regular set was “North America #2b”. Afterwards, they welcomed Pete Way and Lindsay Bridgewater and conducted a mini-tour of the UK, just as a trial run. The Glasgow performance of this work is the 6th performance. However, both Brad and Pete left after just these seven performances. (At one point, George Lynch was chosen, but he changed his mind without performing a live performance.) With Jake, a new era begins. Now, this work, which records the show at the end of the Blood era, just before the Jake era, is an audience recording that has a close feel but is also scorchingly realistic. Ozzy’s very clear singing voice pierces the space straight, and each stroke of Tommy Aldrich’s drumming resonates vividly, but at the same time, great applause and chorus are also recorded. What’s strange is the balance. Normally, when loud applause is recorded, there is a sense of distance between the performances and singing voices, but this is not the case with this work. Although it is not so loud that it can be mistaken for a sound board, there is no sense of distance in the sound, and there is no sense of sparseness that is unique to a guest record. It is a dynamic recording in which a thick core performance and a thick large chorus are simultaneously surging. What is drawn with that sound is a full show with an extremely rare lineup. Speaking of the Blood era, the official work “SPEAK OF THE DEVIL” is the standard above all, so let’s compare and organize it (of course, it is the video version of the regular set, not the live version of only Sabbath songs). Sabbath numbers (4 songs), Sweet Leaf (★) / Iron Man / Children of the Grave / Paranoid Blizzard of Oz (7 songs), Mr. Crowley / Crazy Train / Revelation (Mother Earth) / Steal Away (The Night) / Suicide Solution / Goodbye to Romance / I Don’t Know Diary of a Madman (3 songs) / Over the Mountain / Believer / Flying High Again *Note: “★” indicates the official video “SPEAK OF THE A song that cannot be heard on “DEVIL”. …and it looks like this. Basically, the set is fixed and the order of the songs is the same, but the one that catches my attention is “Sweet Leaf”. At that time, the album version of “SPEAK OF THE DEVIL” had just been released, and it was included in the set as a drum solo song. And what is important is the show itself where the set is performed. First of all, super precious Pete. There are some wild lines in places like “Sweet Leaf” that seem to be Pete, but since he quit after 7 performances, he doesn’t reach his full potential. Is it the excitement of the audience that gives off a presence even more than the performance? It is the cornerstone of UFO, which was a hero in its home country, and its flashy staging is extremely popular. Even in this work, there was a surprised voice saying “It’s Pete Way!” as soon as the performance started, and the excitement was unusual. Of course, the performance itself is also a must-listen. What’s especially amazing is Brad’s guitar. Randy’s song, which has been changed by his arming, is familiar from the official video, but the level of skill is completely different. He is clearly more skilled than the official footage shown right after he joined the team, and his arming skills are also on point. Especially when it comes to the splendor of the solo of “Mr. Crowley”… The strangeness of the arming disappears and it fits right in, and the delicate melody and dynamism that is unique to Blood blend beautifully. Brad is a guitarist who has made a name for himself with his arming technique, but it’s not just strange, it’s because it has musical meaning. Arming to deepen the unique yet moving melody. It is a live album where you can feel the talent’s clear sense throughout, and you can also feel his skill. Both Brad Gilles and Pete Way left after the Liverpool performance, the day after this work. The Jake E. Lee era begins. After Randy’s death, Ozzy was in 1982, when heroes came and went, as if searching for a new answer. It is a masterpiece that allows you to enjoy an extremely rare lineup with direct sound. Live at Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland 19th December 1982 TRULY AMAZING/PERFECT SOUND (78:15) 1. Diary of a Madman 2. Over the Mountain 3. Mr. Crowley 4. Crazy Train 5. Revelation (Mother Earth) 6. Steal Away (The Night) 7. Suicide Solution 8. Guitar Solo 9. Sweet Leaf ★ 10. Drum Sol 11. Sweet Leaf (Reprise) 12. Goodbye to Romance 13. I Don’t Know 14. Believer 15. Flying High Again 16. Iron Man 17. Children of the Grave 18. Paranoid Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals Brad Gillis – Guitar★ Pete Way – Bass★ Tommy Aldridge – Drums Lindsey Bridgwater – Keyboards★