Ozzy Osbourne : Diary of a Madman (Super Deluxe Edition)

COULD I MISTAKE MYSELF

FOR SOMEONE

WHO LIVES BEHIND

MY EYES

 Diary of a Madman

 is the 

second 

studio album 

by English

 Heavy Metal singer

 Ozzy Osbourne

 It was released in 

October 1981, 

and re-issued

 on CD

 on 

August,22nd 1995.

 This is the last 

Osbourne studio album

 to feature 

guitarist 

Randy Rhoads 

and drummer

 Lee Kerslake

Diary of a Madman

 was supported by

 The Diary of a Madman Tour, 

which began on

 November 5, 1981, 

and ended 

August 8, 1982, 

spanning Europe,

 North America, 

and Asia. 

On March 19, 1982, 

during the

 North American

 leg of the tour, 

Rhoads died

 in a plane crash 

in Leesburg, Florida; 

after a two-week break,

 the tour continued 

with guitarist 

Bernie Tormé 

performing 

several shows

 in place of Rhoads

 before in turn 

being replaced by

 Brad Gillis.

Composition and Recording

Diary of a Madman 

is the final album

 recorded with

 late guitarist 

Randy Rhoads. 

Although bassist

 Rudy Sarzo

 and drummer 

Tommy Aldridge 

are credited in

 the liner notes

 and pictured on

 the inner sleeve 

for the American

 vinyl and cassette release 

and later

 CD re-issues,

 it was bassist 

Bob Daisley 

and drummer 

Lee Kerslake

 who performed

 all bass and drum parts 

on the original release. 

Aldridge has stated

 of the album, 

"I think it's pretty obviou

 that it's not my drumming

 on that album.

 I have never 

taken credit for

 that recording 

and have always 

given Lee Kerslake, 

whenever asked

 or interviewed, 

the credit he rightly deserves."

Daisley provided

significant contributions

 to the album's 

songwriting, 

having written some

 of the music 

and most 

of the lyrics. 

Kerslake claims

 to have also had

 a hand in the writing

 of the album, 

even performing

 lead vocals

 on some of the

 original demo recordings. 

"'Flying High Again' 

was one of my ideas,

  'Over the Mountain' was another. 

The basic (demo) tracks

 were just 

Bob's words, my vocals

though some of

 the words I wrote

and Randy's playing.

 It was unreal. 

And then we got

 Don Airey

 to come in 

and do the keyboards",

 he stated in 2009.

 Kerslake says he used

 a piano in the studio

 to write many

 of the songs 

with guitarist 

Randy Rhoads. 

Daisley and Kerslake 

were not given credit

 for their performance

 or songwriting contributions, 

a situation which 

resulted in a

 later lawsuit.

During the album's recording, 

Kerslake says

 the band members 

were given no money

 to live on, 

prompting them to

 approach management. 

Shortly after, 

both Kerslake

 and Daisley 

were fired. 

"Everything was working fine," 

said Kerslake. 

"It was only when 

Sharon (Osbourne) 

came in that 

we had problems. 

When she started managing

taking over

she wasn't the manager 

until 

Diary of a Madman. 

Before that 

was her brother, 

David.

 He didn't really want to

 handle it. 

He had too much to

 do for Don [Arden] 

in the office. 

So she came in 

and it started

 to get edgy.

 But we never suspected

 a thing until

 we went away 

on holiday.

 Next minute, 

they're rehearsing with 

Tommy Aldridge 

and 

Rudy Sarzo, 

and going

 to America."

Although

 Don Airey is credited

as keyboardist 

on the album, 

it was in fact a

 musician

 named 

Johnny Cook

 who had worked with

 Daisley in

 Mungo Jerry

 in the 1970s

 who actually recorded

 the keyboard parts.

 Airey was on tour

as a member of Rainbow 

at the time of recording 

and was thus

was unavailable

Diary of a Madman

 features a second 

CD entitled 

Ozzy Live,

 featuring 

previously-unreleased 

concert performances

 from the

 Blizzard of Ozz

 1981 US tour.

 A box set 

was also released 

which included

 the remastered editions

 of both albums 

on CD

 as well as vinyl, 

and a 

DVD documentary

 entitled 

Thirty Years After The Blizzard

TRACKLIST

CD 1

Over The Mountain

Flying High Again

You Can't Kill Rock And Roll

Believer

Little Dolls

Tonight

S.A.T.O.

Diary Of A Madman

I Don't Know

 (Live)

CD 2

(Alternate Mixes)

Over The Mountain 

(Drums and Guitar)

Flying High Again

 (Drums and Guitar)

You Can't Kill Rock And Roll 

(Just Vocals)

Believer

 (Just Guitar)

Tonight

 (Just Guitar)

S.A.T.O. 

(Intro /Guitar)

Diary Of A Madman

 (Just Guitar)

Diary Of A Madman 

(Just Vocals)

BONUS !!

OZZY LIVE

(1981 US tour)

TRACKLIST

I Don't Know 

Crazy Train 

Believer 

Mr. Crowley

Flying High Again 

Revelation (Mother Earth) 

Steal Away (The Night)

Suicide Solution 

Iron Man 

Children Of The Grave 

Paranoid 

ALSO

(DVD AUTO RIP)

Thirty Years After The Blizzard

(Interviews)

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