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Tribute
is a live album
by British
heavy metal singer
featuring
guitarist
in whose honour
the album was released.
The album was
released on
April, 16th 1987
in the US
and
May 5th 1987
in the UK,
five years after
the death of Rhoads,
then it was reissued on
August 22nd 1995,
and again
remastered and reissued
in 2002.
It peaked at number 6
on the
US Billboard 200 chart
Background
The album was released
in memory of
Randy Rhoads,
guitarist for
Osbourne's band
between
1979 and 1982
who died in a
while on tour in Florida
in 1982.
The album also includes
studio outtakes of
Rhoads recording the
classical-influenced
acoustic guitar piece
"Dee",
which Rhoads
wrote for his mother
Delores
and was originally
included on
Osbourne's debut
solo album
Blizzard of Ozz.
A live album
consisting entirely of
renditions of
Black Sabbath songs
was originally planned
to be recorded at
Toronto's
Maple Leaf Gardens
in mid-1982
with Rhoads.
Rhoads and drummer
Tommy Aldridge
felt that they had
established themselves
as recording artists
and an album of
cover songs
would be a
step backwards
artistically,
and they refused
to participate.
Bassist
Rudy Sarzo
was uncomfortable with
refusing to perform,
not having the same
recording pedigree
of his bandmates,
but he stood
with them
and the trio
informed management
of their decision.
Plans for this proposed
live album
crumbled upon Rhoads'
sudden death
weeks later,
though the plan
was resurrected with
the release of
Speak of the Devil
later that year
with Sarzo
and Aldridge
joined by
Night Ranger
guitarist
Brad Gillis.
Overview
The majority of
Tribute,
from
"I Don't Know"
through to
"Paranoid",
was recorded
live in Cleveland, Ohio
on
May 11th 1981.
"Goodbye to Romance"
and
"No Bone Movies"
are taken from
an earlier English gig
in support of the
Blizzard of Ozz album,
possibly from
Southampton on
October, 2nd 1980.
These two tracks
feature bassist
Bob Daisley
and
drummer
Lee Kerslake.
The versions of
"Iron Man",
"Children of the Grave",
and
"Paranoid"
featured on
Tribute
were originally intended
to be included
on the 1982
live album
Speak of the Devil.
In the months
following Rhoads' death,
these three songs
were intended to be released
in tribute to the guitarist,
but a record company
decision was made
to save them
for a full album
to be released
at a later date
The live recording of
"Crazy Train"
was released as
the album's only single on
February 10th 1987,
along with an
accompanying
music video.
The album's cover photo
was taken at a
performance in
Rosemont, Illinois on
January 24th 1982,
by photographer
Paul Natkin.
The operatic music
which opens
Tribute,
as well as all of
Osbourne's
live shows
of that era,
is
"O Fortuna"
from the
Carmina Burana
scenic cantata
by
Carl Orff.
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