Ozzy Osbourne - Speak Of The Devil (1982)

- RELEASE DATE: November 27, 1982.

- RECORDED: September 26-27 at The Ritz in New York.

- MUSICIANS:

• Ozzy Osbourne - vocals
• Brad Gillis - guitar
• Rudy Sarzo - bass
• Tommy Aldridge - drums

- LABEL: Jet/Epic Records

- Producers : Max Norman, Ozzy Osbourne

This release was named Talk of the Devil in the UK. This live concert featuring only Black Sabbath covers was recorded at The Ritz in New York on the 26th and 27th of September 1982 & featured Night Ranger guitarist Brad Gillis, who had stepped in for the recently deceased Randy Rhoads. Ozzy has publicly disowned the album, saying it was only recorded due to pressures from the record label.

The song "Sweet Leaf" was omitted on initial Compact Disc releases of the album. It was restored, however, when album was remastered in 1995.

In April 2002, this album was deleted from the Ozzy catalogue and is no longer being made. It is available for legal download from sites like iTunes.

There is a video with the same name, but it has different content. In that video, Ozzy performs his own songs plus some Black Sabbath covers. The band line-up is the same of Osbourne, Gillis, Sarzo, Aldridge and Airey.

This was the last album with Rudy Sarzo, who left to rejoin Quiet Riot less than a month later. Brad Gillis also left to join Night Ranger. Bob Daisley would replace Sarzo & Jake E. Lee replaced Gillis. for the next album, Bark at the Moon.

Tracklist:

• 1. Symptom of the Universe
• 2. Snowblind
• 3. Black Sabbath
• 4. Fairies Wear Boots
• 5. War Pigs
• 6. The Wizard
• 7. N.I.B.
• 8. Sweet Leaf
• 9. Never Say Die
• 10. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
• 11. Iron Man/Children of the Grave
• 12. Paranoid