Ozzy Osbourne – Live in Montreal, 1981

Ltd Yellow Vinyl

This album showcases Ozzy Osbourne’s blistering gig at the Théâtre Saint-Denis, in Montreal, Quebec, on 28 July 1981, during the Blizzard of Ozz Tour.

Featured here, are Ozzy classics such as Crazy Train, Mr. Crowley, I Don’t Know, Suicide Solution and Believer, alongside an awesome rendition of Black Sabbath’s Paranoid, and more.

Consisting mostly of material from his debut solo studio album, Blizzard of Ozz, and what became his second album Diary of a Madman, the Blizzard of Ozz Tour clearly demonstrated the excitement Ozzy was creating with his solo project.

The rhythm section of bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Tommy Aldridge was rock solid, but it was the innovative guitar work of the mighty Randy Rhoads that made this period in Osbourne’s career so important.

What makes this performance particularly special, is that it is one of the few professional live recordings made of Ozzy and Rhoads on stage together prior to his tragic death in March 1982.

Genre: Hard Rock / Metal