This October, the career of rock icon Ozzy Osbourne will be celebrated with the Epic Records/Legacy Recordings Memoirs Of A Madman collections.
Due out October 7th, Memoirs Of A Madman (CD) serves as a career spanning audio release, featuring 17 of Osbourne’s greatest hit singles compiled in one place for the first time in his career and will be available in a single CD, two-LP set and two-LP picture disc set configurations. Pre-order now available at Amazon.
In addition, an exclusive autographed limited edition fan bundle will be available. This includes an autographed poster, 2 DVD set, CD, 2 LP picture disc vinyl, along with a “Creative Allies” fan designed poster, which will feature an image personally chosen by Ozzy. Watch a teaser below.
From the first notes of Ozzy’s 1980’s solo debut Blizzard Of Ozz and follow-up Diary Of A Madman to classic albums No More Tears and Scream, no hard rock solo artist has had quite the same reach as Ozzy; his distinctive vocal delivery and larger than life onstage persona quickly endeared him to millions of rockers. Ozzy immediately had the attention of fans of heavy music with rock staples Crazy Train, Mr. Crowley and Flying High Again. With the 1991 release No More Tears, Ozzy continued his radio success with acclaimed and hugely successful singles No More Tears and the smash hit Mama, I’m Coming Home.
Memoirs Of A Madman track list is as follows:
1. Crazy Train
2. Mr. Crowley
3. Flying High Again
4. Over The Mountain
5. Bark At The Moon
6. The Ultimate Sin
7. Miracle Man
8. No More Tears (edit)
9. Mama, I’m Coming Home
10. Road To Nowhere
11. Perry Mason
12. I Just Want You
13. Gets Me Through
14. Dreamer
15. I Don’t Wanna Stop
16. Life Won’t Wait
17. Let Me Hear You Scream
Details on the Memoirs of a Madman 2 DVD are as follows:
DVD One features more than two dozen of Ozzy’s classic and unforgettable music videos from across his discography, including a bonus alternate version of Mama, I’m Coming Home and making-of footage from the videos Let Me Hear You Scream and Life Won’t Wait.
DVD Two features live performances and interview clips spanning Ozzy’s solo journey, much of which makes its debut on DVD. Some selections have appeared on long out-of-print VHS releases; others will be seen here for the first time, making this an essential package for fans old and new. Ozzy’s union of music and visuals could not be more perfect, and the Memoirs Of A Madman DVD showcases that to brilliant effect.
The Memoirs Of A Madman DVD track listing is as follows:
DVD 1:
The Music Videos:
Bark At The Moon
So Tired
The Ultimate Sin
Lightning Strikes
Crazy Train
Miracle Man
Crazy Babies
Breaking All The Rules
No More Tears
Mama, I’m Coming Home
Mr. Tinkertrain
Time After Time
Road To Nowhere
I Don’t Want To Change The World (Live)
Changes
Perry Mason
I Just Want You
See You On The Other Side
Back On Earth
Gets Me Through
Dreamer
In My Life
I Don’t Wanna Stop
Let Me Hear You Scream
Life Won’t Wait
Let It Die
Bonus:
Mama, I’m Coming Home (alternate version)
The Making of Let Me Hear You Scream
The Making of Life Won’t Wait
DVD 2:
Rochester, NY 1981:
I Don’t Know
Suicide Solution
Mr. Crowley
Crazy Train
Ozzy’s Bunker
Albuquerque, NM 1982
Over The Mountain
MTV 1982
New York, NY 1982
Fairies Wear Boots (clip)
Ozzy’s Bunker:
Entertainment USA 1984
Kansas City, MO 1986
(Jake E Lee, Phil Soussan, Randy Castillo)
Bark At The Moon
Never Know Why
Ozzy’s Bunker
Killer Of Giants
Thank God For The Bomb
Secret Loser
Ozzy’s Bunker
Philadelphia, PA 1989
(Zakk Wylde, Geezer Butler, Randy Castillo)
Bloodbath In Paradise
Tattooed Dancer
Miracle Man
MTV 1989
Marquee, UK 1991
(Zakk Wylde, Mike Inez, Randy Castillo)
Bark At The Moon (clip)
Studio 1992
San Diego, CA 1992
(Zakk Wylde, Mike Inez, Randy Castillo)
I Don’t Want To Change The World
Road To Nowhere
Japan 1992
Ozzy’s Bunker
No More Tears
Studio 1992
Desire
MTV 1992
Mama, I’m Coming Home
Studio 1992
Ozzmosis Recording Session 1995
Ozzfest 1996
(Joe Holmes, Robert Trujillo, Mike Bordin)
Perry Mason
Fame & Fortune
Tokyo, Japan 2001
(Zakk Wylde, Robert Trujillo, Mike Bordin)
Gets Me Through
Fame & Fortune
Ozzfest 2007
(Zakk Wylde, Blasko, Mike Bordin)
Not Going Away
Black Rain Photo Shoot
Las Vegas, NV 2007
(Zakk Wylde, Blasko, Mike Bordin, Adam Wakeman)
I Don’t Wanna Stop
Scream Recording Session 2010
London, England 2010
(Gus G, Blasko, Tommy Clufetos, Adam Wakeman)
Let Me Hear You Scream
BONUS
Philadelphia, PA 1989
(Zakk Wylde, Geezer Butler, Randy Castillo)
Flying High Again
Tokyo, Japan 2001
(Zakk Wylde, Robert Trujillo, Mike Bordin)
Believer
“You can’t Kill Rock & Roll” should be on there. One of his best songs in my opinion.
Phil,
I echo your sentiments, that is a very underrated song.
Dana from ET.com 🙂
Wow Dana. Did you fall asleep on this thread? So now people can can curse like crazy say things like “suck c*ck” etc , im no prude by any means and I know this is a rock site but I thought you guys wanted civilty here. This is no different than youtube or craigslist where people anonymously trash each other, curse and tear apart bands all in the name of “their opinion”.
Hi Pete,
I will remove those comments right now. I have been extremely tired lately. Thank you for all your help.
D 🙂
it’s O.K. Dana, you’re only human, everybody gets “So Tired” sometimes, even Ozzy! 🙂
All the KISS posts have had her working overtime! Hang in there Dana! Even if you miss a few, you are doing a great job!
Thanks Mike,
I just feel so GUILTY when I miss them 🙁
D 🙂
I’m not a big fan of greatest hits packages, compilations, box sets, ect, ect. I have all of Ozzy’s albums, live albums and dvds, heard the songs a million times and seen all the videos to the point that I’m sick of them. So I think I’ll be good without this, especially considering that it won’t be cheap. Sorry Sharon.
I plan to buy the autographed limited edition fan bundle even though I have all of Ozzy’s albums and dvds. In my opinion Ozzy is the greatest artist of all time and deserves my money and support. \m/ Ozzy Is God \m/
If Sharon is behind this, that pretty much means it’ll stink, especially with the first four tracks being the crappy re-mastered versions with new bass and drum tracks. Not buying it.
Sharon has managed Ozzy since the beginning. Without her…
I understand though–when I first heard of Ozzy, I thought he was mysterious, evil, and crazy. There’s no more to learn. That’s why we get bored. The last album I loved of his was Ozzmosis.
The SPEAK OF THE DEVIL DVD from last year was I thought pretty good and original in the sense that Brad Gillis was on it. It was like $12 and of decent quality. More stuff like that would be appreciated.
It was cool to see that again. That was an old MTV concert and it was great that they chose to release it by itself as a dvd. You’re right, gems like that that haven’t seen the light of day in ages or at all are always great to see.
Zakk Wylde played a show with the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND. He supposedly did heavy metal riffs throughout and the concert was a disaster. I would get that if available ahead of this same old boring stuff. Halford did at least one show with BLACK SABBATH. I wouldn’t mind that as well OZZY playing with Vinny Appice. I got the DELUXE BORN AGAIN with Gillan singing classic SABBATH and SMOKE ON THE WATER. Nothing great but something interesting.
Sadly, the vocals were pretty much rerecorded per Eddie Trunk.