The Ozzman Cometh
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| Compilation album by Ozzy Osbourne | |||||
| Released | November 11, 1997 | ||||
| Recorded | 1981-1997 | ||||
| Genre | Heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 77:00 | ||||
| Label | Epic | ||||
| Producer | Roy Thomas Baker Duane Baron Michael Beinhorn Ron Nevison Max Norman Keith Olsen Ozzy Osbourne John Purdell Randy Rhoads |
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The Ozzman Cometh is a compilation album by Ozzy Osbourne released in 1997. It is his second greatest hits collection (The first being Ten Commandments released in 1990 and now out of print) and its initial, limited edition 2 CD pressing contained five previously unreleased songs. Versions released in 2002 and later copies of this compilation have only one disc, and "Shot in the Dark" is replaced by "Miracle Man". This was due to a legal action brought about by the former song's co-writer, Phil Soussan, for unpaid royalties.
Note on versions post-2002: The album tracks are from the 2002 remasters, for which Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman were partially re-recorded. The original drum and bass tracks were replaced with recordings by Ozzy's current lineup, as a management response to legal action by original bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake for unpaid royalty fees. Note also the deliberate mis-spelling of Daisley's and Soussan's names in this CD's sleeve notes: 'Bob Daisy', 'Phil Susan' The tracks from Bark at the Moon are the original recordings, though with some remixing changes that are of questionable integrity.
[edit] Track listing
- "Black Sabbath" (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward) - 9:25
- Previously unreleased. A newer version than this can be found on Black Sabbath
- "Walpurgis" (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward) - 8:15
- Previously unreleased. Early version of "War Pigs" with different lyrics. A newer version than this can be found on Paranoid
- "Goodbye to Romance" (Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley) - 5:35
- Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
- "Crazy Train" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley) - 4:51
- Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
- "Mr. Crowley" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley) - 4:56
- Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
- "Over the Mountain" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Lee Kerslake) - 4:32
- Originally from Diary of a Madman
- "Paranoid [Live]" (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward) - 2:53
- Originally from Tribute
- "Bark at the Moon" (Osbourne) - 4:16
- Originally from Bark at the Moon
- "Shot in the Dark" (Osbourne, Phil Soussan) - 4:16
- Originally from The Ultimate Sin
- "Crazy Babies" (Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Daisley, Randy Castillo) - 4:14
- Originally from No Rest for the Wicked
- "No More Tears [Video Edit]" (Osbourne, Wylde, Mike Inez, Castillo, John Purdell) - 5:54
- Originally from No More Tears
- "Mama, I'm Coming Home" (Osbourne, Wylde, Lemmy) - 4:11
- Originally from No More Tears
- "I Don't Want to Change the World [Live]" (Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Lemmy) - 4:00
- Originally from Live and Loud
- "I Just Want You" (Osbourne, Jim Vallance) - 4:57
- Originally from Ozzmosis
- "Back on Earth" (Richard Supa, Taylor Rhodes) - 5:00
- Unreleased track from Ozzmosis sessions
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- "Fairies Wear Boots" (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward) - 29:50
- Previously unreleased. A newer version than this can be found on Paranoid
- "Behind the Wall of Sleep" (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward) - 22:50
- Previously Unreleased. A newer version than this can be found on Black Sabbath
- "Walk on Water"
- Japanese version only
- "Pictures of Matchstick Men"
- Japanese version only
- 1988 Interview with Ozzy - 17:45
The interview found on this disc is from 1988 where Ozzy is interviewed about his latest album at the time (No Rest For The Wicked) and some other topics about his new guitarist, Zakk Wylde and his past days on Black Sabbath.
The tracks "Black Sabbath", "War Pigs", "Fairies Wear Boots", and "Behind the Wall of Sleep" are taken from a session for the BBC's John Peel Sunday Show dated 4.26.70. "Fairies Wear Boots" and "War Pigs" are early versions of tracks that would finally be recorded on the "Paranoid" album and thus have different lyrics.
