Over The Mountain

In 1981 the masterpiece of Ozzy called "Diary Of A Madman". In addition to "Blizzard ..." certainly one of the best albums of all time in the field Hard Rock / Heavy Metal. The album again from Randy Rhodes (Lead Guitar), Bob Daisley was recorded (Bass Guitar), Lee Kerslake (drums) and of course Ozzy himself. Shortly before publication of Bob and Lee have been replaced by Rudy Sarzo (bass) and Tommy Aldridge (drums). It was produced by Max Norman, Ozzy and Randy.

Here, every song is a blast in itself. Quite large proportion of this was certainly Randy Rhodes. This man is simply passed away much too early. What did he do here guitar technically, you can `GeNiaL` only describe with the term. The About song ever is for me `Over the mountain`. This song has it all ... who knows, knows what I mean. These `Flying high again`,` Believer`, `SATO`,` Little dolls` etc .. The production is at a very high level.
Also I find it unbearable that the drum and Baßspuren of Lee Kerslake (Uriah Heep) and Bob Daisley (Rainbow and Heep) have been deleted. They have not only played on the original recordings, but also co-wrote many songs. Here the Madman was ill-advised.

On the quality of the pieces, however, this does not change, therefore, of course, 5 stars for "Diary Of A Madman". Unfortunately, Ozzy Live plays of this record always too little.