Ultimate Rhoads

Shockwave wrote: Very shortly after Cleveland 81 Randy just turned the jets on full blast it seems, almost like he was holding back prior to that. ..

I have always thought the same thing. Montreal has always blown me away and I thought he progressed so much so quickly between Cleveland and Montreal.

On the demo I could swear I hear more notes come out. Most notably 2 grace notes that kick into the start of the last 4 measures of the solo. I like how Ozzy's voice sounds on the demo. T'was never a fave of mine but I really dig the outro on the live version, especially the D/A A A A D/A A chord pa...

The concert does seem odd. I always thought a bit sloppy. Maybe this is the show that Tommy Aldridge was thinking of with his "sloppy, all over the ranch" comment regarding Tribute, because I don't think that Cleveland or Montreal fits that description, but I'm not a drummer. I always wond...

It was a good read! A bit rushed in the end but very well written, detailed and entertaining in all. :D I must say I was a bit surprised about the end and how much the O's were given space for the obvious reasons. We all know Sharon's way of doing business, exploiting and screwing up people. What I...

I received a response from CD Japan:

"Hi. Thank you for contacting CDJapan.

They will not be remastering them.

These reissues will use mastering already in existence."

I had emailed to reserve an autographed copy when it was first announced quite some time ago, but never received a notice. I sent an email a week ago but have not received any response.

Did anyone buy the previous blue spec Tribute CD? I think I read that it used the 2002 remastering, which would not be good as it was brick walled. Now they are releasing Blizzard, Diary, Tribute and Bark on blue spec CD 2 format. CD Japan does not mention if it is new mastering or if they are utili...

Yes, the Live EP and Goodbye and No Bone from Tribute were all from Southampton. The Suicide Solo on the new live disc was also from there. According to the initial track listing posted on CD Japan, that Southampton disc was going to have only 10 songs. My best guess is that those would have not inc...

Wow, really cool stuff!!!! Thanks for posting!

CanuckRhoadsFan wrote:
Randy was human and wasn't perfect, but he made great music, and left behind a pretty positive impact on people, whether they knew him personally or not.

Nicely put.

The weird feeling I get while watching After Hours is the urge to choke the cameraman / editor when it shows Rudy or the Ozzman during any moment of the guitar solos... LOL, same here. Very strange seeing this thread today and camdenlp's post cause last night I had a dream that I came across a DVD ...

King Biscuit has loud keys with sparse yet tasteful placement.

The new DVD is the same as the unedited Japan laserdisc and VHS from 1990, but without the subtitles. Same camera angles from comparing so far. The audio is better and the color of the video is better. There's still the audio glitch in Believer before the last verse as it was in the Japan releases. ...

Great pics! Really like the 1st and 3rd shots.
Thanks!

Interesting...this was just posted on the BS facebook page: Black Sabbath/Bill Ward Photo Statement "At the request of Bill Ward, through his attorney, so as to not give the public the wrong impression about his involvement in the current Black Sabbath lineup, we have temporarily removed Bill W...