Chris Tsangrides on Randy?

[AndrewT1976]

Recently I've come to discover that Chris Tsangrides was the original producer of BOO before Max Norman came on board and replaced him.

Does anyone know what Chris has said about Randy? Boy, I'd love to hear some demos (if they exist).

Anyone know why Chris was sacked? Was he going for a Sabbath-feel to the tunes? I wonder.

[Satorius]

KNAC.COM: So who was originally hired to produce "Blizzard of Ozz"? Chris Tsangarides?

Norman: Yes. I was just the resident studio engineer. We had just built that room and put in a new Solid State Logic board. It was the second one in England. At that time, it was a big deal. I didn't want "Blizzard" to sound like crap. But it didn't sound too good with Chris to start. He was doing some things that we're fundamentally that were really bad like he put the drums in a very low ceiling room that was all concrete. So if Lee hit the cymbal it was like the whole room turned white! It was very ambient and difficult to control. The band were looking a little glum... When Chris would leave the control room, I would replay the tape in the headphones and rebalance the mix to make it sound decent. After one week of that I said, "Fuck this guy." I was tired of fixing his mistakes, he was just not getting it. Then Ozzy fired him and then called me and asked me if I wanted to do the record. And I said "Sure." That's how I ended up producing and engineering that record and the next four.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbe ... emID=75117

Chris Tsangarides was fired because he did some things that were crap. Max Norman was in the studio from the beginning of the recording sessions. He gives many insights about the recording of BOO and DOAM in the following interview:
http://jasobrecht.com/randy-rhoads-max- ... interview/