Ultimate Rhoads

The site mentioned these were taken at the Memorial Coliseum. Talk about being close! Randy doesn't have the skinny studs on that were next to the bigger stud band. I didn't realize the bigger stud band was blue. I thought it was black. How weird.

Holy Cow! Just incredible shots John. A B stage helps the lighting look more natural so the pics are really clear. Every shot, and a great one of him looking back.

I like how in the 2nd to last picture, you can just see a silhouette of Don back there

These are amazing shots looks like he was blinded by the end of the night with that flash.
Cheers for sharing

Wow, those are great! Probably the best quality shots I've seen of a 'B' show.
The pics just keep coming....

Some amazing pics there Silver Rhoads where did you find these ?. That first pic Randy has a weird expression on his face, one which i've never seen before. I'd like to know if the photographer has any of Ozzy and the other band members. Cheers for sharing them with us.

Yup there are few of just Ozz. The second one looks a little evil..

what make this kind of crazy is one of Ozzy's eyes is lower down than the other like he is out of it or really bloody crazy

Those are some of the best rare and unique photos I've seen from the diary tour! Thanks for posting them.

Those are off the hook!! You can't be closer than that...

GUITARIDOL5682 wrote:Some amazing pics there Silver Rhoads where did you find these ?. That first pic Randy has a weird expression on his face, one which i've never seen before. I'd like to know if the photographer has any of Ozzy and the other band members. Cheers for sharing them with us.

I found them online. The site was a little cumbersome to go through and I didn't see any others. I believe they were posted not too long ago.

http://www.caller.com/photos/galleries/ ... memorial-/

I tried to clean one of the pictures up a little:

Yeah Silver i did a search on the guys name and found his other photos before you posted the link. It was a good blast down memory lane for me, checking out his other pics. The guy had been to see alot of bands i was into in the late 70's/80's Judas Priest UFO Scorpions AC/DC Ronnie Montrose Sammy Hagar Night Ranger / Brad Gillis. But i think those RR pics are some of his best. He is almost on the stage and at eye level wi Randy. An excellent find i'd be sure to contact the guy as he must have more then just a hand full. At the least he'll have a full roll of shots 20 - 36 max. It's weird how he doesn't recognise some of the bands he seen especialy UFO who could of been one of the support bands for Ozzy at this gig..

Silver Rhoads wrote:The site mentioned these were taken at the Memorial Coliseum. Talk about being close! Randy doesn't have the skinny studs on that were next to the bigger stud band. I didn't realize the bigger stud band was blue. I thought it was black. How weird.

These pics are one of the best!
Great find! Thnx.

Thanks for this. These are some of the closest 'Diary' shots I've ever seen. Reminds me a bit of a Phoenix photo TAB put up a while back where camera guy was also very near to Randy.
Back in the 80s it was always a buzz just to see any photos of Randy in the mags and there didn't seem to be that many around, but here at UR I've seen killer photos from so many gigs. Just incredible stuff!