I want new footage as much as anybody, if not more. As one of the old-timers here, I can honestly say I've been waiting for something like this since '82. In this case, though, there is reason to doubt the source. Look at some of The Metal Den's other claims regarding RR...
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"TMD has uncovered what is believed to be the historic first OZZY show from September 12, 1980 at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland."
http://themetalden.com/?p=12748
TMD didn't uncover anything. They just posted a bootleg that's been circulating for decades -- which, as most fans already know, isn't really the first Ozzy show. Besides, it was all over the internet already.
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"TMD has discovered the only known ‘isolated master guitar track’ to exist of Randy Rhoads playing the classic song 'Crazy Train' off Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard of Ozz album from 1980."
http://themetalden.com/index.php?p=12601
TMD didn't discover anything. They just re-posted something that had already been circulating among the RR message boards and had been on YouTube off and on for about two years. Some discovery!
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"TMD has uncovered yet another Randy Rhoads isolated guitar track. This one comes from the song “Mr Crowley”, featured on Ozzy Osbourne’s classic 1980 Blizzard Of Ozz album."
http://themetalden.com/index.php?p=12687
They "uncovered" this about as much as I did by downloading it two years before.
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"The Metal Den has obtained the holy grail for Randy Rhoads fans: NEVER BEFORE SEEN LIVE FOOTAGE!"
http://themetalden.com/index.php?p=16858
Wow, holy shit! That's great news, TMD! Oh, wait... it's from the 1979 Starwood Quiet Riot footage that most fans have already seen, and is available all over the internet.
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See a pattern here? If The Metal Den told me the sky was blue, I think I'd look up just to make sure. I hope -- I really do -- that this latest report is legitimate, but given their track record (at least where Randy Rhoads is concerned), I've got to be skeptical. These images do look like video stills, but a picture of a still photograph on a computer screen would look much the same. Needless to say, my fingers are crossed.