Madness, the cup they drink from Self destruction, the toll

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Okay,let me explain.....(and I believe this will explain in a way why nothing ever of Randy will be released)

The O$bourne camp is getting out of hand. Look for any video on YouTube,you'll find a few but a bust. Copy write is on almost everything - okay,I get it.

I posted 1 said song from YouTube to my wife on Facebook (I think it was Time After Time) - had a bad day and I was being an ass to her. Anyway,I didn't up it to YouTube but someone else did and I thought as a sweet forgive me I'd post it. Bad call. Logged on today (to Facebook) and I get a ban hammer warning about illegal copy written content....wtf? YouTube page is gone (and I got a warning PM on there - I NEVER UPPED THE DAMN VIDEO) and any Ozzy content on there (not all) is gone. Now,I understand the rule upon copy written material but,I never upped it and what's next.....jail because I have a copy of BOO on my phone that I paid for? This organization is making it clear that unless you pay for the **** name (think I screwed myself already by posting the name),you are screwed. Next will be images (oh man,I'm toast now). I hope down the road sometime soon,Bob find's that one thing they overlooked and leaves $harron pennyle$$. This is what they've become and it's a heartbreaker knowing they have almost every show recorded,video and a ton of pic's we'll never see unless we pay $666.66 for a 6 second clip from the extra ET dress rehearsal footage showing only Rudy's ass.

This clut has gone too far and I deleted my account on that site. Shame on them. I'm deleting my av in protest.

I apologize if this is thought not to be Randy related and please move my thread to a right part of the forum.

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P C M wrote:...it's a heartbreaker knowing they have almost every show recorded,video and a ton of pic's we'll never see...
Knowing? I think it should be hoping or assuming... if they really have all this stuff and they think there is value there, and they are the money grubbing greedy bastards they are made out to be, then wouldn't they already have it packaged, priced and available?
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While we are talking about this now I can't find My little man on YouTube form ozzys record
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Paul Wolfe wrote:
P C M wrote:...it's a heartbreaker knowing they have almost every show recorded,video and a ton of pic's we'll never see...
Knowing? I think it should be hoping or assuming... if they really have all this stuff and they think there is value there, and they are the money grubbing greedy bastards they are made out to be, then wouldn't they already have it packaged, priced and available?
+1 paul ... end of thread really
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I don't think they have any pro shot video..otherwise it would be out already. Although i would bet big money on that there are quite a few pro-shot shows out there and the owners want money, but the Osbournes will not pay for any of it as they believe they owe nothing for something that was recorded illegally without their permission. I believe Sharon stated something like this already a few years ago.

I think if there are any shows that they do have, it would be of the 1980 tour with Bob/Lee and that right there would be a reason not to release it. The only other show i picture them actually owning and not releasing would be the 12/30/81 or 12/31/81 opening Diary tour shows...Such an elaborate set and on opening night I am sure they wanted the moment captured, even if it is just back stage footage. They have always said there first few shows were a complete disaster..so it would make sense that they would not release it if it hey had it.


They probably have 100's of hours of video just of the band on the road, site seeing and stuff.
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Shockwave wrote:I don't think they have any pro shot video..otherwise it would be out already. Although i would bet big money on that there are quite a few pro-shot shows out there and the owners want money, but the Osbournes will not pay for any of it as they believe they owe nothing for something that was recorded illegally without their permission. I believe Sharon stated something like this already a few years ago.

I think if there are any shows that they do have, it would be of the 1980 tour with Bob/Lee and that right there would be a reason not to release it. The only other show i picture them actually owning and not releasing would be the 12/30/81 or 12/31/81 opening Diary tour shows...Such an elaborate set and on opening night I am sure they wanted the moment captured, even if it is just back stage footage. They have always said there first few shows were a complete disaster..so it would make sense that they would not release it if it hey had it.


They probably have 100's of hours of video just of the band on the road, site seeing and stuff.
Good points here.

The sad part is, if the Osbournes worked with the folks that had footage, the fans (and by extension, the Ozzy Legacy), would be richer for it. I understand that the footage was obtained under less than favourable circumstances, but it's 30 year old footage at this point. Give the folks amnesty, and start putting a project that fans would enjoy together.

Plus, at this point, would this really be taking away from Ozzy's earning potential? How many more years does Oz have performing in front of him, realistically? This could be an additional way to make $$$, and we all know they're in favour of that.

I'm not sure how much footage they would have of behind the scenes stuff. I'm sure there's a bit, but doubtful it's hundreds of hours. It seems to me that getting footage was not a high priority for the band or management at the time. Given how big Ozzy got after this era, I'm sure they wish they had tons of it, but like others have said, it's doubtful they actually have more footage, or else it would be out there. It's the folks that shot bootleg footage that is their best potential source, IMO. I also tend to think that there's still the whole issue of whether Mrs. Rhoads would approve the footage as well. The Osbourne camp seems to tread very lightly with this sort of stuff.

The whole thing is rather complicated, and at the end of the day, it would be just great to have one full, or even half, concert with Randy on guitar. At this point of being a fan, I'm thrilled when even a snippet of anything gets released, even something like the Texas Soundcheck. I truly hope in our lifetimes we will get additional Randy footage. Will it happen? Who knows.
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TAB wrote:Like myself, people want to believe and hope and grasp at straws out of frustration. He was here in the limelight barley and gone in a such a flash. Being old now I guess, I remember in 82 man over that winter being on a high with the albums and the tour and he was gone in early spring and I was devastated forever.
This is the crux of it, I think. No doubt everyone thought that the band (and Randy) would be around for a long time, and there would be plenty of time to get footage of them. Tragically, this was not the case.

I'm still surprised more footage was not recorded, but once again, it certainly doesn't seem like getting footage was a priority. I get the feeling that first tour was done on a shoestring budget, and that the second tour was funded better, but money was used to make an impressive stage show. Footage seemed to have been an afterthought.
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I do believe a few more things will pop up here and there, but it's a low probability that any thing will ever satisfy what should have been. I'd be happy with a DOAM tour CD..the boots are good, but something mixed, etc..
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That's what i was saying earlier though kind of regarding stuff like the ET footage..

It is known for a fact that now 6yrs later that it is now in someones hands in its entirety. Obviously when the documentary fell through and then Ozzy decided on the 30yrs after DVD this would have been one of the first things they went after, and i am sure they did. But Dakota or whoever "owns" it now wanted money, no way Sharon was going to do that, either via a straight out payment or royalties.

I don't care really care if the shot is on Ozzy the whole time as Ironman over at .tk said, he got to see it in it's entirety. From what i remember him saying it sounded like it was 75% Ozzy on the video. The little extra parts we see of Randy would be great along with just hearing the audio of it. Those rehearsals of ET and Two on the Town are the clearest sound of what the soundboard recordings are and the guitar tone they wanted portrayed on them.

Because of all the soundboard tapes i thought for years that it was what Randy's tone actually sounded like coming out of his amps, after hearing a few crowd bootlegs from Diary tour along with the New Mexico footage from the 30yrs after DVD , it is the complete opposite. Randy's tone was exactly the same on the Diary tour as it was on the Blizzard tour. Whatever was going through the PA or directly onto the recordings was completely different and that is the sound we are getting on the soundboard tapes. The ET footage and Two on the Town footage both have that soundboard tone on it, it's likely the only master we would ever hear of that tone. They were trying to create that "wall of sound" we have heard quite a few people talk about that went to the Diary shows.
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Shockwave wrote:Obviously when the documentary fell through and then Ozzy decided on the 30yrs after DVD this would have been one of the first things they went after, and i am sure they did. But Dakota or whoever "owns" it now wanted money, no way Sharon was going to do that, either via a straight out payment or royalties...
With Sharon being the one who ended the documentary by pulling her involvement, she is the one to blame for things not seeing the light of day.

I don't get my hopes up anymore or even think about seeing footage, because I'm certain it'll never happen. These days I'm happy with the books and the recordings (and video) we've already got. If the Laughing Gas audio or Bob's rehearsal stuff become available I'll be thrilled, but if they don't, then they don't.

I'll continue learning the ins and outs of Randy's playing by learning to play what he did. That's good enough for me.
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Shockwave wrote:I don't think they have any pro shot video..otherwise it would be out already. Although i would bet big money on that there are quite a few pro-shot shows out there and the owners want money, but the Osbournes will not pay for any of it as they believe they owe nothing for something that was recorded illegally without their permission. I believe Sharon stated something like this already a few years ago.

I think if there are any shows that they do have, it would be of the 1980 tour with Bob/Lee and that right there would be a reason not to release it. The only other show i picture them actually owning and not releasing would be the 12/30/81 or 12/31/81 opening Diary tour shows...Such an elaborate set and on opening night I am sure they wanted the moment captured, even if it is just back stage footage. They have always said there first few shows were a complete disaster..so it would make sense that they would not release it if it hey had it.


They probably have 100's of hours of video just of the band on the road, site seeing and stuff.
Bob has no recollection of any of the shows he played being filmed, he doesn't know of any footage that exists, and doesn't recall ever seeing or hearing about shows he played being filmed. I doubt very much there is any footage, if there is, it must have been taken secretly, and the cameras hidden.
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