Tribute (Ozzy Osbourne album)

Tribute
Live album by Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads
Released	March 19, 1987
Recorded	1980/1981
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	70:28
Label	Epic CBS
Producer	Max Norman, Ozzy Osbourne (executive) Bruce Dickinson (reissue executive producer)
Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads chronology
The Ultimate Sin (1986) Tribute (1987) No Rest for the Wicked (1988)

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Tribute is a live album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on March 19, 1987, five years after the death of guitarist Randy Rhoads. It was reissued on August 22, 1995 and again remastered and reissued in 2002 with Bruce Dickinson as the reissue executive producer. It peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200.

Overview

The album was released in memory of Rhoads, guitarist for Osbourne's band between 1979 and 1982 who died in a plane crash while on tour in Florida in 1982. It showcases Rhoads' outstanding technical ability on lead guitar. Particularly notable is the song "Suicide Solution", which features an unaccompanied guitar solo by Rhoads. The album also includes studio outtakes of Rhoads recording the classical-influenced acoustic guitar piece, "Dee", which Rhoads wrote for his mother Delores, and which was originally included on Osbourne's debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz. These outtakes include Rhoads talking.

The songs from "I Don't Know" through to "Paranoid" were recorded live in Cleveland, Ohio^{[citation needed]} on May 11, 1981, though Osbourne stated upon the album's release in 1987 that the performance had been recorded "somewhere in Canada". "Goodbye to Romance" and "No Bone Movies" are taken from the very first Blizzard tour, possibly from Southampton on October 2, 1980. These two tracks feature bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake. Rhoads' guitar solo is from Montreal on July 28, 1981.^{[citation needed]}

The album was originally to be released in 1982, but was shelved indefinitely when Rhoads died suddenly. Instead, another live album, Speak of the Devil (consisting entirely of Black Sabbath songs and featuring future Night Ranger guitarist Brad Gillis) was recorded and released later that same year.

The recording of "Crazy Train" that appears on this album was also released as the album's only single on February 10, 1987, along with a music video.

The music which opens Tribute and all of Osbourne's live shows of the era is "O Fortuna" from the Carmina Burana ‘scenic cantata’ by Carl Orff.

Regarding the European vinyl-release, although a 2LP set, the sleeve was single, rather than the more traditional gatefold. However, it did come with a photo-montage poster.

"I Don't Know" of this release was originally released un-overdubbed on the "Over The Mountain" single.^{[citation needed]}

Its most recent North American reissue was the 2002 remastered CD.

Track listing

All songs written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley, except where noted.

1. "I Don't Know" - 5:40
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
2. "Crazy Train" - 5:19
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
3. "Believer" - 5:08
   • Originally from Diary of a Madman
4. "Mr. Crowley" - 5:37
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
5. "Flying High Again" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Lee Kerslake) - 4:17
   • Originally from Diary of a Madman
6. "Revelation (Mother Earth)" - 5:58
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
7. "Steal Away (The Night)" [with Drum Solo] - 8:04
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
8. "Suicide Solution" [with Guitar Solo] - 7:46
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
9. "Iron Man" (Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward) - 2:50
   • Originally from Paranoid
10. "Children of the Grave" (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward) - 5:57
    • Originally from Master of Reality
11. "Paranoid" (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward) - 2:59
    • Originally from Paranoid
12. "Goodbye to Romance" - 5:33
    • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
13. "No Bone Movies" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake) - 4:02
    • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
14. "Dee" [Randy Rhoads studio out-takes] (Rhoads) - 4:22
    • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz

Track listing (1987 JIGU Records (Korean) pressing: KJPL-0528 (only a single LP))

All songs written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley, except where noted.

1. "I Don't Know" - 5:43
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
2. "Crazy Train" - 5:12
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
3. "Believer" - 4:57
   • Originally from Diary of a Madman
4. "Mr. Crowley" - 5:46
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
5. "Goodbye to Romance" - 5:40
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
6. "Flying High Again" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Lee Kerslake) - 4:21
   • Originally from Diary of a Madman
7. "Revelation (Mother Earth)" - 5:56
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
8. "Steal Away (The Night)" [with Drum Solo] - 8:24
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
9. "No Bone Movies" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake) - 3:37
   • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz
10. "Dee" [Randy Rhoads studio out-takes] (Rhoads) - 4:21
    • Originally from Blizzard of Ozz

Personnel

• Ozzy Osbourne - vocals
• Randy Rhoads - guitar
• Rudy Sarzo - bass
• Bob Daisley - bass on "Goodbye to Romance" & "No Bone Movies"
• Tommy Aldridge - drums
• Lee Kerslake - drums on "Goodbye to Romance" & "No Bone Movies"
• Don Airey - keyboards

Sales accomplishments

RIAA certification (United States)

Date	Designation	Total Sales
August 11, 1987	Gold	500,000
August 11, 1992	Platinum	1,000,000
August 15, 1997	Double Platinum	2,000,000

CRIA certification (Canada)

Date	Designation	Total Sales
January 26, 1989	Gold	50,000