Posts Tagged Ozzy Osbourne

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March 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Keith Olsen

Reports are coming in just now that record producer and sound engineer Keith Olsen has died. There’s a chance that you have several records he had a hand in as part of your record collection. Put another way, there’s almost no chance his fingerprints aren’t all over the albums you know and love. He’s perhaps […]

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February 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Black Sabbath’s Paranoid and The Blueprint for Heavy Metal: How Black Is Your Sabbath?

The first thing I knew about Black Sabbath was the song Paranoid; as an avid fan of the Tour Of Duty soundtrack albums. I wasn’t sure if I liked the song or not – the voice was weird, the riff was relentless, but I did like the line about being called insane for frowning all […]

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July 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 666

Ozzy Osbourne, Diary of a Madman (1981) I have very little to say about this album but was chuffed that I thought of it just in time for entry # 666 – well why not? I did like the early Ozzy Osbourne solo records and even some of the ones from a bit later on, […]

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April 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 711

Ozzy Osbourne, Blizzard of Oz (1980) I totally forgot I owned this one. I was a Black Sabbath fan right from when I first heard them – but I never had the urge to hear Ozzy Osbourne solo. No rush. I can’t remember when I picked this up – but it was at least 20 […]

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March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Dope Smoker: Marijuana

Dope Smoker Marijauana (Independent/Bandcamp) Just when you thought the album/track Dopesmoker by Sleep was as overt as “Stoner Rock” got, along comes the Welsh band Dope Smoker – that seminal track/album was surely, well, a guiding light – and here’s their fifth album; the title now as blatant as can be, and if you’re somehow […]