Legacy Recordings To Release OZZY OSBOURNE Collectibles For Record Store Day 2012
April 2, 2012, 12 years ago
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, has announced OZZY OSBOURNE 7" and 12" vinyl releases created especially for Record Store Day 2012, celebrated at independent record stores worldwide on Saturday, April 21st.
Now in its fifth year, Record Store Day is an annual day-long celebration of record store culture taking place on the third Saturday in April. In January, RSD announced the appointment of IGGY POP to the post of Record Store Day 2012 Ambassador.
Legacy Recordings' Ozzy Osbourne releases for Record Store Day 2012 include:
Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzy Live - 12" - 180-gram audiophile vinyl LPs (two disc set) - A limited, numbered collector's edition recorded live on the 1981 Blizzard Of Ozz tour with mythic guitarist Randy Rhoads.
Ozzy Osbourne - 'Believer' Live - 7" single - A limited, numbered collector's edition on polka-dot vinyl featuring 'Believer' (Live) plus 'Goodbye To Romance' (2010 guitar and vocal mix).
Due in stores nationwide in North America on June 5th, Nashville-based metal label Versailles Records presents the first definitive tribute to Ozzy Osbourne's 40 year reign as the Prince of Darkness over the ever-thriving heavy metal genre he helped invent. No More Tears: A Millennium Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne- 1971-2012 features rock and metal superstars and many of the hottest rock and metal bands on the rise from around the globe covering Ozzy's Black Sabbath and entire solo catalog performed in full-length, hit by hit chronological order over the course of a three-CD set.
The Tribute will feature exclusive liner-note commentary from a wide range of record producers who worked with Ozzy in the studio, including Ron Nevison, Duane Baron, Keith Olsen, and Michael Beinhorn; and the tracklisting features star-appearances from Vince Neil (MÖTLEY CRÜE), George Lynch (LYNCH MOB, ex-DOKKEN), Stu Hamm (STEVE VAI band), Gregg Bissonette (JOE SATRIANI, SPINAL TAP, DAVID LEE ROTH band), Derrick LeFevre (LILLIAN AXE), Chris Poland (ex-MEGADETH), Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER), Brad Gillis (NIGHT RANGER, Ozzy Osbourne Band), Gary Moon (THREE DOG NIGHT, Night Ranger), Eric Singer (KISS), Paul Taylor (WINGER), Keri Kelli (ALICE COOPER BAND, SLASH’S SNAKEPIT, LA GUNS, RATT), and Richard Kendrick (NEAR LIE EXPERIENCE).
The box-set also features bands from around the globe celebrating Ozzy’s legacy, including from North America: LEAVING EDEN, BUGSY PARKER, SLANT, KINGSHIFTER, HIGH VOLTAGE, THE MADELEINE HAZE, FIERCE ATMOSPHERES, ENDLESS VENDETTA, TATTOO FRANK, SHANE DOSS, METALHORSE, SANTAGATA, TAKARA, MR. THUMB, DAWN OF THE FINAL DAY, IN HIS BLOOD, CRYPTIC CHAOS, MR. MURRAY, DENNIS DEEN, RAVAGE, A NEW DECREE, SKYSCREAMERS, ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE, SAGE4, JERIES ALFREIH, SNÄKESKYN WHÏSKEY, TITAN’S EVE and ROSE REITER.
From Europe: DIRTY ROSE, ANNIHILATION, AND ATTICA RAGE, CRITICAL SOLUTION FROM, DOOM DOGS, W.A.N.T.E.D., SNOWBLIND, MATANUSKA, CORNIVUS, CRY HAVOC, BLACK IRIS, CRITICAL SOLUTION, JUST ONE FIX and Stonedirt.
STALWART and TRELLEBORG from Russia; ERLING SOLEM from Norway; QUATERMOC from Spain; KINOATH from Australia; and from South America: REACT and OZZMOSIS from Brazil; RIFFUZ and NASTY REPUTATION from Mexico; and MATVEY and AL SOLO / MANURI from Argentina.