Ozzy Osbourne

Blizzard of Ozz

err, what the....

Review Score:

(2/10)
When it comes to re-issues of classic albums remixing is something very tricky and needs to be done extremely carefully. It's done occasionally, like a number of John Lennon albums which were originally horribly produced and muddy sounding (for example Imagine) - perhaps they needed it. This Blizzard (and Diary) reissue goes even beyond remixing to re-recording main instrument tracks. Who in their right mind thought that was acceptable to do to a perfectly fine master? Why would the record company even allow this to begin with - replace a masterpiece recording with a at least partly re-recorded album? I mean albums are historic material in themselves, to mess with them is just not right. They need to come to their senses and pull this crap off the shelves and release the proper remaster. I still have the 1995 release so I'm doing good, but this is really a shame. To even entertain the idea of re-recording those bass and drum tracks was retarded.

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