Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon

Today (November 15th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Bark at the Moon, the third solo studio album from Ozzy Osbourne. This multi-Platinum seller went to number 94 in Australia, number 24 in the UK, number 19 on the US Billboard Album chart, and number 9 in Sweden.

Performing with Osbourne on the record were Don Airey (keyboards), Tommy Aldridge (drums), Bob Daisley (bass) and Jake E. Lee (guitar).

Ozzy Osbourne - Speak of the Devil

Today (November 27th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Speak of the Devil, a live concert album by Ozzy Osbourne. What is interesting about this 1982 double-record release is that Osbourne chose to do all tracks from his days in Black Sabbath the decade prior. The album charted at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 200, eventually going Platinum. In the UK, the album topped off at number 21 on the charts.

The record was mostly culled from recordings done at the Ritz in New York City on September 26th and 27th in 1982. Three of the tracks came from rehearsals with crowd noise added during the post-production.