Ozzy Osbourne "Live & Loud (1993 Double CD, Fatbox Edition, Epic Records)"

Live & Loud is a live album recorded by the former Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne, released on 28 June 1993. At the time, it was to be Osbourne's final album following Osbourne's final tour before retiring, aptly titled "No More Tours". The track "Black Sabbath" featured the original line-up of Black Sabbath, the members of which were invited to join Ozzy as guest stars for the Costa Mesa Reunion shows.

In addition to the standard release in a 'fat-boy' 2CD case, the album was released as a digipak with a metal 'speaker grille' cover and included tattoos, as well as the booklet; the official release was preceded by a single CD sampler issued as a promotional item. A DVD of Live & Loud was also issued, one of the very first music compilation released in that format. The DVD is a compilation of live footage from several shows rather than a single concert: this is evident as Osbourne can be seen both shirtless and wearing different clothes during the same song, while guitarist Zakk Wylde can be seen playing up to three different guitars in the same song. The live recordings in the CD (with the exclusion of Wylde's guitar solo and Castillo's drum solo) are used as the soundtrack for the collage of performances in the video release, the only difference being in the selection of speeches with which Osbourne introduces some of the songs.

In 1994, Osbourne won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the live version of "I Don't Want to Change the World", featured on this album.

Due to ongoing legal litigation regarding song writing credits for the track, "Shot In The Dark", this album, along with The Ultimate Sin and Just Say Ozzy (both of which also included the song), were not remastered and reissued along with the rest of Ozzy's back catalog in 2002. However, the Grammy-winning live track, "I Don't Want to Change the World" from Live & Loud did appear on The Essential Ozzy Osbourne compilation released in 2003.

Tracklist:

Disc 1

1. Intro 03:11  
2. Paranoid (Black Sabbath cover) 03:17  
3. I Don't Want to Change the World 05:03   
4. Desire 06:00  
5. Mr. Crowley 06:24
6. I Don't Know 05:14
7. Road to Nowhere 05:30   
8. Flying High Again 05:04
9. Guitar Solo 04:43
10. Suicide Solution 05:02   
11. Goodbye to Romance 06:15   

Time:    55:43  

Disc 2

1. Shot in the Dark 06:37   
2. No More Tears 07:50   
3. Miracle Man 04:57   
4. Drum Solo 02:53   
5. War Pigs (Black Sabbath cover) 09:17   
6. Bark at the Moon 05:29  
7. Mama, I'm Coming Home 05:46
8. Crazy Train 06:20   
9. Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath cover) 07:12   
10. Changes (Black Sabbath cover) 05:12

Time:  01:01:33  

Comes with a 24-page booklet and 2 temporary tattoos.

Disc 1:

Track 1 is from Black Sabbath's "Paranoid".

Tracks 3, 4 and 7 are from "No More Tears".

Tracks 5, 6, 10 and 11 are from "Blizzard of Ozz".

Track 8 is from "Diary of a Madman".

Disc 2:

Track 1 is from "The Ultimate Sin".

Tracks 2 and 7 are from "No More Tears"..

Track 3 is from "No Rest for the Wicked"

Track 5 is from Black Sabbath's "Paranoid".

Track 6 is from "Bark at the Moon".

Track 8 is from "Blizzard of Ozz".

Track 9 is from Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath".

Track 10 is from Black Sabbath's "Vol.4".

Recording information:

Recorded around the world between 1991 and 1992 during the "No More Tours" tour"

Live 14.08.1992 in Miami, The United States

Live 16.08.1992 in Orlando, The United States

Live 18.08.1992 in Atlanta, The United States

Live 20.08.1992 in Cincinnati, The United States

Live 14.11.1992 in Costa Mesa, The United States

Live 15.11.1992 in Costa Mesa, The United States

Disc 2 track 9 recorded Live 15.11.1992 in Costa Mesa, The United States during Black Sabbath performance.

Mixed at Scream Studios in Studio City, California.

Mastered at Precision Mastering in Los Angeles, California.