Ozzy Osbourne ?"Bark At The Moon" Epic EPC 25739 A2/B2 UK 1st press insert 1983
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Ozzy Osbourne ?"Bark At The Moon" Epic ?EPC 25739 UK 1st press Vinyl, LP, issued with a single sheet lyric insert in 1983.
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in great condition. It played through beautifully on my elderly stereo - no hop, stick or jump. The sleeve is also in great shape, with minimal signs of wear and no rips or writing. The spine is intact and legible. Similarly, the printed insert shows minimal signs of wear and is also in excellent condition. Matrix / Runout (side A, etched): EPC-25739-A2 AL-38987-2G MASTERDISK Matrix / Runout (side B, etched): EPC-25739-B2 BL-38987-2G MASTERDISK
"Bark at the Moon" is the third studio album after parting ways with Black Sabbath in 1979, by British heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, originally released on 15 November 1983. A commercial success, "Bark at the Moon" peaked at number 19 on the Billboard album chart and within several weeks of release was certified gold for over 500,000 sales in the United States. To date, it has sold over 3,000,000 copies in the United States. In the UK, it was the third of four Osbourne albums to attain silver certification (60,000 units sold) by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving this in January 1984. This is Osbourne's first album to feature guitarist Jake E. Lee and only studio album to feature drummer Tommy Aldridge.
Shortly after "Bark at the Moon'"s 1983 release, a Canadian man named James Jollimore murdered a woman and her two children after allegedly listening to the album. The media and Christian groups began to infer that the music was Satanic and had influenced Jollimore to commit the act. The timing was particularly inopportune for Osbourne, who was, at the time, facing allegations that his song "Suicide Solution" had influenced a fan to commit suicide.
"Bark at the Moon" is Osbourne's third solo album after parting ways with Black Sabbath in 1979, and his only studio album to feature drummer Tommy Aldridge, who was a fixture of his live band in the early 1980s. Aldridge departed after the recording of the album and was briefly replaced by Carmine Appice, but returned mid-tour after Appice was removed by the Osbournes. When asked why Aldridge was brought back, Osbourne told Hit Parader magazine in early 1984 "For health reasons. He [Appice] was making me sick." Nonetheless, Appice did appear in the popular music video for the "Bark at the Moon" single.
AllMusic Review by Steve Huey "Ozzy Osbourne finds a permanent replacement for Randy Rhoads in Jake E. Lee, a more standard metal guitarist without Rhoads' neo-classical compositional ability or stylistic flair. Still, Osbourne and his band turn in a competent, workmanlike set of heavy metal featuring the crunching title track, whose video (featuring Osbourne dressed as a werewolf) became popular on MTV. Unfortunately, substance abuse problems would prevent Osbourne from releasing another record up to the standards of Bark at the Moon for nearly the rest of the decade".
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