''Just Say Ozzy'' is a live EP by

Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which per ...

. It was released on 5 March 1990 and entered the UK charts on 17 March, reaching number 69. The EP was

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and reissued on 22 August 1995.

Overview

The sleeve states that ''Just Say Ozzy'' was recorded at London's

Brixton Academy Brixton Academy (originally known as the Astoria Variety Cinema, previously known as Carling Academy Brixton, currently named O2 Academy Brixton as part of a sponsorship deal with the O2 brand) is a mid-sized concert venue located in South Lon ...

in November 1989. However, no known dates correspond (

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ended in August 1989 in Moscow), and the music appears to have been re-recorded and mixed at

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in New York with engineer Adam Yellin, with the audience noise and some tracks kept from the original live recording. ''Just Say Ozzy'' was remastered in 1995, along with the rest of the singer’s catalogue. However, the EP —along with ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' —has since been deleted from Ozzy's catalogue and was not

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ed and reissued with the rest of Ozzy's catalogue in 2002. This is mainly due to a continuing legal struggle with bassist/songwriter

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over the song "Shot in the Dark". ''Just Say Ozzy'' peaked at number 58 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was

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on July 21, 1993. The tracks "

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" and "

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" were composed and originally recorded by

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, the group Osbourne fronted in the 1970s.

Track listing

Personnel

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Geezer Butler Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the pioneering Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded and performed with Heave ...

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Randy Castillo Randolpho Francisco Castillo (December 18, 1950 – March 26, 2002) was an American musician. He was Ozzy Osbourne's drummer during the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, and later as drummer for Mötley Crüe, from 1999 to 2000. Early life Castil ...

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* John Sinclair- keyboards ;Production *

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- producer, engineer, mixing *Adam Yellin - recording engineer, mixing *Shannon Carr - assistant engineer *Sally Browder - assistant engineer *

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- mastering *Brian Lee and

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- 1995 remastering

Charts

Certifications

References

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