NASHVILLE |DATE: FEBRUARY 9, 2005
OZZY OSBOURNE’S “PRINCE OF DARKNESS” BOX SET
TO BE RELEASED MARCH 22
OZZY OSBOURNE’s box set–now titled PRINCE OF DARKNESS–is confirmed to arrive March 22 on Epic Records. A testament to the iconic rocker’s 25-year solo career, the four-CD, 51-song set chronicles OZZY’s biggest hits and most memorable collaborations while including a separate disc with 10 newly recorded versions of his favorite songs by other artists, including the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy For The Devil,” Mountain’s “Mississippi Queen” and Mott The Hoople’s David Bowie-penned “All The Young Dudes.” The PRINCE OF DARKNESS will arrive in a weathered, collectable gothic book with new hallowed images of OZZY taken by famed British photographer/artist Sam Taylor Wood. It will be packaged with a 60-page booklet with a career overview and rare OZZY photos.
The first two PRINCE OF DARKNESS discs will encompass re-mastered versions of the Grammy Award-winning artist’s most popular solo smashes, with “Crazy Train,” “Mr. Crowley,” “Diary Of A Madman,” “Crazy Babies” and “No More Tears.” In addition, the discs will resurrect epic live performances (“Bark At The Moon,” “Flying High Again,” “Suicide Solution”) and rare demos (“Mama, I’m Coming Home,” “I Don’t Want To Change The World,” “See You On The Other Side”).
Titled Oddities and Duets, the third disc is comprised of some of OZZY’s most unusual collaborations, such as “For Heaven’s Sake” with the Wu-Tang Clan, “Born To Be Wild” with Miss Piggy and “Nowhere To Run (Vapor Trail)” with the Crystal Method, DMX, and ‘Ol Dirty Bastard.
For the set’s special fourth disc Under Covers, OZZY went into the studio recently to record covers of the songs he covets most, including: “In My Life” (the Beatles), “21st Century Schizoid Man” (King Crimson) and “For What It’s Worth” (Buffalo Springfield). Keeping with his tradition of working with only the finest rock guitarists, OZZY was joined by Jerry Cantrell, Robert Randolph and Leslie West.
OZZY OSBOURNE’s PRINCE OF DARKNESS track list:
DISC 1
1. I DON’T KNOW (live)
2. MR. CROWLEY
3. CRAZY TRAIN
4. GOODBYE TO ROMANCE (live)
5. SUICIDE SOLUTION (live)
6. OVER THE MOUNTAIN
7. FLYING HIGH AGAIN (live)
8. YOU CAN’T KILL ROCK AND ROLL
9. DIARY OF A MADMAN
10. BARK AT THE MOON (live, B-side)
11. SPIDERS (B-side)
12. ROCK AND ROLL REBEL
13. YOU’RE NO DIFFERENT
DISC 2
1. ULTIMATE SIN (live)
2. NEVER KNOW WHY (live)
3. THANK GOD FOR THE BOMB (live)
4. CRAZY BABIES
5. BREAKIN’ ALL THE RULES
6. I DON’T WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD (demo)
7. MAMA, I’M COMING HOME (demo)
8. DESIRE (demo)
9. NO MORE TEARS
10. WON’T BE COMING HOME (S.I.N.) (demo)
11. PERRY MASON (live)
12. SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE*
13. WALK ON WATER*
14. GETS ME THROUGH (live)
15. BANG BANG*
16. DREAMER
* Previously Unreleased
SELECTIONS FROM DISC 3
1. IRON MAN (with Therapy)
2. N.I.B. (with PRIMUS)
3. PURPLE HAZE (with Zakk Wylde, Randy Castillo, Geezer Butler)
4. PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN (with Type O Negative)
5. SHAKE YOUR HEAD (LET’S GO TO BED) (with Was Not Was)
6. BORN TO BE WILD (with Miss Piggy)
7. NOWHERE TO RUN (VAPOR TRAIL) (with Crystal Method, Dmx, ‘Ol Dirty Bastard & Fuzzbuble)
8. PSYCHO MAN (Black Sabbath)
9. FOR HEAVENS SAKE 2000 (with Tony Iommi & Wu-Tang Clan)
10. I AIN’T NO NICE GUY (with Motorhead)
11. THERAPY (with Infectious Grooves)
12. DOG, THE BOUNTY HUNTER (A&E series theme song)
DISC 4
1. 21ST CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN (originally recorded by King Crimson)
2. MISSISSIPPI QUEEN (originally recorded by Mountain)
3. ALL THE YOUNG DUDES (originally recorded by Mott the Hoople)
4. IN MY LIFE (originally recorded by the Beatles)
5. FIRE (originally recorded by Arthur Brown)
6. FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH (originally recorded by Buffalo Springfield)
7. SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (originally recorded by the Rolling Stones)
8. WORKING CLASS HERO (originally recorded by John Lennon)
9. GOOD TIMES (originally recorded by Eric Burdon)
10. CHANGES (with KELLY OSBOURNE) (originally recorded by Black Sabbath)
For more information, contact:
Mitch Schneider/MSO: mschneider@msopr.com
Marcee Rondan/MSO: marcee@msopr.com
Lathum Nelson/MSO: lnelson@msopr.com
Lois Najarian/EPIC RECORDS: Lois_Najarian@sonymusic.com
Lathum Nelson
MSO
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Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
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