According to a posting on the BLACK SABBATH fan site Black-Sabbath.com, 30th-anniversary editions of Ozzy Osbourne's first two solo albums - "Blizzard Of Ozz" and "Diary Of A Madman" - are due out later this year. The upcoming releases will feature the original Bob Daisley (bass) and Lee Kerslake (drums) recordings unlike the 2002 reissues of these albums, which saw the replacement of the original bass and drum tracks by Osbourne's then-drummer Mike Bordin and -bassist Robert Trujillo.
In 1986, Daisley and Kerslake sued Osbourne for unpaid royalties, eventually winning songwriting credits on "Blizzard Of Ozz" and "Diary Of A Madman".
Osbourne's wife and manager, Sharon, reportedly explained the re-recordings in a press conference: "Because of Daisley and Kerslake's abusive and unjust behaviour, Ozzy wanted to remove them from these recordings. We turned a negative into a positive by adding a fresh sound to the original albums."
In May 2004, the Supreme Court refused to consider the appeal of Daisley and Kerslake, who sued Ozzy Osbourne in 1998 seeking royalties for their work on "Blizzard Of Ozz" and "Diary Of A Madman".
Los Angeles attorney Nate Kraut said his musician clients were denied credit for writing songs that were being used in television commercials and during NFL games.
"Their music is literally everywhere," he told justices in a filing.
A California judge had dismissed the lawsuit that named Osbourne and his wife, as well as several music companies.
Source: BlabberMouth.Net
