A cassette tape of Ozzy Osbourne rehearsing with what would eventually become his first solo band has been found in the attic of a former employee after 46 years.
Right after he was fired by Black Sabbath, Ozzy worked with an engineer named David Jolly in Suffolk, England, as Ozzy was attempting to put together a solo band.
The tape, which is labeled “Ozzie Last Day,” has 12 minutes of music with Ozzy, guitarist Randy Rhoads, bassist Bob Daisley and an unknown drummer jamming – drummer Lee Kerslake later joined the group that went on to record Blizzard of Ozz.
Jolly said, “I don’t know if we were auditioning a drummer and just loosening up a bit, or we’re just clowning about…but it wasn’t a song we were working on because we had definite songs by then, we had several songs.”
Check out Sky News’s report on the tape on YouTube below.
[YouTube: Sky News]
