Freitag, 27. Februar 2026

ozzy osbourne - blizzard of ozz (og pressings)

since i only had a re-issue copy of ozzy's groundbreaking solo debut, i was on the look out for an 80's copy. it became real fun to chase down reasonable priced copies and so i ended up buying three of them over the course of a few months.
the two copies in the upper and lower left corner are jet european first pressings and basically the same (apart from the cool sticker on the front of the upper copy). the one on the right is an re-issue from 1987 on epic records, as they bought the jet records back catalogue of ozzy's recordings, when he moved labels for 'bark at the moon'. jet records, epic records. 1980/1987.

Sonntag, 15. Februar 2026

between the buried and me - the blue nowhere

another slab of great prog metal by one of my favourite bands. the classics will always rank higher for me, but 'the blue nowhere' will see a lot of play time on my turntable. couldn't resist this special edition out of 1.500 copies. inside out music. 2025.