A cassette recording of Ozzy Osbourne rehearsing in 1980 has been unearthed – check it out below.
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Labelled “Ozzie Last Day”, the cassette is an early listen at what would go on to become the metal legend’s first work with his solo band. The 12-minute bluesy jam session captures Ozzy alongside his beloved guitarist Randy Rhoads, as well as bassist Bob Daisley, ahead of the recording of the ‘Blizzard of Ozz’ album.
As reported by Sky News earlier this month, the recording was discovered in the attic of David Jolly, who befriended Ozzy after a turbulent period saw him fired by Black Sabbath and had started to put together his solo band.
Daisley, now the only surviving member of that era, confirmed the authenticity of the tape to Sky, telling them the recording took place prior to the trio aligning with drummer Lee Kerslake.
“As soon as I heard it, I thought, ‘Yes, that’s us, that’s Ozzy’s voice,’” he 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.”
Similarly, last June, it was announced that a compilation of demos that Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward recorded in 1969, back when they still went by the name Earth, was to be released under the title ‘Earth: The Legendary Lost Tapes’.
The tracks were recorded in Zella Studios in Birmingham, and a new release was set to be overseen by Jim Simpson, the band’s manager at the time.
That release didn’t wind up happening, and Sharon Osbourne spoke out against the project in November, issuing a detailed social media post outlining Black Sabbath’s legal position, which disputes the legal ownership of the recordings.
More recently, Ozzy’s legacy was celebrated at the 2026 Grammys, where Post Malone, Slash, Chad Smith and Duff McKagan joined forces to perform ‘War Pigs’.
Osbourne died in his family home in Buckinghamshire following a heart attack last July, aged 76. Just over two weeks before his passing, he helped raise millions for children’s charities by playing his final-ever live show in his Birmingham hometown.
Elsewhere at the Grammys, Yungblud won his first ever Grammy for Best Rock Performance at the show, and also dedicated it to Ozzy.
The Doncaster musician beat the likes of Amyl & The Sniffers, Linkin Park, Turnstile and Hayley Williams for his live performance of ‘Changes’ at Black Sabbath’s ‘Back To The Beginning’ farewell concert last summer, and to accept the award, he was joined on stage by Sharon, who was visibly moved throughout.
“We fucking love you, Ozzy,” he said last night. “We would all like to thank Sharon, Jack, Kelly and Aimee for this opportunity, and everyone at the Back To The Beginning show. Six generations of rock musicians came together in the name of our genre, in the name of Sabbath and in the name of Ozzy Osbourne.”
Yungblud led a supergroup at ‘Back To The Beginning’, also including Nuno Bettencourt from Extreme on guitar, II from Sleep Token on drums and Adam Wakeman of Ozzy Osbourne’s band – and son of rock legend Rick – on keys.
He also paid tribute to Ozzy at the VMAs in September, joining forces with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith and Bettencourt.
