After the release of the 1984 Bark at the Moon album and subsequent
tour, Ozzy began work on the long awaited Ultimate Sin album. The Ultimate Sin
would come out in 1986, ending the long wait by his fans. It would also be one
of the poorest amongst the opinions of Ozzy and his fans as well. The album's
sound was cheesy and according to Ozzy, most of songs ended up sounding alike
(which they do). On March 19/1987, due to overwhelming demand by his fans, Ozzy
also released the Randy Rhoad's Tribute album. Randy's mother, Dolores had
dozens of letters from fans wanting to know if there were any more Randy
concerts out there. She then contacted Ozzy who searched through his house and
came up with some old archive material. The material was sent to Max Norman who
had produced Ozzy's first three albums, to see if the material was suitable. The
result was the Randy Rhoad's Tribute album. Ozzy also played only one show that
year, at the Wormwood Scrubs prison.
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