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Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz (Play-It-Like-It-Is)

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This isn't a terrible book. Most of the transcriptions look real solid, but the one I was most interested in, "steal away," is disappointing. To begin with, Randy was well known for triple tracking his solo work in studios, but this transcription doesn't ever include more than one guitar track for this song. "I Don't Know" is arranged for the full 3 tracks, so there's really no excuse for leaving out the solo accompaniment. The first Lead fill at about 1:01, it's like the transcriber didn't even try to figure out what Randy did... it's not even the same number of notes. Oh well. This was one of the most important rock/metal albums ever made, so the book is probably a good buy... just know that they're damn liars when they say it's "note for note" transcription. I haven't played through the whole book, but I wouldn't be surprised if this song wasn't the only crappy transcription. "Mr. Crowley" looks good, I had that one tabbed out on by a friend before I picked up this book, and the books transcription was better. This books "Crazy Train" is better than the best one I've found online. It's a good buy I guess, just pissed that the best song is the worst tab.