I sat across from Randy Rhoads in a tiny little room in California and witnessed his brilliance for 3 years when he was my guitar teacher. There is one thing you can never say about him, which is that he was "sloppy". He was incredibly precise, a perfectionist, and IMHO a genius. There was so much more he would have given us had he not passed away prematurely. He was a pure musician. And the best teacher I ever had. Period.
love reading stories from his students. he seems like he was never short changing anyone on a lesson. Ive been to the Musonia and saw the room you probably took lessons in, amazing
Why the hell hasn't anyone asked for an isolated guitar track of Revelation (Mother Earth) yet? In my mind that's the track that puts Randy as the king of the guitar world!
Sometimes when I listen to Randy, I just dont understand how a human can play as masterfully as he does. Its other worldly. Simply the greatest there ever was imo.
The sad thing is, Randy died too young. Just think if God gave him 10 years extra in his life. He woulda died in 92. We woulda had plenty of footage, audio and video, to enjoy. Reality is that we don't really have much footage of Randy to gauge how awesome a guitarist he was. Sure, i know there has to be video/audio of his concerts with Quiet Riot, and with Ozzy, including the Tribute album. I woulda loved to see him live in the year 2000, and beyond, so he could join Steve Vai on his G3 tour. Just think of he and EVH collaberating, or he and Dimebag collaberating. My imagination runs wild of the great fretboard mastery going on with him had he not got in that damn plane! He passed away before HD video came out. We coulda heard, and saw, his great riffs and solos in HD. Some people say he could really play some mesmerizing solos that would give EVH a run for his money, but we simply have very limited audio or video.
One of the greatest rock guitar songs ever written with EASILY one of Randy's greatest solos of all time in it. Anybody that says this is "sloppy" is simply a MORON.
Randy became my favorite guitarist the very first time i heard the new Blizzard of Ozz album back in '81. His imagination was awesome and he had the skills to bring them to life on the guitar. Never heard anyone get close to him since... R.I.P
Are you kidding me? He didn't make mistakes on tape. He knew and used different takes that were "off" to set his tracks off in the mix. The only wrong notes are the ones that don't serve a piece of music. None of that applies to RR. In the studio he listened to everything and was a credited producer. Not trying to be a jerk I'm just tired of hearing that comment about his mistakes. It's laughable to anyone that listens to his music often and critically.
Best ever. Saw him live in 81. Not only nailed this but had some extra links and firms with it. A true improvisational guitar player. Fluid and inspiring. Nobody like him since. Rip my friend.
Any guitarist who wants to learn this solo should know this before you start.. This is one that even Randy never duplicated note for note when he performed it live onstage. Not even close. Nobody else has either. It was not taken in one take. It consists of dual tracks of patched in phrases and it is strung together as a complete solo. Randy was a master of doing the double track takes according to his studio engineer. It is easy to hear the other guitar track and the note differences in the 3 chorus parts with the guitar isolated like this also. Makes it fun to pick and choose which version you want to play when you play along with it. So don’t bum out if you are a note for note perfectionist like me when you try and learn this, just do the best you can. It’s my favorite Randy era song and it’s not an easy one to play consistent and clean, but it’s well worth the effort. Go for it.
If there is one RR song I would love to hear isolated, it would be Revelation. I tried to isolate the guitar in audacity, but could only take out the vocals.
is using Audacity the prime way of isolating a guitar riff of a song? I remember back in the 80's, reading Circus magazine. They had an ad for a device that would isolate the vocals from a song, so all you would end up with was an instrumental. I wish they would sell a device like that, to make isolating ANY part of a song, a reality.
I love the way he presents timing when playing. You can feel the beat of the drum just by the way he accents the downbeats throughout the main riff and the solo. It’s so satisfying to listen to
this is by far the best solo randy ever played in my eyes. i never originally liked this song even though Ozzy is my favourite artist, But when heard the solo (i was about 10), I started shaking. To say i was in shock was an understatement. Im 17 now and it still gives me chills today. RIP Randy!
Great isolation! Usually you still hear the other instruments and vocals, but this is very clean! Randy was the greatest guitar player ever! Where he would be today is mind-numbing to think about.
Imperfections meaning the sound of his fingers sliding across the strings and you can hear the pick on the strings as well the distortion is really sloppy too it's perfect
His live tone was just incredible, personally I love his recording tones as well since I think cutting the bass out gives the bassist more room to fill in and makes the guitar really stand out.
What many don't even mention is the fact that this was played in Feb 1981. Look at the other guitarists around in 1981 and only EVH was in the same realm of creativity as Randy. It's super easy in todays 2020 TH-cam era to watch and emulate musicians. 1981 you had to listen to a cassette tapes and figure out what people were doing. It was whole different world, and Randy was a master of the instrument.
Damn!!!! He made enough sound/noise to fill out the whole space with just a guitar. The bass, drums and Ozzy were just the cherry on top. Probably walked into the studio and laid it down in one take and said, “There you go. Now add your parts, and don’t fuck it up.”
I've always thought it was very clever of Randy to begin his solo at 2:33 with Tommy Iommi's three-note dirge from Black Sabbath's song "Black Sabbath" -- in effect "giving the respectful nod" back at Sabbath's guitar wizard. 👍
Geezer came up with that but as far as Sabbath goes and he got it from Mars, a classical song. Closer still in time it was employed by Hendrix in Purple Haze and the tritone had been used for centuries before that. Randy used it because it fit, that's all.
I'd like to add 2 things - yes, the double tracking is not tight. Secondly, I remember reading in a guitar magazine back in the day (yes, I am that old) that Randy thought these are demos (or pre-production) only. And when he heard these tracks were released as the album, he was super frustrated about it. If that be the case, this would explain it. Because that kid could play!
Can hear pieces of solo pieced in sections from different takes. Production magic... The bass guitarist really added and enhanced to the feel of Blizzard and Diary. I was 9 and 10 when these albums came out. Along with VH Fair Warning those 3 albums were the heaviest music accessible.
Randy is my favorite guitarist and this is my favorite song from him. The solo is just so incredible. I get into this trance every single time I hear it. I have so much of Randy's style in my own playing. When Randy played live, he constantly threw little licks in whenever he could and I do the same thing.
There's only one guitar player that can give me tears and that's Randy Rhoads! Ozzy was right when he sang "No More Tears" because Randy wasn't there anymore to give us tears.
Every time I hear these, it reminds me of that effin jackass pilot that took Randy for a plane trip. Besides that, Rhoads was an excellent and talented musician.
The one thing I wonder is why Randy got in the plane in the first place? I think Ozzy said in I Am Ozzy that Randy hated flying. Why would he enter the plane? I guess we'll never know.
Wow! Thanks so much for this isolated track. I tried to create my own using Riffstation but failed. With you clean version, my software was able to extract the exact chords and cadence. Now its simply a matter of a few hundred hours...
Blizzard of OZZ was like a introductory to Metal Guitar playing but Diary of a Madman album is the Essential Metal Guitar album...So many new sounds from Randy on this album...Just simply Awesome!!!
Correct. His tone is bass light so it doesn't cut into the bass frequencies in the mix. It might not have sounded this mid-range/trebly out of the amp, but it was EQ'd this way on the recording to sit in the mix better. Randy also double and sometimes tripled tracked his guitars, so a tone heavy on the bass side would have it very muddy stacked like that.
That strange chorus effect is Randy double- and maybe triple-tracking himself!! Randy was impossibly great at this technique! Sometimes, the only way to differentiate the parts is in places where Randy would intentionally deviate on a track, like at the very end of this one
Randy double tracked all the rhythm tracks so they could be spread for stereo if need be and to beefen up the sound. Some solos he double or triple tracked. In some cases his overdubbing was precise the sound would actually produce a chorusing effect.
How the damned Hell can any guitarist with their mental faculties intact complain that Randys Rhoads guitar playing on a song written by Randy Rhoads and performed by Randy Rhoads was sloppy? "Hey God, you know that thing you made.. THE SKY, uh, yeah that was sloppy, here's how it's supposed to look" Incompotent primma donnas, keep practicing!
nunavyour biznas how can randy be sloppy when he grew up in a music school where his mom was the music teacher and he also was a guitar teacher there. the people saying this was sloppy never picked up a guitar in their life
Yeah. It sounds relatively tight, especially the solo. There were maybe four instances I heard where there were string overrings and maybe a couple of slightly off-kilter rhythms. In the full mix, this isn't really going matter. If I had done several takes and this was the best one, I'd let it be used and be proud of it. Studio time is expensive, Rhodes did his homework constantly and it shows.
My response to people who say he was sloppy would be - It is not only the skill, but the creativity Randy possessed in 1980-81. Nobody outside of EVH was even close to as creative as Randy. And if it's easy, show the world and do it again. If people are still amazed by you 40 years after you die then you were special.
In fkin credible all I can say is why,why, why, did he have to leave us. A true virtuoso, a real musician and composer, way before his time. R.I.P. RANDY....
He kept the bass knob on 2. So you're right he didn't like much bass on his guitar tone. Did you hear his tone before he died? Man that was awesome, it had chorus and midrange so thick it sounded like an organ. That's the tone I wished I had.
This illustrates the genius of RR. The guitar track sounds like crap isolated, like some weird Burzum demo, but with the band it fills in perfect, pure genius.
The only critique that could be made is on the solo in that it was multiple takes/splices. But that was obvious on the complete recording as well and kind of makes the song what it is - Over the F&^%g Mountain. BTW I saw Randy live 20th row Diary of Madman tour so I am authorized to have an opinion. : )
If you go into a DAW and put the original song and line it up exactly with this track you will notice the guitar gets much louder as expected. You then flip the phase 180 degrees and the guitar will completely disappear leaving everything else. You just need Reaper or another DAW.
Isolate S.A.T.O, Believer, You Can't Kill Rock and Roll, Flying High Again....HELL....ISOLATE'EM ALL!!!!
I sat across from Randy Rhoads in a tiny little room in California and witnessed his brilliance for 3 years when he was my guitar teacher. There is one thing you can never say about him, which is that he was "sloppy". He was incredibly precise, a perfectionist, and IMHO a genius. There was so much more he would have given us had he not passed away prematurely. He was a pure musician. And the best teacher I ever had. Period.
What Guitar would he usually give instructions on? Was it the White Les Paul?
That's awesome, super cool. Do you have some memories you could share. I'm sure a lot of people would really appreciate those.
Sure… ok
love reading stories from his students. he seems like he was never short changing anyone on a lesson. Ive been to the Musonia and saw the room you probably took lessons in, amazing
@@SECURITY39 do not be that guy
Why the hell hasn't anyone asked for an isolated guitar track of Revelation (Mother Earth) yet? In my mind that's the track that puts Randy as the king of the guitar world!
One Word. $haron
Sometimes when I listen to Randy, I just dont understand how a human can play as masterfully as he does. Its other worldly. Simply the greatest there ever was imo.
The sad thing is, Randy died too young. Just think if God gave him 10 years extra in his life. He woulda died in 92. We woulda had plenty of footage, audio and video, to enjoy. Reality is that we don't really have much footage of Randy to gauge how awesome a guitarist he was. Sure, i know there has to be video/audio of his concerts with Quiet Riot, and with Ozzy, including the Tribute album. I woulda loved to see him live in the year 2000, and beyond, so he could join Steve Vai on his G3 tour. Just think of he and EVH collaberating, or he and Dimebag collaberating. My imagination runs wild of the great fretboard mastery going on with him had he not got in that damn plane! He passed away before HD video came out. We coulda heard, and saw, his great riffs and solos in HD. Some people say he could really play some mesmerizing solos that would give EVH a run for his money, but we simply have very limited audio or video.
what could have been, he did enough in those 2 and half years to warrant recognition as one of the greatest ever. his live playing second to none
One of the greatest rock guitar songs ever written with EASILY one of Randy's greatest solos of all time in it. Anybody that says this is "sloppy" is simply a MORON.
agreed, music shouldn't be judged on sloppiness anyways, anyone who says that RR was is most definitely a moron
Randy doesnt even need a drummer or bassist or vocalist. He doesnt need anything at all. It sounds amazingjust by itself. R.I.P. Randy Rhoads.
Randy became my favorite guitarist the very first time i heard the new Blizzard of Ozz album back in '81. His imagination was awesome and he had the skills to bring them to life on the guitar.
Never heard anyone get close to him since... R.I.P
I love the imperfections in his recorded work it's like he's playing in your garage
imperfections??? It's the distortion he uses. Randy's playing in this was fucking tight
He would layer his playing several times to give it that thick sound maybe that’s what you are hearing.
Randy's "imperfections" were perfect.
@@ozzfan458 Sloppy as a very sloppy thing.
Are you kidding me? He didn't make mistakes on tape. He knew and used different takes that were "off" to set his tracks off in the mix. The only wrong notes are the ones that don't serve a piece of music. None of that applies to RR. In the studio he listened to everything and was a credited producer. Not trying to be a jerk I'm just tired of hearing that comment about his mistakes. It's laughable to anyone that listens to his music often and critically.
Best ever. Saw him live in 81. Not only nailed this but had some extra links and firms with it. A true improvisational guitar player. Fluid and inspiring. Nobody like him since. Rip my friend.
Licks and riffs. ..sorry damn spellchecker
What your?
Addicted to these iso guitar tracks there's so much going on that gets covered up
Absolutely No one:
Randy at 2:35: Literally creating the sound for every Children of Bodom guitar solo lol.
Any guitarist who wants to learn this solo should know this before you start..
This is one that even Randy never duplicated note for note when he performed it live onstage. Not even close. Nobody else has either.
It was not taken in one take. It consists of dual tracks of patched in phrases and it is strung together as a complete solo. Randy was a master of doing the double track takes according to his studio engineer.
It is easy to hear the other guitar track and the note differences in the 3 chorus parts with the guitar isolated like this also. Makes it fun to pick and choose which version you want to play when you play along with it.
So don’t bum out if you are a note for note perfectionist like me when you try and learn this, just do the best you can. It’s my favorite Randy era song and it’s not an easy one to play consistent and clean, but it’s well worth the effort. Go for it.
If there is one RR song I would love to hear isolated, it would be Revelation. I tried to isolate the guitar in audacity, but could only take out the vocals.
is using Audacity the prime way of isolating a guitar riff of a song? I remember back in the 80's, reading Circus magazine. They had an ad for a device that would isolate the vocals from a song, so all you would end up with was an instrumental. I wish they would sell a device like that, to make isolating ANY part of a song, a reality.
I love the way he presents timing when playing. You can feel the beat of the drum just by the way he accents the downbeats throughout the main riff and the solo. It’s so satisfying to listen to
this is by far the best solo randy ever played in my eyes. i never originally liked this song even though Ozzy is my favourite artist, But when heard the solo (i was about 10), I started shaking. To say i was in shock was an understatement. Im 17 now and it still gives me chills today. RIP Randy!
Imagine hearing it when it came out in ‘81. Still my favorite sole 41 years later
The imperfections are few and far between. Its actually amazing how clean and precise he is. Steve
Beautiful tone, wonderful harmony, great melodic flavor - and a ridiculously out of this world solo.
Randy Rhoads was beyond amazing :) Way ahead of his time at that time:) ROCK ON!!!!!!!
I love how raw it is, still has a human quality to it, not over produced.
Yeah baby, no protools or editing!! Just raw and ungodly tone and talent!! Long Live RR!!
This is GOLD. I would have done anything for a chance to even hear this when I was coming up playing guitar
This song to me is the epitome of the late great Randy Rhoads. Awesomeness !!!!
Great isolation! Usually you still hear the other instruments and vocals, but this is very clean! Randy was the greatest guitar player ever! Where he would be today is mind-numbing to think about.
Imperfections meaning the sound of his fingers sliding across the strings and you can hear the pick on the strings as well the distortion is really sloppy too it's perfect
Randy still the GOAT, 40 years later
Absolutely!
Randy is the GOAT IMO!
His live tone was just incredible, personally I love his recording tones as well since I think cutting the bass out gives the bassist more room to fill in and makes the guitar really stand out.
Just raging tone. Through all the gain you can hear how precise his timing is. Fucking fantastic. Thanks!!
What many don't even mention is the fact that this was played in Feb 1981. Look at the other guitarists around in 1981 and only EVH was in the same realm of creativity as Randy. It's super easy in todays 2020 TH-cam era to watch and emulate musicians. 1981 you had to listen to a cassette tapes and figure out what people were doing. It was whole different world, and Randy was a master of the instrument.
@2.56 is my favorite part of the solo and for the first time I realized it was punched-in from 3 parts. Sickest solo ever.
the solo is done in 2 octaves.
jarry Dee i didnt notice that, absolutely fucking insane
That solo just melted my face off!
Damn!!!!
He made enough sound/noise to fill out the whole space with just a guitar.
The bass, drums and Ozzy were just the cherry on top.
Probably walked into the studio and laid it down in one take and said, “There you go. Now add your parts, and don’t fuck it up.”
Listen to that chugging sound he produces after the solo from 3:10-3:17..goosebumps
I've always thought it was very clever of Randy to begin his solo at 2:33 with Tommy Iommi's three-note dirge from Black Sabbath's song "Black Sabbath" -- in effect "giving the respectful nod" back at Sabbath's guitar wizard. 👍
Never heard that before now I do, badass!
Geezer came up with that but as far as Sabbath goes and he got it from Mars, a classical song. Closer still in time it was employed by Hendrix in Purple Haze and the tritone had been used for centuries before that. Randy used it because it fit, that's all.
Not the same 3 notes, but yeah
these types of videos help me learn the song how its ACTUALLY played i dont like playing it like all these teachers doing it the easy way
Thanks so much for posting these! Randy was a huge influence on me, and this took me in ever deeper. Awesome!
I'd like to add 2 things - yes, the double tracking is not tight. Secondly, I remember reading in a guitar magazine back in the day (yes, I am that old) that Randy thought these are demos (or pre-production) only. And when he heard these tracks were released as the album, he was super frustrated about it. If that be the case, this would explain it. Because that kid could play!
I think the imperfect double tracking makes it sound so cool honestly
This is an incredible upload. WOW!
Thanks for the post, just fantastic!!!
Randy Rhoads lives in all of us..... RIP my friend.......
4:16 that pinched harmonic was so perfect 👌
This is from another planet
Can hear pieces of solo pieced in sections from different takes. Production magic... The bass guitarist really added and enhanced to the feel of Blizzard and Diary. I was 9 and 10 when these albums came out. Along with VH Fair Warning those 3 albums were the heaviest music accessible.
I caught that too. Was surprised
Might as well throw in Women and Children First. Great era for rock guitar
Randy is my favorite guitarist and this is my favorite song from him. The solo is just so incredible. I get into this trance every single time I hear it. I have so much of Randy's style in my own playing. When Randy played live, he constantly threw little licks in whenever he could and I do the same thing.
Randy is a phenomenally tight guitarist, a true artist. RIP...
Thank you for uploading isolated guitar videos... will be waiting for more.
Thanks for the awesome input to a legend :-)
Cheers M'Dear been looking for this
All these years later and still no one can touch him!
I posted the last post before I checked out your videos! COOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The great master of guitar
God bless you Randy Rhoads.
There's only one guitar player that can give me tears and that's Randy Rhoads!
Ozzy was right when he sang "No More Tears" because Randy wasn't there anymore to give us tears.
Every time I hear these, it reminds me of that effin jackass pilot that took Randy for a plane trip. Besides that, Rhoads was an excellent and talented musician.
The one thing I wonder is why Randy got in the plane in the first place? I think Ozzy said in I Am Ozzy that Randy hated flying. Why would he enter the plane? I guess we'll never know.
he was the best
He wanted to take pictures in the plane.
He was taking pictures to show to his Mom...
@@Yksinainensusi1 I know.... It's so frustrating to think about... Terrible!!
Wow! Thanks so much for this isolated track. I tried to create my own using Riffstation but failed. With you clean version, my software was able to extract the exact chords and cadence. Now its simply a matter of a few hundred hours...
exactly! thats why I listen to this also.
THANK YOU!!!!!
Blizzard of OZZ was like a introductory to Metal Guitar playing but Diary of a Madman album is the Essential Metal Guitar album...So many new sounds from Randy on this album...Just simply Awesome!!!
Right - check out the Texas sound check footage - amazing live sound.
Wow! awesome! just what i needed:P
jeje genial!! justo lo que necesitaba :D
very helpful...thanks
THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is like gospel to me.
I was just about to kick my high up to another level, then I heard this and started going into an uncontrollable trance
Correct. His tone is bass light so it doesn't cut into the bass frequencies in the mix. It might not have sounded this mid-range/trebly out of the amp, but it was EQ'd this way on the recording to sit in the mix better.
Randy also double and sometimes tripled tracked his guitars, so a tone heavy on the bass side would have it very muddy stacked like that.
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My god that solo!!...
That strange chorus effect is Randy double- and maybe triple-tracking himself!! Randy was impossibly great at this technique! Sometimes, the only way to differentiate the parts is in places where Randy would intentionally deviate on a track, like at the very end of this one
im a roads fan i simply like the unique style
that tone just slays...& the playin' aint bad either ;]
Want "TONIGHT" isolated guitar only!
Randy = Best String Musician Of All Time!
Great Guitar track,
can you please upload some Scorpions Guitar tracks only?
Incredible!apparently Randy recorded diary without much time to work on the tracks.Needless to say this is awesome
Hehe... love your nickname!!!
this is awsome!thanks!!my all time favorite guitarist...how did you do this?
Randy double tracked all the rhythm tracks so they could be spread for stereo if need be and to beefen up the sound. Some solos he double or triple tracked. In some cases his overdubbing was precise the sound would actually produce a chorusing effect.
How the damned Hell can any guitarist with their mental faculties intact complain that Randys Rhoads guitar playing on a song written by Randy Rhoads and performed by Randy Rhoads was sloppy?
"Hey God, you know that thing you made.. THE SKY, uh, yeah that was sloppy, here's how it's supposed to look" Incompotent primma donnas, keep practicing!
LMFAO! EXCELLENT POINT! BRAVO!
nunavyour biznas how can randy be sloppy when he grew up in a music school where his mom was the music teacher and he also was a guitar teacher there. the people saying this was sloppy never picked up a guitar in their life
Yeah. It sounds relatively tight, especially the solo. There were maybe four instances I heard where there were string overrings and maybe a couple of slightly off-kilter rhythms. In the full mix, this isn't really going matter. If I had done several takes and this was the best one, I'd let it be used and be proud of it. Studio time is expensive, Rhodes did his homework constantly and it shows.
Answer: ignorant cunts!
My response to people who say he was sloppy would be - It is not only the skill, but the creativity Randy possessed in 1980-81. Nobody outside of EVH was even close to as creative as Randy. And if it's easy, show the world and do it again. If people are still amazed by you 40 years after you die then you were special.
In fkin credible all I can say is why,why, why, did he have to leave us. A true virtuoso, a real musician and composer, way before his time. R.I.P. RANDY....
I wish I could hear the 2 separate guitar tracks
Fast and clean solo,no one!
He kept the bass knob on 2. So you're right he didn't like much bass on his guitar tone. Did you hear his tone before he died? Man that was awesome, it had chorus and midrange so thick it sounded like an organ. That's the tone I wished I had.
This illustrates the genius of RR.
The guitar track sounds like crap isolated, like some weird Burzum demo, but with the band it fills in perfect, pure genius.
lol i love this
I keep coming back here so I can be view # 100,000 but it keeps staying at 99k, goddamnit.
2:51 to 2:54 just so rad.
Boiler Room Drums 4:16 also
We were missed out on alot of music from him sad
They are either jealous, or just don't understand what they are listening to!
Is their a isolated version of "You Can't kill Rock 'N Roll"??...Especially the Fade Out at the End of the song!!!
Shame its only coming out of one channel on my speakers...
No Bone Movies plz!
god
he was a god !!!!
The only critique that could be made is on the solo in that it was multiple takes/splices. But that was obvious on the complete recording as well and kind of makes the song what it is - Over the F&^%g Mountain. BTW I saw Randy live 20th row Diary of Madman tour so I am authorized to have an opinion. : )
when hes chugging on the fourth fret for the majority of the song, i swear i hear a train 😂
It is more interesting than the completed song. Chugga-chugga-chugga-CHOO!
What a tragic damn loss...
randy himself said in a interview he wasn't happy with his performance ... shit i would be beside myself if i could do that
Can you post a link to all the isolated tracks??
and remember this album and the prior were rushed to get it out to the public and start touring. Randy said here give this to the public
2:33
Awesome post! Where did you get this?
probably just riped it
If you go into a DAW and put the original song and line it up exactly with this track you will notice the guitar gets much louder as expected. You then flip the phase 180 degrees and the guitar will completely disappear leaving everything else. You just need Reaper or another DAW.