@@camronbay1 that’s almost impossible because Stevie imitated his craft and sped it up and made his own style. Plus they’re two different era’s of guitarist
I think you all missed it. She was actually asking rhetorically, "Who would even click the link to watch this video except those of US into Rhandy?" mispelled just for the lovely Nina Oswald. I believe Betty Coffey is also a Randy fan. Believe me, I've gone the fuck off on people on You Tube, to later find out I was wrong and have to apologize for my error. I often read shit so fast and I often have a sense of bias anyway out of defense of music I love such as Randy and Yngwie. But I feel the same way you do, when I'm around people who make snide remarks about my music......my criminal record is my evidence......I guess it's a crime to make a person who insulted or criticized Randy's playing to suck the barrel of a loaded G.I. 50 with my finger on the trigger. I understand that people have a right to their opinion, but not when they state their opinion and declare it is a fact, and not just their opinion. I guess I felt the same way about their right to not be violated until they stated that their opinion was indeed, a fact!!!!! So my actions were, in my opinion, an equal infringement of their rights as their infringement upon me! (LOL) The payoff was the puddle of urine below their pant leg and the smell of crap they emitted.... So YES, you can actually scare the SHIT out of someone, especially when it's happening for real--so they thought. I'm just a good actor. But they got the point, so seven months locked up was not all that bad.....especially when I was looking at twenty-four years at trial. The witness didn't show up so seven months isn't so bad of a deal......(hehehe)!
my hero. Randy showed me my first guitar chord, A, when i was about 9 yrs old at shepperton studios. I even played on his white les paul through his backline. what a really nice guy. So was rudy sarzo. great memories.
I am! Holy Shit! People say his tone sucked? He definitely made a tone that was razor sharp! Definitely why the element of pain is there at every Ozzy Osbourne concert!
Never forget the day Randy demo'd a cab for a friend of his that was selling it to me. I sat alone in a Hollywood apartment while he shredded away on his white LP! He handed me the guitar to try but by then I was weak in the knees...I barely mumbled "I'll take it" and handed him the cash. I've been around and can play a bit...lol...never saw anything like that before, back then! I'll have that "Flyer" stenciled Ampeg Cab forever. I had no idea 'who' he was at the time, just an amazingly cool dude that played like he was not from this planet...'77? He was just getting going in QR, I think.
Michael Lemke yes we did and I’m 51 and while ozzy came to West Virginia to play in 1981 my sister meet him and how the the animals pro claiming wrong doings as the stay and I hope Eddie Van Halen sees this there is no compassion between them and its always Eddie and the old man prick Dave back in 79 giving randy hell and no matter what Eddie thinks randy is everything and everyone’s heart a google so Eddie clam your head randy well never die so get over it more of everything u got to look forward to every day randy in your life family even tv and the internet so your life is buried with randy teil your old and down and randy is one hell of a guitar player so rattle in your shoes
Randy was soooo good at "doubling" his solo's... I was so lucky and blessed to have seen him live... back in '81, I was only 14yrs old, but, even then,when I was a kid... at the time, I knew I was witnessing something special... something extraordinary 👈🏻 it gives me a headache to think about,what he would have done... had he lived...👉🏻R.I.P👈🏻Randy
Short time, this guy was off the charts, Randy Rhoads as clean as he was he did all that sober. That’s how clean pure he was this guy is definitely missed. His music goes on rest in peace, my brother miss you Randy Rhoads.🙏❤️❤️🙏
@@Scrimbus_McBimbus Bob Daisley explains the greatness that is Randy like this: Randy was the only artist he knew who, once he had a piece down, could play it _exactly_ the same every time after. Also, Randy used to record with 3 mics on the amp - 1 at about a foot away, one about 5-10 feet away and one even further back to create an analog echo that can't be had from a stomp box or amp effect.
The guy was amazingly talented. He not only saved Ozzys life but he saved the guitar in the early 1980s where alot of music was being taken over by synths and vocal harmonies. RIP bro...
I wish Metal still sounded this interesting & melodic. These days were magical. OZZY, Priest, Van Halen and the list goes on. I hate these screaming man metal bands. They all sound alike too-all like compressed shit.
My God. So tight and musical. The solo is absolute perfection too. Randy was my first real guitar role model and still is. Despite his passing early, there is still so much to learn from him. RIP Randy
Never given enough credit for his rhythm playing b/c we were all so memorized by his ability to implement the tastiest fills, while at the same time being so expressive and non-repetitive, unlike so many players before and after. He always keeps you interested listening to what he does next w/ a single note. He just never gets old.
Listen to the many various live recordings of Randy with Ozzy. Randy rarely played two song's twice live the same. Always an improviser and innovator. 👍
He was like a Malcom Young on steroids that could shred with the best of em. Shredding wasn't the biggest part of his playing tho. There were plenty of shredders in that era but the reason Randy is put on a pedistal is for his rhythm, riffs, and bc he died young... Also crazy train which again his rhythm and riffs far outshine his solos. That's the case with most Ozzy guitarist except zak which is by far my least favorite Ozzy guitarist
@@rileymcgill9893Randy himself said in an interview or during a recorded lesson his students liked learning the flashy shred licks specifically evh licks which he then broke them down and showed his students how to play them and the chord patterns/theory. Randy truly was a guitar master
3:17 in the 80s no matter how often I’d heard the tune (I think I had the cassette) if this came on the radio I would stay in the car to hear that little out-of-phase fill! This isolated track really demonstrates the loudness (who records at those volumes anymore?) and the incredible musicality of RR’s playing. great stuff. What a loss so young.
+cuznred To this day, Randy has never been equaled, or bettered in the Rock guitar genre. He is the PERFECT balance of Tone/Theory/Soul/Taste/Songwriting/Innovation/Evolution. It's that simple. I could go on for hours and talk about all the guitarists since Randy who know theory but play with ZERO feel or soul. But, in honor of Randy's memory, I won't. Randy was a kind and humble person, and I will do the same here. God Bless you Randy and Mrs. Rhoads ♥
I always wonder how much more mind-melting guitar work he would have turned in had his life not been cut tragically short. He had a great understanding of composition and music theory.
@ Jeff MusicMan Dude there is NO greatest guitarist of all time. It is a matter of taste. Once you reach the level of this greatness,it is "Everyone brings something to the table" You Think RR is better than David Gilmour? Steve Howe? Yngvie Malmsteen? Edward Van Halen?Jimmy Page? Jeff Beck? All these guys are FANTASTIC, but who is to say one is better than the other? They are all capable of doing something unique to their playing. You think RR can write "I am the one" or Bron-y -Aur" Mood for a Day? No he has his own skill set that sets him up their with the others I have mentioned. RR was incredible,and a great loss. Truth is ,I dont think he would be playing Metal after that tour. He wanted to break out of Metal and do his own thing.
On a technical level, he was better than everyone mentioned by gregory.. There are better technical guitarist in modern times but not back then. You might prefer someone else's music or style but if you are judging purely on skill, Rhoads would have won in his day,
I'm not ashamed to admit to weeping at the time too. The ones that seemed like a personal punch in the gut as if I'd lost immediate family to me was Rhoades and James Honeyman Scott who OD'd very close to the same time (82?). The ones that caused tears, and the list is too fucking long and the loss of what we could have been graced with too great to imagine (and remember EVERY one as if it happened yesterday, where I was, what I was doing): Stevie Ray Vaughn Bonham Ben Orr of the Cars Drummer Jeff Porcaro Skynard Lennon (seriously, did ANYONE under the age of 35 not cry that dark fucking day?) sigh . . Bonn Scott Eva Cassidy the amazing Chris Squire John Lord . . . and maybe the most painful, the suicide death of Boston singer Brad Delp, one of the most talented vocalists and harmony arrangers ever to bless music.
D Grundman i should be clear. I was 13 years old, and taking guitar lesson just cuzz of him. I was on my way to my guitar class with my dad when i heard the news. That was my last lesson. This master is my one person id want to meet. Sorry dad. But I LOVE YOU RANDY!. Not in a gay way lol. Grundman u are a fellow metal head to, cooooool. God bless
Randy your time was short but you embedded yourself in rock n roll lore. Your passing paved the way for many greats while inspiring some of my favorite guitar players. We all miss you very dearly.
Randy Rhoads was such a humble, gentle soul...he was quoted once saying..."people say i'm great, but every nite, i'm up there just ripping off Van Halen's licks"....AND you really cant appreciate his stuff until you try to learn it and play it for yourself....holy bejesus its hard!!!!!
Wow, that was amazing. You can just hear those Marshal tubes sizzling!! I love the way they stacked the tracks and spread them out the way they did. I hear about 6 different tracks. Three for the main rhythm parts and two for the lead parts.
that's exactly what I was thinking! I have a clone 1959SLP with 6550s, PPIMV mod, resonance mod and push/pull phase mod, and it is able to spot on Randy's tone when you crank it.. but they only sound good when you CRANK it lol. Randy was rumored to have his amp set up in an isolation room because it had to be fully cranked with the 6550s, since they break up later than EL84s, to get his desired tone, and it was way too loud to have in the same room
I also think the FEEL of Randy's playing is also so great, which is why the whole thing sounds so interesting whether it's a groove or a technical fast notes passage. The appeal is beyond just technique, there's a lot of love and soul in the music.
@@joep1551 you ain't shitting. Used to play blizzard of Oz on a boombox at the swimming pool and they let me get away with it. When diary of the madman came out it literally made the hair on my arms stand straight up especially sato. Two completely different albums recorded so closely together. Randy was in my opinion and I've seen him live in concert from about 10 feet away an animal on guitar
Back where I grew up in Sacramento in the early 80s, the school kids would say things like, " There is only ONE option in the guitar department. . .Eddie or Randy. " It was an amazing time for guitar playing, growing listening to Randy and Eddie. I told all of my friends I was an Eddie guy. But secretly, Randy offered so much more in terms of feel, rhythm and composition. And when he died, it tore me apart. Thank the Gods we still have his work.
One of the meanest guitarists I've ever heard. It's beautifully done and a real musical prodigy. I try to play like him and it's fun to pretend to be him.....lol. I'm 42.
Couldn't be more honored to have been named after a legendary guitarist as well as sharing the same birthday as his mother Dee. Heroes get remembered but legends never die!!!!!! Shred In Peace Randall William Rhoads
Randy is playing the doubled left speaker / right speaker rhythm parts VERY close in time, he has an excellent sense of time. The doubled solo was done similar (though obviously punched in on separate takes) and it sounds so great there's no rhythm part needed. Phaser and flange of chorus possibly played live off the floor, since it affected his touch on the instrument for the part. Cool!
jonas brave , thank you, for pointing that out, and although some. did not like his tone you have to consider the time, also his leads are articulate, and groundbreaking...
Listen to that fucking muscular guitar, and how the recording puts you right in the room. RR definitely had a distorted, but clean sound that was all his own. And yes, the rhythm parts are all triple-tracked, which is why they sound so heavy due to being slightly out of sync with one another. Max Norman and Randy did great recordings together.
Thanks for putting it like that. I've been trying to think of how to describe his sound and distorted, but clean is good. I know nothing of the set up he would have had, would love to learn if anyone wants to tell me more about how Randy Rhoads got that distinctive sound. Why it sounds like that.
Again, it starts with Randy himself. His fingers, strings, guitar, amp settings, etc. This also has a great natural echo to it because it was recorded in a barn with high ceilings and not a dampened studio. Ridge Farm was actually a real farm and the barn was converted into a studio. The fact that he was a schooled musician helped in that he could write out exactly what he had played, which especially helped when he was doing his solos. Remember that back then, there was no Pro Tools or computer software. Everything was recorded on 2" reel to reel tape. He would also triple track his solos, which give them a full sound. In other words, he would play the solo once, then he would play it again on a different piece of tape, and then again, and THEN the producer would sync the 3 together. Listen to the song "Little Dolls." That's an example of Randy NOT triple tracking his solo on that song since he didn't have time to finish it and it's also in fact what is called a "guide solo" (when you are recording the rhythm guitar parts, when it comes to the solo section, a guitarist will just throw something together in what will be the solo section, and then come back later to put the real solo in). Randy never had a chance to do that on that particular song because they ran out of time recording. Again, this song is what I would call a "clean crunch" in that its distorted, but you can hear the individual strings as everything comes together to knock your head of your neck. Much of that is just Randy's playing ability.
:19 I always loved that lick. Sounds wicked but it's just A minor at first fret C to A twice then A to G on G string then E to D on D string then C on A string.
Boring music “theory” doesn’t make shit good or bad. Just makes it “mud.” Music. Should be be about imagination not theory. Seems to me most awesome current day (1940 through) musicians could barely tie their shows let alone develop complex music.
@@DavidJones-sc6jc You’d be surprised at how many musicians from 1940-forward knew and applied music theory, whether intuitively, with formal training, or combination of both. Studying one’s craft isn’t boring, it’s a passion. Zack Wylde would hide music books and magazines in his school books and study them while sitting in class in high school, then go home and practice all through the night. Cliff Burton was also a student of music theory and baroque classical music, and incorporated it into Metallica’s harmonies, layerings, arrangements, and melodies.
@@LRRPFco52 Not to mention EVH was a classically trained pianist before he ever picked up a guitar. And it's pretty obvious that Yngwie knew his classical theory. Knowing what works isn't a hindrance to creativity, quite the opposite. It helps you get your creative ideas out faster because you know what theoretically should get the sound you want.
Music!! That's what strikes me most of Randy's playing. He has a gift for melody that the pitches all sound so musical and alive. Whereas if you listen to most metal players it sounds more like a guitar playing notes.. Randy plays music not just notes and his shredding is musical too !😜. I've heard him do guitar lessons and it's amazing how he makes music come to life in one line. That's a real gift.💓
Randy is sorely missed. He was a genius. So raunchy and dirty yet pure. We lose people that leave way to soon. Eddie is gone too. I hope Eddie and Randy are jamming with Bonham and loving it.
Saw this concert 1981 , Boulder,CO. C,u,event center....no set truck show,just them on stage,as always Randy was incredible....just like on the 8-track I was listening to at the time....remember?
The whole idea of randy double tracking and not playing perfectly in sync, that’s what made it sound so big. Don’t know if that was on purpose or not and don’t care, just know it sounds badass!!!
Guys, he wasn't a rich rock star by a long shot and at that time period pedals and effects were archaic at best, so all in all I think he's got a pretty phenomenal sound on this track. This is probably one of my favorite Randy solos, especially with the treat of the isolated tracks. My advice is to listen with earbuds and listen to the left earbud only on the solo then repeat it with only the right earbud then a third repetition with both earbuds in. Really gives you an idea of his masterful dual trackwork as well as the depth of this solo.
Good Lord the man was a genius in every sense of the word!!! He had style, chops, tone, touch, the ability to write amazing guitar arrangements for each of Ozzy's songs that complemented them so well---almost Harrison-like in that they fit the song perfectly without over doing it. He NEVER seemed to me to be overplaying in the least. Really miss him and just wonder at what else he would have accomplished. I love listening to him but it's sad at the same time---we seem to lose the best far too soon! Damn it!!!!
hisvorpalsword I believe Dime was 5 or 6 years into playing guitar by 82'. Pantera's debut album (Metal Magic) dropped in 83', so if anything, he probably was playing Randy's songs. Haha
I always loved 'FHA' but to hear Randy isolated from vocals & whatnot, its absolutely incredible. Its almost like hearing the album again for the first time so many years ago.
@@corsonfleet3838 th-cam.com/video/yQkz6SjkMIs/w-d-xo.html here I am jamming with some eddie tone. l love all of randies solos they are the best ..... better than anyone ses. they truly move a person not just flash
+penfifteen666 Exactly. It's like quad-tracked, isn't it? I'd love to hear one of the individual guitar tracks. I might be in the minority, but I really don't dig the tone. Love the playing, though.
I love the story about how Randy couldn't get the solo he liked for this song so he locked himself in the studio for 3 days until he came up with this master piece
Randall has influenced so many guitar players its insane like Zakk Wylde and Michael Angelo Batio. In my opinion he is the #1 BEST guitarist that has ever lived.
So... you can tell how many people know not much about tone when it comes to recording, especially back in those days. Guitar, at that time, sat in one part of the mix, tonally, and bass sat in another. Same with drums and vocals. If you listen to guitar tracks by themselves, like this one, they WOULD tend to sound thin by design; they are then not fighting with the other tracks and muddying things up. Likewise, multi-tracking guitar parts and panning them far right and left gave the other tracks more space as well. All in all, at the time, his tone was pretty good on it's own. Sitting in the mix, it was great.
You've got that right. All of what you said is spot on. I find myself using three or four microphones on a single guitar cabinet these days. The first two are SM57's, one spaced 1" further from the speaker than the other, thereby creating a 1 kHz comb filter. Remember that it also works on all multiples of the fundamental tone, including the first, second, third, fourth harmonics and so forth. The third mic is a Royer RE20 and the fourth is a U87. I work on the two SM57's as one. Then I work on the other two mics as their one. Then I often experiment with blending the two, 2 mic versions with variations of panning to find a particular sound that sounds good and that is unique to the particular technique I used to get it. I still use 2" tape because I'm nostalgic for one, but I can also crush it at +9 dB to +12 dB to tape without clipping. Not just that, but it sounds incredible. This is done on 2" tape. I've acquired the original Randy recordings along with all instrument tracks on the album plus those for two Rush albums and two Van Halen Albums from a fellow engineer who is acquainted with the engineers on each of those projects. The first time I heard Tom Sawyer's 24 drum tracks raw it was amazing. Are you a fellow engineer? Go to CRAS or Full Sail?
Derrick, as a life long Rush fan (nuts about 'em till about Signals), a one time budding audiophile (I actually know what THD is, heh!) and a 'you must ALWAYS listen to music with headphones to truly hear EVERYTHING the artist was trying to share' nut, I've been eating up ALL the isolated tracs from Rush (the insane syncopation award goes to that just mind boggling isolated Bass and Drums from 'Digital Man', dear god thats indescribable chemistry and talent!). Brian Wilsons vocal and harmony tracs, and anything by Queen, Id be quite privileged to get an opportunity to hear any Rush trac you might be kind enough to share. Is one of the engineer friends Terry Brown?
Hearing it like this reminds me of going to music shops and checking out every amp they had, trying to get this tone. I know it's doubled (tripled?) but I never could figure out how to get close. I gave up.
1981; I was obsessed with this solo. I thought it was the most perfect solo of all time. Still love it so much.
In my opinion, it probably is!
It is.
Randy Rhoads can make his guitars sing a beautiful tune every single time he picks up that guitar. God bless Randy Rhoads
bad baaad boy
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Imagine if he had lived.
RIP Randy & Eddie. Two monsters of the guitar.
The guitar riff coming right out of the solo is MASSIVE.
Randy still lives in all of us who were touched by him. He is eternal. Immortal
Yes!👍
Amen To That !! Wish i Could of Met Him,To Young i guess, Rock On🖤🌹
Randy and Ed. There aren’t enough words. They are enjoying the battle of the bands in paradise.
Eddie and Randy VS. Jimi and Terry! SRV is the judge.
JIMI is light years ahead of Stevie.
@@camronbay1 they aren't really comparable. both are #1
@@camronbay1 that’s almost impossible because Stevie imitated his craft and sped it up and made his own style. Plus they’re two different era’s of guitarist
9 people have no idea of the greatness that was recorded on this track.
+Christian Whitmore
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who in hell would click on this video to watch it if not into rhandys talent????
+Betty Coffey Calm down dude what did your family just die like Jesus Christ calm the fuck down
+Betty Coffey and if you don't like this than fuck you
+Betty Coffey You didnt even spell Randy right..........
I think you all missed it. She was actually asking rhetorically, "Who would even click the link to watch this video except those of US into Rhandy?" mispelled just for the lovely Nina Oswald. I believe Betty Coffey is also a Randy fan. Believe me, I've gone the fuck off on people on You Tube, to later find out I was wrong and have to apologize for my error. I often read shit so fast and I often have a sense of bias anyway out of defense of music I love such as Randy and Yngwie. But I feel the same way you do, when I'm around people who make snide remarks about my music......my criminal record is my evidence......I guess it's a crime to make a person who insulted or criticized Randy's playing to suck the barrel of a loaded G.I. 50 with my finger on the trigger.
I understand that people have a right to their opinion, but not when they state their opinion and declare it is a fact, and not just their opinion. I guess I felt the same way about their right to not be violated until they stated that their opinion was indeed, a fact!!!!! So my actions were, in my opinion, an equal infringement of their rights as their infringement upon me! (LOL) The payoff was the puddle of urine below their pant leg and the smell of crap they emitted.... So YES, you can actually scare the SHIT out of someone, especially when it's happening for real--so they thought.
I'm just a good actor. But they got the point, so seven months locked up was not all that bad.....especially when I was looking at twenty-four years at trial. The witness didn't show up so seven months isn't so bad of a deal......(hehehe)!
Wow - never realized how detailed and complex all those chord voicings were! Fantastic!
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There are also about 10 tracks of guitars there.
my hero. Randy showed me my first guitar chord, A, when i was about 9 yrs old at shepperton studios. I even played on his white les paul through his backline. what a really nice guy. So was rudy sarzo. great memories.
So lucky...you!!!!
@@johngreene5630 I just wish I was older so I could have appreciated it more. But yes, I was one hell of a lucky kid!
Holy shit. That's crazy, too bad phone cameras weren't invented yet. Can you imagine if you had a video of him showing you that?
@@BAND-MAID-USA If Only...
Golden Ticket right there! 🎫
Listen to that!!! Who’s still listening to this legend Randy Rhoads2019🔥
nick sutic Amazing
I am! Holy Shit! People say his tone sucked? He definitely made a tone that was razor sharp! Definitely why the element of pain is there at every Ozzy Osbourne concert!
I am listening brother, I am!
nick sutic I’ll take randy Rhoads over Edie Van Halen any day
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saw RR's in high school playing with Quiet Riot before Ozzy snagged him. friend in HS took lessons from him. those were the days.
Lucky you!! :) ♫ RIP Randall William Rhoads ♥
That's awesome man!
I had an instructor at college that went to school with Randy Rhoads. She knows hus brother and sister too. Blew my mind!
I saw him on March 8, 1982 in Shreveport, La., 11 days before the accident. R.I.P. Randy!
Was your friend Pete Wilkinson? Randy taught him to play. And Pete was my guitar player.
Never forget the day Randy demo'd a cab for a friend of his that was selling it to me. I sat alone in a Hollywood apartment while he shredded away on his white LP! He handed me the guitar to try but by then I was weak in the knees...I barely mumbled "I'll take it" and handed him the cash. I've been around and can play a bit...lol...never saw anything like that before, back then! I'll have that "Flyer" stenciled Ampeg Cab forever. I had no idea 'who' he was at the time, just an amazingly cool dude that played like he was not from this planet...'77? He was just getting going in QR, I think.
37 years ago we lost this legend :(
Michael Lemke yes we did and I’m 51 and while ozzy came to West Virginia to play in 1981 my sister meet him and how the the animals pro claiming wrong doings as the stay and I hope Eddie Van Halen sees this there is no compassion between them and its always Eddie and the old man prick Dave back in 79 giving randy hell and no matter what Eddie thinks randy is everything and everyone’s heart a google so Eddie clam your head randy well never die so get over it more of everything u got to look forward to every day randy in your life family even tv and the internet so your life is buried with randy teil your old and down and randy is one hell of a guitar player so rattle in your shoes
@@bofannin6550 If Randy was still alive it would be " Eddie who ? "
Bo Fannin
Whoa. Have you ever heard of a period? Or a sentence?
I was lucky enough to see him live 38 years ago in Dallas. He blew my mind that night. God Bless him!
Randy was soooo good at "doubling" his solo's... I was so lucky and blessed to have seen him live... back in '81, I was only 14yrs old, but, even then,when I was a kid... at the time, I knew I was witnessing something special... something extraordinary 👈🏻 it gives me a headache to think about,what he would have done... had he lived...👉🏻R.I.P👈🏻Randy
Randy Rhoads, you were a once in a thousand years talent.
except we have john 5!
Short time, this guy was off the charts, Randy Rhoads as clean as he was he did all that sober. That’s how clean pure he was this guy is definitely missed. His music goes on rest in peace, my brother miss you Randy Rhoads.🙏❤️❤️🙏
Double tracked the solo, what a boss.
Triple tracked. He did most of his solos with one track hard left, one hard right and another in the middle. A god among men
@@Scrimbus_McBimbus you sir are correct!
@@Scrimbus_McBimbus So true.👍
@@Scrimbus_McBimbus Bob Daisley explains the greatness that is Randy like this: Randy was the only artist he knew who, once he had a piece down, could play it _exactly_ the same every time after.
Also, Randy used to record with 3 mics on the amp - 1 at about a foot away, one about 5-10 feet away and one even further back to create an analog echo that can't be had from a stomp box or amp effect.
@@rapid13 It's Bob's favourite solo from both albums ( Flying high)
I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM WHAT HE COULD'VE ACCOMPLISHED IF HE WASN'T TAKEN FROM US SO SOON.
It's Randy's diary. Randy is the madman.
He and Bob Daisley. Very true!
lol
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diary of an absolute mad lad
The guy was amazingly talented. He not only saved Ozzys life but he saved the guitar in the early 1980s where alot of music was being taken over by synths and vocal harmonies. RIP bro...
I wish Metal still sounded this interesting & melodic. These days were magical. OZZY, Priest, Van Halen and the list goes on. I hate these screaming man metal bands. They all sound alike too-all like compressed shit.
Great analogy. I couldnt agree more.
For real!
Music died around 1990.
@@gregorysagegreene Yeah. Around the time that rap & hip hop invaded & now we’re stuck with the shit.
@@blkjakk Um, yer. Exactly. But us white people also ran out of ideas ... and inspiration.
Heavy sound and clean at the same time... One of the biggest Heavy Metal guitarists of all times!
My God. So tight and musical. The solo is absolute perfection too.
Randy was my first real guitar role model and still is. Despite his passing early, there is still so much to learn from him.
RIP Randy
Never given enough credit for his rhythm playing b/c we were all so memorized by his ability to implement the tastiest fills, while at the same time being so expressive and non-repetitive, unlike so many players before and after. He always keeps you interested listening to what he does next w/ a single note. He just never gets old.
Agree 100% - well said. : )
Listen to the many various live recordings of Randy with Ozzy. Randy rarely played two song's twice live the same. Always an improviser and innovator. 👍
He was like a Malcom Young on steroids that could shred with the best of em. Shredding wasn't the biggest part of his playing tho. There were plenty of shredders in that era but the reason Randy is put on a pedistal is for his rhythm, riffs, and bc he died young... Also crazy train which again his rhythm and riffs far outshine his solos. That's the case with most Ozzy guitarist except zak which is by far my least favorite Ozzy guitarist
@@rileymcgill9893Randy himself said in an interview or during a recorded lesson his students liked learning the flashy shred licks specifically evh licks which he then broke them down and showed his students how to play them and the chord patterns/theory. Randy truly was a guitar master
a isolated track of you can't kill rock and roll would make me jump with joy.
Me too favorite song off diary
Would love to hear an isolated track of Diary of a Madman
The solo's !!!!!!! I used to sit in front of the stereo turning up the volume to hear every last note of the outro solo, magnificent...
3:17 in the 80s no matter how often I’d heard the tune (I think I had the cassette) if this came on the radio I would stay in the car to hear that little out-of-phase fill! This isolated track really demonstrates the loudness (who records at those volumes anymore?) and the incredible musicality of RR’s playing. great stuff. What a loss so young.
Right!!!!!!
It sounded like it was very loud!
Pay attention young guitar players, this is how it's done
+cuznred To this day, Randy has never been equaled, or bettered in the Rock guitar genre. He is the PERFECT balance of Tone/Theory/Soul/Taste/Songwriting/Innovation/Evolution. It's that simple. I could go on for hours and talk about all the guitarists since Randy who know theory but play with ZERO feel or soul. But, in honor of Randy's memory, I won't. Randy was a kind and humble person, and I will do the same here. God Bless you Randy and Mrs. Rhoads ♥
cuznred Lol I'm 13 and know how to play the full song of Mr Crowley, trying to improvise this song now lol.
awesome man, keep the fire burning
Trying to keep Rhandy's spirit as much as I can, lol.
Need to adjust my amp a lot to attempt to get most of his sound xD
I could listen to him all day. He was, without a doubt, the best guitarist ever!
I always wonder how much more mind-melting guitar work he would have turned in had his life not been cut tragically short. He had a great understanding of composition and music theory.
@ Jeff MusicMan Dude there is NO greatest guitarist of all time. It is a matter of taste. Once you reach the level of this greatness,it is "Everyone brings something to the table" You Think RR is better than David Gilmour? Steve Howe? Yngvie Malmsteen? Edward Van Halen?Jimmy Page? Jeff Beck? All these guys are FANTASTIC, but who is to say one is better than the other? They are all capable of doing something unique to their playing. You think RR can write "I am the one" or Bron-y -Aur" Mood for a Day? No he has his own skill set that sets him up their with the others I have mentioned. RR was incredible,and a great loss. Truth is ,I dont think he would be playing Metal after that tour. He wanted to break out of Metal and do his own thing.
Jeff MusicMan well said
No.
On a technical level, he was better than everyone mentioned by gregory.. There are better technical guitarist in modern times but not back then. You might prefer someone else's music or style but if you are judging purely on skill, Rhoads would have won in his day,
It sounds like a painting would if it made music, what a beautiful painting, No??This is one guitarist that i cried for. I was 14 years old. God bless
I'm not ashamed to admit to weeping at the time too. The ones that seemed like a personal punch in the gut as if I'd lost immediate family to me was Rhoades and James Honeyman Scott who OD'd very close to the same time (82?).
The ones that caused tears, and the list is too fucking long and the loss of what we could have been graced with too great to imagine (and remember EVERY one as if it happened yesterday, where I was, what I was doing):
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Bonham
Ben Orr of the Cars
Drummer Jeff Porcaro
Skynard
Lennon (seriously, did ANYONE under the age of 35 not cry that dark fucking day?)
sigh . . Bonn Scott
Eva Cassidy
the amazing Chris Squire
John Lord
. . . and maybe the most painful, the suicide death of Boston singer Brad Delp, one of the most talented vocalists and harmony arrangers ever to bless music.
D Grundman i should be clear. I was 13 years old, and taking guitar lesson just cuzz of him. I was on my way to my guitar class with my dad when i heard the news. That was my last lesson. This master is my one person id want to meet. Sorry dad. But I LOVE YOU RANDY!. Not in a gay way lol. Grundman u are a fellow metal head to, cooooool. God bless
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Randy your time was short but you embedded yourself in rock n roll lore. Your passing paved the way for many greats while inspiring some of my favorite guitar players. We all miss you very dearly.
Randy Rhoads was such a humble, gentle soul...he was quoted once saying..."people say i'm great, but every nite, i'm up there just ripping off Van Halen's licks"....AND you really cant appreciate his stuff until you try to learn it and play it for yourself....holy bejesus its hard!!!!!
3:15 buuuuWEEEEEEEEOOooooooooo
Randy....
This is heavy metal thank you Randy and god bless you you beautiful soul. We miss you dearly
Wow, that was amazing. You can just hear those Marshal tubes sizzling!! I love the way they stacked the tracks and spread them out the way they did. I hear about 6 different tracks. Three for the main rhythm parts and two for the lead parts.
that's exactly what I was thinking! I have a clone 1959SLP with 6550s, PPIMV mod, resonance mod and push/pull phase mod, and it is able to spot on Randy's tone when you crank it.. but they only sound good when you CRANK it lol. Randy was rumored to have his amp set up in an isolation room because it had to be fully cranked with the 6550s, since they break up later than EL84s, to get his desired tone, and it was way too loud to have in the same room
EL34s**
+Glenn DeLaune That would be Mic white noise.
It's only two tracks ..and I think that speaks volumes. The master of double tracking.
Glenn DeLaune It is 2 tracks, but onstage he'd use an octaver pedal
Advise all to play this loud in car with windows down.
Still listening to you after all these years, still the best.
Randy Rhoads was sheer brilliance. No one played like him then, or now. What I wouldn't give to hear what he might have created in the future. Legend.
This is incredible. It gives me chills. Out of this world.
Never knew a guitar can sound like a chainsaw.
Yeah his tone wasn't the best unfortunately. But he was still young. It was different I suppose.
@@brianwilliams4467 i think it sounds good honestly, it cuts through the mix really well and is very punchy
@@rayota260 I love it to man, sometimes I wish new metal sounded like this. These days it’s just to perfect
I also think the FEEL of Randy's playing is also so great, which is why the whole thing sounds so interesting whether it's a groove or a technical fast notes passage. The appeal is beyond just technique, there's a lot of love and soul in the music.
41 people disliked this because it melted their faces off
That brittle tone is legendary...
IMO this is the best guitar track to ever be recorded.
@@joep1551 you ain't shitting. Used to play blizzard of Oz on a boombox at the swimming pool and they let me get away with it. When diary of the madman came out it literally made the hair on my arms stand straight up especially sato. Two completely different albums recorded so closely together. Randy was in my opinion and I've seen him live in concert from about 10 feet away an animal on guitar
Back where I grew up in Sacramento in the early 80s, the school kids would say things like, " There is only ONE option in the guitar department. . .Eddie or Randy. " It was an amazing time for guitar playing, growing listening to Randy and Eddie. I told all of my friends I was an Eddie guy. But secretly, Randy offered so much more in terms of feel, rhythm and composition. And when he died, it tore me apart. Thank the Gods we still have his work.
One of the meanest guitarists I've ever heard. It's beautifully done and a real musical prodigy. I try to play like him and it's fun to pretend to be him.....lol. I'm 42.
Dude, please do some more isolated Randy Rhodes tracks. Great job thanks 🙏
Couldn't be more honored to have been named after a legendary guitarist as well as sharing the same birthday as his mother Dee. Heroes get remembered but legends never die!!!!!! Shred In Peace Randall William Rhoads
On this Thanksgiving I'm thankful to have been around during the Randy Rhoads era, bless his soul.
Lucky you! I wish I could've seen him shred on stage
2018 and it still Rocks the Hell Out of Me! Wow 😮 37 years later and it’s still sounds so fresh 🤟🏻🚬🚬Randy Rules 👏🏻👏🏻
It sounds like two guitars are being played, very nice. RIP Randy, imagine if you were still around!!
Beautiful..... the harmonics.... the fills ... the empty space being filled.... the open chords.
There will never be another I weep listening to this such a loss but we can be thankful he left us his gift in the brief time we had him.
Randy is playing the doubled left speaker / right speaker rhythm parts VERY close in time, he has an excellent sense of time. The doubled solo was done similar (though obviously punched in on separate takes) and it sounds so great there's no rhythm part needed. Phaser and flange of chorus possibly played live off the floor, since it affected his touch on the instrument for the part. Cool!
jonas brave , thank you, for pointing that out, and although some. did not like his tone you have to consider the time, also his leads are articulate, and groundbreaking...
Listen to that fucking muscular guitar, and how the recording puts you right in the room. RR definitely had a distorted, but clean sound that was all his own. And yes, the rhythm parts are all triple-tracked, which is why they sound so heavy due to being slightly out of sync with one another. Max Norman and Randy did great recordings together.
JokersWild45 agreed
Thanks for putting it like that. I've been trying to think of how to describe his sound and distorted, but clean is good. I know nothing of the set up he would have had, would love to learn if anyone wants to tell me more about how Randy Rhoads got that distinctive sound. Why it sounds like that.
Again, it starts with Randy himself. His fingers, strings, guitar, amp settings, etc. This also has a great natural echo to it because it was recorded in a barn with high ceilings and not a dampened studio. Ridge Farm was actually a real farm and the barn was converted into a studio. The fact that he was a schooled musician helped in that he could write out exactly what he had played, which especially helped when he was doing his solos. Remember that back then, there was no Pro Tools or computer software. Everything was recorded on 2" reel to reel tape. He would also triple track his solos, which give them a full sound. In other words, he would play the solo once, then he would play it again on a different piece of tape, and then again, and THEN the producer would sync the 3 together. Listen to the song "Little Dolls." That's an example of Randy NOT triple tracking his solo on that song since he didn't have time to finish it and it's also in fact what is called a "guide solo" (when you are recording the rhythm guitar parts, when it comes to the solo section, a guitarist will just throw something together in what will be the solo section, and then come back later to put the real solo in). Randy never had a chance to do that on that particular song because they ran out of time recording. Again, this song is what I would call a "clean crunch" in that its distorted, but you can hear the individual strings as everything comes together to knock your head of your neck. Much of that is just Randy's playing ability.
I still get a shiver down my back listening to this.
Randy was and will always be the best guitarist of all time! No one can top him
+Paolo DiJourno I agree with Eddie Van Halen! I don't know who Jett Black really is, only heard of him!
+Wynter Schroeder my friend said tony iommi is better than randy do u know how stupid that sounds!
idk dime's is incredibly close. hes dominated the thrash genre. but idk about classic metal though
Randy was fabulous, as this tracks proves, but Shawn Lane stands above all, untouchable, a magician.
Any heard of Frank Marino? That guy is THE most underrated rock guitarist EVER!
Simply brilliant!
That was a magical time in rock music. Randy was one of the true originals.
RANDY TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS!I LOVED HIS GUITAR PLAYING JUST AWSOME.RIP MR.RHOADS.😎😎😎
I almost like this better without the song!
thorandmoljnir me too I listen to it from time to time and it makes me smile..shredder💥💥💥💥
Probably the best guitar sound ever.👍
Damn straight Eddie Van Halen should have went back to the house!!!
@@richbailey9588 they're both legends, listen to primary off of van Halen 3
Randy's playing was always so organic sounding! Like his guitar was alive! 🤘🏻
Way way ahead of his time, riffs and solos that set the standard for ALL metal artist. Always and forever missed.... God bless
Genius is only thrown out ever so often and in this case is applies!
I think wizard works better in this case
:19 I always loved that lick. Sounds wicked but it's just A minor at first fret C to A twice then A to G on G string then E to D on D string then C on A string.
But the tone is what kills us... why we love it !
@@christopherstudley9374 it needs more cowbell
Boring music “theory” doesn’t make shit good or bad. Just makes it “mud.” Music. Should be be about imagination not theory. Seems to me most awesome current day (1940 through) musicians could barely tie their shows let alone develop complex music.
@@DavidJones-sc6jc You’d be surprised at how many musicians from 1940-forward knew and applied music theory, whether intuitively, with formal training, or combination of both. Studying one’s craft isn’t boring, it’s a passion. Zack Wylde would hide music books and magazines in his school books and study them while sitting in class in high school, then go home and practice all through the night. Cliff Burton was also a student of music theory and baroque classical music, and incorporated it into Metallica’s harmonies, layerings, arrangements, and melodies.
@@LRRPFco52 Not to mention EVH was a classically trained pianist before he ever picked up a guitar. And it's pretty obvious that Yngwie knew his classical theory. Knowing what works isn't a hindrance to creativity, quite the opposite. It helps you get your creative ideas out faster because you know what theoretically should get the sound you want.
Music!!
That's what strikes me most of Randy's playing. He has a gift for melody that the pitches all sound so musical and alive. Whereas if you listen to most metal players it sounds more like a guitar playing notes.. Randy plays music not just notes and his shredding is musical too !😜. I've heard him do guitar lessons and it's amazing how he makes music come to life in one line. That's a real gift.💓
Outstanding on any level of playing field......I loved and love you randy......
God I just can't get enough of that tone. I can come close but I just can't can"t replicate it!
SpeedbeetleV2 marshall 1959 plexi with the cascade mod...mxr distortion and a phaser
SpeedbeetleV2 remeber his cabinets had JBL speakers not celestion, the Electro-Voice EV series is close, that’s why Zakinthos Wylde uses them
Ooh DON'T forget...., you're not Randy Rhoads!!
SpeedbeetleV2 The fingers of the player is 50% of the tone
SpeedbeetleV2 : no one cares
id like to hear every track Randy played on like this.Truly amazing!
Randy is sorely missed. He was a genius. So raunchy and dirty yet pure. We lose people that leave way to soon. Eddie is gone too. I hope Eddie and Randy are jamming with Bonham and loving it.
Saw this concert 1981 , Boulder,CO. C,u,event center....no set truck show,just them on stage,as always Randy was incredible....just like on the 8-track I was listening to at the time....remember?
The whole idea of randy double tracking and not playing perfectly in sync, that’s what made it sound so big. Don’t know if that was on purpose or not and don’t care, just know it sounds badass!!!
That man (RR) was a genius. I've never heard a sound like that since his passing. There's just no way to duplicate it.
Bradley Gillis did.
Mike Replin nope, not even close
Close enough... For such short notice.
Mike Replin
Gillis was good, Jake was good but Wylde sucks, stopped listening to Ozzy when they got him in.
Agreed.
Guys, he wasn't a rich rock star by a long shot and at that time period pedals and effects were archaic at best, so all in all I think he's got a pretty phenomenal sound on this track. This is probably one of my favorite Randy solos, especially with the treat of the isolated tracks. My advice is to listen with earbuds and listen to the left earbud only on the solo then repeat it with only the right earbud then a third repetition with both earbuds in. Really gives you an idea of his masterful dual trackwork as well as the depth of this solo.
Good Lord the man was a genius in every sense of the word!!! He had style, chops, tone, touch, the ability to write amazing guitar arrangements for each of Ozzy's songs that complemented them so well---almost Harrison-like in that they fit the song perfectly without over doing it. He NEVER seemed to me to be overplaying in the least. Really miss him and just wonder at what else he would have accomplished. I love listening to him but it's sad at the same time---we seem to lose the best far too soon! Damn it!!!!
Somewhere in the past a young Dimebag is airguitaring.
hisvorpalsword I believe Dime was 5 or 6 years into playing guitar by 82'. Pantera's debut album (Metal Magic) dropped in 83', so if anything, he probably was playing Randy's songs. Haha
hisvorpalsword
His name shouldn't be mentioned here, not in the same league as Rhoads
@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 What.
@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 dimebag is deffiently in the same leauge of rhoads
Ice Kube Qwerty
Only in the fact they are not alive, dirtbag wouldn't even be famous if he hadn't been shot on stage
He doubled all his guitar tracks. That's some incredible focus!
Jazz Cat Everyone does that lmao
I always loved 'FHA' but to hear Randy isolated from vocals & whatnot, its absolutely incredible. Its almost like hearing the album again for the first time so many years ago.
One of my most favorite guitar solos ever. Thanks!
Randy has the absolute best guitar tone ever.
nah it's kinda 80s cheese on this gotta give the tone nod to Eddie
@@megadownable hey you do you man
@@corsonfleet3838 th-cam.com/video/yQkz6SjkMIs/w-d-xo.html
here I am jamming with some eddie tone. l love all of randies solos they are the best ..... better than anyone ses. they truly move a person
not just flash
@@megadownable Oh yeah, for sure.
huge tone, only legend like Rhoads can make a tone his own.
Been smashing both Ozzy albums all week🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥🔥🤘🏻🤘🏻
Wow! Great perspective. Thank you!
Isolated guitar TRACKS
+penfifteen666 Exactly. It's like quad-tracked, isn't it? I'd love to hear one of the individual guitar tracks. I might be in the minority, but I really don't dig the tone. Love the playing, though.
Isolated crazy train tracks. :-)
Karl Houseknecht I don’t know if it’s true but I heard it was 6 tracks
I love the story about how Randy couldn't get the solo he liked for this song so he locked himself in the studio for 3 days until he came up with this master piece
Drew Rodriguez I think that was the solo for the title track, “Diary of a Madman”
Rangers you’re right, I️ got them mixed up. Sorry about that. There’s a backstory to this one too I️ heard once, but I️ can’t remember at the moment
Drew Rodriguez It was actually Mr Crowley solo. He wasnt happy with solo he worked out so he decided to do it on the fly.... amazing solo imho
Drew Rodriguez George Lynch showed Randy the tapping sequence. Lynch would later use something similar in his Tooth And Nail solo in 84.
Did he leave the key on the outside of the door?? Hehe
So clean and precise
LONG LIVE The God of Rock
RANDY RHOADS
This is what it sounds like when you get hit by lightning.
Randall has influenced so many guitar players its insane like Zakk Wylde and Michael Angelo Batio. In my opinion he is the #1 BEST guitarist that has ever lived.
Jr Reusch Zakk and Mike have been influenced by randy. Try again.
dustin s. Love both still.
Jr Reusch MIke is my influence to pay guitar but Randy is my idol.
Don't forget Dimebag !
rhoads' girl Dimebag is definetly number 2
Wild, groundbreaking stuff!
Man Randy I miss you more than I ever had, such a great treat! Thank you for sharing!!!!!!
So... you can tell how many people know not much about tone when it comes to recording, especially back in those days.
Guitar, at that time, sat in one part of the mix, tonally, and bass sat in another. Same with drums and vocals. If you listen to guitar tracks by themselves, like this one, they WOULD tend to sound thin by design; they are then not fighting with the other tracks and muddying things up.
Likewise, multi-tracking guitar parts and panning them far right and left gave the other tracks more space as well.
All in all, at the time, his tone was pretty good on it's own. Sitting in the mix, it was great.
You've got that right. All of what you said is spot on. I find myself using three or four microphones on a single guitar cabinet these days. The first two are SM57's, one spaced 1" further from the speaker than the other, thereby creating a 1 kHz comb filter. Remember that it also works on all multiples of the fundamental tone, including the first, second, third, fourth harmonics and so forth.
The third mic is a Royer RE20 and the fourth is a U87. I work on the two SM57's as one. Then I work on the other two mics as their one. Then I often experiment with blending the two, 2 mic versions with variations of panning to find a particular sound that sounds good and that is unique to the particular technique I used to get it.
I still use 2" tape because I'm nostalgic for one, but I can also crush it at +9 dB to +12 dB to tape without clipping. Not just that, but it sounds incredible. This is done on 2" tape. I've acquired the original Randy recordings along with all instrument tracks on the album plus those for two Rush albums and two Van Halen Albums from a fellow engineer who is acquainted with the engineers on each of those projects. The first time I heard Tom Sawyer's 24 drum tracks raw it was amazing.
Are you a fellow engineer? Go to CRAS or Full Sail?
Derrick, as a life long Rush fan (nuts about 'em till about Signals), a one time budding audiophile (I actually know what THD is, heh!) and a 'you must ALWAYS listen to music with headphones to truly hear EVERYTHING the artist was trying to share' nut, I've been eating up ALL the isolated tracs from Rush (the insane syncopation award goes to that just mind boggling isolated Bass and Drums from 'Digital Man', dear god thats indescribable chemistry and talent!). Brian Wilsons vocal and harmony tracs, and anything by Queen, Id be quite privileged to get an opportunity to hear any Rush trac you might be kind enough to share. Is one of the engineer friends Terry Brown?
Derrick Schnur, I’d love to get those Rhoads and VH tracks.
Make sure you listen to this with good earbuds on, pretty amazing.. Who’s listening in 2020???! 🤘🏻
Beautiful!
He was truly magical! Still blows me away today.
Hearing it like this reminds me of going to music shops and checking out every amp they had, trying to get this tone. I know it's doubled (tripled?) but I never could figure out how to get close. I gave up.
I came 3 times during that solo holy shit
Sick freaking tone! The squeals are so Fn awesome!
Such a great song and even cooler to hear the isolated guitar part
I miss u