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On September 19, 1982, the band and crew arrived in New York City to begin rehearsals for the two shows that would be recorded to comprise the Speak of the Devil album. Torme was described as "the consummate professional" during this period, staying with the band until Gillis was ready to step in, even waiting backstage during Gillis' first few shows in case he was needed. On April 12, 1982, Gillis performed with the band during soundcheck before a show in Binghamton, New York, and played his first show with the band later that evening. His ability to faithfully reproduce Rhoads' parts earned Gillis the job, and he subsequently traveled with the band and became familiar with the material as Bernie Torme played his last few shows before leaving. He borrowed a friend's old Black Sabbath albums to become more familiar with the songs before leaving for New York. Though Gillis was vaguely familiar with Osbourne's music after seeing the band perform live the previous summer at the Day on the Green in Oakland, he was completely unfamiliar with Black Sabbath's music. Sharon dispatched Sarzo to Gillis' hotel room to teach him the songs. Guitarist Brad Gillis arrived in New York City from California on April 5, 1982, to audition for Osbourne's band. These plans all crumbled upon Rhoads' sudden death weeks later in a plane crash.Īfter the death of Rhoads, the band carried on for a short time with guitarist Bernie Tormé, until both parties agreed that the arrangement was not working out. The show, complete with half-naked girls on the stage in what manager Sharon anticipated would be "the greatest rock spectacle ever", would also be videotaped and released for the burgeoning home video market. The original plan was to record the album at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. He grudgingly agreed to perform on the live album but would depart after fulfilling his contractual obligations to Jet Records, which consisted of one more studio album and subsequent tour. Osbourne's unstable and confrontational behavior soon convinced Rhoads to leave the band. Osbourne frequently confronted Rhoads on the tour bus and taunted him with claims that the likes of Frank Zappa and Gary Moore were willing to replace him for the live album. Several hours before the Alamo incident, he drunkenly fired the entire band (including Rhoads), though he later had no memory of doing so. It was during this tumultuous period that Osbourne was infamously arrested for drunkenly urinating on the Alamo. He responded by going on what Sarzo described as "the worst drinking binges I had ever witnessed" and his relationship with Rhoads never fully recovered. Though Sharon took the news reasonably well, Ozzy was furious. They shared their feelings with bassist Rudy Sarzo though Sarzo wasn't completely comfortable refusing to participate, he chose to stand with his bandmates and the trio informed manager Sharon Arden of their decision.
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Guitarist Randy Rhoads and drummer Tommy Aldridge refused to participate, feeling that they had established themselves as recording artists and such an album would be a step backwards professionally. The plan to record an album of Black Sabbath covers was not met with enthusiasm by Osbourne's band. "We couldn't afford not to release Live Evil and Ozzy was forced into making Speak of the Devil." "We were both going through our own miseries," recalled Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler. Business decisions aside, Black Sabbath was also readying its own live album release and Osbourne wanted his album in stores first. Additionally, Jet Records had cut a distribution deal with CBS Records which saw the small label stand to make a sizeable profit from the release. Sabbath’s publishing deal with their previous management had recently expired by re-recording these songs all the songwriters (including Osbourne) would benefit from the publishing royalties. In early February 1982, a decision was made by Osbourne’s management and record label to record a live album consisting entirely of songs he had recorded in the 1970s with Black Sabbath.