Ozzy Osbourne's 'Talk of the Devil' Live 1982 Double vinyl LP JET DP401. Condition is Used. Vinyl is in excellent condition and gatefold sleeve is in very good condition.  Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class. Talk of the Devil is a  by , released on 27 November 1982. It is a  consisting entirely of live renditions of songs originally recorded by Osbourne's previous band .  The LP was titled 'Speak of the Devil' in the US, as this was the more commonly used version of the phrase.

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 . Several factors led to this decision. 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 . Additionally,  had cut a distribution deal with  which saw the small label stand to make a sizeable profit. Business decisions aside, Black Sabbath was also readying its own  and Osbourne wanted his album in stores first.  "We were both going through our own miseries," recalled Sabbath bassist . "We couldn't afford not to release Live Evil and Ozzy was forced into making Talk of the Devil."

The plan to record an album of Black Sabbath covers was not met with enthusiasm by Osbourne's band. Guitarist  and drummer  refused to participate, feeling that they had established themselves as recording artists and such an album would be a step backwards professionally. They shared their feelings with bassist ; though Sarzo wasn't completely comfortable refusing to participate, he chose to stand with his bandmates and the trio informed manager  of their decision.

Though Sharon took the news reasonably well, Osbourne was furious. 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. It was during this tumultuous period that Osbourne was infamously arrested for drunkenly urinating on the Alamo. Several hours before the Alamo incident, he drunkenly fired the entire band (including Rhoads), though he later had no memory of doing so. Osbourne frequently confronted Rhoads on the tour bus and taunted him with claims that the likes of  and  were willing to replace him for the live album. Osbourne's unstable and confrontational behavior soon convinced Rhoads to leave the band. 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.

The original plan was to record the album at 's  with Randy Rhoads. 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  market. These plans all crumbled upon Rhoads' sudden death weeks later in a .

This is the only official Osbourne recording to feature  guitarist , who had temporarily stepped in for the recently deceased Rhoads following 's brief stint in the band. Gillis did tour with Osbourne during this time period, and the group also played material from Osbourne's first two solo albums during this tour.

The album sleeve states that it was recorded at  in  on 26 and 27 September 1982, however all tracks with the exception of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" were taken from 27 September concert as verified against the soundboard recordings of both performances which exist as . 

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Side 1 Symptom of the Universe Snowblind Black Sabbath
Side 2 Fairies Wear Boots War Pigs The Wizard
Side 3 N.I.B. Sweat Leaf Never Say Die
Side 4 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Iron Man/Children of the Grave Paranoid