Mr. Crowley

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adopted the nickname "Prince of Darkness". Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 due to alcohol and drug problems, but went on to have a successful solo career, releasing 12 studio albums, the first seven of which received multi-platinum certifications in the US. Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions. He rejoined in 1997 and helped record the group's final studio album, 13 (2013), before they embarked on a farewell tour that ended with a February 2017 performance in their hometown, Birmingham. His longevity and success have earned him the informal title "Godfather of Metal".

Among the most convincing comebacks on the reborn Italian progressive rock scene we find, without a shadow of doubt, "Il Pittore Volante" by Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno: released in 2010 by AMS Records, that record broke an almost 40-year silence in an excellent way, with an energetic and genre-crossing album in which stood out, as if the hands of time had stopped in 1972, the unmistakable voice of the band's original singer Luciano Regoli. "In Rock" marks another rebirth for Raccomandata, that finally returns with brand new unreleased material after almost a decade. The B-side of this release contains a cover of the famous "Mr. Crowley" by Ozzy Osbourne and the songs "Raoul" and "La spiaggia", taken from the full-length version of "Il Pittore Volante" but that never appeared on vinyl before…