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LET THE “CRAZY TRAIN” RANDY RHOADS MASH-UP MADNESS BEGIN

 Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 2:00pm by

The release of David Lee Roth’s isolated vocal track from “Runnin’ With the Devil” was an Internet goldmine resulting in one of the most entertaining soundboards in the history of ever and countless mash-ups, some good and some not-so-good. While the surfacing of what appears to be Randy Rhoads’ isolated guitar tracks from “Crazy Train” might not be as hilarious, it’s sure to provide guitar nerds with plenty of masturbatory material and will undoubtedly result in more mash-ups than a sack of potatoes.

I suppose we have no way of knowing whether the audio, posted by MetalDen.com, is actually the Randy Rhoads original or some imposter with too much time on their hands, but let’s assume for the moment that it is in fact the real deal. I love love love how not everything is perfect; you can hear accidental pick scrapes and a couple of slightly rough transitions. According to MetalDen.com there are absolutely no effects on the guitars, just one track panned hard right and a separately-recorded double panned hard-left, resulting in the chorus-y effect you’re hearing. I also dig how you can hear two distinct tracks during the guitar solo, which definitely adds character.

Listen below.

-VN

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  • Fasshole

    You’ll probably find that “chorus-y” effect on most isolated guitar tracks, it just isn’t as noticeable within the context of the entire song. It’s that effect that makes guitars so awesome. You should try listening to some slayer tracks, that have been ripped off guitar hero/rock band, no way near as tight as they seem on record, in a good way though.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Pickens/58502702 Paul Pickens

    this was rad, id love to hear isolated king diamond vocals

    • http://raiseyerfists.wordpress.com raiseyerfists

      yes. somebody make it happen!

  • http://www.hibernum.net hibernum

    That was sweet. I read that Ozzy didn’t want Randy to double track the solos – unsure why – but he did and did them well. It inspired Dime to do the same on his leads. Also I read that he played the solo in one room and the amp and mics were in the floor above him to eliminate feedback. Crazy!

    • UpwindGravy

      No hibernum, Crazy Train. And.. agreed on the Randy/Dime solos.

  • Ian P

    Wow. Thank you for posting that clip.

  • Alex_P

    Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind…

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Glenn-Pillsbury/641369365 Glenn Pillsbury

      Can’t ease this pain, so easily.

      • KilledByDeath

        When you can’t find the words to say, it’s hard to make it through another day

  • thehatemachine

    there is a multi track of mr crowley also out there.

  • Hot Donut

    I presume the isolated track was ripped from the Guitar Hero World Tour video game.

    The Guitar Hero and Rock Band video games have the isolated tracks so that if you miss a note in the game, it will stop playing the isolated track of whatever instrument you’re playing. Thus creating the illusion that you are actually playing the song, instead of just listening to the song and pushing buttons on a plastic controller.

    Now how you go about actually ripping the isolated track from the game, I have no idea. But I doubt it’s rocket science.

    • gojirasaurus

      i just listened to the bass track to lamb of god’s laid to rest and wondered how that worked. as that is also in several music games id say you are correct

      • Fasshole

        Log released a couple of their albums as “producer editions” with all of the tracks isolated on a separate dvd so u can re-mix them. But with most of these tracks they are ripped from rock band or guitar hero.

  • MSalonen

    I like how Ozzy was actually the one to come up with the main riff of Crazy Train.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-John-Crispen/100000169530540 Jason John Crispen

      yeah, i don’t buy that. if ozzy said it, it’s bs. if someone else said it, i dunno…

      • MSalonen

        I had forgotten where I heard that, so I went back and checked. Looks like Rhoads did write it, but it’s borrowed from the Quiet Riot (which of course he was also in) song “Force of Habit”.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-John-Crispen/100000169530540 Jason John Crispen

          i’m gonna check that song out! thanks

  • http://www.facebook.com/randyrhoads.society EddieVice

    I am the co-admin at the Randy Rhoads Society on Facebook…Just thought I would let you know these have been around for a couple years I got them back in 2008. When I say them I mean I have all the separated master tracks for both Crazy Train and Mr Crowley… They are supposedly from gutar hero. So, yes I have the separate 3 guitar tracks, 1 bass tracks, 2 drum tracks, and 1 vocal tracks for both songs if you would like a link to the mediafire download of 2 of these tracks from each song come by the Randy Rhoads Society on Facebook for the link. You can also join our page if your a Randy fan. I’m not allowed to link to our page but just search in google for “Randy Rhoads Society”, it’s the first result, to get the address for the rest of the downloads. When I find the original source which will not take me long I will post a link to all 12 separated tracks at the Randy Rhoads Society page on Facebook.
    EdVice!