Talking to Rolling Stone magazine, former Ozzy Osbourne bassist Bob Daisley said it was pathetic that his bass parts were re-recorded on the first two albums.
He said:
“To be honest with you, I thought it was pathetic.
“Someone sent me a copy of one of them, and I laughed. I thought, ‘Is this a joke?’ I just didn’t think it was done right. The thing is, you can’t reheat a soufflé.
“You can’t take the ingredients out of a cake and then try and bake it again. It happened once. We did various takes of each song and we used the parts where each of us shined the best.
“There might be five takes of ‘Crazy Train’ or four takes of something else, or eight takes of something else, and we picked the one that had the best vibe. And it was four people being recorded in a room together. You can’t change that.
“And the fans hated them for it. It was like, ‘God, you’ve got no respect for the fans and everyone that spends money on this music.’ They were hated for it. I’m just quoting what fans said, not me.”