Worst than changing fred titles... Why oh why?

This afternoon I saw some article about Jake E Lee pop up in my newsfeed and it made me want to give a listen to those albums he did w/ Ozzy. IIRC, the last time I had heard Bark at the Moon was when it was remastered in the mid-90s. Ish. As far as I can remember, the difference was subtle except for the addition of one song. 
 
Unfortunately, those albums like the bulk of my record collection got left behind, but, this wasn't the first time that I'd own more than one copy of Ozzy's albums, so I bought both Bark at the Moon and Ultimate Sin on iTunes, put them on my iPhone and hooked it up to the monitors in the gym and hit the cross-trainer.
 
First song went by w/o me noticing a thing. At that point I wasn't aware that the album had been messed with after the 90s remaster, anyway. Second song (You're No Different) I noticed that the keyboards seemed louder in the middle section but having not heard the album in 15 years or so, I wasn't sure. The song ended  - wait, this one used to fade out, right? And one song after the other, the changes were becoming more and more obvious. Rock And Roll rebel had some additional guitar fills which left me with the impression that they were lifted off demos and rehearsals.
 
Then Center of Eternity began. Now why would anyone in their right mind get rid of that bell sound at the beginning and replace it with some odd sounding FM-ish plastic down-pitched poor excuse for a bell? Seriously, who thought this was a good idea?
 
Anyway, I finished the album disgusted. That's one version I'm never listening to again. Fortunately, they left Ultimate Sin alone - which is a good thing, considering that Ozzy hates that one, who knows what he'd be capable of...
 
I can understand remastering, and to some extent I can even understand some old deaf musicians succumbing to loudness war and butchering their old albums. But totally remixing?
 
I guess this doesn't beat the time they re-issued the first 2 albums w/ re-recorded the drums and bass parts... 
 
Ozzy should team up w/ Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and digitally add Jabba and a couple of ewoks to his album covers, maybe even replace the crosses w/ walkie-talkies...
 
 

I had forgotten that one! Oh the horror!
I guess that that would be like replacing the drums and bass tracks on Blizzard and Diary.

Oh crap.  I posted but forgot to change the title!!!

I wanted to just be Craig, but it was taken so I had to settle for being CraigB instead...

I remember reading that ozzy had Diary redone with a different drummer and bassist because of his refusal to credit the original musicians. I mean Daisley and Kerslake were half of the reason Blizzard and Diary were so successful. Yeah, you got Ozzy's unique voice going over the top, but without good SONGS, the albums wouldn't have gained near the popularity they achieved. And that was almost completely the result of Daisley, Rhoads, and Kerslake (with some great production by Max Norman). It just gets on my nerves how Ozzy likes to profit by the sweat of others.

I remember growing up with Sabbath playing in the house. My parents had Vol. 4 and Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath. So years later, when Crazy Train first hit the airwaves, I recognized the voice immediately. And even though I was already messing around with acoustic guitar, it was Blizzard and Diary that led me to start playing electric. I was a HUGE Ozzy fan to the point that the kids at school all called me Ozzy as a nickname. Then I remember when I had first heard about the plane crash I was scared that Ozzy got killed. Then when I learned the truth, I was relieved that it wasn't him. I was just a dumb 12 year old kid. And even though it was Randy inspiring me to play guitar, it was Ozzy that I wanted to be like at that point in time. Wow... Now I see his true colors, and it just makes me ashamed that I ever looked up to him. But like I said, I was a dumb 12 year old. I'm glad Randy's legacy will never be tarnished in such a way.