🕯️ Ozzy Osbourne, November 1973: Plastic Shortages, Fatherhood & Prophets of Doom

With over a week passed since Ozzy’s death, we uncovered another lost gem—an obscure Daily Mirror article from November 20, 1973, right as Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was about to drop. This short but powerful interview captures a raw and reflective Ozzy at just 25 years old—already five albums in, a new father, and still unsure if it would all last.

🗞️ From the oil crisis and plastic shortages delaying vinyl records...
👶 To Ozzy’s rarely-seen daughter Jessica and the early days of fatherhood...
🏭 To dark jokes about factory life and being a “battery hen”...

This is classic Sabbath-era Ozzy—funny, dark, humble, and oddly prophetic.

📍 Full of rare quotes, killer phrases (“music welded in a giant horror factory”?!), and the humanity behind the madness.

00:00 – Why we're still talking about Ozzy (and why this article is rare)
00:22 – Article origin: The Daily Mirror, Nov. 20, 1973
00:49 – Jessica Osbourne, Ozzy’s rarely-seen daughter
01:10 – “Prophets of Doom”: Fame through despair
01:41 – Ozzy’s confusion about success & toll of world tours
02:09 – PLASTIC SHORTAGE delays Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
02:38 – How the 1973 oil embargo affected vinyl production
03:02 – Ozzy’s factory job backstory
03:52 – One of the best quotes ever about Sabbath's sound
04:19 – “Eventually I broke my machine…” — on escaping factory life
05:06 – Battery hen metaphor and humble ambition
06:09 – Life can’t be all black – Ozzy with his daughter
06:26 – Context: Ozzy was only 25, already on album #5
07:03 – Call to action: Comment your Sabbath stories from the '70s

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