Judas Priest 1982=Metal!
Just watch the clip posted below and you will catch my drift…
So this is from the video release Live Vengeance which was released back in 1983 but then went out of print and was reissued with Priests Metalogy(2006) box set at which time the audio portion of this show ended up on iTunes (which I snapped up) but is now gone?
Folk’s the video posted above is how you start a Metal Show back in 1982/1983…
Cue intro song the musical Hellion as the stage fills of smoke and Lights are flashing at a rapid pace to give a seizure like vibe that reveals Metallic looking stage complete with a wall of Marshall Stacks and Ramps Galore!
Before too long theres Priest ripping into Electric Eye complete with lasers added as a bonus. Whoah Nelly this is just the first 4 minutes of the show! Cue Total Metal Rock Sync Moves by Tipton and Downing at the end of Electric Eye!
Judas Priest if you don’t know by consists of…
Rob Halford – vocals
K. K. Downing – guitar
Glenn Tipton – guitar
Ian Hill – bass guitar
Dave Holland – drums
Below is the track list for Live Vengeance! This is METAL!
“The Hellion/Electric Eye”
“Riding on the Wind”
“Heading Out to the Highway”
“Metal Gods”
“Bloodstone”
“Breaking the Law”
“Sinner”
“Desert Plains”
“The Ripper”
“Diamonds & Rust”
“Devil’s Child”
“Screaming for Vengeance”
“You’ve Got Another Thing Comin'”
“Victim of Changes”
Encore:
“Living After Midnight”
“The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown)”
Encore 2:
“Hell Bent for Leather”
I was glad to score this off of iTunes as I think it’s the best Live Priest album out there. Sure 1979s Unleashed In The East is a bonafide classic but with Live Vengeance it’s a smidge ahead in the fav department as the album Priest was plugging on this tour Screaming For Vengeance is easily one of my all time great’s so this Live Meal Deal just resonate’s with me a bit more!
Halford and Company are on fire here! Priest lay down the Gauntlet and Shove it down our ear lobes! Halford nails the vocals on all the tracks and since this tour was Priests break through in North America Halford ever being the salesman tells the Memphis crowd( where this was recorded) that “The Next Track Comes Via Unleashed In The East The Way Of Sin After Sin..It’s The Sinner”
Way to push product Robert! Ha! KK and Glenn man are at the top of their game here as they just toss huge bombastic Riff After Riff our way. Even cemented in one spot on the stage Ian Hill just slams the 4 String bass into submission while trouble maker drummer Dave Holland is pretty solid!
Case in point watch Screaming For Vengeance Below…CRANK IT!
The title track just flat-out rocks! Sooooo Good! I recall watching this ways back around the mid 80s or so and KK’s guitar was mixed so low you could barely hear his solos whereas Tiptons guitar was cranked beyond relief. Fortunately with this updated version that’s not the case at all. You hear KK and his Flying V’s just fine!
I would have to say this is my all time Priest era it does not get better than this show/set list. A good few years before Priest found the Turbo synthesizer and starting writing some debatable material.
Oh bugger, I need to look at iTunes more often. I never knew about this at all. Got the DVD but I’d have bought that album too for sure.
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The show is fantastic! Priest is at the top of the Metal Heap at that time for sure!
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Sounds great! Priest Live! Is my era of Priest though, don’t tell anyone but I’ve always found Unleashed a tough listen.
Just look at that set list – this was a band that had it all.
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No worries Dude I won’t tell a soul! Hahahaha…
Unleashed was my First Priest album and it was a mind blower as I had never heard Metal like that before….Fair enough though than again maybe it was Unleashed In The Studio like many say…
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The thing that got me when I first bought Unleashed was that there wasn’t even a live photo of them on the cover, no hint of audience at all!
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Yeah true ….it’s like even the cover of KISS Alive was a shot taken before a show at least they had the two blokes holding the Kiss picture not eh back of the album in an arena filled with Kiss Army Fans….
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I think it was HMO who said that Megadeth had more riffs in the first song on Peace Sells than some bands have in their whole career. Sounds like Priest puts more power into the first 4 minutes of the stage show that others do in a whole concert!
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Well that opening is something that a lot of bands could learn on how to open a show!
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What what what. This is available on audio? On iTunes? I only have this on DVD. Deke is this true?
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yeah it was true ..thats how i got my copy and than they yanked it after a while which they done to other titles like Hanoi Rocks Two Steps…it was there than gone than re added..dunno why they do it …..so if i see something rare i gotta pounce on it….
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Can you, umm, `help’ me get this?
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Sure Dude!
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The Napster Police they live inside of my head.
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Breakin’ the law. Breakin’ the law.
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HAHAHA…easy fella..i paid for it off of iTunes! Too Legit 2 Quit!
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That’s crackin’. Top stuff. I know I’ve said this before, but Vengeance is my favourite Priest album. Utterly magnificent in every way. This sounds great. Likely they’ll release this again at some point?
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Im with ya there j! if u recall in my all time Top 20 Screaming made a decent dent! Man I love that album!
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I reckon if I done that 20 exercise in a few years it could be pushing its way into contention!
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For sure J…Priest played down some wicked material in the early 80s….
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Last night on the way home from the Greater Toronto Area, Jen and I had Judas Priest going. It was Point of Entry, and then the first few tracks on Priest Live.
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Nice ..after Screaming its Point Of Entry but thats just how t resonated with me back in 81!
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I am all over this. Thank you, all-knowing Superdekes!
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Crank It!
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Is there any other way? OF COURSE NOT!
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