Judas Priest - The Complete Albums Collection (2012) 
Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872
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EAC Secure-rip with LOG+CUE+COVERS | Source: eMule 17 albums, remastered with bonus tracks The most complete Judas Priest collection all in one bundle! Contains ALL 17
Judas Priest albums featuring the classic line up of: Rob Halford, Glenn
Tipton, K.K. Downing and Ian Hill. Newly Re-mastered versions of 'Rocka
Rolla' and 'Sad Wings Of Destiny'. Each individual album is packaged in
a replica mini-LP sleeve reproducing that album's original cover art.
Also contains a 40 Page booklet with photos, liner notes & album
credits
Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla (1974) Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872-1
FLAC: 220 MB | Artwork: 5 MB | MP3: 90 MB | 5% WinRAR Recovery A sketchy and underfocused debut, Rocka Rolla nonetheless begins to delineate the
musical territory Judas Priest would explore over the remainder of the
decade: frighteningly dark in its effect, tight in its grooves, and
capable of expanding to epic song lengths. On the other hand, Rocka
Rolla is also murkier, less precise and powerful in its riff attack, and
more blues-based; the stylistic debts to Black Sabbath and Deep Purple
are obvious at this juncture, although they would become much less
apparent on subsequent releases. The compositions alternate between
short songs and extended suites; some are decent, but overall they don't
establish a real direction and tend to plod aimlessly in many of the
longer pieces. Mostly a curiosity for hardcore fans, Rocka Rolla
definitely hints at Judas Priest's potential and originality, but
doesn't always suggest the quantum leap in vision that would occur with
their very next record.
Musicians: Vocals : Rob Halford
Guitars : Glenn Tipton
Guitars : K. K. Downing
Bass : Ian Hill
Drums : John Hinch
Produced by Rodger Bain
Recorded at Olympic, Trident and Island Studios London during June/July 1974
Engineered by Vic Smith
Track List: 01. One For The Road [4:40]
02. Rocka Rolla [3:06]
03. Winter/Deep Freeze/Winter Retreat/Cheater [9:30]
04. Never Satisfied [4:53]
05. Run Of The Mill [8:33]
06. Dying To Meet You [6:17]
07. Caviar And Meths [2:07]
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976) Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872-2
FLAC: 270 MB | Artwork: 5 MB | MP3: 95 MB | 5% WinRAR Recovery The year 1976 was crucial for the evolution of heavy metal, as landmark albums like
Rainbow's Rising and Scorpions' Virgin Killer began to reshape the
genre. Perhaps none was quite as important as Judas Priest's sophomore
effort, Sad Wings of Destiny, which simultaneously took heavy metal to
new depths of darkness and new heights of technical precision. Building
on the hard prog of bands like Queen and Wishbone Ash, plus the
twin-guitar innovations of the latter and Thin Lizzy, Sad Wings fused
these new influences with the gothic doom of Black Sabbath, the
classical precision of Deep Purple, and the tight riffery of the more
compact Led Zeppelin tunes. Priest's prog roots are still readily
apparent here, particularly on the spacy ballad "Dreamer Deceiver," the
multi-sectioned "Victim of Changes," and the softer sonic textures that
appear from time to time. But if Priest's style was still evolving, the
band's trademarks are firmly in place -- the piercing, operatic vocals
of Rob Halford and the tightly controlled power riffing of guitarists
K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton.
This foundation sounded like little else on the metal scene at the time,
and gave Sad Wings of Destiny much of its dramatic impact. Its
mystique, though, was something else. No metal band had been this
convincingly dark since Black Sabbath, and that band's hallucinatory
haze was gone, replaced by a chillingly real cast of serial killers
("The Ripper"), murderous dictators ("Tyrant"), and military atrocities
that far outweighed "War Pigs" ("Genocide"). Even the light piano ballad
"Epitaph" sounds like a morbidly depressed Queen rewriting Sabbath's
"Changes." Three songs rank as all-time metal classics, starting with
the epic "Victim of Changes," which is blessed with an indelible main
riff, a star-making vocal turn from Halford, explosive guitar work, and a
tight focus that belies its nearly eight-minute length. "The Ripper"
and "Tyrant," with their driving guitar riffs and concise construction,
are the first seeds of what would flower into the New Wave of British
Heavy Metal movement.
More than any other heavy metal album of its time, Sad Wings of Destiny
offered the blueprint for the way forward. What's striking is how deeply
this blueprint resonated through the years, from the prog ambitions of
Iron Maiden to the thematic echoes in a pair of '80s thrash
masterpieces. The horrors of Sad Wings are largely drawn from real life,
much like Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss, and its all-consuming anxiety
is over powerlessness, just like Metallica's magnum opus, Master of
Puppets. (Though this latter preoccupation doubtlessly had more
psychosexual roots in Rob Halford's case -- witness the peculiar torture
fantasy of "Island of Domination.") Unfortunately, Sad Wings of Destiny
didn't have as much impact upon release as it should have, mostly owing
to the limitations of the small Gull label. It did, however, earn Judas
Priest a shot with Columbia, where they would quickly become the most
influential band in heavy metal not named Black Sabbath.
Musicians: Vocals : Rob Halford
Guitars : Glenn Tipton
Guitars : K. K. Downing
Bass : Ian Hill
Drums : Alan Moore
Produced by Jeffrey Calvert, Max West and Judas Priest
Engineered by Jeffrey Calvert, Dave Charles and Chris Tsangarides
Recorded at Rockfield and Morgan Studios
Track List: 01. Prelude [2:02]
02. Tyrant [4:28]
03. Genocide [5:50]
04. Epitaph [3:20]
05. Island Of Domination [4:16]
06. Victim Of Changes [7:53]
07. The Ripper [2:51]
08. Dreamer Deceiver [5:53]
09. Deceiver [2:45]
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977) Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872-3
FLAC: 380 MB | Artwork: 5 MB | MP3: 120 MB | 5% WinRAR Recovery Judas Priest's major-label debut Sin After Sin marks their only recording with
then-teenage session drummer Simon Phillips, whose technical prowess
helps push the band's burgeoning aggression into overdrive. For their
part, K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton employ a great deal more of the
driving, palm-muted power-chord picking that would provide the basic
rhythmic foundation of all but the most extreme heavy metal from here on
out. Sin After Sin finds Priest still experimenting with their range,
and thus ends up as perhaps their most varied outing. Yet despite the
undeniably tremendous peaks here, the overall package doesn't cohere
quite as well as on Sad Wings of Destiny, simply because the heavy
moments are so recognizable as the metal we know today that the detours
stick out as greater interruptions of the album's flow. The proggy
ballad "Last Rose of Summer" is the biggest departure here, with florid
lyrics and "red blood/white snow" imagery that would be fully at home on
any goth rock band's most depressing bedsit dirges. "Here Come the
Tears" is musically dissimilar, with heavy guitars and Halford's
downcast wailing, but it's just as lyrically mopey. These two sit rather
uneasily against the viciousness of the more metallic offerings.
Classic opener "Sinner" is packed with driving riffs, sophisticated
guitar interplay (including a whammy-bar freakout during a slower middle
section), a melody that winds snakily upward, and nifty little
production tricks doubtless inspired by Queen. A galloping, fully
metallic reimagining of the Joan Baez folk tune "Diamonds and Rust" is a
smashing success, one of the most effective left-field cover choices in
metal history. "Starbreaker" is the first of many "alien monsters from
the sky!" tunes in the band's catalog. Proggy, churchy guitar intro "Let
Us Prey" quickly leads into the speed-burner "Call for the Priest,"
which may just be the earliest building block in the construction of
speed metal, and features some of Tipton and Downing's most impressive
twin-guitar harmonies yet. "Raw Deal" is a less immediate metal offering
that faintly recalls the band's blues-rock roots, though it may be most
interesting for the blatant lyrical references to S&M bars and gay
haven Fire Island, not to mention an unmistakable endorsement of gay
rights. Things close on a high note with the utterly stunning "Dissident
Aggressor," one of the heaviest songs in the band's catalog, so much so
that it was covered (and not outdone) by Slayer. Once the bludgeoning
main riff abruptly kicks in, Halford screams at what must be the very
top of his range; a completely manic Phillips offers some of the
earliest double-bass drumming in metal; and the crazed guitar solos
prove that Tipton and Downing had more than just pure technique at their
disposal. It's not a stretch to say that at the time of its release,
"Dissident Aggressor" was probably the heaviest metal song of all time.
It's the biggest sign here that as good as Judas Priest already was,
they were on the verge of something even greater. In what must seem like
a much bigger oddity now, the inaugural American tour that ensued found
them opening for REO Speedwagon and Foreigner.
Musicians: Vocals : Rob Halford
Guitars : Glenn Tipton
Guitars : K. K. Downing
Bass : Ian Hill
Drums : Simon Phillips
Tracks 1-8 Produced by Roger Glover/Judas Priest
Engineered by Mark Dodson
Recorded at Ramport Studios, Battersea
Mixed at Wessex Studios, Highbury
Track List: 01. Sinner [6:45]
02. Diamonds And Rust [3:27]
03. Starbreaker [4:49]
04. Last Rose Of Summer [5:37]
05. Let Us Prey/Call For The Priest [6:13]
06. Raw Deal [6:00]
07. Here Come The Tears [4:36]
08. Dissident Aggressor [3:08]
09. Race With The Devil (Bonus Track) [3:07]
10. Jawbreaker (Live) (Bonus Track) [4:01]
Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978) Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872-4
FLAC: 410 MB | Artwork: 5 MB | MP3: 130 MB | 5% WinRAR Recovery Easily one of the most important heavy metal albums ever released, Stained Class marks
the peak of Judas Priest's influence, setting the sonic template for
the New Wave of British Heavy Metal more than any other single
recording. This is the point where Priest put it all together, embracing
their identity as the heaviest band on the planet and taking the genre
to new heights of power, speed, musicality, and malevolence. Not until
Painkiller would the band again be this single-minded in its focus on
pure heavy metal. Their blues-rock roots have been virtually
obliterated; largely gone, too, are the softer textures and gothic
ballads of albums past. The lone exception is the morbid masterpiece
"Beyond the Realms of Death," on which the band finally finds a way to
integrate the depressive balladry of songs like "Epitaph" and "Last Rose
of Summer" into their metal side. Starting out with quiet, mournful
verses, the song's chorus is ripped open by a blazing guitar riff as Rob
Halford shrieks about leaving the world behind, a dramatic climax that
sounds like a definite blueprint for Metallica's "Fade to Black." Yet it
wasn't this song that inspired the ridiculous 1989-1990 court case
involving the suicide pact of two Nevada teenagers; that honor goes to
the Spooky Tooth cover "Better by You, Better Than Me" (penned by none
other than the "Dream Weaver" himself, Gary Wright), on which the band
allegedly embedded the subliminal backwards-recorded message "Do it."
Astounding implausibility aside (as the band pointed out, why encourage
the suicides of fans who spend money?), it isn't hard to see why Stained
Class might invite such hysterical projections. On balance, it's the
darkest lyrical work of the band's career, thematically obsessed with
death, violence, and conquest. That's not to say it's always approving.
Sure, there are battle cries like "White Heat, Red Hot," horrific
nightmares like "Saints in Hell," and elements of the fantastic in the
alien monsters of "Invader" and stone classic opener "Exciter." But the
band stays philosophical just as often as not. The twisting, turning
title track adopts the biblical view of man as a hopeless, fallen
creature preyed upon by his baser instincts; "Savage" foreshadows Iron
Maiden's "Run to the Hills" in depicting violent colonizers as the real
savages; and closer "Heroes End" laments the many legends born from
untimely deaths. So in the end, what really cements the celebrated
morbidity of Stained Class is the sinister atmosphere created by the
music itself. Never before had heavy metal sounded so viciously
aggressive, and never before had that been combined with such impeccable
chops. Seemingly at will, Tipton and Downing spit out brilliant riffs
that cut with knife-like precision, usually several per song. This means
that there's a lot to take in on Stained Class, but if there's nothing
here as immediate as the band's later hits, there's also a tremendous
amount that reveals itself only with repeated listens. While the album's
overall complexity is unrivalled in the band's catalog, the songs still
pack an enormous visceral impact; the tempos have often been jacked up
to punk-level speed, and unlike albums past, there's no respite from the
all-out adrenaline rush. Heavy metal had always dealt in extremes --
both sonically and emotionally -- but here was a fresh, vital new way to
go about it. It's impossible to overstate the impact that Stained Class
had on virtually all of the heavy metal that followed it, from the
NWOBHM through thrash and speed metal onward, and it remains Judas
Priest's greatest achievement.
Musicians: Vocals : Rob Halford
Guitars : Glenn Tipton
Guitars : K. K. Downing
Bass : Ian Hill
Drums : Les Binks
Tracks 1, 2, 4-9 Produced by Dennis MacKay and Judas Priest
Track 3 Produced by James Guthrie and Judas Priest
Recorded at Chipping Norton Studios, Advision Studios, Trident Studios, Utopia Studios
Mixed at Trident Studios and Advision Studios, London
Engineers: Neil Ross (Trident), Ken Thomas and Paul Northfield (Advision)
Track List: 01. Exciter [5:33]
02. White Heat, Red Hot [4:20]
03. Better By You, Better Than Me [3:25]
04. Stained Class [5:18]
05. Invader [4:12]
06. Saints In Hell [5:29]
07. Savage [3:28]
08. Beyond The Realms Of Death [6:52]
09. Heroes End [5:01]
10. Fire Burns Below (Bonus Track) [6:59]
11. Better By You, Better Than Me (Live) (Bonus Track) [3:41]
Judas Priest - Killing Machine (1978) Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872-5
FLAC: 350 MB | Artwork: 5 MB | MP3: 110 MB | 5% WinRAR Recovery To many of their American fans, Judas Priest's fifth album, Hell Bent for Leather,
has become synonymous both with the group's adoption of a
leather-and-studs wardrobe (a byproduct of singer Rob Halford's then
still closeted gay lifestyle) and with crystallizing the more concise
and versatile heavy rock songwriting that would be repeatedly polished
to a platinum sheen by the early '80s. Funny thing is, Priest fans
everywhere but the U.S. felt the very same ways about Priest's Killing
Machine LP, which is not at all surprising once one realizes they are in
fact the same album, by and large. As the story goes, Columbia Records'
U.S. office objected to the original title's violent connotations and
insisted on using the far more sexually charged, homoerotic alternative
-- making this possibly the first and last occasion in history in which
Europe chose violence over sex and America sex over violence, instead of
the other way 'round. Anyway, other than the album titles and the
addition of Priest's cover of Fleetwood Mac's "The Green Manalishi (With
the Two-Pronged Crown)" to the U.S. track listing, both editions were
otherwise virtually identical, down to the cover art and remaining song
sequencing. Which brings us back to the aforementioned laser-focused but
diverse songs contained within. On the one hand, high-powered
juggernauts like "Delivering the Goods," "Running Wild," and "Hell Bent
for Leather" kept the Priest metal machine firing on all cylinders; on
the other, infectious numbers like "Rock Forever," "Take on the World,"
and "Burnin' Up" crossed new thresholds of rock radio accessibility;
and, having broken through the "ballad barrier" with Stained Class'
"Beyond the Realms of Death," the band now felt emboldened to push well
beyond it with ever more broadly appealing new offerings like "Evening
Star" and "Before the Dawn." These are the real reasons, above all else,
why Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather was such a pivotal album in
Judas Priest's career, and remains a favorite among fans across the
world, no matter what title is attached to it.
Musicians: Vocals : Rob Halford
Guitars : Glenn Tipton
Guitars : K. K. Downing
Bass : Ian Hill
Drums : Les Binks
Produced and engineered by James Guthrie
Co-produced by Judas Priest
Recorded at Utopia, Basing Street and CBS Studios London
Mixed at Utopia Studios
Assistant engineers: Damian Korner, Andrew Jackson, Kevin Dallimore, Andrew Clark
Track List: 01. Delivering The Goods [4:18]
02. Rock Forever [3:20]
03. Evening Star [4:06]
04. Hell Bent For Leather [2:41]
05. Take On The World [3:01]
06. Burnin' Up [4:07]
07. The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) [3:23]
08. Killing Machine [3:02]
09. Running Wild [2:59]
10. Before The Dawn [3:23]
11. Evil Fantasies [4:15]
12. Fight For Your Life (Bonus Track) [4:06]
13. Riding On The Wind (Live) (Bonus Track) [3:16]
Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East (1979) Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872-6
FLAC: 470 MB | Artwork: 5 MB | MP3: 140 MB | 5% WinRAR Recovery Judas Priest's first official live recording has always been met with equal amounts of
acclaim and controversy: acclaim from those who consider it an excellent
summation of the metal legend's 1970s output, and controversy from the
critics and industry insiders who criticized what they believed to be a
heavily overdubbed and studio-enhanced performance, mockingly naming it
Unleashed in the Studio at times. Before delving deeper into this issue,
let it be said that except for a few unfortunate omissions ("Hell Bent
for Leather," "Better by You, Better Than Me") the track listing here is
quite impressive. Along with powerful versions of such storming anthems
as "Exciter" and "Running Wild," the band delivers the definitive
version of the prog metallic "Sinner," and competent versions of their
popular covers tunes, "Diamonds and Rust" and "The Green Manalishi (With
the Two-Pronged Crown)." Interestingly, most of the tracks from the
classic Sad Wings of Destiny fall short of their mark, however, perhaps
because they forfeit heaviness at the expense of speed. As for the
"live" dilemma, in the late '90s estranged singer Rob Halford would
claim in interviews that, while the band's playing was indeed recorded
entirely live, his vocals had been ruined in the original mix, forcing
him to re-record them in one take in a concert-like setting. If this was
the case, it would hardly be the first or most severe case of studio
interference on a live recording, and fans seeking a concise, nearly
flawless collection of Priest's 1970s hits will not be disappointed.
Musicians: Vocals : Rob Halford
Guitars : Glenn Tipton
Guitars : K. K. Downing
Bass : Ian Hill
Drums : Les Binks
Produced by Tom Allom and Judas Priest
Recorded live at Kosienenkin Hall And Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Recording engineer: Yoshihiro Suzuki
Mixed at Startling Studios, Ascot, England
Engineered by Neil Kernon
Track List: 01. Exciter [5:39]
02. Running Wild [2:53]
03. Sinner [7:32]
04. The Ripper [2:44]
05. The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) [3:16]
06. Diamonds And Rust 3:31
07. Victim Of Changes [7:13]
08. Genocide [7:20]
09. Tyrant [4:33]
10. Rock Forever (Bonus Track) [3:28]
11. Delivering The Goods (Bonus Track) [4:07]
12. Hell Bent For Leather (Bonus Track) [2:41]
13. Starbreaker (Bonus Track) [6:00]
Judas Priest - British Steel (1980) Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872-7
FLAC: 350 MB | Artwork: 5 MB | MP3: 110 MB | 5% WinRAR Recovery Predating Metallica's self-titled blockbuster by 11 years, Judas Priest's British
Steel was a similarly pitched landmark boasting many of the same
accomplishments. It streamlined and simplified the progressive
intricacies of a band fresh off of revolutionizing the entire heavy
metal genre; it brought an aggressive, underground metal subgenre
crashing into the mainstream (in Priest's case, the NWOBHM; in
Metallica's, thrash); and it greatly expanded the possibilities for
heavy metal's commercial viability as a whole. Of course, British Steel
was nowhere near the sales juggernaut that Metallica was, but in
catapulting Judas Priest to the status of stadium headliners, it was the
first salvo fired in heavy metal's ultimate takeover of the hard rock
landscape during the 1980s. Packed with strong melodic hooks, British
Steel is a deliberate commercial move, forsaking the complexity of the
band's early work in favor of a robust, AC/DC-flavored groove. It's a
convincing transformation, as Priest prove equally adept at opening up
their arrangements to let the rhythms breathe (something Iron Maiden,
for all their virtues, never did master). The album is built around the
classic singles "Breaking the Law" and "Living After Midnight," both big
hits in the U.K., which openly posit Priest as a party band for the
first time. But British Steel is hardly a complete break from the band's
past. There are still uptempo slices of metallic mayhem bookending the
album in "Rapid Fire" and "Steeler," plus effective moodier pieces in
"Metal Gods" (ostensibly about gods literally made of metal, though you
know full well the band wanted a nickname) and the crawling menace of
"The Rage," which features arguably the best Rob Halford vocal on the
album. Not everything on British Steel quite holds up today -- the
British hit "United" is a simplistic (not just simplified)
football-chant anthem in the unfortunate tradition of "Take on the
World," while "You Don't Have to Be OId to Be Wise" wallows in the sort
of "eff your parents, man!" sentiments that are currently used to market
kids' breakfast cereals. These bits of blatant pandering can leave more
than a whiff of unease about the band's commercial calculations, and
foreshadow the temporary creative slip on the follow-up, Point of Entry.
Still, on the whole, British Steel is too important an album to have
its historical stature diluted by minor inconsistencies. Rather, it
sealed Judas Priest's status as genre icons, and kick-started heavy
metal's glory days of the 1980s. It went Top Five in the U.K. and became
their first Top 40 album in the U.S., going platinum in the process and
paving the way for countless imitators and innovators alike.
Musicians: Vocals : Rob Halford
Guitars : Glenn Tipton
Guitars : K. K. Downing
Bass : Ian Hill
Drums : Dave Holland
All songs written by Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford and K. K. Downing
Produced by Tom Allom
Engineered by Lou Austin
Cut at Trident Studios by Ray Staff
Track List: 01. Rapid Fire [4:08]
02. Metal Gods [4:01]
03. Breaking the Law [2:36]
04. Grinder [3:58]
05. United [3:36]
06. You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise [5:04]
07. Living After Midnight [3:31]
08. The Rage [4:44]
09. Steeler [4:30]
10. Red, White & Blue (Bonus Track) [3:43]
11. Grinder (Live) (Bonus Track) [4:50]
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981) Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872-8
FLAC: 390 MB | Artwork: 5 MB | MP3: 120 MB | 5% WinRAR Recovery Having reinvented themselves as an arena metal act with the hugely successful
British Steel, Judas Priest naturally opted to stay the course with
Point of Entry, keeping things simple while adding a bluesy boogie in
places, a sound they hadn't really attempted in quite some time.
However, where British Steel's simplicity was an effective reworking of
the band's sound, Point of Entry's songs aren't always up to par, making
its less well-crafted tracks sound like lunkheaded, low-effort filler.
When Point of Entry works, it works well -- "Heading Out to the
Highway," "Solar Angels," and "Desert Plains," for example, are great,
driving hard rock songs, but British rock anthem hits "Don't Go" and
"Hot Rockin'" seem oddly generic given Priest's reputation for
inventiveness. Even if Point of Entry is somewhat disappointing overall,
though, it's partly because of the album's genre-transforming
predecessors; it does have enough good moments to make it worthwhile to
diehards and fans of the group's more commercial '80s output.
Musicians: Vocals : Rob Halford
Guitars : Glenn Tipton
Guitars : K. K. Downing
Bass : Ian Hill
Drums : Dave Holland
Produced by Tom Allom
Recorded at Ibiza Sound Studios, Spain
Mixed by Louis Austin and Tom Allomat Starling Studios, Ascot, England
Mastered at CBS Recording Studios, New York on the CBS DisComputer System by Stewart Romain
Track List: 01. Heading Out To The Highway 3:47
02. Don't Go [3:18]
03. Hot Rockin' [3:18]
04. Turning Circles [3:42]
05. Desert Plains [4:37]
06. Solar Angels [4:04]
07. You Say Yes [3:29]
08. All The Way [3:43]
09. Troubleshooter [4:01]
10. On The Run [3:48]
11. Thunder Road (Bonus Track) [5:12]
12. Desert Plains (Live) (Bonus Track) [5:08]
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance (1982) Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872-9
FLAC: 400 MB | Artwork: 5 MB | MP3: 120 MB | 5% WinRAR Recovery In the early '80s, a new musical movement, dubbed "The New Wave of British Metal,"
swept across England. The conspirators include such heavy bands as Iron
Maiden, Motorhead, Saxon, and Def Leppard, but Judas Priest is often
credited as the originator and leader of the pack. Rob Halford's vocal
histrionics and the dual guitar attack of K.K. Downing and Glen Tipton
mesmerized metal-heads everywhere. While Priest had been together since
the early-'70s, the band's big U.S. breakthrough came with 1982's
SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE.
Like most other metal bands that broke through in the early '80s (Motley
Crue, Twisted Sister, etc.), Judas Priest took advantage of the
then-developing video medium. MTV put the clip for "You Got Another
Thing Coming" in heavy rotation, and the song became one of heavy
metal's all-time classic anthems. Other album tracks, such as "The
Hellion," "Electric Eye," "(Take These) Chains," "Devil's Child," and
the title composition, were all prime metal cuts. With its perfect
balance of heavy riffing and melodicism, SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE is
considered by many to be among the finest heavy metal albums ever made.
Musicians: Vocals : Rob Halford
Guitars : Glenn Tipton
Guitars : K. K. Downing
Bass : Ian Hill
Drums : Dave Holland
Produced by Tom Allom. Engineered by Louis Austin.
Recorded at Ibiza Sound Studios, Ibiza, Spain
Mixed at Beejay Recording Studios, Orlando, Florida and Bayshore Recording Studios, Coconut Grove, Florida.
Track List: 01. The Hellion [0:42]
02. Electric Eye [3:39]
03. Riding On The Wind [3:10]
04. Bloodstone [3:53]
05. (Take These) Chains [3:08]
06. Pain And Pleasure [4:16]
07. Screaming For Vengeance [4:43]
08. You've Got Another Thing Comin' [5:10]
09. Fever [5:22]
10. Devil's Child [4:51]
11. Prisoner Of Your Eyes (Bonus Track) [7:12]
12. Devil's Child (Live) (Bonus Track) [5:03]
Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith (1984) Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872-10
FLAC: 380 MB | Artwork: 5 MB | MP3: 120 MB | 5% WinRAR Recovery The last quality album from Judas Priest's commercial period, Defenders of the
Faith doesn't quite reach the heights of British Steel or Screaming for
Vengeance, in part because it lacks a standout single on the level of
those two records' best material. That said, even if there's a low
percentage of signature songs here, there's a remarkably high percentage
of hidden gems waiting to be unearthed, making Defenders possibly the
most underrated record in Priest's catalog. Musically, it follows the
basic blueprint of Screaming for Vengeance, alternating intricate speed
rockers with fist-pumping midtempo grooves and balancing moderate
musical sophistication with commercial accessibility. It's a
craftsmanlike record from a band that had been in the game for a full
decade already, but was still vital and exciting, and decidedly not on
autopilot (yet). The record opens high-energy with the terrific
"Freewheel Burning" and "Jawbreaker" before moving into lost anthem
"Rock Hard Ride Free," the more complex "The Sentinel," the cold, oddly
mechanized single "Love Bites," and the slightly darker "Some Heads Are
Gonna Roll." Coincidentally (both were released the same year), there's a
bit of Spinal Tap creeping into the band's approach on side two -- not
just in calling a song "Heavy Duty," but also in the ridiculous
rough-sex ode "Eat Me Alive," which comes off like an S&M-themed
"Sex Farm" (albeit without the tasteful subtlety). It wound up getting
the band in trouble with Tipper Gore's PMRC, though one wonders if it
would have helped or hindered their cause that the song's sexual
aggression was, in hindsight, not directed at women. At any rate,
Defenders of the Faith charted only one spot lower than its predecessor,
and was certified platinum. Hereafter, Priest would have significant
difficulties adapting to the fast-changing landscape of heavy metal in
the latter half of the '80s.
Musicians: Vocals : Rob Halford
Guitars : Glenn Tipton
Guitars : K. K. Downing
Bass : Ian Hill
Drums : Dave Holland
All songs written by Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford and K. K. Downing
except "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll," written by Bob Halligan, Jr. and
"Turn On Your Light," written by Glenn Tipton and Rob Halford
Produced by Tom Allom Engineered by Mark Dodson
Assistant Engineers: Christian Eser, Bruce Hensal, David Roeder, Ben King, Buddy Thornton
Recorded in Europe
Mixed at DB Recording Studios, Miami, Florida and Bayshore Studios, Miami, Florida
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York
Track List: 01. Freewheel Burning [4:24]
02. Jawbreaker [3:28]
03. Rock Hard Ride Free [5:36]
04. The Sentinel [5:04]
05. Love Bites [4:48]
06. Eat Me Alive [3:36]
07. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll [4:08]
08. Night Comes Down [4:02]
09. Heavy Duty [2:26]
10. Defenders Of The Faith [1:29]
11. Turn On Your Light (Bonus Track) [5:24]
12. Heavy Duty/Defenders Of The Faith (Live) (Bonus Track) [5:26]
Judas Priest - Turbo (1986) Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872-11
FLAC: 400 MB | Artwork: 5 MB | MP3: 120 MB | 5% WinRAR Recovery Searching for a way to retool their sound, Judas Priest attempted to accentuate their
melodic side on Turbo by incorporating synthesizers and '80s pop-metal
stylings ("Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days" sounds more like Poison,
albeit with synths). The restrained songcraft sometimes pays dividends,
especially on the synth-driven leadoff track, "Turbo Lover," easily the
best song on the record and a successful reimagining of the Priest
formula. But often, the band simply sounds directionless, unsure of
exactly which path to accessibility it should follow; moreover, the
synth-guitar backing and overly polished production give the album an
oddly mechanized, processed feel. It certainly doesn't help most of the
material, which is often at least competent but rarely inspired enough
to make much of an impression. That's unfortunate because Turbo's best
moments indicate that with a clearer focus, the album could have been a
creative success; however, it's overall Judas Priest's weakest release
since Rocka Rolla.
Musicians: Vocals : Rob Halford
Guitars : Glenn Tipton
Guitars : K. K. Downing
Bass : Ian Hill
Drums : Dave Holland
All songs written and arranged by Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford and K. K. Downing
Produced by Tom Allom Engineered by Bill Dooley
Mixed by Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing, Tom Allom and Bill Dooley
Assistant engineers: Paul Wertheimer, Sean Burrows Equipment surveillance: Tom Calcaterra
Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau.
Mixed at the old and new Record Plant, LA Mastered by Bernie Grundman, LA., USA
Track List: 01. Turbo Lover [5:32]
02. Locked In [4:19]
03. Private Property [4:30]
04. Parental Guidance [3:26]
05. Rock You All Around The World [3:38]
06. Out In The Cold [6:27]
07. Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days [4:40]
08. Hot For Love [4:12]
09. Reckless [4:20]
10. All Fired Up (Bonus Track) [4:45]
11. Locked In (Live) (Bonus Track) [4:25]
Judas Priest - Priest...Live! (1987, 2CD) Year & Label: 2012, Sony Music Entertainment UK | CD#: 88697967872-12/13
FLAC: 790 MB | Artwork: 15 MB | MP3: 230 MB | 5% WinRAR Recovery Judas Priest's first live album, Unleashed in the East, was a powerhouse, but
Priest...Live! is a sad, lackluster document of an aging heavy metal
band desperately trying to hold onto its glory days. No matter how hard
it tried, the group could not hide the fact that its power was declining
rapidly.
Musicians: Vocals : Rob Halford
Guitars : Glenn Tipton
Guitars : K. K. Downing
Bass : Ian Hill
Drums : Dave Holland
Produced by Tom Allom
Engineered by Patrice Wilkison Levinsohn
Assistant engineer: Charles Dye
Mixed at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami
Mastered by Mike Fuller, Miami
Recorded during the Judas Priest 'Fuel For Life' World Tour of 1986
CD1 Track List: 01. Out In The Cold [6:51]
02. Heading Out To The Highway [4:53]
03. Metal Gods [4:11]
04. Breaking The Law [2:43]
05. Love Bites [5:27]
06. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll [4:23]
07. The Sentinel [5:14]
08. Private Property [4:51]
CD2 Track List: 01. Rock You All Around The World [4:42]
02. Electric Eye [4:20]
03. Turbo Lover [5:53]
04. Freewheel Burning [5:01]
05. Parental Guidance [4:11]
06. Living After Midnight [7:24]
07. You've Got Another Thing Comin' [8:05]
08. Screaming For Vengeance (Bonus Track) [5:55]
09. Rock Hard Ride Free (Bonus Track) [6:43]
10. Hell Bent For Leather (Bonus Track) [4:43]
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