THE Judas Priest thread - v. new album and tour in 2024

[wolfking]

If they release a cheaper version with just the CDs but without all the autographs and stuff I may be interested but I can't justify spending that much.

Also I wonder if the songs from the SAW sessions will be on there. After reading about them in Halford's book I'd be really interested in hearing them.

All speculation, but I'll wait for the actual cost and decide from there.

[ozzy554]

I don't know if the price is set in stone but you can pre-order the set on Priest's official store for 480$

[wolfking]

I don't know if the price is set in stone but you can pre-order the set on Priest's official store for 480$

Yowsers!!  That's a bit steep IMO.  Not sure how that would translate in Aussie dollars.  I dare not check.

[ProfessorPeart]

I have this set, which does have Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings. It did omit the Ripper albums, but I already had those. It's from 2012.

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Albums-Collection-Judas-Priest/dp/B006TZBGBW

I see no need to drop the cash on the new super set.

[jammindude]

I have this set, which does have Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings. It did omit the Ripper albums, but I already had those. It's from 2012.

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Albums-Collection-Judas-Priest/dp/B006TZBGBW

I see no need to drop the cash on the new super set.

I stand corrected.

Did the band finally acquire the rights from Gull?

[wolfking]

I have this set, which does have Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings. It did omit the Ripper albums, but I already had those. It's from 2012.

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Albums-Collection-Judas-Priest/dp/B006TZBGBW

I see no need to drop the cash on the new super set.

I stand corrected.

Did the band finally acquire the rights from Gull?

I have both on cd.  Not sure off the top of my head the label but both are in digipak format with some notes.

[jammindude]

I have both as well, but they are older Gull pressings. I just remember when the big remaster releases rolled out, the first two weren’t included because the band didn’t have the rights to them.

I seem to remember a LOOONG time ago, the albums weren’t even included in the discography on their website for the same reason. But I know that changed.

[Stadler]

If they release a cheaper version with just the CDs but without all the autographs and stuff I may be interested but I can't justify spending that much.

Also I wonder if the songs from the SAW sessions will be on there. After reading about them in Halford's book I'd be really interested in hearing them.

I'm with you; I have zero use for the trinkets and shit at this point.   

By the way, could CD28 be Battle Cry, the live album from the Redeemer tour?   

I'm hoping that the last two CDs has the live single b-sides from the Unleashed period, and the SAW stuff. If it's just the bonus tracks on the remasters from... 2000 or so, then no thanks.    I do want the live stuff, though...

[MirrorMask]

By the way, could CD28 be Battle Cry, the live album from the Redeemer tour?   

Most likely.

[MirrorMask]

BTW, unless I missed it this was not disclosed yet:

CD41 & CD42 – Beyond Live & Rare

Previously unreleased stereo recordings from the archives

CD41

Epitaph (Studio Demo) Demo from 1976’s Sad Wings Of Destiny
Solar Angels (Live) July 22, 1981 – New York, NY – The Palladium
Sinner (Live) July 22, 1981 – New York, NY – The Palladium
Desert Plains (Live) July 22, 1981 – New York, NY – The Palladium
You Don’t Have To Be Old To Be Wise (Live) July 22, 1981 – New York, NY – The Palladium
Genocide (Live) May 09, 1978 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
Victim Of Changes (Live) May 09, 1978 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
Ripper (Live) May 09, 1978 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
Screaming For Vengeance (Live) November 24, 1982 – Tucson, AZ – Tucson Convention Center
The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) (Live) June 07, 1981 – Odessa, TX – Ector County Coliseum
Victim of Changes (Live) June 07, 1981 – Odessa, TX – Ector County Coliseum

CD42

Tyrant (Live) June 07, 1981 – Odessa, TX – Ector County Coliseum
Diamonds and Rust (Live) February 14, 1981 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Jaap Edenhal
White Heat Red Hot (Live) July 29, 1978 – Tokyo, Japan – Yuubin Chokin Hall
Better By You Better Than Me (Live) July 29, 1978 – Tokyo, Japan – Yuubin Chokin Hall
Starbreaker (Live) July 29, 1978 – Tokyo, Japan – Yuubin Chokin Hall
Rock Forever (Live) Killing Machine Tour – February 09, 1979 – Tokyo, Japan – KÅÂÂÂÂÂ sei Nenkin Kaikan
Evil Fantasies (Live) Killing Machine Tour – February 09, 1979 – Tokyo, Japan – KÅÂÂÂÂÂ sei Nenkin Kaikan
Troubleshooter (Live) World Wide Blitz Tour – February 29, 1981 – Wiesbaden, Germany – Rhein-Main-Halle
Grinder (Live) World Wide Blitz Tour – February 29, 1981 – Wiesbaden, Germany – Rhein-Main-Halle
The Sentinel (Live) May 02, 1984 – Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum
Freewheel Burning (Live) May 02, 1984 – Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum
All Guns Blazing (Live) August 17, 1991 – Montreal, QC, Canada – Forum de Montreal
Painkiller (Live) March 26, 1991 – Sheffield, England – Sheffield City Hall
Mother Sun (Live) October 11, 1975 – Slough, England – Slough College

[Stadler]

I'm sure someone will give me shit for complaining about a 42-CD set, but this is what's maddening about Priest.  They raise more questions than they solve.   They include songs from Cleveland in '78, but we KNOW - because they've been released, albeit in limited form - that there are other songs - Beyond the Realms of Death and Starbreaker - from that show.  NOT HERE.   Evil Fantasies and BTROD from the the Japan shows (the album was from the evening show on the 10th of February, not the 9th) were released as b-sides, but NOT HERE.

I don't know; I'm a completist, so this bothers me a shade.

[pg1067]

I don't know if the price is set in stone but you can pre-order the set on Priest's official store for 480$

Yowsers!!  That's a bit steep IMO.  Not sure how that would translate in Aussie dollars.  I dare not check.

A hair under 650 AUD (just based on the present conversion rate).


At the official Priest store, there is a $12 single CD set that has the following:

1.   Let Us Prey / Call for the Priest
2.   You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
3.   Fever
4.   Eat Me Alive
5.   All Guns Blazing
6.   Never The Heroes
7.   Dissident Aggressor (Live)
8.   Out in the Cold (Live)
9.   Judas Priest - Running Wild (Live)
10.   Victim Of Changes (Live) (May 09, 1978 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre)
11.   The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) (Live) (Point of Entry ‘Worldwide Blitz’ Tour - Live in Hammersmith, London - November 21, 1981 - Foundations Forum - Hammersmith Odeon)
12.   Bloodstone (Live) (Screaming For Vengeance World Vengeance Tour - Live in Atlanta, GA - December 11, 1982 - The Omni)
13.   The Ripper (Live) (Irvine, CA - July 12, 1991 - Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre)
14.   Beyond the Realms of Death (Live) (Killing Machine/Hell Bent For Leather Tour - Live In New York, NY - March 11, 1979 - The Mudd Club)
15.   The Hellion / Electric Eye (Live) (Turbo ‘Fuel For Life’ Tour - Live In Houston, TX - June 21, 1986 - The Summit)
16.   Sinner (Live) (Ram It Down ‘Mercenaries Of Metal’ Tour - Live In New Haven, CT - August 7, 1988 - New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum)

The first six tracks are remastered.

BTW, unless I missed it this was not disclosed yet:

CD41 & CD42 – Beyond Live & Rare

Previously unreleased stereo recordings from the archives

So...basically, random, mostly live stuff.  Meh....

Doesn't really matter because there's no chance I'm paying nearly $500 for something where I already have a substantial chunk of it.

[wolfking]

By the way, could CD28 be Battle Cry, the live album from the Redeemer tour?   

Most likely.

Ah yes, of course.

[wolfking]

BTW, unless I missed it this was not disclosed yet:

CD41 & CD42 – Beyond Live & Rare

Previously unreleased stereo recordings from the archives

CD41

Epitaph (Studio Demo) Demo from 1976’s Sad Wings Of Destiny
Solar Angels (Live) July 22, 1981 – New York, NY – The Palladium
Sinner (Live) July 22, 1981 – New York, NY – The Palladium
Desert Plains (Live) July 22, 1981 – New York, NY – The Palladium
You Don’t Have To Be Old To Be Wise (Live) July 22, 1981 – New York, NY – The Palladium
Genocide (Live) May 09, 1978 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
Victim Of Changes (Live) May 09, 1978 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
Ripper (Live) May 09, 1978 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
Screaming For Vengeance (Live) November 24, 1982 – Tucson, AZ – Tucson Convention Center
The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) (Live) June 07, 1981 – Odessa, TX – Ector County Coliseum
Victim of Changes (Live) June 07, 1981 – Odessa, TX – Ector County Coliseum

CD42

Tyrant (Live) June 07, 1981 – Odessa, TX – Ector County Coliseum
Diamonds and Rust (Live) February 14, 1981 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Jaap Edenhal
White Heat Red Hot (Live) July 29, 1978 – Tokyo, Japan – Yuubin Chokin Hall
Better By You Better Than Me (Live) July 29, 1978 – Tokyo, Japan – Yuubin Chokin Hall
Starbreaker (Live) July 29, 1978 – Tokyo, Japan – Yuubin Chokin Hall
Rock Forever (Live) Killing Machine Tour – February 09, 1979 – Tokyo, Japan – KÅÂÂÂÂÂ sei Nenkin Kaikan
Evil Fantasies (Live) Killing Machine Tour – February 09, 1979 – Tokyo, Japan – KÅÂÂÂÂÂ sei Nenkin Kaikan
Troubleshooter (Live) World Wide Blitz Tour – February 29, 1981 – Wiesbaden, Germany – Rhein-Main-Halle
Grinder (Live) World Wide Blitz Tour – February 29, 1981 – Wiesbaden, Germany – Rhein-Main-Halle
The Sentinel (Live) May 02, 1984 – Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum
Freewheel Burning (Live) May 02, 1984 – Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum
All Guns Blazing (Live) August 17, 1991 – Montreal, QC, Canada – Forum de Montreal
Painkiller (Live) March 26, 1991 – Sheffield, England – Sheffield City Hall
Mother Sun (Live) October 11, 1975 – Slough, England – Slough College

Lol, one studio cut? 

[wolfking]

I don't know if the price is set in stone but you can pre-order the set on Priest's official store for 480$

Yowsers!!  That's a bit steep IMO.  Not sure how that would translate in Aussie dollars.  I dare not check.

A hair under 650 AUD (just based on the present conversion rate).


At the official Priest store, there is a $12 single CD set that has the following:

1.   Let Us Prey / Call for the Priest
2.   You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
3.   Fever
4.   Eat Me Alive
5.   All Guns Blazing
6.   Never The Heroes
7.   Dissident Aggressor (Live)
8.   Out in the Cold (Live)
9.   Judas Priest - Running Wild (Live)
10.   Victim Of Changes (Live) (May 09, 1978 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre)
11.   The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) (Live) (Point of Entry ‘Worldwide Blitz’ Tour - Live in Hammersmith, London - November 21, 1981 - Foundations Forum - Hammersmith Odeon)
12.   Bloodstone (Live) (Screaming For Vengeance World Vengeance Tour - Live in Atlanta, GA - December 11, 1982 - The Omni)
13.   The Ripper (Live) (Irvine, CA - July 12, 1991 - Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre)
14.   Beyond the Realms of Death (Live) (Killing Machine/Hell Bent For Leather Tour - Live In New York, NY - March 11, 1979 - The Mudd Club)
15.   The Hellion / Electric Eye (Live) (Turbo ‘Fuel For Life’ Tour - Live In Houston, TX - June 21, 1986 - The Summit)
16.   Sinner (Live) (Ram It Down ‘Mercenaries Of Metal’ Tour - Live In New Haven, CT - August 7, 1988 - New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum)

The first six tracks are remastered.

BTW, unless I missed it this was not disclosed yet:

CD41 & CD42 – Beyond Live & Rare

Previously unreleased stereo recordings from the archives

So...basically, random, mostly live stuff.  Meh....

Doesn't really matter because there's no chance I'm paying nearly $500 for something where I already have a substantial chunk of it.

Yeah no way I'm paying that.

[MirrorMask]

"lol, one studio cut?"

Yeah, precisely, it all feels so.... random. "So, we have to reach 50 discs somehow, we had these live songs here and there, listen to them I guess. Oh, we also found a demo, we might put it at the beginning since we're at it".

They're not even in chronological order, it's just a random collection of live leftovers, kinda meh.

[wolfking]

I wonder if the studio albums are the same as the remaster with the bonus studio songs or if it's just the original albums.  Maybe there's no unreleased studio stuff left but that's hard to believe.

Off the top of my head I have a 2CD version of Demolition with a non album track and two re-records.  Stuff li k e that you would have thought would be included here.  The cd's are no doubt cardboard sleeves too I'd imagine.

[jammindude]

But guys! You get a dull razor blade!!!! 

[wolfking]

But guys! You get a dull razor blade!!!! 

Haha.  Can't help but to feel this box is a real missed opportunity.

[TAC]

But guys! You get a dull razor blade!!!! 

Haha.  Can't help but to feel this box is a real missed opportunity.

Yeah, 75 CD Box Set!

[wolfking]

But guys! You get a dull razor blade!!!! 

Haha.  Can't help but to feel this box is a real missed opportunity.

Yeah, 75 CD Box Set!

I mean, newer fans that are just getting into them it's wonderful.  For us die hard that have everything, not so much.

[gazinwales]

Were Brothers of the road and we rock!
https://youtu.be/9QYLAQ1q4RU

[jammindude]

Were Brothers of the road and we rock!
https://youtu.be/9QYLAQ1q4RU

Man! This new Manowar song ain’t half bad! At least with Manowar, you always know what you’re gett……


……oh.

[wolfking]

Were Brothers of the road and we rock!
https://youtu.be/9QYLAQ1q4RU

So good you had to post it in two threads? 

[gazinwales]

Do you need to quote every time you reply to a post?

[wolfking]

Do you need to quote every time you reply to a post?

Yes.  Problem?

I was having a joke mate, wasn't having a go at you.  Apologies if it seems that way.  I'll watch the quoting.  Didn't realise that was an issue.

[Enigmachine]

That song feels like a parody of Judas Priest to be honest. Ripper really doesn't have the kind of charisma or subtlety to pull off one of these more understated tracks. He's in that edgy snarl mode all the time and I think that's what many people find grating about him.

[Stadler]

Bland. Not horrible, by why listen to that if you can listen to "Heading Out To The Highway"?   

I am stunned at how much KK looks like Joe Namath, though. 

[TAC]

I am stunned at how much KK looks like Joe Namath, though. 

Good call. 

[ozzy554]

I was away on vacation and didn't really get a chance to hear the new KK until now and just like the other two I didn't think it was bad but it's on the bland side. I could've sworn Ripper used to have more variety in his voice. Maybe its like Brian Johnson who has been with AC/DC so long that it seems he can only sing that style now compared to his Geordie days.

Also while Halford's lyrics can be cheesy at times his stuff is usually is at least more creative than this. I know I should try and let the material stand on it's own instead of comparing it to priest but it's hard not to do so when its in the name.

[Stadler]

I was away on vacation and didn't really get a chance to hear the new KK until now and just like the other two I didn't think it was bad but it's on the bland side. I could've sworn Ripper used to have more variety in his voice. Maybe its like Brian Johnson who has been with AC/DC so long that it seems he can only sing that style now compared to his Geordie days.

Also while Halford's lyrics can be cheesy at times his stuff is usually is at least more creative than this. I know I should try and let the material stand on it's own instead of comparing it to priest but it's hard not to do so when its in the name.

I'm usually the guy that says take it on it's face, but every effort is being made to make this the counter-point to Priest, so I can't see any reason not to take them up on that.

[ozzy554]

They just played their first show in 2 years and my god they aren't afraid to pull out these deep cuts lately. I bolded all the songs not played in at least 10 years

One Shot at Glory
Lightning Strike
You've Got Another Thing Comin'
Exciter
Turbo Lover
Hell Patrol
Halls of Valhalla
The Sentinel
Rocka Rolla
Victim of Changes
Desert Plains
A Touch of Evil
Dissident Aggressor
Blood Red Skies
Invader
Painkiller
The Hellion
Electric Eye
Hell Bent for Leather
Metal Gods
(with Glenn Tipton)
Breaking the Law
(with Glenn Tipton)
Living After Midnight
(with Glenn Tipton)

[Mladen]

Rocka rolla is an absolutely insane choice. 

[Stadler]

No lie, I might consider going just to see Rocka Rolla and Invader. 

[wolfking]

One Shot at Glory!