Judas Priest
Agora Ballroom
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
May 7, 1978
FM Broadcast Recording - 3rd Generation Tape
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included
01 White Heat, Red Hot
02 The Ripper
03 Beyond The Realms Of Death
04 Victim Of Changes
05 Starbreaker
06 Tyrant
07 Genocide (cuts out early)
Incomplete Show
Rob Halford – lead vocals
K. K. Downing – guitars, backing vocals
Glenn Tipton – guitars, backing vocals
Ian Hill – bass guitar
Les Binks – drums
Early broadcast from Judas Priest on their Stained Class tour. A lot of Judas Priest fans prefer the recordings with Les Binks on drums. Each time Judas Priest changed drummers there was a change to the music as well. When Les Binks joined The Priest actually took a heavier turn. Heavier and faster, but when Dave Holland joined Priest took a more commercial turn. The songs seemed to be written for a more radio friendly sound. When Dave Holland was replaced with Scott Travis Judas Priest returned to a Heavier sound. Not sure if these were calculated moves or just what happens when a band changes one ingredient in the mix.
This recording does show it's age or maybe more correctly it's generation. I would love to get a hold of a 1st Gen copy or the master because this is an awesome early performance from Priest. It is an enjoyable listen, but has a few little flaws...
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Thank you! I love Les Bink's drumming on "Unleashed In The East"
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome! Les Bink's is one of the most under rated & forgotten drummers of The Traditional Heavy Metal era in my opinion he should be mentioned in the same list as John Bonham, Neil Peart, and Bill Ward when it comes to drummers who shaped Heavy Metal.
DeleteDave
Thank you ! I love Les Bink's drumming on "Unleashed In The East".
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