Many of you keep asking more from the excellent “Alive The Live” CD series only available in Japan (disc manufactured in Taiwan by King Records). There’s many JUDAS PRIEST bootlegs floating around, but few sound as good as this “Live In New York 1981“. Seriously, sound quality is A+.
In 1980, their LP ‘British Steel’ gave Judas Priest international exposure – next year 1981’s ‘Point Of Entry’ built on the winning formula laid out in its predecessor and would lay the ground for their commercial breakthrough album ‘Screaming For Vengeance’.
For the Point Of Entry tour (titled ‘World Wide Blitz Tour’) Priest performed at New York’s Palladium, 22nd July of 1981, recorded to broadcast at the famous “King Biscuit Flower Hour” for promotional purposes. This Alive The Live release is taken from the original physical sources > sound quality is top notch.
Promoting new material alongside now legendary Priest Classics, the entire gig presents a roaring slice of British heavy metal hell with Judas Priest – they really put one of their finest shows from the era.
Early in 1980 the band’s sales and charts finally began to rise in the US, and after the release of their studio album “Point Of Entry”, they focused on the American market and performed in the US on the “World Wide Blitz Tour” with about 60 shows.
”Live In New York 1981” uses the audio from that KBFH broadcast, and contains the complete concert including medleys and encores.
HIGHLY Recommended
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01 – Intro / Solar Angels
02 – Heading Out to the Highway
03 – Diamonds and Rust
04 – Hell Bent for Leather
05 – Sinner
06 – Beyond the Realms of Death
07 – Grinder
08 – Desert Plains
09 – Hot Rockin’
10 – You Don’t Have to Be Old to Be Wise
11 – Victim of Changes
12 – The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown)
13 – Breaking the Law
14 – Living After Midnight
15 – Tyrant
Rob Halford – Lead vocals
Glenn Tipton – guitar and background vocals
K.K. Downing – guitar and background vocals
Ian Hill – Bass and background vocals
Dave Holland – Drums