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Man, I'm loving the site. Good job! I am right now downloading the 1975 Reading Festival/Slough College boot. Keep 'em coming!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by NupeTheJawbreaker from Friday, February 18, 2011 1:42:46 PM)| |  | NupeTheJawbreaker wrote: | | Hi guys, how's things? Been listening to a lot of bootlegs lately? Well I certainly have, most of my free time during the past couple of weeks has been spent doing that...
I recently launched a website which lists all of the quality bootlegs I've found in a single place, with full ID3 tag information, and on file hosting services that don't impose any limitations on downloading. You're welcome to add any new suggestions there. This is simply a project I put up after I got bored of have little-to-no information on most of the bootlegs.
Here it is: Priest's Boot
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Hi guys, how's things? Been listening to a lot of bootlegs lately? Well I certainly have, most of my free time during the past couple of weeks has been spent doing that...
I recently launched a website which lists all of the quality bootlegs I've found in a single place, with full ID3 tag information, and on file hosting services that don't impose any limitations on downloading. You're welcome to add any new suggestions there. This is simply a project I put up after I got bored of have little-to-no information on most of the bootlegs.
Here it is: Priest's Boot
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| [Priestfan2010] Saturday, February 05, 2011 1:54:38 PM | |
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Everyone, this is is how it began! Painkiller doesn't exactly come to one's mind does it?
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, February 04, 2011 10:23:42 PM | |
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Oooops! LOL!
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| [Priestfan2010] Friday, February 04, 2011 3:18:48 PM | |
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Thanks Acolyte. And I don't know how many of you have heard about this but it's pretty much some guys walking around a parking lot before a Judas Priest concert in I think 1986. Pretty classic, good for some laughs.
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| [acolyte55] Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:48:38 PM | |
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hey priestfan , i own a book called JUDAS PRIEST:HEAVYMETAL PAINKILLERS its by martin popoff and i found it to be quite good , the other book suggested is also a good one and has some great stories about them starting out and not only that but a great list of concerts , band , and solo material that the members have done over the years ! both have some great photos! if you are able buy both DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH and JUDAS PRIEST: HEAVY METAL PAINKILLERS do so !! the DOTF one is a lot less sanitized because it is unauthorized but both were must haves for me cheers !!!!!
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| [Nupe The Ripper] Thursday, February 03, 2011 8:08:41 AM | |
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| Probably the best book you can get at the moment is Defenders of the Faith by Neil Daniels. It's unauthorized, but also the most definitive biography book about the band at the moment. |
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| [Priestfan2010] Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:45:59 PM | |
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| I've been thinking about buying a book about the band's history for some time now, but I don't know which one to choose seeing as there is a few. Does anyone have any recomendations of a book that's factual, interesting, and up-to-date? |
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| [Nupe The Ripper] Tuesday, February 01, 2011 6:41:55 PM | |
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Found a couple more bootleg sites, but unfortunately two out of the three also had links to illegal downloads for the official releases, like studio albums. I'm posting here the only one that was "legit": onlybootleghere.blogspot.com/search/label/Judas%20Priest
All of the sites had some unique bits in them, like the King Biscuit 1984 broadcast and some easy-to access downloads for ABC Defenders and Essen '86, plus some harder-to-find boots like Saints & Sinners. But the two others do indeed contain official stuff as well, so I'm not linking them here, but I'll give links in a PM t anyone interested. |
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I just finished listening to the interview. I don't see why the band is calling it rubbish: John Hinch isn't exactly ranting about the band in any way (unlike in the unofficial biography book "Defenders of the Faith" where he's more aggressive towards the band), and while I can't be sure of the facts, he doesn't seem to be lying either. Although I do agree that it doesn't offer any new information and is definitely not a reason to purchase a record with it.
The Sad Wings/Rocka Rolla bundle-pack I got looks like this (without the black sticker).
It's a pretty good remastering of the original albums and eliminates any hiss that supposedly exists in earlier re-releases. It also uses the original mixes instead of the remixes on Hero, Hero (which are pretty atrocious, if you ask me). The bonuses, then are a different thing. There's the 1975 version of Diamonds and Rust found on just about every reissue of Rocka Rolla, which is nice to have but nothing ground-breaking. Then there's the Old Grey Whistle performances in Video CD format, which are claimed to be rare but have been already released in much better quality on the official Electric Eye DVD in 2003, while this is from 2006 (not 2000 as I originally remembered). The Sad Wings side also sounds good and has been faithfully remastered, but there's no extras to speak about. There's only the John Hinch interview which, as I said earlier in this post, really doesn't offer anything new.
If you can find one and still don't own the original two albums, this is a good choice. But if you already have the first two albums in some format, then this is just as valuable as any of the other re-releases and -packings: zero. |
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The same interview is also included as a "bonus" on the Sad Wings of Destiny album in the bundle-pack of Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings I bought from a department store a couple of years ago. It's pretty frustrating that it's simply put in after the original music tracks, so if I don't want to listen to it (which is the case almost all the time), I'll have to pay attention and stop the play after Island of Domination has faded out (like any other SWoD re-releases, this too has had it A and B sides flipped). But I think I'll listen to the interview again once I get home from school today (as you can see, I'm really paying attention to my IT studies).
The booklet that comes with the CDs also gives a short, but good insight on the early history of Priest, with the important facts from 1968 all the way to 1974 (or '76, can't remember it right now). Other bonuses on the same package included the mandatory Gull Records-version of Diamonds and Rust and "rare" TV performances from 1975 (The Old Grey Whistle ones) on Video CD format (!). Although the "rare" moniker might be correct because, if I recall correctly, the package was originally from 2000, three years before they got their "official" release on the Electric Eye DVD.
About that bootleg trade site: whoa, someone really thinks he's got a good business there. 9-15 euros each from bootlegs I've gotten for free from other sites, often in lossless FLAC or high-quality MP3 format. They even dare to have the Memphis '82 show there, listed as "rare" and costs 20 euros! I bet that it's not the official release, the going rate for it is around 12 euros nowadays... Although I've seen worse prices; I remember seeing the 1986 Kiel Auditorium CD for sale at 60 dollars somewhere . Anyone who buys stuff from there is wasting his money on stuff that can be either gotten for free or much cheaper in other places.
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I thought it was very interesting as well.
Someone posted it here a while back. It's also on youtube.
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If any of you own the Best of Judas Priest Insight Series record, I'd like to know what you think of the inteviews with John Hinch the band claims are rubbish. I personally thought they were rather interesting.
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| [Budred] Monday, January 31, 2011 8:01:36 PM | |
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Love the pic. It brings back memories of my first show.
81' Point of Entry Tour, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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True but not really my point. Most legit torrent sites have clauses stating that any band who wants their torrent removed will do so immediately. GOOD trading sites do so immediately and will even ban an uploader upon a second infraction. Sellers such as those listed on that site have downloaded from legit sites from people who took all the economic hit and risk in the recording, mixed and produced a quality product all for the benefit of preserving a tour that would never have seen the light of day without their hard work. They ALWAYS include an info.txt file stating that their work is free to trade but is never to be sold. It is right next to the clause saying that it should also not be converted into any MP3 or other lossy format. They put in the hours just for the benefit of other fans, not for economic gain of any sort.
People who go against their wishes, download and then SELL the work that the original tapers freely gave away are just scum, plain and simple. I am not speaking of PirateBay or anyone who directly rips off the band on official releases. They deserve another inner circle of Dante's Inferno. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Priestfan2010 from Monday, January 31, 2011 7:29:21 PM)
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Guido: I know that selling bootlegs is in a way cheating the band out of some possible income, but that's nothing compared to what sites like Torrent and Limewire do. Just think about it, how much money do you think JP loses because of bootleg dealers compared to websites that allow you to freely download the band's entire discography? Honestly, I think these are the criminals...not so much people who sell rare, historical records (even if not official).
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Monday, January 31, 2011 6:45:18 PM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Sorry but I have to say that I have absolutely NO respect for tools who sell bootlegs. They download the recordings, mastering and artwork of others and sell for profit against the explicit wishes of the author. Stockholm was free online about a month after the show in 05. A second remaster came out with better EQ within the year.
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Here's the link to the site where you can buy just about anything...CDs, DVDs, records, shirts, autographs, posters, you name it. It's also where I found the Stockholm bootleg.
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Funny how this guy who has the JP: CD-R's and DVD-R's for sale, calls every other item he lists as "rare". Thats a hoot. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Priestfan2010 from Monday, January 31, 2011 5:55:37 PM)
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Here's the link to the site where you can buy just about anything...CDs, DVDs, records, shirts, autographs, posters, you name it. It's also where I found the Stockholm bootleg.
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Sorry but I have to say that I have absolutely NO respect for tools who sell bootlegs. They download the recordings, mastering and artwork of others and sell for profit against the explicit wishes of the author. Stockholm was free online about a month after the show in 05. A second remaster came out with better EQ within the year.
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Here's the link to the site where you can buy just about anything...CDs, DVDs, records, shirts, autographs, posters, you name it. It's also where I found the Stockholm bootleg.
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Here's the link to the site where you can buy just about anything...CDs, DVDs, records, shirts, autographs, posters, you name it. It's also where I found the Stockholm bootleg.
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Priestfan, could you give a working link for that Sweden show? The only ones I found were dead...
I can now proudly say that I have the only bootleg available from the Sin After Sin Tour, The Palladium July 16 1977 show. The quality is quite bad, so it's there more because of the historical value. I also got a Turbo era bootleg, from 17th October 1986 in Essen, Germany. It's very good for an audience recording, I strongly suggest this one until better ones can be found.
I also created a package that contains all of the 11 songs from Obey Their Law in high quality. Basically I took the 10 HQ songs already available, and then fiddled around with the EQ and volume levels of the lower-quality Green Manalishi so it now fits with the rest of the tracks better. There's a minor crack at the start of it, but the rest should be perfect.
Here's the links:
Palladium '77
San Antonio '82 HQ
Essen '86
For some reason there's no tracklisting included with the Essen bootleg, and the file names don't tell you anything either. Here's the list I made by listening to the songs:
CD 1
1. Out in the Cold
2. Locked In
3. Heading Out to the Highway
4. Metal Gods
5. Breaking the Law
6. Love Bites
7. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
8. The Sentinel
9. Private Property
10. Rock You All Around the World
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1. The Hellion/Electric Eye
2. Turbo Lover
3. Parental Guidance
4. Freewheel Burning
5. Victim of Changes (!)
6. The Green Manalishi
7. Living After Midnight
8. You've Got Another Thing Comin'
9. Hell Bent for Leather
As you can see it's pretty much the basic '86 tour stuff you can get from Priest...Live! and some remasters. The only one to really stand out is Victim of Changes, the first time I've heard it's '86 version. A must-have for any collector.
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Nupe: I found something from the Turbo Era. It's from Stockholm in 1986. There's also a bootleg DVD from this tour that I can post if you're interested. But anyways, here's the audio version.
 
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| [Nupe The Ripper] Sunday, January 30, 2011 8:20:08 AM | |
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Part 2 of my bootleg suggestions:
Screaming for Vengeance era
Obey Their Law (thanks Maple Syrup for pointing this out)
Recorded at the Hemisfair Arena Convention Center, San Antonio, USA on 10.09.1982 (tracks 1-11) (mislabeled as 28th, Rob clearly states that they're in San Antonio and it was on the 10th when they played there) and Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, USA on 12.12.1982 (tracks 12 and 13)
1. The Hellion/Electric Eye
2. Riding on the Wind
3. Metal Gods
4. Bloodstone
5. Breaking the Law
6. Heading Out to the Highway
7. You've Got Another Thing Comin'
8. Screaming for Vengeance
9. Living After Midnight
10. The Green Manalishi
11. Hell Bent for Leather
12. Diamonds and Rust
13. The Green Manalishi
Pros: Very good to excellent sound quality. An alternative to the Live Vengeance '82 DVD, if you don't want to rip the tracks from it.
Cons: Tracks 12 and 13 can be found as better versions on the Live Vengeance '82 DVD. The Hellion/Electric Eye can be found on Metalogy Disc 2. Also, this has only 11 tracks compared to the 14 usually played during this era. The sound tends to be a bit hollow at some points.
Available formats: 192 and 320 kbps MP3. Can be found as mislabeled as a 1983 recording, with The Green Manalishi and the Memphis tracks missing, but with superior quality.
Defenders of the Faith era
     
Long Beach 1984/Live Long Beach, California 5.5.1984/ABC Defenders/Defenders of Long Beach/California Burning (compilation with other tracks as well)
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, 05.05.1984 in association with ABC Rock Network. As can be seen from above, it's being shared under multiple titles, but all are from the same concert.
1. Interview with Rob Halford
2. Love Bites
3. Jawbreaker
4. Grinder
5. Metal Gods
6. Breaking the Law
7. Sinner
8. Desert Plains
9. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
10. The Sentinel
11. Rock Hard Ride Free
12. Night Comes Down
13. The Hellion/Electric Eye
14. Heavy Duty/Defenders of the Faith
15. Freewheel Burning
16. Victim of Changes
There's many versions of this track listing available, some omitting the interview, while at least one version (Califonia Burning) is missing the tracks 11 and 12.
Pros: One of the longest bootlegs with 15 different tracks. Almost perfect sound quality if you manage to find a good version.
Cons: Varying sound quality between different versions, some are taken from the FM broadcast and have errors, while some seem to be straight from the soundboard/FM master tape. I'll recommend either the California Burning, or if you want the whole concert, here's a good one as well: http://mp3asi.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18989, however this one doesn't have the interview in it. Tracks 3, 4, 11, 12 and 14 can be found on the Remasters as well.
Available formats: 160 and 256 kbps MP3
Ram It Down era
Electric Eye: Live in New Haven 1988
Recorded at the New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, USA on 07.08.1988
1. The Hellion/Electric Eye
2. Metal Gods
3. Sinner
4. Breaking the Law
5. Come and Get It
6. I'm a Rocker
7. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
8. Turbo Lover
9. Ram It Down
10. Heavy Metal
11. Living After Midnight
12. Hell Bent for Leather
13. Victim of Changes
14. The Green Manalishi
Pros: Excellent sound quality with no cracks or distortion. Rare live tracks from the Ram It Down album. Last tour with Dave Holland, I think that deserves a mention.
Cons: The sound volume is a bit silent, so you'll have to crank it up to hear the tracks properly. The sound might be a bit hollow at some points. If you don't like Ram It Down then this is not your record.
Available formats: 320 kbps MP3, lossless FLAC
Painkiller era
The Complete Painkiller Tour
Recorded at the Foundations Forum, Los Angeles, USA on 13.09.1990 (disc 1) and Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany on 18.02.1991 (disc 2)
Disc 1
1. Riding on the Wind
2. Grinder
3. Heading Out to the Highway
4. Metal Gods
5. Sinner
6. Between the Hammer and the Anvil
7. Bloodstone
8. Better by You, Better Than Me
9. Ram It Down
10. Heavy Metal
11. Victim of Changes
12. The Green Manalishi
13. Leather Rebel
14. Hell Bent for Leather
15. You've Got Another Thing Coming
16. Living After Midnight
Disc 2
1. Hell Bent for Leather
2. Grinder
3. The Hellion/Electric Eye
4. All Guns Blazing
5. The Sentinel
6. Metal Gods
7. Night Crawler
8. The Ripper
9. Beyond the Realms of Death
10. Riding on the Wind
11. Victim of Changes
12. Painkiller
13. The Green Manalishi
14. Breaking the Law
15. Living After Midnight
16. You've Got Another Thing Comin'
Pros: A good compilation of pretty much all the songs Priest played on the Painkiller Tour. Disc 1 is of very good quality, with some distortion at the loudest parts (probably this was recorded with a bit too much volume).
Cons: Disc 1 contains only two tracks from Painkiller, while Disc 2 is an audience recording and suffers from it greatly - if you don't want these German tracks, simply don't download the Part 3 of this package (Part 2 has Living After Midnight from the first disc, the rest being the first half of the German show). Better by You, Better Than Me and Leather Rebel can be found on the Remasters. Disc 1's Metal Gods, Sinner, Ram It Down, Heavy Metal and Victim of Changes are actually from the New Haven '88 bootleg, bringing the total amount of actual 1990 songs to 11. There's quite a bit of distortion at the loudest parts of the tracks.
Available formats: 192 kbps MP3
All of the boots I've mentioned in these two posts can be found at the addressess I mentioned at the bottom of my first review post (except for Red Hot Tokyo and the full, good-quality version of Long Beach '84, for which I gave you the link).
I'm not much interested in bootlegs of the Ripper Years or the second Halford era, so I'm not going to review any of them. There's more than enough official live material from them.
As you can see I haven't found any bootlegs at all for the Sin After Sin or Turbo eras. I know that the Kiel Auditorium show from '86 is recorded and found as bootleg, and there's also some tracks from a '77 New York show, but I haven't found them yet. Any help in finding them would be much appreciated.
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Last one for the nite. Seatlle 1980. British Steel. Sound is good to vg. I def like this thread. Have a gr8 evening everyone.MpleSyrp \m/
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Here's a quite comprehensive list of what bootlegs I've found the most appealing, ordered by the year they're from. Split in two posts, the other part will follow up eventually.
Rocka Rolla/Sad Wings of Destiny era:
The Ripper
Recorded at the Reading Festival, UK on 22.08.1975 (tracks 1-7) and Slough College, London, UK on 11.10.1975 (tracks 8-11)
1. Victim of Changes
2. Dreamer Deceiver
3. Deceiver
4. The Ripper
5. Mother Sun (dubbed "Father Mother Son" on the back cover)
6. Island of Domination
7. Rocka Rolla (mislabeled as Genocide because the intro is from it)
8. Victim of Changes
9. Dreamer Deceiver
10. Deceiver
11. The Ripper
Pros: Only full version of Mother Sun available (the Slough College one that's also in circulation is cut short at the end). Longer versions of The Ripper and Rocka Rolla. Long guitar solos by KK (Island of Domination) and Glenn (Rocka Rolla). A good compilation of the earliest known recorded Priest performances.
Cons: Quite poor sound quality, although you can't expect much from a 1975 audience recording, and for most of the time you can still hear the music pretty well. The Slough College recordings have improved quality, the audience being less prominent.
Available formats: 192 kbps MP3
Stained Class era:
Genocide
Recorded at the Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan on 31.07.1978 (tracks 1-5) and Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, USA (tracks 6-8) on 07.05.1978
1. White Heat, Red Hot
2. Victim of Changes
3. Beyond the Realms of Death
4. Genocide
5. Tyrant
6. White Heat, Red Hot
7. Starbreaker
8. Beyond the Realms of Death
Pros: Excellent sound quality, there's very little distortion. The bass is a little more pronounced than on most other records, but it's only makes the tracks sound better. You just can't get a better non-pro record from this era. Genocide has some extra guitar work in it, extending the length to almost 14 minutes!
Cons: Quite short, with only five new tracks (you can hear at the start of the Koseinenkin version of White Heat that they had played at least Exciter before that, but the other tracks don't seem to have gotten on a record). The Cleveland tracks have already been officially released (and sound better) on Priest, Live & Rare (and the singles of which the tracks were taken from), so they're of little value if you already have that compilation.
Available formats: 128 and 320 kbps MP3
The missing tracks can be supplemented with this:
Red Hot Tokyo
Possibly a TV recording, so don't expect good quality. It doesn't even contain any tracks that have never been heard live before, other than the short intro that was played at the start of each show. Get this if you want the whole concert, but be warned that the quality isn't very good. Available as both 128 and 320kbps MP3.
Hell Bent for Leather era:
New York 1979
Alternative cover:
The Palladium 1979
Recorded at the Palladium Theater, New York, USA on 04.11.1979
1. Hell Bent for Leather
2. Delivering the Goods
3. Running Wild
4. The Ripper
5. Beyond the Realms of Death
6. Diamonds and Rust
7. White Heat, Red Hot
8. Sinner
9. Green Manalishi
10. Victim of Changes
11. Genocide
12. Starbreaker
13. Take on the World
14. Tyrant
Pros: Excellent sound quality, with only minor cracks and drops in volume. Live version of Take on the World, at the start of the song Rob claims that 1980 will be the year of heavy metal. How correctly can someone predict things! A great alternative for Unleashed In the East, being 100% live.
Cons: Well, most of the tracks are already available on Unleashed. Rob's vocals also tend to be drowned out at some points.
Available formats: 128 (the first one) and 320 kbps MP3, lossless FLAC (both the latter one).
British Steel era
British Steeler
Recorded at the Calderone Hall, New York, USA on 07.07.1980, incorrectly labeled as July 5th on the back cover, or then this is from the Nassau Coliseum show instead
1. Hell Bent for Leather
2. The Ripper
3. Running Wild
4. Living After Midnight
5. Sinner
6. Beyond the Realms of Death
7. You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
8. The Grinder
9. Victim of Changes
10. Steeler
11. Genocide
12. Tyrant
13. The Green Manalishi
Pros: Sound quality varies from very good to excellent, especially on the FLAC version. The best British Steel-era bootleg freely available (the Denver record has had it's bass guitar boosted too much in my opinion). Contains You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise and Steeler, tracks not so often played live.
Cons: The drums tend to drown out occasionally. Also, there's some distortion in the first few songs.
Available formats: 320 kbps MP3, lossless FLAC
Point of Entry era
Breaking the Law
Recorded at the Universal Amphitheater, Chicago, USA on 21.06.1981
1. Solar Angels
2. Heading Out to the Highway
3. Diamonds and Rust
4. Troubleshooter
5. Breaking the Law
6. Sinner
7. Beyond the Realms of Death
8. Grinder
9. Hot Rockin'
10. You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
11. Victim of Changes
12. The Green Manalishi
13. Hell Bent for Leather
14. Living After Midnight
Pros: Excellent sound quality, only the occasional little distortion and slight hollowness of the drum sound. You can even hear Glenn clearly shouting at the crowd at some points, and in general his part in the backing vocals is more audible than usual. Rare cuts of Solar Angels and Troubleshooter.
Cons: The same version of Hot Rockin' is part of Priest, Live & Rare and the single where it was taken from, but it has been slightly edited for them (most notably Rob's speeches at the start and end). Other than that, I can't make up any other faults, the sound quality is so great and there's not too much PoE on it.
Available formats: 320 kbps MP3, lossless FLAC
Good bootleg sources:
http://vivalesbootlegs.blogspot.com/search/label/JUDAS%20PRIEST (I've got the most of my bootlegs from here)
http://rockpopbootlegs.blogspot.com/search/label/Judas%20Priest (bootlegs you can't find from the above site, I've got a couple from here)
http://soundaboard.blogspot.com/search/label/Judas%20Priest (some new bootlegs, but mostly high-quality versions of the boots found on the first site)
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| [guidogodoy] Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:33:39 PM | |
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Yup. I remember it well and got some boots there myself back in the day. 
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Maple Syrup from Saturday, January 29, 2011 5:41:52 PM)| | | Maple Syrup wrote: | | This is a good sounding boot. Amazing Priest was still playing White Heat Red Hot up until early 1980..wow. BTW does anybody remember the EXCITER PAGE? That guy (Armin) had the best JP boots period and I was so glad to get some of them, back in the day. MpleSyrp
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| [Maple Syrup] Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:28:50 PM | |
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PRIESTFAN: Try the viva les bootlegs and find JP concerts 78 - 09. Enjoya. MpleSyrp
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| [Priestfan2010] Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:18:32 PM | |
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I don't know how all of you feel about tributes, but this one is exceptionally good. A lot of good bands play on this, including Ripper Owens himself. Of all the Judas Priest tributes out there, this one is one of the best. I know a great tribute site, if anyone's interested.
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| [Maple Syrup] Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:07:54 PM | |
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| [spapad] Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:02:17 PM | |
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Maple, the link name does not work. Must not be spelled out just right. If you would fix it for us, I would for one but gratefull.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Maple Syrup from Saturday, January 29, 2011 7:31:50 PM)| | | Maple Syrup wrote: | | Priestfan: You have traders and people who will sell the CD-R's to you. Vinyl is always tough to find, but you never know you may get lucky. Finally, there are a many torrents or music sites to visit.. One I can recommend is vivalesbootlegs.com
Thanks Spa. MpleSyrp
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| [spapad] Saturday, January 29, 2011 7:58:32 PM | |
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Can I find a copy of that CD on the site you mentioned? Maybe? Would love to have it.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Maple Syrup from Saturday, January 29, 2011 7:31:50 PM)| | | Maple Syrup wrote: | | Priestfan: You have traders and people who will sell the CD-R's to you. Vinyl is always tough to find, but you never know you may get lucky. Finally, there are a many torrents or music sites to visit.. One I can recommend is vivalesbootlegs.com
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| [Maple Syrup] Saturday, January 29, 2011 7:31:50 PM | |
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Priestfan: You have traders and people who will sell the CD-R's to you. Vinyl is always tough to find, but you never know you may get lucky. Finally, there are a many torrents or music sites to visit.. One I can recommend is vivalesbootlegs.com
Thanks Spa. MpleSyrp
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| [Priestfan2010] Saturday, January 29, 2011 6:41:06 PM | |
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Does anyone know a person/store/site that sells rare bootlegs like this on Vinyl? I would be very interested. |
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| [spapad] Saturday, January 29, 2011 6:04:33 PM | |
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I'd love to have a copy of that one Maple! That is a unique line up of songs.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Maple Syrup from Saturday, January 29, 2011 5:41:52 PM)| | | Maple Syrup wrote: | | This is a good sounding boot. Amazing Priest was still playing White Heat Red Hot up until early 1980..wow. BTW does anybody remember the EXCITER PAGE? That guy (Armin) had the best JP boots period and I was so glad to get some of them, back in the day. MpleSyrp
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| [Maple Syrup] Saturday, January 29, 2011 5:41:52 PM | |
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This is a good sounding boot. Amazing Priest was still playing White Heat Red Hot up until early 1980..wow. BTW does anybody remember the EXCITER PAGE? That guy (Armin) had the best JP boots period and I was so glad to get some of them, back in the day. MpleSyrp
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| [Priestfan2010] Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:59:24 PM | |
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For those of you interesed in the Ripper Years, you might want to look into the Australian import version of Demolition. It contains the previously unreleased track What's My Name and recordings of Rapid Fire and Green Manalishi with Owens singing.
And sorry for the previous empty messages, the Internet is not a very reliable thing.
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| [Priestfan2010] Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:43:40 AM | |
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For those of you interested in the Ripper Years, this might be interesting. It's the Australian import version of Demolition. It contains the unreleased track What's My Name as well as bonus recordings of Rapid Fire and Green Manalishi. I have the three bonus tracks, though I'm not sure if Green Manailishi and Rapid Fire are from a soundcheck or studio.
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| [Priestfan2010] Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:37:50 AM | |
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For those of you interested in the Ripper Years, this might be interesting. It's the Australian import version of Demolition. It contains the unreleased track What's My Name as well as bonus recordings of Rapid Fire and Green Manalishi. I have the three bonus tracks, though I'm not sure if Green Manailishi and Rapid Fire are from a soundcheck or studio.
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| [Maple Syrup] Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:43:03 AM | |
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Nupe: Good call on Calderone 1980. Agreed Donnington recording is bloodly awful. The other one from the British Steel tour of course is Denver and I also have a recording of Syracuse 1980 and also Seattle both of which are good, but certainly not the quality of Calderone or Denver. Keep em coming everyone, digging the thread and discussion(s) thus far. Certainly more to come...in the meantime, this one is from Texas (Houston or SA?) SFV Tour 82-83. MpleSyrp
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| [Nupe The Ripper] Saturday, January 29, 2011 6:48:15 AM | |
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Yeah, I downloaded it yesterday. It's quite neat for a '75 audience recording, and also contains some epic guitar solos from KK and Glenn. Mother Sun is a great track too, shame that they never recorded it officially. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Priestfan2010 from Friday, January 28, 2011 5:54:06 PM)
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Thanks for correcting me Phantom, I got my facts mixed up.
There's this interesting live bootleg called Live at Reading Festival from 1975. It contains some early versions of tunes from Sad Wings of Destiny and the song Mother Sun. At least that's what i believe the title is, I've never been able to find out for sure. It's pretty neat though, you can find it on Youtube. |
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, January 28, 2011 6:10:08 PM | |
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| AOR gold record? Make with the pictures, man! I wanna see! |
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| [Priestfan2010] Friday, January 28, 2011 5:54:06 PM | |
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Thanks for correcting me Phantom, I got my facts mixed up.
There's this interesting live bootleg called Live at Reading Festival from 1975. It contains some early versions of tunes from Sad Wings of Destiny and the song Mother Sun. At least that's what i believe the title is, I've never been able to find out for sure. It's pretty neat though, you can find it on Youtube. |
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| [Nupe The Ripper] Friday, January 28, 2011 8:31:35 AM | |
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I personally don't like that bootleg, the audio quality isn't good in my opinion. It sounds like there is a stone wall between the band and the recorder, and most definitely it's not a soundboard recording as it is claimed to be, or then it's been very poorly preserved over the years. In addition, the audience is much too, well, audible. For example, you can hear almost nothing but the crowd clapping their hands at the start of Living After Midnight, and you can hear various random comments made by the crowd in just about every song, often drowning out the music. I'm definitely not burning this on CD, unless there's a much better version available. Even with bootlegs I still want at least decent sound quality, and this one is not that.
My favorite boot from the British Steel era is British Steeler, recorded at Calderone Hall in New York on the 7th July 1980 (the record notes claim its from the 5th of July, but they played at the Nassau Coliseum that day instead. Or then the venue info is wrong)
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