Audio samples of all the songs on the CD portion of Judas Priest's"Screaming For Vengeance – Special 30th Anniversary Edition" can be streamed at JPC.de, Blabbermouth reports.
A vital part of rock history, British heavy metal legends Judas Priest have spent four decades writing classic songs and putting on spectacular live shows. During this period, the band has sold in excess of 30 million albums, and played to countless millions of fans across the globe. In 1982, they released their eighth studio album, "Screaming For Vengeance", containing their hugely successful "You've Got Another Thing Comin'", the single which proved that metal could get mainstream radio airplay in the U.S. — leading the way for a whole generation of new metal bands.
To celebrate the 30-year anniversary of this epic release, Judas Priest present you with "Screaming For Vengeance – Special 30th Anniversary Edition", containing not only the remastered original album plus bonus tracks, but also a live DVD from the 1983 US Festival show, filmed in San Bernadino CA on May 29, 1983.
The US Festival was intended to be a celebration of evolving technologies; a marriage of music, computers, television and people — organized by Steve Wozniak, formerly of Apple.
The "Screaming For Vengeance – Special 30th Anniversary Edition" live DVD was filmed at the second, and what turned out to be last, US Festival in 1983. The Sunday was the Heavy Metal Day. "It was the day new wave died and rock 'n' roll took over." It set the single-day concert attendance record for the U.S. with an estimated 375,000 people.
Judas Priest had this to say about this memorable day in metal history: "On the day that we performed, we flew in by helicopter — and the first sight we saw was that of thousands of abandoned cars piled up around the crests of the hills that surrounded the festival arena, which as we went over took our breath away. For there below us, spread throughout hundreds of acres was a massive crowd - over three hundred thousand strong! The summer heat was raging and combined with the hot Santa Ana winds made for a scorching metal furnace on stage."
CD track listing:
01. The Hellion 02. Electric Eye 03. Riding On The Wind 04. Bloodstone 05. (Take These) Chains 06. Pain And Pleasure 07. Screaming For Vengeance 08. You've Got Another Thing Comin' 09. Fever 10. Devil's Child
Bonus tracks:
11. Electric Eye (live) * 12. Riding On The Wind (live) * 13. You've Got Another Thing Comin' (live) * 14. Screaming For Vengeance (live) * 15. Devil's Child (live) 16. Prisoner Of Your Eyes
* Live from the San Antonio Civic Center - September 10, 1982
DVD track listing:
US Festival Show - San Bernadino, California - May 29, 1983
01. Electric Eye 02. Riding On The Wind 03. Heading Out To The Highway 04. Metal Gods 05. Breaking The Law 06. Diamonds And Rust 07. Victim Of Changes 08. Living After Midnight 09. The Green Manalishi (with the two-pronged crown) 10. Screaming For Vengeance 11. You've Got Another Thing Comin' 12. Hell Bent For Leather
* Plus booklet featuring photos from Mark Weiss and sleeve notes written by Eddie Trunk (long-standing and well-respected U.S. rock journo, author, radio and TV presenter)
"Screaming For Vengeance – Special 30th Anniversary Edition" will be released on September 4 (one day earlier internationally) via Sony Music.
Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings of Destiny are the one that really need to be remastered correctly. A Remix would be great. I hate how all the tracks on Sad Wings sound different and are at different volume levels. Who ever mastered that album did a terrible job.
I agree completely, I don't care who you are, Rocka Rolla is a wicked record, and Sad Wings is in my opinion is their greatest record. I've got an old picture disc of it from 1983 that still works like a charm.
Sad Wings is awesome, its called dynamic range... the mixing on some of those songs is crazy. It would be interesting to hear a remaster but it wouldn't be the same. Got to appreciate how old it is!
It's always annoyed me how Screaming is sort of considered "the" Priest album. The stuff they put out in the 70's is all gold.
I agree. "Sin after Sin" and "Stained Class" could definitely use more recognition. "Sad Wings of Destiny" had a few gems here and there, despite sporting one of the coolest album art of all time, but I never really dug "Rocka Rolla".
Iknow what dynamic range is. Sad Wings needs to be fixed because the volume and bass levels are different from track to track. You can barely hear 'Tyrant' and then 'The Ripper' is way too loud. It doesn't even sound like the songs were recorded at the same time for the same album.
