Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East [The Complete Concert: 45th Anniversary Edition]

Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East (The Complete Concert: 45th Anniversary Edition)

Complete concert featuring all 'Unleashed In The East' exclusive bonus tracks found on the extra 7" and 12" singles, plus two bonus audience tracks, additional Intro/Outro, Rob Halford's stage banter and encore breaks, sourced from a bootleg recording of both afternoon and evening shows at Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan on February 10, 1979.

Tracklist:

01- Intro 0:00
02- Exciter 0:37
03- Running Wild 6:06
04- The Ripper 8:56
05- Diamonds And Rust 11:37
06- Rock Forever 15:17
07- Beyond The Realms Of Death 19:06
08- The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) 26:19
09- Delivering The Goods 29:48
10- White Heat, Red Hot (audience bonus track) 34:12
11- Sinner 38:58
12- Evil Fantasies 47:06
13- Victim Of Changes 51:43
14- Genocide 59:24
15- Starbreaker 1:06:48
--encore break--
16- Hell Bent For Leather 1:14:02
--encore break--
17- Take On The World (audience bonus track) 1:18:04
18- Tyrant 1:21:11
--outro--

Running Time: 1:26:46

Line-up:
Rob Halford - vocals
Glenn Tipton - guitar
KK Downing - guitar
Ian Hill - bass
Les Binks - drums

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Background:

The 2001 CD reissue featured four "bonus tracks", "Rock Forever," "Delivering the Goods," "Hell Bent for Leather" and "Starbreaker", which had been issued on the 7-inch bonus disc that came with the original 1979 Japanese vinyl release. Three of these were from their then-current album Killing Machine (released in the US as Hell Bent for Leather), which was not well represented on the original release. "Delivering the Goods" and "Starbreaker" had been exclusive to the Japanese release, although the former would be one of the B-side tracks to the "Living After Midnight" 12-inch, released in March 1980.

These four tracks were previously available on the Japanese pressing of the album (titled Priest in the East and having the same track-list as the remaster), and were recorded at the same time as the original nine tracks. Additionally, two more songs were recorded from the same concerts but were only available as B-sides on various singles:

"Evil Fantasies" was on the "Living After Midnight" 12-inch, along with "Delivering the Goods." This live version of "Evil Fantasies" had an official CD release on Single Cuts (2011), albeit with a 6-second edit to the start, which trims Halford's chat slightly.

"Beyond the Realms of Death" was pressed with "Rock Forever" and "Hell Bent for Leather" on a special 3 track live EP that came with initial UK pressings of "Unleashed in the East". There is also a 1979 UK cassette version with 12 songs: "Rock Forever", "Hell Bent for Leather" and "Beyond the Realms of Death" in addition to the original 9 tracks. To date, this version of 'Beyond the Realms of Death' has not been released on CD.

All the extra songs are fully produced, and are of the same quality as the original nine tracks. Certain bootlegs have turned up with all fifteen tracks in the original setlist order, to better reflect the actual concerts of the 1979 tour. (For the record, all the Unleashed in the East recordings were taken from shows on 10 February 1979 at Kosei Nenkin Kaikan Tokyo, and 15 February 1979 at Nakano Sunplaza Tokyo. Additionally, there were two shows on 10 February: an afternoon and an evening show. The two 10 February shows can be found as a bootleg under the title "Tyranny Unleashed in the East.") Two more songs, "White Heat, Red Hot" and "Take on the World" were performed but never officially recorded.

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Sources:
A: (2,3,4,5,6,8,9,11,12,13,15) - Priest In The East (Live In Japan) 1979 Original Japanese LP+7" (25·3P-145~6)
B: (7,16) - Rock Forever 1981 Original Holland 12" (CBS A-12.1864)
C: (9,12) - Living After Midnight 1980 Original UK 12" (S CBS 12 8379)
D: (1,10,17) - Audience bootleg, afternoon show -4PM- Saturday, February 10, 1979 at Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Mixed/Mastered October 28 through November 2, 2023.

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[metalworksbyfelipemartinez]

My first Priest experience and they have been my favorite band for more than 40 years and have never let me down. Long live the Metal Gods!!

[ronsilvia]

They need to release a DVD of this concert.

[azrabain]

The 70’s were Judas Priest in their prime and this live album at the end of 79 is my favorite live album of all time🔥

[blnehcn]

The first time I heard this, it made me put my kiss records away, changed my life,

[sabbathtribute]

Masterpiece that capped off Judas Priests most creative, artistic and best period. Superb from start to finish ❤

[juantremillo]

Still listen to this album at least once a week. One of the best all time live albums ever!!!!

[JMVV]

This albums deserves a HUGE new release ! A vinyl deluxe box set with both shows and a lot of memorabiblia!

[davebasch]

The wonderful James Leslie Binks on drums...extreme influence on my early headbanging metal drumming career

[rexk]

I experienced Priest in 1984. Best concert ever, and I changed my look on true talented music forever.

[MrElecterik]

In the eighties this was my favorite album for years, everything is epic, guitarwork, bass, drums, compositions, solo’s and Hellford is out of this world on this album; best of all time!

[vincepaul]

grew up with the priest, all time favorite, still listen to priest every day. this is outstanding record. when i found the initial release with 4 extra song i though i was in heaven, now i came back and went back to heaven 3 times
Thank

[donnied]

Wow! Talk about making an old man feel his youth again. 45 years ago I was 18 and hearing that first few songs I was again. Never heard the whole show so a big thanks for this.

[MatteoRossi-ru]

I have met rob ..just overwhelmed with the fact that I was talking with a person of this magnitude...he chatted with all that approached him...fan friendly...and so appreciative.

[johnNYjets]

What a pleasant easy listening record. Full of wonderful tunes. Great for getting babies to sleep😁

[hiwayman]

1980, I was in 7th grade and brought this cassette to school and I still crank it today. It was Judas priest at their finest!! This is the first time I heard the entire concert though....bad ass!

[didierleman]

Amongst the best LIVE RECORDS from the seventies. Thanks for this update. Wish they would issue this officially.

[dannyhood]

The first time i heard this album was on radio1980. It was rare back then. They played ripper, and green manalishi. I already heard 'breaking the law' and 'living after midnight, but this was powerfull. To this day the Dynamics build up on "victom of changes' (mellow part (Dmaj, to Eminor) Rob halfords builds into piercing scream (F#) over the main riff in Emin. The piercing (F# scream) makes it sound E Minor add 9!!) which makes rob halford the best metal vocalist ever. To be the most powerfull musically, beauty is a must. Without beauty, brutal vocals are typical.

[bluepowder]

wow I'm nearly 61 been a massive fan since I was 15 never heard this version thanks so much for posting best band ever \m/

[MichaelSRQ]

I saw Judas Priest May 4, 1979 in Chicago as the opening act for UFO. JP had almost the same setlist as this album. Needless to say, JP blew UFO off the stage. An absolutely amazing concert! I'm so glad I got to see them with Les Biniks behind the drum kit; the man was on fire that night!

[IvanIvanov-ppdh]

THE BEST LIVE ALBUM IN THE WORLD, FROM THE BEST HEAVY METAL BAND IN THE WORLD...THE GREATH JUDAS PRIEST!!! AND NO QUESTION OF THAT!!!