Judas Priest December 13, 1983 Apollo Theatre Glasgow, Scotland Defenders Of The Faith Tour
01. Electric Eye > The Hellion 02. Riding On The Wind 03. Grinder 04. Metal Gods 05. Bloodstone 06. Breaking The Law 07. Sinner 08. Desert Plains 09. The Ripper (tape flip) 10. Freewheel Burning (cuts in) 11. Devil's Child 12. Screaming For Vengeance 13. You've Got Another Thing Comin' (fades out after song ends) 14. crowd noise 15. Victim of Changes 16. Living After Midnight 17. crowd noise > "Oh yeah!" 18. The Green Manalishi (with the Two-Pronged Crown) 19. encore break > motorcycle rev'ing 20. Hell Bent For Leather (fades out before end)
Judas Priest Apollo Theatre Glasgow, Scotland December 13, 1983 Defenders of the Faith Tour Audience Recording (speed corrected)
ORIGINAL LINEAGE: TDK SA90 from trade (god knows how many generations) > memorex deck > Maudio 24/96 > Cool Edit > Wav > Flac level 6
UPDATED LINEAGE: Original FLAC > xAct 2.45 (decode to WAV) > Audacity 2.2.2 (speed correction [-6.45%], level adjustment) > xAct 2.45 (encode to FLAC level 8, align sectors, ffp)
ORIGINAL UPLOADER NOTES: This is from a tape that's been in a box since I got it many years ago. And, to be honest, when I transferred it today was the first time I've listened to it. It's clearly nowhere near the master as I was told when I got it. Very hissy and with drops out every now and again. Heard better audience recordings but, then again, I've heard worse. Hopefully someone has a better copy. Samples below for you to check out. I'm uploading this for Martin as I've been promising him a copy of this for about a year and all during that time he's been kind enough to send me a whole bunch of stuff. So many thanks to him and apologies for the delay.
UPDATED NOTES: Tried to smooth over the assorted cuts here and there. There are some noticeable "bumps," but nothing terrible. Interestingly, this is one of only a few shows that were played after Defenders of the Faith was recorded but before it was actually released in early 1984, so you get an early pre-release version of "Freewheel Burning." You can start to hear Rob talk about the upcoming release of the DotF album but he then cuts out and the first few seconds of the song then cut in. There was a fade-out/fade-in before and after YGATC, which I left in place. And HBFL cuts out right near the end. As far as the levels go: the levels on the original recording were too high, so I dialed them back just a bit to make it more listenable. No EQ, NR or other adjustments were made. Hope you enjoy.
Free trade only. Keep it lossless and gapless; MP3 for personal use only. Support the artist, and never EVER buy or sell this recording.
~ dandrew, July 2018
