Judas Priest March 11, 1978 Palladium New York, New York, United States Stained Class Tour
Exciter 5.51 White Heat, Red Hot 4.48 The Ripper 3.00 Sinner 7.37 Beyond the Realms of Death 7.12 Diamonds and Rust 3.51 Victim of Changes 8.31 Starbreaker 6.20
Catalog: SMP-093
Notes from Diamond Dave The tapers name is John S, that’s him & me yappin throughout the show (we were 17 at the time!). I believe the headliner that night was Angel, with Judas Priest in the middle slot, and The Godz opening the show. We were sitting in the balcony, fairly low, if I remember correctly, and the recorder was one of those old all in one built in mic cassette jammies.
Production Notes While I'm not a huge JP fan, I have seen them in concert a few times. What amazes me is that many of the songs they play live today they played live in 1978. It's nice when an artist not only remembers their roots but plays what the fans want to hear. Alas as noted in the taper notes, this wasn't recorded on a high end recorder with zillion dollar mics and the recording shows it. However for a 30 year old recording from a band that is still going strong...well beggars can't be choosy.
Thanks go out to Xembla for the artwork and of course to Diamond Dave for the source. Thanks everyone!
This recording was produced by fans, for fans and is never to be sold. If you like this recording, support the artists and purchase their official releases! Released on The Alien Shore - http://p078.ezboard.com/bthealienshore. As is the Simple Man norm, this show will be traded freely to all comers.
LINEUP: Rob Halford (vocals) Glenn Tipton (guitars) K. K. Downing (guitars) Ian Hill (bass) Les Binks (drums)
