Judas Priest March 11, 1979 Mudd Club New York, New York, United States Hell Bent for Leather Tour
01 Intro 02 Hell Bent For Leather 03 Delivering The Goods 04 Running Wild 05 Beyond The Realms Of Death 06 The Green Manalishi 07 Victim Of Changes 08 Rock Forever 09 Starbreaker
Label: Zodiac (ZODIAC 039) Format: CD, Unofficial Release, Numbered Country: Japan Released: 2013 Running Time: 41 mins Rob Halford K.K. Downing Glenn Tipton Ian Hill Les Binks
Notes: Judas Priest’s tour to support the Killing Machine aka Hell Bent For Leather record was a worldwide affair and would feature two American Legs, the first of these legs was from late February to Early May 1979 and the sixth stop on the tour was an Invitation only gig at New York’s Mudd Club. The club took their name from the infamous Samuel Mudd, the physician who treated Presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth after the villain killed Abraham Lincoln. What better name for a club that would try to rival the famous Studio 54 as a venue for music, culture and fashion. This club would curiously feature Judas Priest in an invitation only gig for their patrons and it is rumored that Andy Warhol was actually at this gig. Priest were on the cutting edge of their music, having relinquished the 70’s rock style with the sleek look of black leather and studs that would become their trademark, one that would define Heavy Metal in the 1980’s. The Killing Machine record would epitomize that look with a straight forward sound that would be pure Priest, a sound that would be perfected on British Steel. http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com/judas-priest/judas-priest-unleashed-in-new-york-zodiac-039/ http://www.giginjapan.com/judas-priest-unleashed-in-new-york/
