Judas Priest May 24, 1981 Long Beach Arena Long Beach, California, United States World Wide Blitz Tour
01. Solar Angels 02. Heading Out To The Highway 03. Diamonds And Rust 04. Hell Bent For Leather 05. Breakin' The Law 06. Sinner 07. Beyond The Realms Of Death 08. Grinder 09. Desert Plains (tape flip after) 10. Hot Rockin' (cuts in) 11. You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise 12. Victim Of Changes (cut in middle of first solo, some music lost) 13. The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) 14. Livin' After Midnight 15. Tyrant > outro
Here's another old Priest show laying around that, to me, stood to benefit from a little attention. This one was transferred from a low gen tape, and shared as such, but the speed was way off, and the levels were a bit low. This version, first shared today, addresses these issues. Although some might call this a "remaster," I do not: to me, remastering implies doing something more substantive to the recording itself, like EQ, noise reduction, etc., all of which are highly subjective. My modest efforts here are more objective: merely correcting the speed and boosting the levels, and nothing else. So call it what you will, just enjoy the show. All credit and thanks to the original taper.
LINEAGE: unknown low gen cassette > ? > FLAC > xAct 2.45 (decode to WAV) > Audacity 2.2.2 (speed correction [-7.23%], level adjustment) > xAct 2.45 (encode to FLAC level 8, align sectors, ffp)
Trade freely and only in the lossless format you received the files in - FLAC. MP3 is fine, but only for personal use. And please keep the file set in tact. Never buy or sell. Support the artist.
~ dandrew, July 2018
