Unleashed in the East
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| Live album by Judas Priest | ||||
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Publication |
October 1979 |
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| Label (s) | Columbia Records | |||
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CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
9 |
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running time |
60:49 |
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Studio (s) |
Live in Tokyo and Nakano, Japan; Startling Studios , England |
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Unleashed in the East is the first live album by the British metal band Judas Priest . It was released on Columbia Records in October 1979 . In Japan it appeared under the title Priest in the East ( イ ン ・ ジ ・ イ ー ス ト ).
Emergence
Unleashed in the East is Judas Priest's first live album and the first album to be produced by Tom Allom. From then until 1988 he produced all of the band's albums, including Ram it Down . The recordings for Unleashed in the East were recorded during performances on February 10, 1979 at Nakao Sun Plaza in Tokyo and on February 15, 1979 at Kosei Nenkin Hall in Nakano , Japan . They were created during a Judas Priest short tour of Japan, which included only four performances in five days. Final production was carried out at Ringo Starr's Startling Studios in Tittenhurst Park , England. The record company Columbia / CBS originally only wanted to produce a record for the Far East market. However, the outcome of the production led to the decision to release the record worldwide. For the Japanese market it was released under the title Priest in the East , along with an EP with four bonus titles only available there . In March 1980 a 7 "/ 12" was released with Living After Midnight , which should whet the appetite for the new studio album British Steel .
Only on the B-side of the 12 "/ maxi version there are two more songs from the recordings from Japan, which are exclusive here, because Delivering the Goods is a different version than on the Japan Bonus 7", while Rock Forever and Hell Bent for Leather on the Japanese and English Bonus 7 "are identical. So 16 songs from the recordings for the Unleashed in the East LP are officially available.
It should be the last album with the drummer Les Binks. He got into an argument with the manager of the band, because he didn't want to pay him to participate in the live album.
Music genre
On the album, songs from the previous albums were released as live recordings. The production already indicated the band's turn to a modern style, which was finally completed with the 1980 album British Steel . Unleashed in the East was already showing signs of this development, although it is made up of older songs.
Authenticity of the recording
Persistent rumors doubted early on that Unleashed in the East was actually a real live recording. It was suggested that most of Rob Halford's vocal recordings were added in the studio using overdubbing . Some or all of the guitar tracks were also recorded in the studio afterwards, which means that Unleashed in the East no longer deserves the name “live album”. It was even put into circulation that the entire album had been recorded in the studio and that the background noise from the hall and the fans had been inserted using studio technology and archive recordings to create the impression of a live recording. The album was therefore renamed in music circles from scoffers to Unleashed in the Studio ("unleashed in the studio"). This rumor and the mock name are still common today. According to sputnikmusic.com it is "almost impossible to ignore that Halford's vocals were overdubbed in the studio ...".
The band has strongly denied these rumors, but Tipton admitted that vocal tracks had been "reworked" to remove some of the flaws caused by Halford's flu :
Rob suffered from the flu and hoarseness […] On returning […] to England some overdubs were required to complete the recording. According to Glenn Tipton, some vocal passages have been edited….
You can clearly hear Halford's cold on the B-side of Living After Midnight 12 "when the title Evil Fantasies was announced , which speaks in favor of Tipton's statement. Also," a few "guitar tracks have been improved. Tipton pointed out that practically all of them Live recordings would be post-processed in studios.
The photo of the album cover is provided. Halford was purposely positioned to cover the empty drum stool, as drummer Les Binks had already left the band by that point. He was later replaced by Dave Holland , who came from the band Trapeze .
motorcycle
On the back cover of the album, Rob Halford poses on a motorcycle (presumably a Harley-Davidson brand ). This became his permanent prop and from then on it was used in the majority of his live performances. On the solo album Resurrection (released in 2000) the singer poses on such a machine both on the cover and in the booklet .
Track list
- Exciter - 5:38 (Halford, Tipton)
- Running Wild - 2:53 (Tipton)
- Sinner - 7:31 (Halford, Tipton)
- The Ripper - 2:44 (Tipton)
- The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) - 3:16 ( Cover by Peter Green )
- Diamonds & Rust - 3:30 (Cover by Joan Baez )
- Victim of Changes - 7:12 (Halford, Tipton, Downing, Alan Atkins)
- Genocide - 7:19 (Halford, Tipton, Downing)
- Tyrant - 4:32 (Halford, Tipton)
The British first edition (25,000 copies) also contained the following bonus material in the form of a single:
- Rock Forever - 3:25 (Halford, Downing, Tipton)
- Hell Bent for Leather - 2:39 (Tipton)
- Beyond the Realms of Death - 7:20 (Binks, Halford)
Limited Living After Midnight 7 "/ 12" with live material from the Japan Tour:
- Living After Midnight - 3:30 (Tipton, Halford, Downing | from the British Steel LP)
- Delivering the Goods - 4:04 (Tipton, Halford, Downing | Live / on single and maxi version)
- Evil Fantasies - 4:29 (Tipton, Halford, Downing | Live / only on the maxi version)
The bonus 7 '' of the Japanese release contained the following tracks, which are also included on the 2001 remastered CD:
- Rock Forever - 3:27 (Halford, Downing, Tipton)
- Delivering the Goods - 4:07 (Halford, Downing, Tipton)
- Hell Bent for Leather - 2:40 (Tipton)
- Starbreaker - 6:00 (Halford, Downing, Tipton)
success
Unleashed in the East was charted in the Top 100 in both Germany and the United States. In Great Britain, it reached number 11. It was awarded a platinum record in the United States on November 10, 1989 .
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platinum
Web links
- Official website of Judas Priest
- Unleashed in the East . kkdowning.net (English); Retrieved March 12, 2010
- Unleashed in the East on Discogs.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Judas Priest: KK Downing and Les Binks meet again after almost 40 years. rockhard.de , August 22, 2017, accessed November 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Review in the Allmusic Guide (accessed on March 12, 2010)
- ↑ 5 Great Live Albums from the 70's that Weren't Really Live ( Archive.org ) The Indomitable Professor Universe; Retrieved March 12, 2010
- ↑ Review ( Accessed March 12, 2010)
- ↑ Commentary on Unleashed in the East on kkdowning.net ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Malcom Done: Judas Priest: Eastern Facts Unleashed! Teamrock.com, September 17, 2014, accessed November 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Pete Alander / Interview by Heather Williams, Jari Asell and Ville Krannila: Beyond The Realms of Les Binks. KKDowning.net , March 28, 2017, accessed November 25, 2017 .
- ^ Judas Priest Biography at Allmusic (English). Retrieved November 25, 2017.
- ↑ a b search query on Riaa.com . Retrieved November 25, 2017
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE UK US . Retrieved November 25, 2017
