JUDAS PRIEST - Sortie d'un méga coffret 42 CDs pour les 50 ans du groupe

JUDAS PRIEST, l'un des plus grands groupes de Heavy Metal, s'apprête à sortir Reflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years Of Music, un énorme coffret en édition limitée qui comprendra tous les albums live et studio officiels à ce jour, ainsi que 13 disques inédits. Un vrai régal pour les fans, car jamais le groupe n'avait recherché autant de matériel inédit dans ses archives. Le tout a été restauré et mixé par Tom Allom, son producteur emblématique, puis entièrement remasterisé par Alex Wharton aux studios Abbey Road. Cette édition spéciale sortira le 15 Octobre 2021 via Sony Music.

Cette malle aux trésors contiendra les éléments suivants :

- 42 CD rangés dans les pochettes type "papersleeve" dans le même style que les imports japonais

- Des tirages de photos prises par Ross Halfin et dédicacées par Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Ian Hill, Richie Faulkner, Scott Travis.

- Une reproduction en métal de la fameuse lame de rasoir de la pochette l'album « British Steel »

- Un livre souvenir avec des photos rares et des reproductions d'affiches, de pass de tournées et des publicités.

- Une reproduction du programme de la tournée ''British Steel''

- Deux reproductions des affiches de "British Steel" (tournée allemande, 1980) de "Defenders Of The Faith" (tournée européenne, 1984)

Ce coffret arrive au moment où le groupe aura enfin l'occasion de célébrer son 50ème anniversaire avec ses fans. En France cet événement sera marqué par un concert en tête d'affiche au Hellfest Open Air en juin 2022. Un festival qui est déjà complet ! Auparavant, cet automne, le quintette entamera les festivités avec une longue tournée aux États-Unis.

JUDAS PRIEST, le groupe qui allait changer le visage du Heavy Metal, s'est formé en 1970 à Birmingham, en Angleterre. Durant les premières années de sa prolifique carrière, le groupe a pavé sa voie d'acier avec des classiques tels que Sad Wings Of Destiny (1976), Sin After Sin (1977) et Hell Bent For Leather (1978), ainsi qu'avec le sublime album live au Japon : Unleashed In The East (1979). Dans les années 80 JUDAS PRIEST a connu un succès phénoménal avec les albums British Steel (1980), Point Of Entry (1981), Screaming For Vengeance (1982), Defender Of The Faith (1984), Painkiller (1990), pour ne citer que les principaux.

Sorti en mars 2018, Firepower, leur dernier album studio en date, s'est classé dans les 5 meilleures ventes d'albums aux Etats-Unis et en Grande-Bretagne.

50 Heavy Metal Years Of Music – Judas Priest

CD1 – Rocka Rolla

CD2 – Sad Wings Of Destiny

CD3 – Sin After Sin

CD4 – Stained Class

CD5 – Killing Machine

CD6 – Unleashed In The East (Live In Japan 1979)

CD7 – British Steel

CD8 – Point Of Entry

CD9 – Screaming For Vengeance

CD10 – Defenders Of The Faith

CD11 – Turbo

CD12/CD13 – Priest… Live!

CD14 – Ram It Down

CD15 – Painkiller

CD16 – Jugulator

CD17/CD18 – ’98 Live Meltdown

CD19 – Demolition

CD20/CD21 – Live In London

CD22 – Angel Of Retribution

CD23 – Nostradamus (Act 1)

CD24 – Nostradamus (Act 2)

CD25 – A Touch Of Evil Live

CD26/CD27 – Redeemer Of Souls

CD29 – Firepower

CD30/CD31 – Live In Atlanta ’82 (Previously Unreleased) [Omni – December 11, 1982 – Vengeance Tour with Uriah Heep)

CD30 : 01. The Hellion / Electric Eye / 02. Riding On The Wind / 03. Heading Out To The Highway / 04. Metal Gods / 05. Bloodstone / 06. Breaking The Law / 07. Sinner / 08. Desert Plains / 09. The Ripper / 10. Diamonds And Rust

CD31 : 01. Devils Child / 02. Screaming For Vengeance / 03. You’ve Got Another Thing Coming / 04. Victim Of Changes / 05. Living After Midnight / 06. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) / 07. Hell Bent For Leather

CD32 – Live At The Mudd Club ’79 (April 7, 1979 – NYC)

01. Hell Bent For Leather / 02. Delivering The Goods / 03. Running Wild / 04. Beyond The Realms Of Death / 05. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) / 06. Victim Of Changes / 07. Rock Forever / 08. Starbreaker

CD33/CD34 – Live In Houston ’86 (June 21, 1986 at The Summit)

CD33 : 01. Out In The Cold / 02. Locked In / 03. Heading Out To The Highway / 04. Metal Gods / 05. Breaking The Law / 06. Love Bites / 07. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll / 08. The Sentinel / 09. Private Property / 10. Desert Plains / 11. Rock You All Around The World

CD34 : 01. The Hellion/ Electric Eye / 02. Turbo Lover / 03. Freewheel Burning / 04. Victim Of Changes / 05. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) / 06. Living After Midnight / 07. You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ / 08. Hell Bent For Leather

CD35/CD36 – Live In New Haven ’88 (The New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum – August 7, 1988)

CD35 : 01. The Hellion/ Electric Eye / 02. Metal Gods / 03. Sinner / 04. Breaking The Law / 05. Come And Get It / 06. I’m A Rocker / 07. The Sentinel / 08. The Ripper / 09. Beyond The Realms Of Death / 10. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll

CD36 : 01. Turbo Lover / 02. Ram It Down / 03. Heavy Metal / 04. Victim Of Changes / 05. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) / 06. Living After Midnight / 07. You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ / 08. Hell Bent For Leather

CD37 – Los Angeles ’90 (Previously Unreleased) [LA Sports Memorial Arena – November 8, 1990]

01. Riding On The Wind / 02. Grinder / 03. Heading Out To The Highway / 04. Between The Hammer & The Anvil / 05. Bloodstone / 06. Better By You, Better Than Me / 07. Leather Rebel / 08. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) / 09. Hell Bent For Leather / 10. You’ve Got Another Thing Coming

CD38 – London ’81 (Previously Unreleased) [Eventim Apollo – November 21, 1981]

01. Solar Angels Intro / Heading Out To The Highway / 02. Metal Gods / 03. Hell Bent For Leather / 04. Breaking The Law / 05. Sinner / 06. Beyond The Realms Of Death / 07. Grinder / 08. Desert Plains / 09. You Don’t Have To Be Old To Be Wise / 10. Victim Of Changes / 11. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown)

CD39 – Denver ’80 (Previously Unreleased) [Rainbow Music Hall – June 25, 1980]

01. Hell Bent For Leather / 02. The Ripper / 03. Running Wild / 04. Living After Midnight / 05. Sinner / 06. Beyond The Realms Of Death / 07. You Don’t Have To Be Old To Be Wise / 08. Grinder / 09. Victim Of Changes / 10. Steeler / 11. Genocide / 12. Tyrant / 13. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown)

CD40 – Irvine ’91 (Previously Unreleased) [Irvine Meadows – June 12, 1991]

01. Hell Bent For Leather / 02. Heading Out To The Highway / 03. The Hellion / Electric Eye / 04. Diamonds And Rust / 05. All Guns Blazing / 06. Metal Gods / 07. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll / 08. The Ripper / 09. Night Crawler / 10. Turbo Lover / 11. A Touch Of Evil / 12. Painkiller / 13. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) / 14. Breaking The Law / 15. Living After Midnight / 16. You’ve Got Another Thing Coming

CD41/CD42 – Beyond Live & Rare (Previously unreleased stereo recordings from the archives)

CD41 : 01. Epitaph (Studio Demo) Demo from 1976’s Sad Wings Of Destiny / 02. Solar Angels (Live) July 22, 1981 – New York, NY – The Palladium / 03. Sinner (Live) July 22, 1981 – New York, NY – The Palladium / 04. Desert Plains (Live) July 22, 1981 – New York, NY – The Palladium / 05. You Don’t Have To Be Old To Be Wise (Live) July 22, 1981 – New York, NY – The Palladium / 06. Genocide (Live) May 09, 1978 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre / 07. Victim Of Changes (Live) May 09, 1978 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre / 08. Ripper (Live) May 09, 1978 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre / 09. Screaming For Vengeance (Live) November 24, 1982 – Tucson, AZ – Tucson Convention Center / 10. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) (Live) June 07, 1981 – Odessa, TX – Ector County Coliseum / 11. Victim of Changes (Live) June 07, 1981 – Odessa, TX – Ector County Coliseum

CD42 : 01. Tyrant (Live) June 07, 1981 – Odessa, TX – Ector County Coliseum / 02. Diamonds and Rust (Live) February 14, 1981 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Jaap Edenhal / 03. White Heat Red Hot (Live) July 29, 1978 – Tokyo, Japan – Yuubin Chokin Hall / 04. Better By You Better Than Me (Live) July 29, 1978 – Tokyo, Japan – Yuubin Chokin Hall / 05. Starbreaker (Live) July 29, 1978 – Tokyo, Japan – Yuubin Chokin Hall / 06. Rock Forever (Live) Killing Machine Tour – February 09, 1979 – Tokyo, Japan – Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan / 07. Evil Fantasies (Live) Killing Machine Tour – February 09, 1979 – Tokyo, Japan – Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan / 08. Troubleshooter (Live) World Wide Blitz Tour – February 29, 1981 – Wiesbaden, Germany – Rhein-Main-Halle / 09. Grinder (Live) World Wide Blitz Tour – February 29, 1981 – Wiesbaden, Germany – Rhein-Main-Halle / 10. The Sentinel (Live) May 02, 1984 – Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum / 11. Freewheel Burning (Live) May 02, 1984 – Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum / 12. All Guns Blazing (Live) August 17, 1991 – Montreal, QC, Canada – Forum de Montreal / 13. Painkiller (Live) March 26, 1991 – Sheffield, England – Sheffield City Hall / 14. Mother Sun (Live) October 11, 1975 – Slough, England – Slough College

CD Reflections – 50 Heavy Metal Years Of Music

01. You Don’t Have To Be Old To Be Wise / 02. Fever / 03. Eat Me Alive / 04. All Guns Blazing / 05. Never The Heroes / 06. Dissident Aggressor (Live) / 07. Out In The Cold (Live) / 08. Judas Priest – Running Wild (Live) / 09. Victim Of Changes (Live)  (May 09, 1978 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre) – previously unreleased / 10. The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) (Live)  (Point of Entry ‘Worldwide Blitz’ Tour – Live in Hammersmith, London – November 21, 1981 – Foundations Forum – Hammersmith Odeon) / 11. Bloodstone (Live) (Screaming For Vengeance World Vengeance Tour – Live in Atlanta, GA – December 11, 1982 – The Omni)

Previously Unreleased Live

12. Judas Priest – The Ripper (Live)  (Irvine, CA – July 12, 1991 – Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre) / 13. Beyond the Realms of Death (Live) (Killing Machine/Hell Bent For Leather Tour – Live In New York, NY – March 11, 1979 – The Mudd Club) / 14. The Hellion / Electric Eye (Live) (Turbo ‘Fuel For Life’ Tour – Live In Houston, TX – June 21, 1986 – The Summit) / 15. Sinner (Live) (Ram It Down ‘Mercenaries Of Metal’ Tour – Live In New Haven, CT – August 7, 1988 – New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum)

2LP Reflections – 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music (double gatefold, 180g-weight red vinyl)

LP1

Side A : 01. Let Us Prey / Call For The Priest / 02. You Don’t Have To Be Old To Be Wise / 03. Fever / 04. Eat Me Alive

Side B : 01. All Guns Blazing / 02. Never The Heroes / 03. Dissident Aggressor (Live) / 04. Out In The Cold (Live) / 05. Judas Priest – Running Wild (Live)

LP2 (Previously Unreleased Live Performance Tracks)

Side C : 01. Victim Of Changes (Live)  (May 09, 1978 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre) / 02. The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) (Live)  (Point of Entry ‘Worldwide Blitz’ Tour – Live in Hammersmith, London – November 21, 1981 – Foundations Forum – Hammersmith Odeon) / 03. Bloodstone (Live) (Screaming For Vengeance World Vengeance Tour – Live in Atlanta, GA – December 11, 1982 – The Omni) / 04. Judas Priest – The Ripper (Live)  (Irvine, CA – July 12, 1991 – Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre)

Side D : 01. Beyond the Realms of Death (Live) (Killing Machine/Hell Bent For Leather Tour – Live In New York, NY – March 11, 1979 – The Mudd Club) / 02. The Hellion / Electric Eye (Live) (Turbo ‘Fuel For Life’ Tour – Live In Houston, TX – June 21, 1986 – The Summit) / 03. Sinner (Live) (Ram It Down ‘Mercenaries Of Metal’ Tour – Live In New Haven, CT – August 7, 1988 – New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum)