Judas Priest / Bloodstock Open Air 2021 / 2CDR

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JUDAS PRIEST started the 50th anniversary tour that was postponed by the new Corona Pandemic. Introducing the first day live album of the extremely rare song rush that made the whole world turbulent.

[Experience the full show on the first day of shock] The first day was “August 15, 2021 BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR performance”. This is the best audience recording when he appeared on the last day of the British festival, which is now second only to the DOWNLOAD festival. It’s been more than two weeks, so I think that recordings of other performances are already happening one after another … but that’s not the case. In order to explain the situation in that area, let’s first imagine the position of the show from the recent situation of our steel god.

● 2021
・ August 15: BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR appearance ← ★ Coco ★
・ September 8th-November 5th: North America (37 performances)
● 2022
・ January 26-March 14: Europe # 1 (13 performances)
・ May 27-July 31: Europe # 2 (28 performances)

This is the 2021/2022 schedule that has been announced so far. He last took the stage in June 2019. It was the first time in 2 years and 7 weeks to return to the site. The 50th anniversary tour will start in earnest in North America from September, but the “BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR” of this work is a European stage that was held only once before that. In other words, the second performance has not been held yet, and it was a show that was more like a “warm-up” than a “first day of the tour.”
This work recorded at such a show is the best recording with “super”. Since it was a show that attracted attention from all over the world, various records have been recorded immediately after the performance, but among them, it is a famous recording that has been attracting attention with outstanding quality. In fact, when played, the thick core roars with zero sense of distance, and the details are super clear. It’s a complete guess, but maybe you’re recording with a microphone pointing at the PA tower far from the stage. There is no sense of space in the too strong direct feeling, and the enthusiasm of the site is too far compared to the thick and thick sound. There is a timbral fluctuation (feeling that it does not go to “shaking”), so there is no sense of audience, but it is a super-thick recording suitable for so-called “table direct connection sound board class”.

[Glen also appeared in addition to the fierce rush of super-rare songs] By the way, what is more important than such a sound is a special set that summarizes the “50th anniversary”. Balance is also important before the extremely rare song. Now let’s analyze the set with a list of all albums.

・ Rocka Rolla: Rocka Rolla (★)
・ Wings of Destiny: Victim Of Changes
・ Sin After Sin: Dissident Aggressor
○ Stained class: Exciter / Invader (★)
・ Killing Machine: Hell Bent For Leather
○ British Steel: Metal Gods / Breaking The Law / Living After Midnight
-Golden spectrum: Desert Plains
○ Screaming for Vengeance: You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’/The Hellion / Electric Eye
・ Defenders of Immorality: The Sentinel
・ Turbo: Turbo Lover
・ Ram It Down: Blood Red Skies (★)
○ Painkiller: Battle Hymn / One Shot At Glory (★) / Hell Patrol / A Touch Of Evil / Painkiller
× Jugulator / Demolition: None
× Angel of Retribution / Nostradamus: None
・ Redeemer of Souls: Halls Of Valhalla
・ Firepower: Lightning Strike
* Note: “★” marks are songs that need attention. The “x” mark is an album in which no song was played, and the “○” mark is an album in which two or more songs are adopted.

… And it looks like this. Although “ANGEL OF RETRIBUTION” and “NOSTRADAMUS” are omitted in the ripper era and immediately after returning to Rob, they are widely selected from all other works. Although it is almost one song at a time, multiple songs are selected from the important works, and especially from the masterpiece “PAINKILLER”, it is a large-scale behavior of four songs.
And a super rare song. It’s been a while since I’ve had “Dissident Aggressor” and “Hell Patrol” for the first time in 12 years, but the opening “Battle Hymn / One Shot At Glory” was even more striking! It is the final song of “PAINKILLER” that you know, but this is the first time that a hidden masterpiece that runs with a lot of sorrow was performed live. Moreover, with this premiere, all the songs of the daimyo board “PAINKILLER” were performed live. There was a maniac at the scene who thought, “Like METALLICA, I think I should reproduce” PAINKILLER “in reverse order !?”, but it was a shocking opening that sprouted that possibility.
This one song alone is a big deal, but it doesn’t end there. Similarly, the world premiere of “Invader” will pop out, and “Rocka Rolla” for the first time in 45 years will also be released. “Blood Red Skies” is relatively recent since the “EPITAPH Tour”, but it is still a rare song that can only be played on a planned tour.

It was hit by a fierce rush of extremely rare songs that were overwhelming with metal objects from all over the world, and even Glenn Tipton appeared in the encore. This is a must-listen and must-have live album for 2021 where you can fully experience a special scene with superb quality. Was this rare set a model for the upcoming North American leg, or was it just a surprise on the first day? It’s exactly what God knows, but anyway, it’s the latest work that trembles as much as a maniac who is familiar with the history of PRIEST. Please enjoy it to your heart’s content.
PRIEST IS BACK !!!