Judas Priest Re-Forging "British Steel"

Judas Priest Re-Forging “British Steel”

March 9, 2010 By Mike Duquette — No Comments

Legacy Recordings announced details for a new Legacy Edition of Judas Priest’s 1980 classic British Steel. This LP – their second with producer Tom Allom – was destined to become a heavy metal classic from the get-go, earning Priest their first U.S. Top 40 record and paving the way for a loud, in-your-face but streamlined metal sound that would be deployed to full effect by bands like Metallica and Anthrax in the coming years.

As for the vault material, the audio offerings are nothing new – everything included on the 2001 remaster of the album is here (that would be the album in its original U.K. running order, the 1985 outtake “Red, White & Blue” and a live version of “Grinder” recorded in 1984). But the second disc has got some goodies from the Metal Gods: there’s a live performance from last year’s British Steel tour, which saw the band run through the entire British Steel LP plus another set full of hits and fan favorites, as well as a new 30-minute making-of documentary on the album.

British Steel: Legacy Edition will be in stores May 11.

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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, having written at and worked for all three major catalogue music labels and contributing to Allmusic, Billboard, Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Classic Rock. He's penned liner notes for Verve, Chess, Mondo and Soul Music Records.

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