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Judas Priest British Steel 30 Anniversary DELUXE EDITION 2010 NTSC MDVDR-RHyTM

Judas Priest - British Steel: 30th Anniversary
Live @ The Seminole Hard Rock Arena 17th August 2009

Source: DVD5
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Columbia
Store Date: 10.06.2010
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 5.1 CH
Video: NTSC, 4887kbps
Language: English

01. Rapid Fire
02. Metal Gods
03. Breaking The Law
04. Grinder
05. United
06. You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise
07. Living After Midnight
08. The Rage
09. Steeler
10. The Ripper
11. Prophecy
12. Hell Patrol
13. Victim Of Changes
14. Freewheel Burning
15. Diamonds And Rust
16. You've Got Another Thing Coming

If ever there was a five star album that got repakaged into a six star album then this is it. 1980 was a landmark year for Heavy Metal. Strong debuts from Iron Maiden, Saxon and Diamond Head along with definitive sets from Dio-era Sabbath, Motorhead and AC/DC gave this album some healthy competition, but in terms of pure Heavy Metal then this is probably the best of the bunch. This album has it all, heavy riffing, fast songs, anthems and even a Heavy Metal/ Reggae crossover section in "The Rage" (which isn`t as horrible as it sounds). It`s the extras that make this reissue so special. It comes packaged with an absolutely amazing live CD, second only to "Unleashed in the East", and easily their best live DVD of the same show. The setlist is solid, packed with Priest classics including the entire "British Steel" album live and recently revived relics like "Freewheel Burning" and "Diamonds And Rust" (with it`s original arrangement). The whole band looks totally committed to the material and the scaled back stage show puts more emphasis on the music, which is delivered in spades. Even Rob Halford, who struggled with some of the older material recently (no disrespect, but he did set the bar pretty high back in the day and he is getting old), sounds fantastic. The "Making of" documentary is great also. The only thing glaringly missing are the videos for "Breaking The Law" and "Living After Midnight", which are both masterpieces, particularly the former. If you are wondering what all the fuss about Priest, or even just Heavy Metal, is, then I would find it hard to pick a better.

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In music, "genre defining" is a phrase limited to the very best albums. It’s a goal every artist strives for, but only a select few actually achieve. Judas Priest is one of those fortunate artists, and they first reached that plateau with 1980’s British Steel. Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, the album has been rereleased in both two- and three-disc versions. This review covers the two-disc version.

Recorded at Tittenhurst Park, the former home of John Lennon, British Steel mixes hard-charging radio anthems such as “Living After Midnight” and “Breaking the Law” with blistering metal such as the album’s opener “Rapid Fire” and its closer “Steeler.” When Rob Halford sings, “pounding the world like a battering ram,” he isn’t kidding. The album grabs the listener by the throat from the opening buzz saw guitar licks and never lets go. This is the album that turned Priest into headliners after years of opening act status.

The album also features in-concert favorites such as “Metal Gods” and “Grinder,” the former of which has become Halford’s nickname. In addition, the band stretches out on the anthemic “United” and mixes a reggae-like intro with the powerful “The Rage,” a track that features some of Halford’s best vocals. The album remains a collection one could present to skeptics to defend metal’s validity.

To celebrate the album’s anniversary, Judas Priest hit the road in 2009 playing British Steel in its entirety. The included DVD features a full concert recorded live at the Seminole Hard Rock Arena in Hollywood, Fla.

Opening with “Rapid Fire, the band plays through all of British Steel before returning to deliver an additional hour of Priest classics. Highlights from the album portion include “Metal Gods,” the seldom-played “You Don’t Have to be Old to be Wise,” and “The Rage.” Revisiting these songs seems to have revitalized Halford in particular, who hits notes that didn’t seem possible for him anymore. The second part of the set includes killer versions of “The Ripper” (with Halford hitting the big notes), “Prophecy” from the band’s concept album Nostradamus and a lightning-fast “Freewheel Burning” complete with motorcycle intro.

The DVD is well filmed, without too much rapid-style editing found in many of today’s rock DVDs. Too many of these discs seem to have five shots per second and never linger on any of them long enough to figure out what is going on. Thankfully, that is not the case here.

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Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969. The band were led throughout their recording career by bassist, songwriter and singer Phil Lynott, and are best known for their songs "Whiskey in the Jar", "Jailbreak" and "The Boys Are Back in Town", all major international hits still played regularly on hard rock and classic rock radio stations. After Lynott died, various incarnations of the band have emerged over the years culminating in a more stable line-up based around guitarists Scott Gorham and John Sykes. Sykes left the band in June 2009.

Thin Lizzy's leader, Lynott was composer or co-composer of almost all their songs. He was also one of the few black men to achieve significant success in hard rock. As well as being multiracial, the band drew their members not only from both sides of the Irish border but also from both the Catholic and Protestant communities. Their music reflects a wide range of influences, including country music, psychedelic rock, Irish music and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or sometimes heavy metal. Rolling Stone describe the band as distinctly hard rock, "far apart from the braying mid-70s metal pack".

Critic for Allmusic John Dougan has written that "As the band's creative force, Lynott was a more insightful and intelligent writer than many of his ilk, preferring slice-of-life working-class dramas of love and hate influenced by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, and virtually all of the Irish literary tradition." Van Morrison, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix were major influences during the early days of the band, and later influences included American artists Little Feat and Bob Seger.

Band members
* Rob Halford - vocals
* K. K. Downing - guitar
* Glenn Tipton - guitar
* Ian Hill - bass
* Scott Travis - drums

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