Happy Friday. A fairly quiet week this week for new releases. A new Judas Priest greatest hits, but do we really need one? Not a single disc set, but what can you do. Nothing for me this week. Hopefully there is something you see you want to hear. Let me know. Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.
Judas Priest – The Best of Judas Priest – (Sony Music)
Joe Bonamassa – The Spirit of Rory: Live From Cork – (J&R Adventures)
Mattador – III – (Frontiers Records)
Warning – Rituals of Shame – (Relapse Records Inc.)
Kerry King – From Hell I Rise (Expanded Edition) – (Reigning Phoenix Music)
At the May 2022 Record Show here in Charlotte, I found a couple bootlegs on CD that I had to grab. The first was from Extreme which we discussed recently and this one is from Queensryche. I don’t know much about it but I do know that it had to come out sometime after 1992 as the most current songs on here were recorded around that time. There are 3 different versions of this bootleg according to Discogs and all three have the same track listing. The other two were from Italy and released in 1992 and the other 1994. This one has no date or country of origin so all is unknown. If you do know, please comment below.
The first 5 tracks are taken from MTV Unplugged which were recorded on April 27, 1992. I don’t think there has ever been an official MTV Unplugged release for this show…at least not that I can find. Tracks 6-9 and 11-14 are all recorded around 1983 in New York which is very early Queensryche. Pre the release of ‘The Warning’ which is really cool. They would’ve only had out the Queensryche E.P. at this point. Song 10 comes from Tokyo and Budokan in 1985.
And like any good bootleg, there are mistakes in both song titles and track orders. First, the song “Take Hold of the Flame” is actually “Take Hold of My Flame”. Track 7 is listed as “Blinded” but is actually “Queen of the Reich”. Track 8 is listed as “The Lady Wore Black (Electric)” but is actually “Blinded” and as a result, Track 9 is listed as “Queen of the Reich” but is “Blinded”. Okay, I think that is all that I can find.
Judas Priest – The Best of Judas Priest – (Sony Music)
Joe Bonamassa – The Spirit of Rory: Live From Cork – (J&R Adventures)
Mattador – III – (Frontiers Records)
Warning – Rituals of Shame – (Relapse Records Inc.)
Kerry King – From Hell I Rise (Expanded Edition) – (Reigning Phoenix Music)
2 Loud 2 Old Music 