In reference to Judas Priest's live recording

mike coleman insect.brain at GMAIL.COM
Thu Sep 25 20:17:11 EDT 2008


agreed but shouldn't you stay home so we can negotiate the paint pen thing??



On 9/25/08, trev <judge48 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> never mind about judas priest...i need a lift to herne bay from brighton on
> sunday...mine has fallen through
>
> ooer
>
> trev
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "mike coleman" <insect.brain at GMAIL.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:27 PM
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
> Subject: Re: In reference to Judas Priest's live recording
>
> yes this does mess up my nice pair now doesn't it??
>> a nice trio
>> thanks for pointing out that we have another case of the space ritual
>> going
>> on here as far as live recordings go....
>>
>>
>> On 9/24/08, gary shindler <bewlay68 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unleashed_in_the_East
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Wed, 9/24/08, Stewartbas at AOL.COM <Stewartbas at AOL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Stewartbas at AOL.COM <Stewartbas at AOL.COM>
>>> Subject: Re: OFF: Re: Dio, Maiden, etc.
>>> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>>> Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 2:09 PM
>>>
>>> In a message dated 9/22/2008 4:53:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK writes:
>>>
>>> Halford's singing's silly but competent--but there's also some live
>>>
>>> bonus material, on which he sounds *awful*. Was he always like this or
>>> did they just have a very thin selection of material to use as bonuses,
>>> do you suppose?
>>> At one time Halford was THE voice of Heavy Metal  whom all others were
>>> judged
>>> against. The only others who came close were;  Gillian, Freddy Mercury
>>> and
>>> Robert Plant (although by this time Plant was in  serious decline).
>>> Halford
>>> began loosing the hi notes in concert somewhere after  Screaming for
>>> Vengeance,
>>>
>>> which by that time they were the hottest act in town,  due to a series of
>>> 'Hit'
>>> singles and continuous radio play.
>>> One of the greatest rock shows I've ever saw was JP at the old Academy of
>>> Music on 14th St in NYC around 1977. The billing was(from top to bottom)
>>> REO
>>> Speedwagon, Starz, and JP at the bottom of the bill.
>>> It was a July evening and it was billed as a BARGAIN Night as the tix
>>> sold
>>> for only $3.50. The temperature  outside had to be close to 100 degrees
>>> F  and
>>> inside was at least 10 degrees hotter..and for $3.50 a head management
>>> saw  NO
>>> reason to put on the AC. Priest played most of Sad Wings and the place
>>> went
>>> completely mental. I remember Halford had long flowing red hair and he
>>> was
>>> dressed in chiffon and he acted, aaaa, how can I say this...gay. That's
>>> why
>>> my
>>> friends and I were always surprised that everyone else was surprised when
>>> RH
>>> came 'out'. The next tour, JP headlined and had switched the whole
>>> persona to
>>> the campy, leather, S&M thing, which was immediately copied by 100's of
>>> up
>>> and coming heavy metal acts.
>>> I remember seeing Iron Maiden open for the Priest with the EXACT same
>>> stage
>>> setup, runways at each side of the stage coming up behind the drummer,
>>> strobes,  everything was the same except smaller for Iron Maiden.
>>> I saw the Priest last month in NY and they were GREAT...Halford got his
>>> voice back or was it just trickery.
>>> Anyway it was a fantastic show.
>>> Since the Hawks were on a long hiatus from the states that wouldn't end
>>> till
>>> around '89 --the Priest filled that void, for a few years anyway, very,
>>> very
>>> nicely.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <ObCD: Space Ritual - _Otherworld_, which I only just got and  which is
>>> <confusing me by being not bad enough that I'm not entirely  certain it
>>> <might not be good. A terrible string of negatives, but I  was truly
>>> <expecting it to suck, and it fails to do so. More on this I  expect...
>>>
>>> I thought this was Nik's best work since Sphinx (both). Finally I think
>>> he
>>>
>>> may be over the whole, 'I'm the spirit of Hawkwind' crap that's
>>> been hindering
>>> his artistic progress for years. This is a good one.
>>>
>>> bill s
>>> ny
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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