Judas Priest/CA,USA 1990 & more

Finally, the time has come for metalheads' long-cherished wish to come true. The ultimate live album "PAINKILLER TOUR 1990-1991" is born! It's been a long time. It's been really long. It's impossible to say for certain which is JUDAS PRIEST's best work, but one of the leading candidates is "PAINKILLER". Not only was it a heartwarming declaration of revival for old fans, but it also knocked down even young fans of the thrash generation, making them bow down and say, "PRIEST is a god". Even now, 28 years later, its prestige has not faded in the slightest, and it continues to teach the new generation that "this is heavy metal". PRIEST has many masterpieces, but this is a masterpiece among masterpieces that is unparalleled in its transcendence of generations. "PAINKILLER TOUR" is the time when the steel god who created such a masterpiece set out into the world. Naturally, all metalheads sent their hot eyes to it. However, there has been no satisfactory live album, let alone an official one. No full-scale superb soundboard has appeared, and the quality of the pro shots of the ROCK IN RIO and Detroit performances is not so good. Before long, resignation became common sense, and even when talking about audience recording, it was said that "PAINKILLER TOUR is better". This work is a superb soundboard album that puts an end to such a history of hardship. It is a great masterpiece that can be declared to future generations as "This is a heavy metal live!" There are two kinds of live performances included in this work. Let's introduce each in detail. [Superb matrix master of Irvine performance] The main focus of this work is "Irvine performance on July 12, 1991". Yes, last year, the superb pro shot "IRVINE 1991" was unearthed, and it is that live that shocked the whole world. This work is a little different from that stereo soundboard sound. In fact, the original was that pro shot, but overseas core enthusiasts matrixed the finest audience recording there. It is an ultra-elegant that has been further upgraded. In fact, the sound of "IRVINE 1991" was a superb sound board that easily updated the highest peak of "PAINKILLER TOUR". However, even if it is a perfect score as a video work with beautiful image quality, if it is a live album with only audio, the sound before passing through the dry effect had a "really outflowing" feeling. Because the sound is ultimately direct and sharp, enthusiasts around the world thought "Can't you do it even more amazing!?" I want to listen with a richer sound, I want an official-class live album... The result is the matrix sound of this work. In fact, the scale of this work transcends even that super masterpiece pro shot. The super direct feeling and sharp edge of the outflow sound board remains the same, and the rich sound is truly full of the elegance of "official class". Moreover, the inter-song parts that were cut in the pro shot audio are also complemented, and the show is recorded completely seamlessly. It is a super-excellent live album that you can't find anything even if you try your best to find an ala. The sense of the mania that created this quality is not ham. In fact, the matrix is ​​very delicate. Simply "mixing a sound board with a good audience recording" is not an upgrade. You need to see through the individuality of the sound board, carefully select the audience recording that has the elements that are missing, and match it with a balance that does not kill each other. Moreover, the balance must be precisely changed depending on the scene and part. In fact, there are several types of matrix masters that used this Irvine performance, but the results are quite different. Some of them have a close scream that is irritating, and some are just bad matrices that have polluted the superb sound board sound with the customer recording. However, this work has a tight focus on the aim of "perfecting the sound" and is outstanding in its completeness. It is a super masterpiece master that embodies the ideal of "a sound that should be heard as a live album". [The apex master of the classic "FOUNDATIONS FORUM 90"] In addition to the Irvine performance, this work also includes the finest soundboard of "FOUNDATIONS FORUM on September 13, 1990". This show was an event appearance just before the "PAINKILLER TOUR" and was also Scott Travis' first stage. The pattern was also broadcast on radio, and it reigned as the representative soundboard of the "PAINKILLER" era. It is literally official quality, with "Better By You Better Than Me" and "Leather Rebel" adopted as bonus tracks of the official remastered reissue. However, this soundboard also has a reputation. In fact, the broadcast was short, so a large number of mixed boots with other sound sources were produced. The most famous is the 16-song version, but the songs "Metal Gods", "Sinner", "Ram It Down", "Heavy Metal" and "Victim Of Changes" recorded there were from the 1988 New Haven performance, and "Bloodstone", "The Green Manalishi" and "Living After Midnight" were also from other soundboards of lower quality. In contrast, this work has no mixtures. It contains the highest quality broadcast in history. The master is the master recording of the broadcast of WESTWOOD ONE excavated by the prestigious "Krw_co". It is the ultimate generation in a different dimension from air checks. However, there was some scratch noise remaining in the "Krw_co" master, so this work was mastered even more meticulously. It achieved the highest quality sound in history without noise. [The ultimate PAINKILLER live] The live depicted with two types of soundboards of such ultimate quality is exactly the utopia of heavy metal. It's amazing just to have an official long sound board, but the best thing is the "PAINKILLER" number. The Irvine performance includes "All Guns Blazing", "Night Crawler", "A Touch Of Evil" and "Painkiller", while the FOUNDATIONS FORUM performance includes "Between The Hammer & The Anvil" and "Leather Rebel". In particular, "Leather Rebel" is an ultra-rare song that has only been played at FOUNDATIONS FORUM. In fact, there are other songs such as "Metal Meltdown" which is only an audience record and "Hell Patrol" which is only after the reunion, but this is the entire sound board where 39-year-old Rob Halford barks. It is also a two-disc set that can cover it with the highest quality. Also, along with "Leather Rebel", "Better By You Better Than Me" is rare. Both are takes that are adopted in the official bonus tracks, but it is delicious to listen to them in the flow of the live performance. Moreover, this work also includes "Diamonds & Rust" and "The Green Manalishi", so the three major covers of the 70s are all here. It is surprisingly rare to enjoy these three songs on a sound board at the same time throughout the history of PRIEST, and it is a point that tickles the hearts of old enthusiasts. The rare iron plate "PAINKILLER". This work is a sound board album that will be the "live edition". Perhaps in the future, the Irvine performance will be recorded on the anniversary edition of "PAINKILLER". However, even if that happens, the sound will be the same as "IRVINE 1991". Because the official side will not matrix with the audience. The passion of core enthusiasts who sought the ultimate because it is a superb sound board. And the stubbornness of the excavation prestigious company that found the broadcast master. It is the ultimate and supreme live album that combines both of them. The title "Definitive PAINKILLER Live" is not just for show. This is a work that shines at the pinnacle of the music genre "heavy metal," so be sure to check it out and experience it! Foundations Forum, Los Angeles, CA. USA 13th September 1990 STEREO SBD Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA. USA 12th July 1991 STEREO SBD/AUD MATRIX Live at Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA. USA 12th July 1991: STEREO SBD/AUD MATRIX Disc 1 (64:13) 1. Intro. 2. Hell Bent For Leather 3. Heading Out To The Highway 4. The Hellion 5. Electric Eye 6. Diamonds & Rust 7. All Guns Blazing 8. Metal Gods 9. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll 10. The Ripper 11. Night Crawler 12. Turbo Lover 13. A Touch Of Evil 14. Painkiller 15. The Green Manalishi　Disc 2 (58:02) 1. Breaking The Law 2. Living After Midnight 3. Whoa Yeah!! 4. You've Got Another Thing Comin' Bonus Track Live at Foundations Forum, Los Angeles, CA. USA 13th September 1990 5. Riding On The Wind 6. Grinder 7. Heading Out To The Highway 8. Between The Hammer & The Anvil 9. Better By You Better Than Me 10. Leather Rebel 11. Hell Bent For Leather 12. You've Got Another Thing Comin' 13. Radio Outro. STEREO SOUNDBOARD RECORDING Rob Halford - Vocals K.K Downing - Guitar Glenn Tipton - Guitar Ian Hill – Bass Scott Travis – Drums