Diamonds and Rust (2CD)
Live Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN, Dec. 12, 1982
Skeleton Songs SS 010/011
CD 1:	CD 2:
1. Hellion	1. Diamonds And Rust
2. Electric Eye	2. The Devil's Child [sic]
3. Riding On The Wind	3. Screaming For Vengeance
4. Heading Out To The Highway	4. You've Got Another Thing Coming
5. Metal Gods	5. Victim Of Changes
6. Bloodstone	6. Living After Midnight
7. Breaking The Law	7. The Green Manalishi
8. The Sinner [sic]	8. Hell Bent For Leather
9. Desert Plains	-- --
10. The Ripper	-- --

This bootleg was made for the old-style thick double CD jewelcases. So a bootleg with all paperwork should have two back inlays with spines, and a single page two-sided insert, which has the same cover and tracklisting art as the inlays. The specific month/day is not listed on the bootleg.

This is one of the more famous live Priest shows since it was broadcast on MTV and released on video (the DVD in the "Metalogy" boxset is from this show). It was apparently also recorded with the intent to possibly release it as a live album, but I've heard this was eventually scrapped since it was too close to the release of "Unleashed in the East." Halford comments about the show being recorded before "Devil's Child."

See the "Metal Gods" bootleg below for more on other bootlegs of this show. Apparently this bootleg has the complete set, and is probably in the correct order, though I'm not 100% sure.

"Hellion" and "Electric Eye" were not divided correctly on the bootleg, so track 1 is about the first half of "Electric Eye," and track 2 is the rest.

Halford changes the "Washington Square" line in "Diamonds and Rust" to reflect their Memphis location.

After "The Ripper," it sounds like there's an edit/jump since the crowd noise seems to change. I don't know what was cut out, if anything. The end of disc 1 fades out.

There's a slight sound oddity on disc 2, track 4 at 7:50. It's possible it could be an edit. There are also sound oddities that are probably jumps at the ends of tracks 5 and 6. Since these were before encores, I assume some of the idle time was cut out.

Great show (probably at the height of their popularity in the U.S.) with an excellent setlist. I think this is the only complete version of this show on CD format. Also note, to my ear, the sound quality here actually sounds a tiny bit worse/distorted than the "Metal Gods" bootleg below, although if there really is a difference, it's hardly noticeable.

The cover for this bootleg is taken from the Excalibur film poster.

From San Antonio To St. Louis
Tracks 1-4 - San Antonio, TX, Sept. 10, 1982 Tracks 5-7 - Long Beach, CA, May 5, 1984 Tracks 8-9 - Keil Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, May 23, 1986
Turn Your Player On TYPO 04
	1. (The Hellion)/Electric Eye
	2. Living After Midnight
	3. Metal Gods
	4. The Green Manalishi
	5. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
	6. Breakin' The Law [sic]
	7. You've Another Thing Coming [sic]
	8. Turbo Lover
	9. Hell Bent For Leather

Not really such a great bootleg in terms of material, as it only provides a few songs from each show, and all the material is available elsewhere.

Tracks 1-4 are from the same show as the "Obey Their Law" CD and several bootleg LPs.

The Long Beach tracks are part of an ABC radio broadcast which was also bootlegged as the "California Burning" and "Jawbreaker" 2CDs. This California set is also known as "ABC Defenders."

Tracks 8-9 are also on the "Heavy Metal Faggot" bootleg. The St. Louis show was a King Biscuit broadcast, which is probably what some of the bootlegs of the gig are sourced from. Track 9 is the same version that appears on the official remastered "Priest...Live!" 2CD.

Genocide
Tracks 1-5 - Kosei-Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 1978 Tracks 6-8 - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, May 9, 1978
Bondage Music BON 037
	1. White Heat, Red Hot
	2. Victim Of Changes
	3. Beyond The Realms Of Death
	4. Genocide
	5. Tyrant
	6. White Heat, Red Hot
	7. Starbreaker
	8. Beyond The Realms Of Death

Note that there is definitely another silver bootleg-CD of Priest titled "Genocide" that contains totally different live material. Don't confuse the bootlegs with the commercially-available "Genocide," which is just a 2-CD with the band's first two albums.

"White Heat, Red Hot" is apparently the second song of the Tokyo set--Halford mentions in the stage banter that "Exciter" was the first. There is a cut/jump at 7:30 of track 2 during stage banter--the track(s) between "Victim of Changes" and "Beyond the Realms of Death" were cut out/rearranged.

Although only the date and city are given for them, tracks 6-8 are from the same gig as the first four tracks on the "Heavy Metal Faggot" bootleg. These Cleveland tracks have some light crackling and popping in the background, so they were probably sourced from vinyl. Possible cut between tracks 6/7.

Obviously incomplete/broken-up sets aside, superb vintage material. There seems to be a lot of extra-flashy instrumentation ("Genocide" runs very long with extra guitarwork; "Starbreaker" has a short drum solo). And judging by the way the Japanese girls scream during the first 5 tracks, you'd think they were a pop band.

Heavy Metal Faggot
Tracks 1-4 - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, May 9, 1978 Tracks 5-6 - Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 10, 1979/Nakano Sunplaza, Tokyo, Japan Feb. 15, 1979 (Unleashed in the East outtakes) Tracks 7-9 - The Palladium, NY, Nov. 4, 1979 Tracks 10-12 - Jaap Edenhall, Amsterdam, Holland, Nov. 12, 1979 Tracks 13-14 - Keil Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, May 23, 1986
Bondage Music BON183
	1. The Ripper
	2. Victim Of Changes
	3. Tyrant
	4. Genocide
	5. Beyond The Realms Of Death
	6. Evil Fantasies
	7. Starbreaker
	8. Take On The World
	9. The Ripper
	10. Running Wild
	11. Diamond And Rust [sic]
	12. Beyond The Realms Of Death
	13. Turbo Lover
	14. Hell Bent For Leather

In regards to tracks 5 and 6, "Beyond the Realms of Death" was originally from a 3-track EP that came packaged with the initial UK press of the "...In the East" LP (also later released as the B-side to the "Rock Forever" maxi-single. "Evil Fantasies" was the B-side of the "Living After Midnight" maxi-single. What makes "Evil Fantasies" sort of unusual among the "...In the East" tracks is that it's apparently the only officially released song from the sessions that did not get vocal overdubbing. Since both of these tracks have cracking and popping, it's pretty obvious they were taken from their vinyl sources.

In the introduction to track 7, Rob states that the NY show is the last show of their American tour.

Some additional tracks from the Cleveland show are available on the "Genocide" bootleg. Tracks 13 and 14 are also on the "From San Antonio to St. Louis" bootleg.

Hell Bent For BBC
Tracks 1-10 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, Nov. 21, 1981 Tracks 11-13 - The Palladium, NY, Mar. 10, 1978
Shout To The Top STTP 040
	1. BBC Introduction
	2. Hell Bent For Leather
	3. Breakin' The Law [sic]
	4. Sinner
	5. Beyond The Realms Of Death
	6. Grinder
	7. Victim Of Changes
	8. Green Manalishi [sic]
	9. Living After Midnight
	10. Tyrant
	11. Better By You, Better Than Me
	12. Genocide
	13. Starbreaker

Note that the bootleg lists the month for tracks 1-10 as December, but it was November. The show was broadcast on the radio, hence the BBC introduction.

The Hammersmith tracks, minus the BBC intro, are also on the "Sinners and Saints" bootleg.

Los Angeles 1990 Split with Bruce Dickinson
Tracks 10-17 - Third Annual Concrete Foundations Forum, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 13, 1990 Tracks 1-9 - see Bruce Dickinson page
Live Storm LSCD 51156
	1. Riding With The Angels (Samson cover) - Bruce Dickinson
	2. Born In '58 - Bruce Dickinson
	3. Lickin' The Gun - Bruce Dickinson
	4. Hell On Wheels - Bruce Dickinson
	5. All The Young Dudes (Mott The Hoople cover) - Bruce Dickinson
	6. Tattooed Millionaire - Bruce Dickinson
	7. Sin City (AC/DC cover) - Bruce Dickinson
	8. Wishing Well (Free cover) - Bruce Dickinson
	9. Black Night (Deep Purple cover) - Bruce Dickinson
	10. Riding On The Wind
	11. Grinder
	12. Heading Out To The Highway
	13. Between The Hammer And The Anvil [sic]
	14. Better By You Better Than Me (Spooky Tooth cover)
	15. Leather Rebel
	16. Hell Bent For Leather
	17. You've Another Thing Coming [sic]

This bootleg was originally released in 1991 on the Post Script label. This Live Storm '94 press is a reissue. The covers and general layout are pretty much the same, but there are differences in the back insert spines and the CD press information on the back insert. The on-disc printing is totally different between the two.

The title of the bootleg is the only recording info you get--the specific location and date are not given.

This show has some historical interest, as this was the band's first show with Scott Travis, as well as the first time in 12 years they'd played "Better By You, Better Than Me" (Halford comments about the suicide trial in the stage banter).

This show was also a live broadcast on KNAC, and it's probable many bootlegs from this gig were sourced from the broadcast. Note that two songs from this gig were later officially released on the remastered Judas Priest CDs--"Better By You, Better Than Me" is on the "Stained Class" remaster, and "Leather Rebel" is on the "Painkiller" remaster.

While here the Los Angeles show is incomplete and tracks have been edited out (you can notice a few edits here and there between tracks), the songs seem to be in the original playing order. These same tracks are also on the "California Burning" 2CD. Longer versions of this gig are also available on the "L.A. Nights," "Priests of Pain," and "The Complete Painkiller Tour" 2CD bootlegs.

If you're not interested in the Bruce Dickinson stuff, this is a rather poor bootleg, as all of the Priest stuff here is available on other bootlegs that either have more songs from the gig or have other Priest live material. Even the artwork is generic, and there are no photos or Priest related-graphics aside from their modified logo.

Metal Gods
Live Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN, Dec. 12, 1982
Flashback Worldproductions Flash 06.91.0151
	1. The Helion/Electric Eye [sic]
	2. Riding The Wind
	3. Heading Out To The Highway
	4. Metal Gods
	5. Bloodstone
	6. Breaking The Law
	7. Diamonds And Rust
	8. Screaming For Vengence [sic]
	9. You've Got Another Thing Coming
	10. The Sinner
	11. Desert Plain [sic]
	12. The Ripper
	13. Livin' After Midnight [sic]
	14. Green Manalishi [sic]
	15. Hell Bent For Leather

The specific date and location are not given on the bootleg. An LP version of this bootleg with the same cover and a smaller number of tracks was also released. This same show is also available on the "Diamonds and Rust" 2CD bootleg above, which has an additional two tracks. This Memphis show is also on a couple of boot LPs like "Live in U.S.A. 83," "Memphis Rockabilly Band," and the "Voice of the Priest" split-LP with Iron Maiden.

As mentioned above, two songs are missing from the set, and compared to the tracklistings of videos and other bootlegs I've seen, there was probably some song order rearrangement, but the edits were so subtle I didn't notice any of the breakpoints.

Since this bootleg is missing tracks, it's inferior to the "Diamonds and Rust" 2CD, but it isn't too bad at all for a single disc representation of the show.

Still Worth Fighting For
The Palladium, NY, July 23, 1981
Hot Rockin' Recordings 016
Given tracklisting:	Correct tracklisting:
1. Intro	1. Intro
2. Solar Angels	2. Solar Angels
3. Heading Out To The Highway	3. Heading Out To The Highway
4. Diamond And Rust [sic]	4. Diamonds And Rust
5. The Grinder	5. Hell Bent For Leather
7. Desert Plains	6. The Grinder
8. Hot Rockin'	7. Desert Plains
9. Genocide	8. Hot Rockin'
10. Exiter [sic]	9. Genocide
11. The Ripper	10. Exciter
12. You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise	11. The Ripper
13. Victim Of Changes	12. You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise
14. The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)	13. Victim Of Changes
15. Breaking The Law	14. The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)
16. Livin After Midnight [sic]	15. Breaking The Law
17. Tyrant	16. Living After Midnight
-- --	17. Tyrant

One of the more recent Halford-era bootlegs. The insert printing and layout, despite some mistakes, is among the nicest I've seen on a bootleg (the bootlegger tried to mimic the packaging of the Priest remasters). Excellent set as well.

There are some between-song edits and the track order was obviously changed (Rob comments on the crowd's singing during "Breaking the Law" at the end of track 11). There is also a defect during the guitar intro to "Victim of Changes" (at 0:20) where the sound speeds up for a second or two. It sounds like this was a tape speed problem with the source recording.

As I've noted above, there is no listing for a track 6 on the bootleg itself.

Miscellaneous

Does anyone know about a bootleg called "Invading the Heart of Country," supposedly Memphis 1983? They of course played a show in 1982 that was already bootlegged, so is that date a mistake? This release is probably a CD-R, but I'm not sure.

"The Sinner in Osaka" is a CD-R.

"Priest of Osaka" is a CD-R--don't be fooled by the relatively high-quality printing/layout.

"Hell Bent For Sinners" and "Live In Denver" seem to be cheap CD-Rs and should be considered such until proven otherwise.