Unleashed in the East

I probably became aware of them in about 1978 from their logo painstakingly lettered on the back of other boys' rucksacks at school.

And I can definitely remember an older pupil mocking Unleashed in the East, claiming it was all studio.

I mean, that was the rumour back then, that it was all studio.

I remember that being very strongly.

Number six, Kiss Alive.

Number five, Judas Priest Unleashed in the East.

Number four, Ted Nugent, Double Live Gonzo.

Number three, UFO Strangers in the Night.

Um-

So that's Unleashed in the East times, right?

And, um, yes.

I think it was-

And then like another song, he goes, you know? So I think they just took the best performances from Atlanta and Dallas and stuck them on here.

And this would not be the first time Priest would be criticized for this, as their last album, Unleashed in the East, has been dubbed Unleashed in the Studio for similar reasons.

And there's a passive-aggressive message in 98 Live Meltdown about how they didn't fake anything this time because we have a new singer, basically.

Yeah, so...

So no tracks from their 70s album.

unless you count the bonus track Hellbent for Leather.

This didn't sell as well as Unleashed in the East, but it eventually got gold in October 31.

Well,

But, uh, Boston, Van Halen, Judas Priest.

W- my s- my sister was driving me to school, uh, I was a sophomore in high school, and, uh, I turned on the radio and there was, uh, Judas Priest, Unleashed in the East, "Diamonds and Rust".

Greatest live album of all time.

And I was like, "What is this?" And I was a different singer before that, before I heard that.

And it did include songs like A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll and Hey Baby.

In 1979, Judas Priest released their first live album, Unleashed in the East.

That was put on Columbia Records.

Hit number 10 on the UK albums chart, number 70 in America.

Um, and just showing a, a, um, changing of the guard, uh, from bands like UK.

Um, September 21st, uh, this is also '79, [lip smack] um, we've got, uh, Unleashed in the East.

So, so this is a busy day.

So Judas Priest completely gets kind of, um, you know, avalanched over by a lot of things coming out, uh, in their wheelhouse and in the, um, and in the, uh, you know, the, uh, the, the post-punk, the punk, uh, wheelhouse as well.

We followed that up with the LA legends Uncle Slam and their version of Led Zeppelin's Dazed and Confused, and we finished that block off with Propane and their cover of Celtic Frost's Circle of the Tyrants.

And now it's time to honor the elders and Judas Priest and their cover of Fleetwood Mac's The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) from their 1979 Unleashed in the East record on Postal Fest on Monsterpiece Theater.

Turn it up.

Light 'em up, too, fuck.

[coughs] Oh, what a great fun block that was.

Started off with our Honoring the Elder segment.

This week we had Judas Priest and their song from their 1979 Unleashed in the East release, The Green Manalishi with the Two-Pronged Crown, originally written and recorded by the Fleetwood Mac Band.

And that was followed up by Sepultura out of São Paulo, Brazil, the original Sepultura, and their cover of New Model Army's song The Hunt.

Oh, yeah.

I mean, the first record I ever bought was Judas Priest Unleashed in the East.

Oh, nice.

Live recording.