Priest...Live! [Original recording remastered, Live]

The remaster of the first Priest live record, 'Unleashed in the East', is the best of the remasters (in my opinion) because they added four live tracks that were recorded at the same time but never fit on the original single LP. With this remaster, extending the compacted single CD back out to a double CD (as the original was a double LP), Sony could have done the same - adding such 1986 tour tracks as "Locked In", "Victim of Changes", "The Green Manalishi", and "Hell Bent for Leather" (three of which appear on the recently released 'Electric Eye' DVD). Unfortunately, we only get only the last cut from the 1986 tour, and two other live tracks from two other tours - "Screaming for Vengeance" from 1982 show and "Rock Hard, Ride Free" from a 1984 show. As with all but one of the other remasters, Sony has missed the opportunity to do it right.

First of all, as a live recording in digital (the new trend at the time), the sound of the guitars is subdued and restrained, and as such, not a single song on here outdoes the original version.

Second, the song choice on the CD was horrible - I mean, the very worst of Judas Priest fare was included ("Rock You All Around the World", "Parental Guidance") - which brings me to the reissue. The video version (now on the new 'Electric Eye' DVD) included the non-CD tunes "Locked In", "Desert Plains", "Hell Bent for Leather", and "Green Manalishi" - the latter of which is the best version (guitar solo-wise) I have ever heard. That said, on the 'Turbo' reissue, we have a live version of "Locked In" from the 1986 tour; and on here, we are given three extra live tracks taken from previous tours. With the reissues, Sony could have given us a complete sonic chronicle of the 1986 tour (as they did with the video), but chose not to.