JUDAS PRIEST British Steel 1980 UK CBS 1st PRESS UNPLAYED/MINT
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£ 72
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Aug 22, 2014
Sold Date
Aug 12, 2014
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£ 20
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JUDAS PRIEST British Steel 1980 UK CBS 1st PRESS UNPLAYED/MINT
JUDAS PRIESTBritish Steel
UK CBS (84160) FIRST PRESSING (April 1980)
UNPLAYED AND AS-NEW THROUGHOUT
MATRIX: CBS-S-84I60-A2 RAYS / CBS-S-84I60-B2 RAYS
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL LIGHTLY GLOSSY SINGLE SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE, SQUARE CUT WITH UK PATENT NUMBER PRINTED IN BLACK
Aside from the experimental side project Lumpy Gravy, Hot Rats was the first Predating Metallica's self-titled blockbuster by 11 years, Judas Priest's British Steel was a similarly pitched landmark boasting many of the same accomplishments. It streamlined and simplified the progressive intricacies of a band fresh off of revolutionising the entire heavy metal genre; it brought an aggressive, underground metal sub-genre crashing into the mainstream (in Priest's case, the NWOBHM; in Metallica's, thrash); and it greatly expanded the possibilities for heavy metal's commercial viability as a whole.
Of course, British Steel was nowhere near the sales juggernaut that Metallica was, but in catapulting Judas Priest to the status of stadium headliners, it was the first salvo fired in heavy metal's ultimate takeover of the hard rock landscape during the 1980s.
Packed with strong melodic hooks, British Steel is a deliberate commercial move, forsaking the complexity of the band's early work. It's a convincing transformation, as Priest prove equally adept at opening up their arrangements to let the rhythms breathe. But British Steel is hardly a complete break from the band's past. There are still uptempo slices of metallic mayhem bookending the album in "Rapid Fire" and "Steeler," plus effective moodier pieces in "Metal Gods" and the crawling menace of "The Rage," which features arguably the best Rob Halford vocal on the album.
Not everything on British Steel quite holds up today -- the British hit "United" is a simplistic (not just simplified) football-chant anthem in the unfortunate tradition of "Take on the World," while "You Don't Have to Be OId to Be Wise" wallows in the sort of sentiments that are currently used to market kids' breakfast cereals. These bits of blatant pandering can leave more than a whiff of unease about the band's commercial calculations, and foreshadow the temporary creative slip on the follow-up, Point of Entry.
Still, on the whole, British Steel is too important an album to have its historical stature diluted by minor inconsistencies. Rather, it sealed Judas Priest's status as genre icons, and kick-started heavy metal's glory days of the 1980s. It went Top Five in the U.K. and became their first Top 40 album in the U.S., going platinum in the process and paving the way for countless imitators and innovators alike
Side 1:
Rapid Fire (4:07)
Metal Gods (3:58)
Breaking The Law (2:34)
Grinder (3:56)
United (3:31)
Side 2:
You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise (5:03)
Living After Midnight (3:30)
The Rage (4:43)
Steeler (4:28)
LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of factory-fresh labels - no spindle traces or any signs the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces are clean, unmarked and shine like-new
VINYL Audio: MINT
In keeping with its unplayed status my one play-check at volume found nothing to fault - flawless throughout
SLEEVE: MINT
No storage wear at all - as clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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