One of my favorite live albums from one of my favorite tours by one of my favorite bands, now remastered for pristine sound.

I was disappointed that the bonus tracks on this remaster didn't mimic the track listing for the VHS version of this CD, which included four songs not on the original album - "Desert Plains", "Locked In", "Hell Bent For Leather", and "Green Manalish (With The Two-Pronged Crown)", all of which were of course performed at the same concert on the same tour. This new remaster does include "Hell Bent", but foregoes the other three songs in favor of "Screaming For Vengeance" and "Rock Hard, Ride Free", neither of which came from the 1986 Fuel For Life tour despite what the packaging reads. In fact, prior to "Screaming", Rob tells the crowd, "Here's the title track from the new album," indicating that it is from the tour supporting the "Screaming For Vengeance" album 3 or 4 years earlier. The version of "Hell Bent For Leather" here is also obviously not from the VHS version, since the video was filmed in Dallas, TX and this version ends with Rob saying "Thank you St. Louis!" It could still be from the Fuel For Life tour, not sure.

Live versions of "Desert Plains" and "Locked In" are bonus tracks on other remastered Priest albums, and an older live version of "Green Manalishi" has always been available on "Unleashed In The East", so it's not like those songs don't exist at all on CD, but it would've been nice to have all four on here so I could have the perfect audio companion to the "priest...live!" VHS tape. There is one way Judas Priest can make this up to me - re-release the video version on DVD!

3 Stars and I'm being very generous.

This album and the Scorpions "Worldwide Live" just bore me to death.

Both bands made great live albums in the 70s. Judas Priest's "Unleashed in the East" aka Live in Japan is a much better representation of The Priest's ability to really rock out live.

[And the Scorpions "Tokyo Tapes" is a 5 Star Live album in it's original configuration --that is...not the version that's missing "Polar Nights". Find the 2 Disc Set!]

So I must say that "Priest...Live" just kinda sits there and well... It Stinks!

Why? It's too 'by the numbers'. The song don't have the "crunch". If you're a Judas Priest fan you'll understand.

There's too much "Turbo" here. That album was awful.

I must add that the live "Metal Meltdown" with Ripper Owens is pretty damn good.

If you are not a long time fan please don't start with this CD.

While it is great they remastered it.Though not much of a difference, I bought it for that and the bonus tracks. I found on Disc 2 during the song "Turbo Lover" it's mixed or mastered wrong. It sounds terrible.The bonus tracks were recorded during a different tour. Does Columbia think Judas fans are stupid? Id reccomend saving some money and buying the orginial one issued on cd a while back. the guy who supervised and Re-mastered this whole project should not be in buisness. Most of the remasters have some flaws or another. None the less this is a good album of them live.

I used to play the original version back in the late 80's over and over again on my buddy's stereo when we were in our teens! This sounds even better! The remastered versions' sound is amazing and the original liner notes are all there and then some! The killer bonus tracks only add to the bargain. This CD, all these years later ROCKS! Im no the biggest fan of live albums, but this is a must have! Priest always sound good as their other live CD "Unleashed in the East" will prove.

I love this album for the pure power of the Metal God's voice. It was taken off the "Turbo Lover" tour, and the tracks "Rock you all around the World", and "Private Property" get the crowd riled up, and screaming the chorus back to Rob. But my absolute favorite Priest song is "Some Heads are Gonna Roll", and Halford screams the song out like no other. Only Bruce Dickenson can come close as far as screaming ability, and one only hopes that Halford and the boys patch things up, and give their fans a final world tour with the true Priest, and not "Steel Dragon". Rob Halford may be a bit strange, but as far as being a Metal singer, he is the very best out there, and to his hardcore fans he is was and will always be the true "Metal God".