Judas Priest - 1973 and 1974 live (Very rare!)

I got this lossless gem sent to me today. I made sure it was truly lossless (it is). It's the very short, but very first Judas Priest gig with
Rob Halford somewhere in England. I'm not sure if this has made the rounds much, but it's supposedly very legit and just surfaced in the last year
or so. It's only three tracks, but it's a real artifact and hopefully more of the gig will surface along the way. Below are the original notes I was
sent. MANY sincere thanks to the people that unleashed this treasure!

ONLY the May 10, 1973 tracks are here.

Enjoy!

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For a long time it seemed no recordings from the pre-Rocka Rolla days would ever surface. But as it turns out, in 2019 a small independent label
released a compilation album called "Downer-Rock Asylum", including many early recordings of various British rock bands... including Judas Priest
and The Flying Hat Band!

The first track comes from 15th April 1973, which according to some sources was Al Atkins' last concert with the band. The track found here is Morpheus,
a heavy progressive blues track written by himself. Not only is this the only available live recording with Atkins, it also features the drumming of Chris
"Congo" Campbell!

The next three tracks come from 10th May 1973, which is presumed to be Rob Halford's first concert with the band (alongside drummer John Hinch). The
featured songs are Cheater, Never Satisfied and Red Light Lady. Cheater sounds very much different from the version that ended up on the Rocka Rolla album
(pretty much only the basic rhythm is the same). Never Satisfied is much longer than on the album, but is otherwise similar. And finally there's Red Light
Lady, which was combined with Whiskey Woman to become Victim of Changes (although based on this version not much was used in the end).
Finally, there's one live track from The Flying Hat Band, recorded somewhere in the Midlands in 1973. Merlin is a heavy blues track similar in style to
the demo recordings also found on this site, and it seems that Glenn Tipton is already on vocals by this point.

Thanks to "jpmetal", "Jakob" and "Fabian" for sending me these.

Track listing:

1. Cheater
2. Never Satisfied
3. Red Light Lady

Judas Priest
Marquee Club
London, England
Februay 11, 1974

Rating: B/B+

Another small, but rare gem fro the Priest fans among us. Again, this was sent to me today and are VERY rare, so grab it and pass it
around! Judas Priest sharing a stage with Budgie! The original notes are below. Enjoy, as always! Imagine Budgie and JP on the same
stage in their heydays...

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Here's a rare early recording of Budgie performing with Judas Priest. Back then Glenn Tipton wasn't yet in Judas Priest, and the band was
touring in support for fellow hard rockers Budgie, not having a recording contract yet. While the Judas Priest show wasn't recorded by anyone
(or at least hasn't surfaced yet), many of Budgie's shows back then ended with Budgie calling Judas Priest back on the stage to perform "Running
from My Soul" for a second time during the same gig, as a special encore. One of these shows was this one at the famous Marquee Club, and it was
excellently caught on tape.

Track listing:

1. Running from My Soul

Venue and date: The Marquee Club, London, UK, 11th February 1974

Audio source and quality: Audience, very good/excellent quality for a 1974 recording. While Judas Priest's part of the song might be a little difficult
to distinguish, I'm sure that most people will recognize Rob Halford's vocals starting at around the 5 minute mark, and if nothing else, at least Rob's
"thank you" speech at the end.

Special features: Currently the earliest-known live recording with Judas Priest on it. It was at this show where Gull Records' David Howells saw the band
and decided to offer them a recording contract