Judas Priest – British Steel
Tracklist
| A1 | Breaking The Law | 2:33 | |
| A2 | Rapid Fire | 4:00 | |
| A3 | Metal Gods | 4:04 | |
| A4 | Grinder | 3:57 | |
| A5 | United | 3:31 | |
| B1 | Living After Midnight | 3:30 | |
| B2 | Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise | 5:03 | |
| B3 | The Rage | 4:44 | |
| B4 | Steeler | 4:30 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Columbia Records
- Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
- Mastered At – CBS Studios, New York
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Records
- Copyright © – CBS Records
- Lacquer Cut At – Trident Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Columbia Mastering
- Mastered At – Customatrix
Credits
- Artwork [Retouching] – Gerrard Studio*
- Bass – Ian Hill (2)
- Composed By [All Compositions By] – Halford*
- Design – Roslav Szaybo
- Drums – Dave Holland (2)
- Engineer – Lou Austin*
- Lacquer Cut By [Cut By] – Ray Staff
- Lacquer Cut By [Runouts] – Chet Bennett
- Lead Guitar – K. K. Downing
- Lead Vocals – Rob Halford
- Management – Arnakata Management Inc.
- Mastered By [IM System By] – Stewart Romain*
- Photography By [Back Cover] – R. Ellis*
- Photography By [Front Cover] – R. Elsdale*
- Producer – Tom Allom
- Written-By – R. Halford*
Notes
"P" in runouts denotes a Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing. This edition has Customatix plating (mastering) and lacquers cut at Columbia Mastering by Chet Bennett.
[Sleeve]
- Mastered at CBS Recording Studios, New York on the CBS Disccomputer.
- IM System by Stuart Romaine
- Cut at Trident Studios by Ray Staff.
- © 1980 CBS Records
- ℗ 1980 CBS Records
Printed in U.S.A.
[Runouts]
- Pressing derived from Pitman "P".
- Plating (mastering) derived from Customatrix "o".
- Cutting derived from "COLUMBIA NY" stamp and "Chet Bennett" signature.
- Primary strings may be etched or stamped.
[Sleeve]
- Mastered at CBS Recording Studios, New York on the CBS Disccomputer.
- IM System by Stuart Romaine
- Cut at Trident Studios by Ray Staff.
- © 1980 CBS Records
- ℗ 1980 CBS Records
Printed in U.S.A.
[Runouts]
- Pressing derived from Pitman "P".
- Plating (mastering) derived from Customatrix "o".
- Cutting derived from "COLUMBIA NY" stamp and "Chet Bennett" signature.
- Primary strings may be etched or stamped.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 074643644310
- Barcode (Text): 0 7464-36443-1
- Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): P
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): AL 36443
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): BL 36443
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): P o AL 36443 GIE I Chet Bennett
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): P o BL 36443-1L I COLUMBIA NY
Other Versions (5 of 258)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| British Steel (LP, Album, Stereo) | CBS | S CBS 84160, 84160 | UK | 1980 | |||
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British Steel (Cassette, Album) | Columbia | JCT 36443 | US | 1980 | ||
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British Steel (LP, Album) | CBS | ASF 2512 | South Africa | 1980 | ||
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British Steel (LP, Album, Stereo) | CBS | CBS 84160, 84160 | Europe | 1980 | ||
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British Steel (LP, Album) | CBS | 14-1365 | Colombia | 1980 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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My copy with Chet Bennett hand-etched on runout of side A sounded with different EQ, less clear in top-end, and lower signal ratio compared to side B.
Wonder if it was a worn matrix or Chet's lacquer cut manner.
Please respond anyone who noticed the same difference on another copy.
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Edited 2 years agoFrom 1980, this is a quintessential Judas Priest record. By this time the Birmingham blokes have settled into riff-based, dark dual guitar chugging style, with screaming vocals over top. It is gigantic and compelling. They've even embraced the '80s with the addition of gated reverb on the drums...cool.
Opening with one of the best known JP rockers, "Breaking The Law", you know what you're in for here. Other highlights include "Grinder" and "Living After Midnight".
The mix is even better than Killing Machine and Unleashed in the East, which are both stellar. The songs sound better the louder you crank them, no joke.
This Pitman pressing is big, dynamic, and clean. I bought this copy in late 1980 as a kid. The whole record smells like leather. 4.5 stars. Recommended. -
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Regarded by many as their breakthrough album, this came on the back of 'Unleashed in the East', which had given an airing to the far heavier live versions of the earlier classics, thus paving the way for BS.
'United' was released as the single, a great sing-along for the crowd.
With a suite of strong tracks, arguably better than some later albums, its not hard to see how JP leapt to the forefront of the HM pack of the early 80s.
Pity they followed it up with 'Point of Entry'.....
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