Judas Priest to Release Career-Spanning Box Set

If you’ve ever wanted to heavily delve into Judas Priest’s rich catalog, here’s your big chance. The metal legends have announced a 17-CD box set compiling their classic recordings, according to BraveWords.

Judas Priest’s The Complete Albums Collection will be released on January 24 via Columbia/Epic/Legacy. The set will include the first-ever, Priest-approved remasters of 1974’s Rocka Rolla and 1976’s Sad Wings of Destiny. Also featured is a 40-page booklet photos, credits and liner notes by Greg Prato.

Check out the full list of albums below:

Rocka Rolla (1974)
Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Sin After Sin (1977)
Stained Class (1978)
Killing Machine (1978)
Unleashed in the East (1979)
British Steel (1980)
Point of Entry (1981)
Screaming for Vengeance (1982)
Defenders of the Faith (1984)
Turbo (1986)
Priest… Live! (1987)
Ram It Down (1988)
Painkiller (1990)
Angel of Retribution (2005)
Nostradamus (2008)
A Touch of Evil… Live (2009)

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Patti Smith to Release Career-Spanning Compilation

Punk poet and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Patti Smith has announced she will release her first single-disc, career-spanning retrospective this summer. Outside Society will include highlights of Smith’s recordings from 1975 to 2007.

The collection, due on August 23, will feature material from both her tenure with Arista and Columbia. Selections include “Gloria” from 1975’s Horses, “Because the Night” from 1978’s Easter, “Dancing Barefoot” from 1979’s Wave, “People Have the Power” from 1988’s Dream of Life and “Glitter in Their Eyes” from 2000’s Gung Ho. The collection also includes her radically different version of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” from 2007.

The album booklet will include track-by-track notes from Smith. Her recollection of “Because the Night” (via  a press release):  “Bruce Springsteen gave me a great gift in allowing me to lend verses to his beautifully constructed anthem. My contribution was written for my future husband, Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith. Though we have performed it hundreds of times, the strong response it draws always makes it fresh and exciting to sing.”

Patti Smith, Outside Society tracklist:

1. “Gloria”
2. “Free Money”
3. “Ain’t it Strange” 
4. “Pissing in a River”
5. “Because the Night”
6. “Rock N Roll Nigger”
7. “Dancing Barefoot”
8. “Frederick”
9. “So You Want to Be a Rock N Roll Star”
10. “People Have the Power”
11. “Up There Down There”
12. “Beneath the Southern Cross”
13. “Summer Cannibals”
14. “1959”
15. “Glitter in Their Eyes”
16. “Lo and Beholden” (radio edit)
17. “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
18. “Trampin’”

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