Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla (1974)

Year: 6 September 1974 (CD 1993)
Label: Repertoire Records (Germany), REP 4305-WY
Style: Hard Rock
Country: Birmingham, England
Time: 42:10
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 253 Mb

According to the band, the entire album was played live in the studio rather than having individual musicians record alone.
According to the band there were technical problems in the studio, resulting in poor sound quality and a hiss through the album. Guitarist Glenn Tipton had just joined when recording of Rocka Rolla began; his only songwriting contributions accepted by producer Rodger Bain were on the title track and "Run of the Mill". He did come up with the songs "Tyrant", "Epitaph", and "Ripper", but Bain considered them not commercial enough and rejected them. Bain also rejected the concert staple "Whiskey Woman" which later, with contributions from Tipton, morphed into "Victim of Changes". These songs were eventually all included on their next album, Sad Wings of Destiny. In addition, "Winter", "Deep Freeze" and "Winter Retreat" form a suite, but are listed as separate tracks and divided as such on some versions of the CD release.
Several of the songs on the album feature contributions from the band's previous frontman Al Atkins and had been regular parts of their live performances in Manchester, where the band had achieved a cult following during the previous few years. The track "Caviar and Meths" was originally a 14-minute effort penned by Atkins, Downing, and Hill but due to time constraints, only the intro was recorded for the album. A longer 7-minute version of the song appears on Atkins's 1998 album Victim of Changes. That album also contains covers of "Winter" and "Never Satisfied".
(full version: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocka_Rolla)

01. One For The Road (04:38)
02. Rocka Rolla (03:06)
03. Winter (01:41)
04. Deep Freeze (01:20)
05. Winter Retreat (03:27)
06. Cheater (02:58)
07. Never Satisfied (04:50)
08. Run Of The Mill (08:32)
09. Dying To Meet You (06:18)
10. Caviar And Meths (02:02)
11. Diamonds And Rust (Joan Baez cover - Bonus Track) (03:14)

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