Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance LP 1983 original 1st first RARE Yugoslavian press. 2nd hand, heavily used.

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Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance
Label: Suzy – CBS 85941, CBS – CBS 85941
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: Yugoslavia
Released: 9 Jul 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Heavy Metal
A1 The Hellion 0:41
A2 Electric Eye 3:39
A3 Riding On The Wind 3:07
A4 Bloodstone 3:51
A5 (Take These) Chains [Written-By – R. Halligan, Jr.*] 3:07
A6 Pain And Pleasure 4:17
B1 Screaming For Vengeance 4:43
B2 You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ 5:09
B3 Fever 5:20
B4 Devil’s Child 4:48
Pressed By – Jugoton – ULP 1270
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Printed By – “Ognjen Prica”, Karlovac
Recorded At – Ibiza Sound Studios
Mixed At – Beejay Recording Studios
Mixed At – Bayshore Recording Studios
Bass – Ian Hill
Drums – Dave Holland
Guitar [Lead] – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing
Lead Vocals – Rob Halford
Producer – Tom Allom
Written-By – Glenn Tipton (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B4), K. K. Downing (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B4), Rob Halford (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B4)

Label Code: LC 0149
Barcode (Runout A): ULP 1270 A 9 7 83 SB
Barcode (Runout B): ULP 1270 B 9 7 83 SB
Rights Society: SOKOJ
Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Other (Yugoslav Standard Code): JUS. N. N4 201

During studio sessions at Ibiza for Screaming For Vengeance two of the songs Judas Priest considered weak enough for side B were You Got Another Thing Coming and the title cut, Screaming For Vengeance. Screaming For Vengeance actually resulted from a jam session, was written in an afternoon, and only came to fruition because Judas Priest needed another song to complete the album.

The record company wanted radio to play (Take These) Chains written by musician/song writer Bob Halligan Jr. However, USA radio stations were playing You Got Another Thing Coming. Judas Priest quickly made a video for You Got Another Thing Coming then sent it to MTV. MTV and USA radio stations bombarded viewers/listeners with You Got Another Thing Coming finally earning Judas Priest a USA audience/market to match their European success. A video for Screaming For Vengeance added to their commercial success.

Screaming for Vengeance is the eighth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released in July 1982 by Columbia Records. Considered the band’s commercial breakthrough, it has been certified double platinum in the United States and platinum in Canada. Screaming for Vengeance spawned the hit “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin'”, which became one of the band’s signature songs and a perennial radio favourite.

Recording and release
Screaming for Vengeance was recorded at Ibiza Sound Studios, Ibiza, Spain (during this period, it was common for UK-based musicians to record in continental Europe for tax purposes). Mixing and overdubs were done at Beejay Recording Studios in Orlando, Florida and Bayshore Recording Studios in Coconut Grove, Florida.

It showcased a harder, heavier sound than British Steel and saw the band reverse back into straight heavy rock after the melodically styled Point of Entry. The album also marks the first time a drummer played on more than two Judas Priest albums, with Dave Holland having also played on British Steel and Point of Entry.

The album’s most commercially successful track, “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin'”, was a last-minute addition. According to guitarist K. K. Downing, “We were quite happy with the album, but decided late on that we could add one more song. I know we had some of the parts, but we set about completing “Another Thing Comin'” during the mixing sessions at Bee Jay studios. It came together quite quickly, and I seem to remember that we all had a good feeling about it, as it did sound like a good driving song and possibly a good radio track.” Rob Halford expressed surprise at the song’s success, saying “that track was buried. Normally the tracks you think are going to do stuff are at the front end of the release. But our friends at Sony said, ‘We’re going to go for this song.’ And we didn’t really know what was going on. But then the feedback was coming over: ‘Hey, the record’s buzzing in this town and that town’, and it just took off.”

Screaming for Vengeance was released in July 1982

Tour
The World Vengeance Tour began shortly after the album’s release in July 1982 and focused on North America during the summer and fall, Priest not performing in Europe until December 1983. This emphasis on US audiences was in order to establish a solid commercial foothold there, and in particular because “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin'” became a major hit. That and “Electric Eye” became live setlist staples and some of the band’s most performed songs. “Devil’s Child” has also been performed on various tours and “Riding on the Wind”, “Bloodstone” and the title track have also been in the setlist on various tours. For comparison, “Fever” was only played at the first two 1982 shows, “(Take These) Chains” only appeared in the setlist in 2019, while “Pain and Pleasure” and the instrumental “The Hellion” have never been performed live (though a recording of the song is frequently played before performances of “Electric Eye”).

While 1980’s British Steel has been referred to as the band’s masterpiece, Screaming for Vengeance was Judas Priest’s breakthrough in North America. Although the band had achieved a cult following among American audiences by 1979 and could headline their own tours, they sold “relatively few” records there before Screaming for Vengeance. It was also extremely successful worldwide.

Commercial performance
Screaming for Vengeance reached No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 17 on the US Billboard 200 Pop Albums. It was certified gold by the RIAA on 29 October 1982, platinum on 18 April 1983, and 2× platinum on 16 October 2001, being the band’s first album to achieve the two latter awards.

Accolades
The album ranked 15th on IGN’s 25 most influential metal albums. Screaming for Vengeance also came 10th on Metal-Rules.com’s 100 greatest metal albums. Kerrang! listed the album at No. 46 among the “100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time”. In 2017, it was ranked 12th on Rolling Stone’s list of “100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time”. In 2022, Screaming for Vengeance was named #2 of ‘The 25 greatest rock guitar albums of 1982’ list in Guitar World