The Best of Judas Priest
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| Greatest hits album by Judas Priest | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1974–1975 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 34:57 | |||
| Label | Gull | |||
| Producer | Jeffery Calvert, Geraint Hughes & Judas Priest | |||
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The Best of Judas Priest is a collection of a few select songs from Judas Priest's first two albums, and was released under Gull, the band's former record label. It was the first of many reissues of the band's earlier material produced in an effort to "capitalize on Judas Priest's popularity" and was released without any consent from the band.
All songs originally from Rocka Rolla (1974), except Diamonds & Rust, which was an outtake from the Sad Wings of Destiny sessions and was included to generate more interest on the compilation.
All songs originally released on Sad Wings of Destiny (1976).
This release contains, according to Glenn Tipton, a "mindless interview" from former drummer John Hinch, who was let go from the band because he was "musically inadequate". Tipton has described it as "not only misleading but full of rubbish and false information". In a 1998 interview with Goldmine Magazine, Tipton commented on the reason the company bothered to release the album:
"We believe that they're abusing the kids with...The Best Of Judas Priest and the re-packaging. It's not fair for us to condone them, because it's ripping the kids off. On the "Insight Series" CD, they include bullshit interviews with our first drummer John Hinch, who couldn't even play the drums, believe you me. But it's tracked to look like new songs. We don't get royalties off it, but the kids think we do."
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