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Old 10-04-2015, 11:18 AM   #2788 (permalink)
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I know how much you like to read about an album's history when you listen to it, and I don't know how much you read about the Judas Priest-Gull feud, but Gull Records is much, much worse than you give them credit for. I've dug up some old articles and pasted some snippets here about Preist's time with Gull if you're interested in reading them.

Spoiler for Snip 1:
Judas Priest were royally ****ed by Gull Records, their first label. For the first album they were given a producer who dominated the sessions and cut all of the fan-favourite songs out. After they left the label after two albums, the record company then proceeded to release half a dozen compilations of these two albums to cash in after Priest became famous. They have also messed up the track order for Sad Wings of Destiny, hence the track named "Prelude" appearing in the middle of the album. Things are so bad that Judas Priest even have a section of their discography on their website warning the fans about them.


Spoiler for A warning to fans about Gull from Judas Preist's website:
Gull Records through many subsiduary companies are releasing sub standard re-hashes of these 1st two albums under different guises. If for instance anyone out there has bought their "JUDAS PRIEST - THE BEST OF" - Insight Series, then they would find that 50% of the album consists of a mindless interview with John Hinch an ex-drummer with Priest who we had to let go because he was musically inadequate. The interview is not only misleading but full of rubbish and false information.
They, however have cleverly track listed the back cover so it appears that other band members are involved and as though it contains new material. It's just one example of how Gull Records are greedily continually exploiting and misleading the fans out there and unfortunately we cannot control it or stop them - but we can strongly advise you not to waste your money buying tracks you will already have under the original album titles. They have nothing new to offer and are just trying to cash in on the Priest name - so check out any CD with their name on it before buying.

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