Judas Priest : Sin After Sin (Deluxe Edition)

Sinner rider rides

 in with the storm

The Devil rides beside him

The Devil is his God, 

God help you mourn

Do you, do you hear it?

 Do you hear the thunder

Deafen every living thing about?

Can you, can you see it? 

Can you

See the mountains darken yonder?

Black sun rising, time is runnin' out

Sacrifice to vice or die by

 the hand of the sinner

 Sin After Sin

 is the

 third 

studio album 

by English

 Heavy Metal Band 

Judas Priest 

released on

  April,8th 1977

 by Columbia Records,

 and on

 April,22nd

 in the UK,

 by CBS Records. 

Produced by

 Deep Purple

 bassist 

Roger Glover, 

it was the band's 

major label debut, 

their first album

for the label, 

and their 

only album 

to feature 

drummer 

Simon Phillips,

 a studio musician 

who replaced drummer

 Alan Moore 

for the recording sessions.

Background

After releasing their

 first two albums 

on the small

 Gull label, 

Judas Priest 

grew dissatisfied with

 what they saw as

 a lack of 

financial support

 from their 

record company. 

Their previous album, 

Sad Wings of Destiny, 

caught the attention of 

CBS Records, 

and with

 the help of 

new manager 

David Hemmings,

 the band signed 

with CBS 

and received a

 £60,000 budget

 for the

 follow-up album, 

which was to

 draw its title phrase

 "sin after sin" 

from the lyrics 

to the song

 "Genocide"

 from the 

Sad Wings album.

 The move to CBS

 required breaking

 their contract

 with Gull, 

and once the 

legal dust

 had settled 

the band had

 forfeited the rights

 to those

 first two albums

 and all 

related recordings

 to Gull.

 during this period

 that the band 

parted ways with

 drummer 

Alan Moore, 

feeling that his

 technique was 

too limited

 for their 

evolving sound.

 Session drummer 

Simon Phillips 

who in 1976 

had played for

 Brian Eno's 

supergroup 801

 on their album

 801 Live 

was brought in to

 finish the sessions.

The album includes

 a cover of the

 Joan Baez song

 "Diamonds & Rust", 

a decision which was 

encouraged by 

Glover in the interest

 of adding a track

 with commercial potential. 

Indeed,

 "Diamonds & Rust"

 was the first song

 by Judas Priest

 to receive 

radio play, 

and Baez 

herself 

reportedly enjoyed

 the cover.

 This was the band's 

second attempt to

 cover the track, 

and the 

earlier version

 from the 

Gull Records era 

was only released

 in 1978 

on the 

compilation album

 The Best of Judas Priest 

and as a

 bonus track 

on the 

1987 reissue of 

Rocka Rolla.

The

 "brazenly homoerotic" 

song

 "Raw Deal" 

has been described

 as vocalist 

Rob Halford's 

coming-out song, 

and a

 "heavy metal gay rights song". 

Halford came out as

 a gay man

 in 1998.

TRACK LIST

CD 1

Sinner

Diamonds and Rust

Star Breaker

Last Rose of Summer

Let Us Prey/Call for the Priest

Raw Deal

Here Comes The Tears

Dissident Aggressor

BONUS TRACKS

Race With The Devil

Desert Plains 

Wild Nights, Hot and Crazy Days 

Freewheel Burning 

Living After Midnight 

You've Got Another Thing Coming

Some Heads Are Gonna Roll

Jawbreaker 

(Live)

Heading Out To The Highway

 (Live)

CD 2

(Vocal Mixes)

Sinner

 (Vocal Mix)

Diamonds and Rust (Vocal Mix)

Star Breaker

 (Vocal Mix)

Last Rose of Summer 

(Just Vocals)

Let Us Prey-Call for the Priest 

(Vocal Mix)

Raw Deal

 (Vocal Mix)

Here Comes The Tears

 (Vocal Mix)

Dissident Aggressor

 (Vocal Mix)

Race With The Devil 

(Vocal Mix)

Interview with 

Rob Halford & Glenn Tipton 

(Countdown 1977)

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