Judas Priest – Why this is SUCH an Important Album! – NEW Vinyl
Judas Priest release the 50th anniversary of their second album ‘Sad Wings of Destiny’ and as well as looking at the new vinyl, I thought we’d discuss why this album is so important.
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@classicalbum
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
In your opinion, how improtant is this album to the development of heavy metal as a genre? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFXe8VZJ0xWw
@beetlebum7760
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
No word about the Remix?
@jtt8886
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Listen to Dreamer Deceiver and you know Metallica took that guitar sound for One. Great album. Of course, Judas Priest set the blue print for a lot of metal.
@glenmurschel5939
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Their best album I think. Would have liked to see more Piano songs in the later records, they did those well.
@Coldethel123456
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Favorite Album Covers of all time: All JP!: Rocka Rolla, Sad Wings of Destiny, and the Gull compilation: Hero Hero 😉
@johnnythefox9830
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Had the tape until it wore out. Now on my spotify. 👍🤘✌️
@rrowe2112
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
this album was my late brother Favorite album from JP.
@Randy-ul5hy
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
I bought it in 1978 when I was 17. I still have it. Its great for sure, however for me I prefer Stained Class as my favorite.
@paulhawley7885
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Just ordered the half speed 👌
@bakeone4406
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
The first album you buy from a band often ends up being your favorite. I kept on buying later releases, but never thought the band eclipsed Sad Wings. It often gets cited as an abum that created a new template for others to follow. Maybe it did, but the vocal sound on Deep Purple In Rock has similarities and came out a few years earlier.
It seems unlikely that Priest ever learned from or even heard the first Trettioariga Kriget (Sweden 1974) album, but the vocals and the amazing mathematical density of the playing makes it easy to believe they used a time machine to make that album.
@killermcgiller665
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Just tickling the testicles 😂
Thanks for the video. An essential purchase, and a remixed version to follow I believe.
@ambhaz8599
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
I was fortunate enough to see Judas Priest twice in 1976 at Northampton County Cricket Club, a small venue that was a bastion of rock and punk, mid to late 70s.
The set list comprised entirely of this album and it's predecessor, the debut album RockaRolla. I'm not really a fan of what became Heavy Metal, but they were brilliant and clearly destined for a wider audience.
@martinsouza5072
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Picked up the digipak version at the Priest gig, definitely in the Top 5 of Priest albums.
@dudovich13
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
I was captivated by the album cover and when I heard the album it captivated me, too. It's still my favorite Priest album.
@夏夫今井
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
彼らの最高傑作。特にDreamer Deceiver ～Deceiverのメドレーと、Prelude～Tyrantのメドレーが素晴らしい。
次作Sin After Sinと共にプログレとも言える構想美、展開美そして重厚なメロディアスさを兼ね備えており、この路線を継続して欲しかった。
この2枚からがメインの1978年の来日ステージ(In the Eastの1年前)でその絶頂期のPriestを味わえたのは至福の体験だった。
@barmyneddy1789
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Let me guess, limited edition? 😂
@lance98541
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Hearing Sad Wings back in 1976 was a life-changer. They really saved heavy music. People forget that in 1976 heavy music wasn't remotely popular like it was a few years earlier.
@therealandrecorbin2112
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Oh yes, incredible record indeed.
I will always love it, it's just so good.
Subscribing to your channel, cheers.
@BrendanBrady-rp6eh
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
This is my favourite Judas Priest album. More proggy, hard rock than the albums that followed.
@quicksandquigs1552
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
use less hand gestures. I can listen and assume the gestures you make without painfully watching your hands.
@maaku6210
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Douche rock
@richhammett8778
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
I love this album. By far my favorite heavy metal album (in my music library of lots of hard rock, classical, and lighter rock music), though early Black Sabbath has started to grow on me as a distant second place.
@ivanmiliziano-zw9wh
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
It’s the best album they ever made.
@jmageeart
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Ordered!
@sallopiccolo7336
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Best Judas Priest album. Great album. I wish they continued down this path. It's like no other Judas Priest L.P.
@peteh7966
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
"Do yourself a favour" – flashbacks to Molly on Countdown.
@REMBRANTTUBE
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
I will be buying this for sure!
@soul72music
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Love this album but its always been a bit let down by the mix. Can't wait to hear the new version
@dragonage2112
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
At the time the first album I ever bought from priest was Sad Wings, at that point they only had 3 albums out Sin after Sin was the newest, but I bought this one because the album cover was just freaking good, and after I heard it, that was it I was a Priest fan for life.
@zandig666
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 pm
First heard sad wings through a buddies older brother in 81/82 bro..back then it sounded great, like most things ud have to be there really to fully understand 🤘🤘
Im very sceptical about remasters in most cases bro, ive been disappointed numerous times after making purchases 🤘🤘