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| Released | 21 September 1979[1] | |||
| Recorded | 10, 15 February 1979 | |||
| Venue | Kosei Nenkin Hall and Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal[2] | |||
| Length | 44:35 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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Unleashed in the East is the first live album by the English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released in September 1979 on Columbia Records. It was recorded live over two nights in Tokyo during their Hell Bent for Leather Tour in February 1979. Upon release Unleashed became the band's best-selling album up to that point, reaching the US Top 100[4] and the UK Top Ten,[5] eventually the album became one of the five Judas Priest albums to gain a RIAA platinum certification.[6] It is the first Priest album to be produced by Tom Allom who would remain at the helm for the next decade for the band, and the last release to feature drummer Les Binks.
To what extent the album was really live remains a matter of contention, with the album sometimes being called Unleashed in the Studio.[5] Years later, after he had left Priest, Rob Halford noted in various interviews that the music was indeed live, but that his vocals had been ruined in the original recording and were later dubbed in a concert-like studio setting.[7]
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- ^ "Unleashed in the East – Charts & Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ a b Ville Krannila. "Unleashed in the East". K.K. Downing Steel Mill. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – May 18, 2014". RIAA. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2002). All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul. Hal Leonard. pp. 606, 605. ISBN 978-0-87930-653-3.