"Defenders of the Faith - 30th Anniversary Edition" Judas Priest Domestic Edition! 3CD Set! JUDAS PRIEST DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH - SPECIAL 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (SICP-4388/89/90) 2015. Domestic Regular Edition 3CD. 31 tracks in total. In 1982, their previous album "Screaming for Vengeance" achieved their long-awaited complete domination of the US! This 9th original album was released in January 1984, at the peak of Priest's career. It reached No. 18 in the US (achieving platinum status) and No. 19 in the UK. In Japan, it is a masterpiece and a popular work, vying for the top 1 or 2 positions among all their works. The producer/engineer is Tom Allom, who handled all their works in the 80s after "Unleashed in the East" (Japan concert live) in 1979 (also handled the first 3 works of Black Sabbath). Tom Allom also remastered this 30th-anniversary edition. The representative songs of this album include "Freewheel Burning," "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll," and "The Sentinel." The mechanical beast drawn on the jacket is "Metallian." The jacket appears with new artwork for the 30th anniversary. It comes in an 8-panel digipak and a deluxe booklet, making it a 30th-anniversary specification. And the biggest attraction of this work is, without a doubt, the live sound sources on CD2/CD3. The complete recording of their concert at the Long Beach Arena in California in May 1984, at the peak of their career! [Limited Edition] ● 3 CD set ● 8-panel digipak + slipcase (with the image in the center of the jacket cut out) *A valuable edition that will end when the stock runs out. Formed in Birmingham, England in 1969, "Metal God" Judas Priest's 9th original album was released in January 1984, at the peak of their career. Includes "Freewheel Burning," "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll," "The Sentinel," and others. The 30th-anniversary edition remastered by Tom Allom, the original producer/engineer.