Hero Hero [Vinyl]

Judas Priest | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (November 25, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B001GU04NG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,244 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great 1974-76 Priest, February 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hero Hero (Audio CD)

All this is, is Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings of Destiny combined. I like it,but if you have those two,you dont need this one. If you dont have Rocka Rolla or Sad Wings of Destiny, then here is your chance to listen to JP when they were a new band. All of Rocka Rolla is on here,and most of Sad Wings of Destiny. Plus a early version of "Diamonds and Rust".

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Buy the originals, May 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hero Hero (Audio CD)

This album is just a compilation of songs from the first two albums. However, they change the song order and leave out critical songs like Island of Domination. You are better off buying Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings of Destiny in their original full versions. Especially Sad Wings, the album must be listened to in its entirety to be fully appreciated.

4.0 out of 5 stars Bring me the head of Rodger Bain!, April 23, 2011

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R. Recchia "reck" (blodgett mills, ny) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hero Hero [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

If you have both Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings Of Destiny, I would still recommend this, but not as a replacement for those albums, but in ADDITION to those albums. How much you like Hero, Hero will probably depend on how much you like the first two Judas Priest albums. As for me, I like both of them a lot and actually put Rocka Rolla in my top five of favorite Judas Priest albums! And I guess Sad Wings would go in my top five, as well, right next to Sin After Sin, Unleashed In The East and Screamin' for Vengeance.

Back to Hero Hero, it consists of remixed versions (done by Rodger Bain...whatever happened to that guy, anyway?)of all of the songs from Rocka Rolla, five of the songs from Sad Wings (Dreamer Deceiver, Deceiver, Prelude, Tyrant and Genocide), along with the version of Diamonds and Rust that also appears on the Best Of Judas Priest album. It must be noted that most of the CD versions contain the original versions of the Rocka Rolla songs, not the remixed versions. Whether the remixed versions are better than the original ones is questionable, but I like 'em either way. The songs here are not as fast and ferocious as later Judas Priest songs, but I still think they are great songs nonetheless. Perhaps a bit too slow and progressive for later Judas Priest fans. Me, I think this is the kind of music they should have moving towards instead of away from, but...that's just me.

I definitely think Hero Hero is more than worth having, especially the vinyl version, not only for the remixed Rocka Rolla tunes, but for the cover itself (I'm not saying the CD doesn't have the same cover, just that I think it's a great looking album cover)! And I do like the drawings of the band members inside. I also find it cool to hear the songs in a different order. Not a bad introduction to early Judas Priest, not bad at all...