Judas Priest - 1991-01-23 - Rio de Janeiro, BR (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

Judas Priest
23rd January, 1991
Rock in Rio II Festival
Maracana Stadium
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pro-shot DVD

Technical details:

TV system: NTSC
Format: MPEG-2
Resolution: 720x480
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Frame rate: 29.970 fps
Video bitrate: 6500 kbps
Menu: Yes
Chapters: Yes (one for each song)
Audio codec (menu): AC3/16-bit/48 kHz/192kbps/Stereo
Audio codec (concert): LPCM/16-bit/48 kHz/1536 kbps/Stereo
Fits nicely on one single-layer DVD

Lineage: VHS masters (Globo TV master copy & broadcast copy) -> unknown transfer equipment -> unknown DVD author -> torrent I downloaded (don't remember where) -> you!

Video quality: Very Good
Audio quality: Excellent

01. Intro/Hell Bent for Leather
02. Grinder
03. The Hellion/Electric Eye
04. All Guns Blazing
05. Metal Gods
06. The Ripper
07. Beyond the Realms of Death
08. Victim of Changes
09. Painkiller
10. The Green Manalishi
11. Breaking the Law
12. Living After Midnight
13. You've Got Another Thing Comin'

This is a great pro-shot video from the 1991 Painkiller tour. The video quality is pretty good, although it has some minor errors every now and then, and of course being VHS sourced it's a bit blurry at times. There's also a slightly noticeable change in source (and a drop in quality) during Beyond the Realms of Death. A strong rumor suggests that the first part comes from the TV station master which was copied by an employee (this part was never broadcast), which would explain the legal warnings in the beginning. And the latter part is recorded off the broadcast (as it started during Glenn's solo). But despite the legal warnings, I can assure you that this concert has never been commercially released (even the copyright markings in the cover art are just an insider joke by Pete Z), so I think it's OK to seed it here.

The audio quality is really pristine throughout, and the lossless PCM coding is really justified here. I'm not certain if this is the full concert, but this is probably all there is available from this concert. Enjoy, and keep the metal faith!