Judas Priest Stained Class (Numbered Vinyl LP)

Pioneering 1978 Record Planted Flag for Speed Metal: Stained Class Is the Last Judas Priest Set to Feature Songwriting By All Five Members

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s Renowned Mastering System and Pressed at RTI on Numbered 33RPM Vinyl LP: Audiophile Version Is Out of Print

1/2″ / 30 IPS analog copy to analog console to lathe

Judas Priest’s namesake razor-blade logo is recognized the world over. So, too, is the band’s leather-and-studs look, the roughness and rebelliousness seamlessly meshing with the group’s no-nonsense music. Both trademarks arrived with 1978’s Stained Class, a benchmark not only for the British quintet but for the international hard-rock community. Boasting cleaner, crisper, and more refined production than its previous efforts, the record became an archetype of the style that ultimately became speed metal.