'98 Live Meltdown Explained

'98 Live Meltdown
Type:Live album
Artist:Judas Priest
Cover:Judas_Priest-Live_Meltdown.jpg
Released:17 September 1998 (Japan)
Recorded:Jugulator tour 1998
Genre:Heavy metal
Length:122:31
Label:SPV/Steamhammer
Producer:Judas Priest and Sean Lynch
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Demolition
Next Year:2001

'98 Live Meltdown is a concert album by Judas Priest, recorded and released in 1998 and is the first live album to feature new lead singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, recorded during the Jugulator World Tour. A second live album featuring Owens, Live in London, was released in 2003.

The album was reissued as part of the band's limited edition 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music box-set, released on October 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment and Legacy Recordings.[1]

Personnel

Judas Priest
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Judas Priest 50 Heavy Metal Years Of Music Limited Edition Box Set . . . 2 December 2024 . 15 July 2021.
  2. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.