'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.

Personnel

Judas Priest

• Tim "Ripper" Owens – vocals
• K. K. Downing – guitar
• Glenn Tipton – guitar
• Ian Hill – bass
• Scott Travis – drums

Production

• Produced and mixed by Judas Priest and Sean Lynch
• Engineered by Will Shapland
• Mastered by Tim Burrell
• Album cover by Mark Wilkinson
• Photography by Ross Halfin, John McMurtrie, Babz Bell, George Chin, and John Stone

Notes and References

1. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.