I respect Al Atkins for his vocal contributions to early Priest, he co-wrote this gem here. Now with that being said.......we all must admit that Halford (with his incredible range) took this song (and many others) to heights that would never have been reached by Al. Same thing Dickenson did for Maiden. And I am a big DiAnno fan.
I dont agree at all for Bruce . Bruce is too light for Dianno stuff . He has not hot feel in voice , and not as Agression . If you take Battlezone , Paul has more wide spectrum range that Bruce could ever dream as texture . Later In killers its leaning hardcore . Bruce cant do all theses different styles .
Dianno was just great, what a pity he didnt last some more albums. His voice and style were unique. Iron is too Bruce nowadays, just more of the same all the time.
Priest fan since '81 and think Halford is one of the greatest singers of all time in any genre. Having said that, I'm impressed as hell by Atkins and his style adds context to the early Priest stuff.
Agreed; I think the final Priest version of Victim of Changes would have benefited from the looser + a few clicks faster approach documented here. The main riff sounds more natural at this tempo, for lack of a better description.
I definitely appreciate hearing the mans version who co wrote the song. Cool arrangements. Al sounds similar to Paul D'ianno original iron maiden frontman. Judas Priests live verson from summer of 83 takes the cake although i really appreciate this.
The material for Maiden's first two albums was already written before Paul Di'Anno joined the band. ''Early years (1975-1978)'' The original line-up in december 1975, included Steve Harris with singer Paul Mario, guitarists Terry Rance and Dave Sulivan and drummer Ron Matthews. Day left in October 1976, he was replaced by Dennis Wilcock.
This is a great version of the song, kind of a blend of Whiskey Woman and Victim Of Changes. They kept the bluesiness of the original but made the riffs for imaginitive as with the Priest version. Thats very good
i dno man priest wouldve been great with or without this song. victim of changed the way it came to be remembered was the masterpiece, rob is a god. al cant touch him XD is someoen like rob halford transformed a song i worked on id feel in debt to them
Victim of Changes had some riffs that made it stand out from what had previously been done by Sabbath. But considering the music it wasn't t a big leap from what had already been done by Sabbath, Deep Purple or Zeppelin. What makes this song to stand out and to be the song that changed metal forever was Rob's operatic vocals. Al Atkins, on the other hand, is basically a blues rock singer. Priest wouldn't have been what they are and metal would probably never have been developed into an own genre without Halford's vocals (I doubt Iron Maiden had existed if it wasn't for Halford's vocals).
To make it easy … Atkins are a Hard Rock Vocal , his vocal are more a rhythm style , that fits to his voice . Halford are a Heavy Metal vocal , his vocal are more melodic style that fits to his metamorphosis vocal and high pitch. Both good on their own style , besides it …it’s about preferences, in my taste ., I do prefer melodic dramatically style , like Halford , Gilan & David Byron . Cheers 🍻
Not cool, as, I guess Al was trying to make bigger off the original song that he wrote for Priest entitled "Whiskey Woman". Do look it up. Nothing against him.
I did never hear the Al Atkins' version of this very early Judas Priest song. Very interesting. This version don't feature the slow and smooth break almost at the end ("she's beautiful..."). Formely it was an other song and Halford did mix both.
Yes, Victim of Changes is a combination of two songs, Whiskey Woman by Al Atkins and Red Light Lady by Rob Halford; KK Downing and Glenn Tipton later contributed too to the song-writing. Al Atkins has covered the song several times, sometimes with the Red Light Lady part and sometimes without it. There's a 1973 demo version of Whiskey Woman sang by Rob Halford.
If you listen to his discography, you can feel that his voice it's to close to Paul Di'Anno (not only Maiden songs... listen his first solo career)... he can did a turn with Maiden too (to sing Di'Anno stuff)
No way Rob could song this Song the way he does and play guitar too!! Only Terry Kath was able to do that !! Al's Version is real good esp with him playing Guitar too!
For those referring to the song in it's original arrangement as bieng called victim of changes it was not titled that but called whiskey women. But after left and Rob came in it was still called whiskey women it was only after Glen Tipton joined and whiskey women was combined with a song rob wrote called red light lady which was a Hiroshima song that and Glen added a slow guitar solo that the song became victim of changes. So the slow stuff in victim of changes with the lyrics she was wonderful she was mine was from red light lady and the slow stuff with the second, solo from Glen. Anyway Atkins voice to me sounds like Ian Gillan from deep purple much more bluesy based and this song in its original form sounds like it could have been a Ian Gillan deep purple song. Where rob Halford transformed this song into a much more or more progressive rock theatrical like performance. That's the diference.
I was just searching out of the blue, who was in JP and looked him up, i wonder why he didn't release anything until1989 if he was in JP in 1969, what was he doing for 20 yrs lol He sounds pretty good.
Man, they're pretty tight. The lead guitarist is good, anyone know who he is? Actually all these guys are good, not Priest good, but damn, they can jam. Shame they didn't get big.
Digging this. Although I have heard tracks with Al before and have a comp of his stuff,Ive never seen video of him and his band. Always got a kinda Rhett Forrester in Riot vibe from Al.
Or Toni Iommi .. the guy has a DYNAMITE voice either way. It's hard to get past RH's high-pitch falsetto-scream - "INSAAAAANE", but if you can put the JP version of the song on the back burners of your mind, then you can appreciate this version for what it is, and the more relaxed vocal energy can be equal in magnitude.
The mouth of the south! Little known fact... Jimmy hart was in a band called the Gentrys. They had a hit in the mid 60s , keep on dancing. Jimmy sings lead
Well, Al Atkins was the original singer of Judas Priest before he quit and they got Rob Halford, he didn't think the band was gonna work out as they had been around a few years and hadn't gotten anywhere by that point, plus he had a daughter he needed to supports so he got a 9 to 5 job, and (as far as I know) left music for the rest of the 70s and most of the 80s, bit around the mid to late 80s he came back to music and has since then recorded 5 solo albums, 5 collaboration albums, and a few others. This track was on his solo album "Victim Of Changes" which were recordings of songs from the first 2 Judas Priest albums he was credited with, and some other tracks he had written with the band that were never recorded. Personally, I wish Al had sang on "Rocka Rolla", Rob Halford just wasn't as good in the lower registers back then, and I think Al Atkins' Blues Metal Howl would've helped the album greatly.
Pete Emms did a recording session with Al Atkins, i knew Pete Emms and i had a copy of the studio CD he did .. Pete went on to Form a Band called Vasaline Rats that i believed toured USA for a while and then the band broken up ( i dont know for what reason(s))
I respect Al Atkins for his vocal contributions to early Priest, he co-wrote this gem here. Now with that being said.......we all must admit that Halford (with his incredible range) took this song (and many others) to heights that would never have been reached by Al. Same thing Dickenson did for Maiden. And I am a big DiAnno fan.
I dont agree at all for Bruce .
Bruce is too light for Dianno stuff .
He has not hot feel in voice , and not as Agression .
If you take Battlezone , Paul has more wide spectrum range that Bruce could ever dream as texture .
Later In killers its leaning hardcore .
Bruce cant do all theses different styles .
Dianno was just great, what a pity he didnt last some more albums. His voice and style were unique.
Iron is too Bruce nowadays, just more of the same all the time.
Have to agree 100% but wow as a DiAnno fan like myself you have to appreciate the rawness of this track were listening to here wow its cool.
@@Nissardpertugiu Paul is brilliant on Maiden's first albums.
Bruce sucks singing the Paul songs.
Priest fan since '81 and think Halford is one of the greatest singers of all time in any genre. Having said that, I'm impressed as hell by Atkins and his style adds context to the early Priest stuff.
Agreed; I think the final Priest version of Victim of Changes would have benefited from the looser + a few clicks faster approach documented here. The main riff sounds more natural at this tempo, for lack of a better description.
This guy's voice is pretty damn bluesy. Not better or worse than Halford, just different. I like it.
Came to hear Al, stayed for the insane everything else. Wew.
I definitely appreciate hearing the mans version who co wrote the song. Cool arrangements. Al sounds similar to Paul D'ianno original iron maiden frontman. Judas Priests live verson from summer of 83 takes the cake although i really appreciate this.
The material for Maiden's first two albums was already written before Paul Di'Anno joined the band. ''Early years (1975-1978)''
The original line-up in december 1975, included Steve Harris with singer Paul Mario, guitarists Terry Rance and Dave Sulivan and drummer Ron Matthews. Day left in October 1976, he was replaced by Dennis Wilcock.
Christ this is one well done version of this priest classic
Thes boys are insane
His vocal control is incredible. Definitely an interesting rendition.
Nice video, thanks for sharing.
This is a great version of the song, kind of a blend of Whiskey Woman and Victim Of Changes. They kept the bluesiness of the original but made the riffs for imaginitive as with the Priest version. Thats very good
Heavy Metal owes a huge debt to Al Atkins for writing Victim of Changes. Halford and Company took it to another level, but it all starts here.
i dno man priest wouldve been great with or without this song. victim of changed the way it came to be remembered was the masterpiece, rob is a god. al cant touch him XD is someoen like rob halford transformed a song i worked on id feel in debt to them
Just goes to show how much work bands put into honing songs into what we eventually hear, This version isn't bad at all but Priest made it perfect.
Victim of Changes had some riffs that made it stand out from what had previously been done by Sabbath. But considering the music it wasn't t a big leap from what had already been done by Sabbath, Deep Purple or Zeppelin. What makes this song to stand out and to be the song that changed metal forever was Rob's operatic vocals. Al Atkins, on the other hand, is basically a blues rock singer. Priest wouldn't have been what they are and metal would probably never have been developed into an own genre without Halford's vocals (I doubt Iron Maiden had existed if it wasn't for Halford's vocals).
That explorer is beautiful
To make it easy … Atkins are a Hard Rock Vocal , his vocal are more a rhythm style , that fits to his voice . Halford are a Heavy Metal vocal , his vocal are more melodic style that fits to his metamorphosis vocal and high pitch. Both good on their own style , besides it …it’s about preferences, in my taste ., I do prefer melodic dramatically style , like Halford , Gilan & David Byron . Cheers 🍻
Weird Al Atkins at his best 😊
The guitarist (lead, not singer) on this is pretty damn good.
The original arrangement! Cool!
Not cool, as, I guess Al was trying to make bigger off the original song that he wrote for Priest entitled "Whiskey Woman". Do look it up. Nothing against him.
60 years young one of my favorite Songs ❤👍✌🏻🤙🙏🏼🇨🇦😊 Metal Head Till The Day I DIE !!!!!!
I did never hear the Al Atkins' version of this very early Judas Priest song. Very interesting. This version don't feature the slow and smooth break almost at the end ("she's beautiful..."). Formely it was an other song and Halford did mix both.
Yes, Victim of Changes is a combination of two songs, Whiskey Woman by Al Atkins and Red Light Lady by Rob Halford; KK Downing and Glenn Tipton later contributed too to the song-writing. Al Atkins has covered the song several times, sometimes with the Red Light Lady part and sometimes without it. There's a 1973 demo version of Whiskey Woman sang by Rob Halford.
i like this, very professional
I can see Al at the local bar telling a couple chicks he just met he was the lead singer of Judas Priest
Mullet and a telecaster even. WoW 😳
Phil Lynott called from the grave. He wants his glasses, ‘stache & mullet back
When did Phil have a mullet. He had a well shaped afro but did have the porn stache.
I'm surprised he never did a turn with Sabbath, Purple, or Rainbow.
he was too bluesy. He could sing for BÖC though with that voice.
If you listen to his discography, you can feel that his voice it's to close to Paul Di'Anno (not only Maiden songs... listen his first solo career)... he can did a turn with Maiden too (to sing Di'Anno stuff)
Giuro che non conoscevo questa formazione dei Judas Priest col cantante Al Atkins. Grazie della testimonianza.👍🤘🔥
I love this arrangement.
This is actually titled Whiskey Woman, for the record. No Caviar and Meths but, still cool.
What, no "plug me"?
Hello
Amazing to hear Judas first singer
He looks like Weird al Jankovic !
No.
Weird Yanko was in school when AA was singing.
So the kid grew up to look like *him!*
Just found out he was the original singer of JP, yeah I got schooled and I'm old school. I like this version as well as the Halford one.
No way Rob could song this Song the way he does and play guitar too!! Only Terry Kath was able to do that !! Al's Version is real good esp with him playing Guitar too!
This reminds me of that old school ZZ-Top... 🤘🕶️🎸
The first time I hear Al's voice. Rob Halford is better, but he is good too
yup
Good, but not good enough for this song...
It's all about the fun.
Wow, this is great. Thanks for uploading it. I have always loved this song and Atkins is just great.
Yall made me learn this on my guitar!!! Great job boys!!! Love Pauls playing for sure!
Amazing.
Superb!!!
Great version by original singer Alan Atkins.
His voice is very 1970s like Paul Rogers still good
For those referring to the song in it's original arrangement as bieng called victim of changes it was not titled that but called whiskey women. But after left and Rob came in it was still called whiskey women it was only after Glen Tipton joined and whiskey women was combined with a song rob wrote called red light lady which was a Hiroshima song that and Glen added a slow guitar solo that the song became victim of changes.
So the slow stuff in victim of changes with the lyrics she was wonderful she was mine was from red light lady and the slow stuff with the second, solo from Glen.
Anyway Atkins voice to me sounds like Ian Gillan from deep purple much more bluesy based and this song in its original form sounds like it could have been a Ian Gillan deep purple song. Where rob Halford transformed this song into a much more or more progressive rock theatrical like performance. That's the diference.
Thanks!
Al was cool but he wasn't setting a vocal precedent like Halford. What Halford starting doing was never done before.
Ian Gillan, Robert Plant... but yeah, Halford brought that to heavy metal, and took it to another level.
Deep purple was metal then
Rob is similar to Ian Gillan, Robert Plant and Arthur Brown, although Halford took these elements further.
Great Al Atkins !!! \m/
a great crushin' heavy , version !!!
I like this version. It is very interesting...
Excelente versión... super!
Geil gespielt !!
I was just searching out of the blue, who was in JP and looked him up, i wonder why he didn't release anything until1989 if he was in JP in 1969, what was he doing for 20 yrs lol He sounds pretty good.
Man, they're pretty tight. The lead guitarist is good, anyone know who he is? Actually all these guys are good, not Priest good, but damn, they can jam. Shame they didn't get big.
Paul May... He recorded several albums with Al Atkins... And later again as Atkins May Project... I believe they're working on a new one right now.
great guitarist
Digging this. Although I have heard tracks with Al before and have a comp of his stuff,Ive never seen video of him and his band. Always got a kinda Rhett Forrester in Riot vibe from Al.
excelenteee no sabiaa, bravooo.
Looks like Paul Di'anno
Rob Halford the Best voice ever
This Rocks ..... it's like A. ..kick ass.. version of "victim of Changes"....
This is like listening Deep Purple covering Judas Priest
minus gillans voice,missing halfords voice
Great musicians along the years well
AWSOME!!!!!!...⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is amazing
Wow amazing!
Great singer
Wow, I wasn't aware that Al Atkins had recorded solo albums. This version of the song is actually surprisingly good! I like it very much!
Is this really live?! This is Brilliant
I think we're all used to the Halford's version but these vocals are good as well. Just different styles.
This is insane ,would love to have been a fly in the wall, .
This is what real rock is
🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
This is fckn awesome!
Cool. Sounds more uniform, but it does make a classic's vibe.
Vocals are closer to Paul Dianno's style I think. It's a good version of the song.
Sounds more like Sammy Hagar to me
NICE!! se escucha bastante bien
🤘🏻
Paul May looks a little like a young Dimebag.
My first thought when I saw him 😄
Yeah me too
And the Priest are probably writing the Painkiller at the same time.
Exactly
Two perspectives : one looking at the cracked rear-view mirror, the other facing the horizon through a rose-tinted windshield.
God damn this band rocks
Pretty good. I prefer the Priest version though.
Great! Great!
Awesome! I dig!!
wow
Groovy.
Cool. Good to hear this.
Who started that drumstick finger roll trick ? I know it's cliché but it still looks cool !
Fuck yea! Nice job!
His voice is more rock n roll
He look's like Jimmy Hart
Or Toni Iommi .. the guy has a DYNAMITE voice either way. It's hard to get past RH's high-pitch falsetto-scream - "INSAAAAANE", but if you can put the JP version of the song on the back burners of your mind, then you can appreciate this version for what it is, and the more relaxed vocal energy can be equal in magnitude.
What about that lead guitar
The mouth of the south! Little known fact... Jimmy hart was in a band called the Gentrys. They had a hit in the mid 60s , keep on dancing. Jimmy sings lead
Axeman is effin good. Who is he ?
Sounds great what else did these guys do ?
Well, Al Atkins was the original singer of Judas Priest before he quit and they got Rob Halford, he didn't think the band was gonna work out as they had been around a few years and hadn't gotten anywhere by that point, plus he had a daughter he needed to supports so he got a 9 to 5 job, and (as far as I know) left music for the rest of the 70s and most of the 80s, bit around the mid to late 80s he came back to music and has since then recorded 5 solo albums, 5 collaboration albums, and a few others.
This track was on his solo album "Victim Of Changes" which were recordings of songs from the first 2 Judas Priest albums he was credited with, and some other tracks he had written with the band that were never recorded.
Personally, I wish Al had sang on "Rocka Rolla", Rob Halford just wasn't as good in the lower registers back then, and I think Al Atkins' Blues Metal Howl would've helped the album greatly.
super bon, genre de version original
Different key. Never heard this before. I like that~
I listen to this version more than the original these days
a bit strange....but not a bad job.....gotta love the availability of all this fringe material though ….id listen to it again ….
Sounds like diano
Dude has a lot of albums !
I have 0.
I learned this song on guitar but it screwed up my left wrist. I just about got it nailed tho..
Love the drummers fringy sleeves, LOL.
What was dude doing for 20 years
brilliant original original version of the song..and the songwriter singing it........ hope he made a few quid over the years off the back of it
hell yeah
New Model Army t shirt worn by the drummer.
Did these guys ever tour?
Pete Emms did a recording session with Al Atkins, i knew Pete Emms and i had a copy of the studio CD he did .. Pete went on to Form a Band called Vasaline Rats that i believed toured USA for a while and then the band broken up ( i dont know for what reason(s))
Sounds like Paul Rogers doing Priest. I like it!!
minus paul rogers amazing voice
You know, this sounds like a rock'n'roll song :D
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OMG original gibson explorer perhaps?
Line-up lacks the second guitar player