VARIOUS - Jukebox Of The Gods

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:57 pm

I thought this might be of interest to those of you interested in a little Metallic archeology. It's a compilation i put together recently for my blog featuring the original versions of songs covered by the original gods of Heavy Metal.
Special kudos to Judas Priest are due i feel for their radical rearrangements of "Diamonds & Rust" and "Green Manalishi", both very clever and oh so effective.
Enjoy.

VARIOUS - JUKEBOX OF THE GODS

01. MONTROSE - I Got The Fire (Covered by IRON MAIDEN)
02. AYNSLEY DUNBAR RETALIATION - Warning (Covered by BLACK SABBATH)
03. ZZ TOP - Beer Drinkers & Hellraisers (Covered by MOTORHEAD)
04. SPOOKY TOOTH - Better By You, Better Than Me (Covered by JUDAS PRIEST)
05. THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN - Fire (Covered by CIRITH UNGOL)
06. JAKE HOLMES - Dazed & Confused (Covered by LED ZEPPELIN)
07. THE SWEET - Set Me Free (Covered by SAXON)
08. QUATERMASS - Black Sheep Of The Family (Covered by RAINBOW)
09. BOB SEGER SYSTEM - Rosalie (Covered by THIN LIZZY)
10. BLOODROCK - DOA (Covered by MANILLA ROAD)
11. NEKTAR - King Of Twilight (Covered by IRON MAIDEN)
12. CROW - Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me) (Covered by BLACK SABBATH)
13. JOHN MAYALL's BLUESBREAKERS - I'm Your Witchdoctor (Covered by MOTORHEAD)
14. JOAN BAEZ - Diamonds & Rust (Covered by JUDAS PRIEST)
15. SKYHOOKS - Women In Uniform (Covered by IRON MAIDEN)
16. NORMAN HAINES BAND - When I Came Down (Covered by BLACK SABBATH)
17. HAWKWIND - Motorhead (Covered by MOTORHEAD)
18. FLEETWOOD MAC - The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) (Covered by JUDAS PRIEST)
19. THE DUBLINERS - Whiskey In The Jar (Covered by THIN LIZZY)

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great_knuthulhu · Post by **great_knuthulhu** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:03 am

Good one. The originals are better on quite a few of these (Montrose, ZZ Top, Arthur Brown, Nektar and the Sweet) so well worth a listen if you haven't heard them before. I'll dl it to listen to at work, so thank you.

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:59 pm

Good idea !!! Will check it this week-end !!

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:33 pm

As i was putting this comp together there was a lot of posting on the same subject in the cover versions thread on "Into Battle", so i thought i'd throw it up here for the benefit of anyone looking to hear some of the songs discussed.
Hope you enjoy it.

Keir · Post by **Keir** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:30 pm

Cool comp! I did a similar thing a while back for a friend, except it was a 2CD set with the cover versions on one disc and the originals on the other. I don’t even remember what was on it now, but I think the only one in common with yours was Diamonds & Rust.