Genocide
Tracks 1-5 - Kosei-Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 1978
Tracks 6-8 - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, May 9, 1978
Bondage Music BON 037
58:17
1. White Heat, Red Hot
2. Victim Of Changes
3. Beyond The Realms Of Death
4. Genocide
5. Tyrant
6. White Heat, Red Hot
7. Starbreaker
8. Beyond The Realms Of Death

There is another bootleg CD titled "Genocide" (on Turtle Records) that contains totally different live material. Neither bootleg should be confused with the commercially-available "Genocide," which is just a 2CD repackaging of the band's first two albums.

"White Heat, Red Hot" is the second song of the Tokyo set--Halford mentions in the stage banter that "Exciter" was the first. There is a cut/jump at 7:30 of track 2 during stage banter--the track(s) between "Victim of Changes" and "Beyond the Realms of Death" were cut out/rearranged.

Although only the date and city are given for them, tracks 6-8 are from the same gig as the first four tracks on the "Heavy Metal Faggot" bootleg. I've seen conflicting info on the specific date (may have been the 7th of May). Tracks 6-7 were released on the 12" version of the "Take on the World" single. Track 8 was released on both the 7"/12" versions of the "Evening Star" single. These Cleveland tracks have some light crackling and popping, so they were probably sourced directly from the vinyl singles. There's a possible cut between tracks 6/7.

Incomplete/broken-up sets aside, superb vintage material. There seems to be a lot of extra-flashy instrumentation ("Genocide" runs very long with extra guitarwork; "Starbreaker" has a short drum solo). Judging by the way the Japanese girls scream during the first 5 tracks, you'd think they were a pop band...

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