Expect lots of upcoming classic metal posts, as I've been finding quite a high volume of it in the cheap bins lately. I have most of it in some form already and there should be nothing I need to describe musically to any self-respecting metalhead, but it still feels great to find it.
I already have some older single-disc pressings of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik with the same tracklist, but curiously Deadline chose to needlessly split the tracks over two CDs even though there's no extra material. The '85 gig is the Hell at Hammersmith show and has a few songs not on the video version and vice versa. The '86 NY half is still a fine listen, but the song selection pales in comparison to the 1985 show. The album did offer some live previews of upcoming material when it was originally released. The classic trio lineup plays "The Chanting of the Priests," and it's obvious their sound was beginning to shift a little even with Mantas still around, since it doesn't sound particularly different from the Calm Before the Storm album version without him. On the other hand, I do like "Buried Alive" seguing into "Love Amongst the Dead"--I think it's catchier than "Raise the Dead" and sounds a bit nastier and closer to the classic Venom sound than most post-Possessed material. Of course the studio version (called "Dead Love") was eventually formally released on the In Memorium compilation later.
Nothing bad I can say about this score except the minor inconvenience of having to swap discs out with this particular version.
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