DV8 LP Stab In The Dark OZ 1981 Custom LTD EDN Blues-Hard Rock CLASSIC
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NOTE : All LP’s have been cleaned and played (except where Mint) to determine an accurate grading as possible ; if anything they have been under-graded to be on the safe side as collectors will always have slightly different interpretations on quality however I definitely feel you can bid with confidence here. …Thanks.
Item : 12” album
Artist : DV8
Title : Stab In The Dark
Year : 1981
Issue : Australian ‘Custom’ pressing
EMI white-label (no catalogue number)
********************************* A terrific and mega-rare Limited Edition / custom pressed copy of DV8’s awesome debut album from 1981…. Amazingly good stuff … completely original and refreshing !!
Described as ‘blues rock on amphetamines’ DV8 hailed from Newcastle where they built up an enormous following delivering good-time 'live' rock shows that packed the crowd in like sardines.
In the early 80’s in a town where ‘if you didn't play covers, you didn't get a gig …’ DV8 went against the grain as an original band of hard-driving, no frills blues-rockers ....an act built on energetic guitar-based rock and the crowds lapped it up. Defining the 'Newcastle sound' guitarist Greg Bryce wrote songs about life, self-doubt, love and surfing and pioneered the way for later guitar-driven acts such as Screaming Jets … in fact drummer Brad Heaney went on to play with both The Radiators and The Screaming Jets during their hay-days.
A ripper of a rock album for sure…
MORE NOTES
In the beginning when DV8 front man, guitarist Greg Bryce was barely out of school he formed a power trio called Meccalissa with friends Mark Middleton (bass) and Darrell Mepham (drums) which went on to play to packed audiences at the legendary Star Hotel. This was the essential line up of DV8 - an original band of hard-driving, no frills blues-rockers who released 4 charting albums and singles during the eighties when they "ruled the local rock scene." Other players included Roy Giles and Allan Cook(bass),Tony Heaney(keyboard),Tony D'Abruzzo and Kerry Jacobsen(Dragon,KB Express) on drums. The Herald's Scott Bevan said "For seven years Greg Bryce was the key to DV8, playing the roles of founding member, singer, guitarist and song-writer. Bryce was also the key to DV8's popularity in Newcastle . He not only wrote catchy songs that incorporated a variety of styles, he understood exactly what the average pub-goer was looking for in a band....an act that was low on pretence but big on energetic guitar-based rock." Although Bryce may have been the key he certainly wouldn't have got far without the brilliant drumming of Brad Heaney who went on to play with The Radiators and Screaming Jets and the exceptional bass playing of, firstly Mark Middleton, then Brett Reid. At the height of their powers when they pulled crowds of up to 2000, similar to bands like Chisel and Midnight Oil at the time, DV8 called it a day before they had a chance to move beyond local notoriety, Bryce turned to touring the world and practicing yoga for the next 7 years. The early nineties saw a reformed DV8 once again playing to a packed Newcastle Workers Club and in the late nineties a new album Big Green Monsters. The current line up of original members Bryce and Middleton with ex-Screaming Jet drummer Craig "Rosie" Rosevear was formed in 2000 with a goal to return to the inspiration of blues rock roots of the late sixties to mid seventies and create new music steeped in those roots yet with an ear for the freshness of all that's new. All the favourite DV8 originals are there in a current concert: I Want Your Body, Down to the Sea, Dry Your Eyes, Back to Basics, Kings X and more along with new songs I Like it on Top, Hotrod and Silver Elvis Sunnies and a collection of blues rock covers from favourite artists of that style like Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple and Texas blues rock n shuffle favourites ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnny Winter. Greg is enjoying returning to his guitar roots with influences like Ritchie Blackmore, Johnny Winter and Stevie Ray and following that lineage back to the greats like Albert King and Buddy Guy. Mark and Craig both grew up on a rich diet of Deep Purple with Craig's dad wearing out the Machine Head album by playing it every day!... consequently Rosie channels Ian Paice. The band is inspired and driven by the passion of playing the music it loves - hard, loud blues based rock - music that excites while delving deeply into the spontaneous connection between the players. These guys know how to jam and love it . a potent chemistry of Middleton's relentless driving bass locked into the punishing exuberance of Rosie's drums and the wild, soaring guitar of Bryce flying over the top of it all.*********************************
Songs :
Stab In The Dark
1:41
Future Shock
Dead Baby
Doorbell
Dry Your Eyes
Close Contact
I Want Your Body
Can’t Feel It
Kings X
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CONDITION : see 4 photos above
Vinyl : Only lightly played and tracks along just great. A few light marks of no consequence. I detected a couple of very faint pops only during listening. No skips. Terrific shine. A crisp and clean sound. Rated EX easily.
Labels : Clean with (A) and (B) marked in pen to differentiate the respective sides.
Sleeve : This thin paper custom cover is highly susceptible to ring-wear and this is as good as any I’ve seen. No splits which is unusual and a bonus. No writing. Some expected edge-wear and a little creasing. More than acceptable and probably as good as it gets providing you can ever find one of these.
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POSTAGE COSTS (albums are professionally packed and shipped with an outer protector plastic sleeve) :
To anywhere in Australia is AU$7.60. For 2 or 3 x LP’s the cost is $15.00.
For extra items costs will depend upon weight and destination however I will do my best to keep the combined total at a minimum.
1st class Air-Mail overseas :
NEW ZEALAND - $13 AUS
ASIA and JAPAN- $16 AUS
USA, CANADA, MIDDLE EAST - $19.00 AUS
EUROPE & REST OF THE WORLD - $23.00 AUS
PACKING INFORMATION :
Records will be packed in a plastic bag between two strong pieces of cardboard for safe arrival.
PAYMENT METHODS :
within Australia : 1. Paypal (quickest and easiest) OR 2. Bank Deposit (this may take a day or two to confirm)
International : Paypal
Thanks for your interest in this item.
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