LP DIAMOND HEAD Live At The BBC 1982 ATOS RECORDS atos 2 - STILL SEALED

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LP DIAMOND HEAD

Live At The BBC 1982

Limited Edition of 500 Copies

Country of release: EEC, 2018

Label: Atos Records

Catalogue number: atos 2

Barcode: 5076465580017

Klappcover/Gatefold Sleeve: Nein/No

 Condition Record: MINT

Condition Cover: MINT

  LP ist noch verschweißt / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!

(Photo von meiner eigenen LP / Photo taken from my own copy)

Tracks Side 1:

1. Am I Evil? (7:11) (Reading Festival, 27. August 1982)

2. Borrowed Time (7:49) (Reading Festival, 27. August 1982)

3. Don't You Ever Leave Me? (8:10) (Reading Festival, 27. August 1982)

4. Play It Loud (6:06) (Reading Festival, 27. August 1982)

Tracks Side 2:

1. Borrowed Time (7:45) (Paris Theatre, London, for In Concert Programme, 20. October 1982)

2. In The Heat Of The Night (5:29) (Paris Theatre, London, for In Concert Programme, 20. October 1982)

3. To Heaven From Hell (6:55) (Paris Theatre, London, for In Concert Programme, 20. October 1982)

4. Sucking My Love (7:28) (Paris Theatre, London, for In Concert Programme, 20. October 1982)

Diamond Head are an English heavy metal band formed in 1976 in Stourbridge, England. The band is recognised as one of the leading members of the new wave of British heavy metal movement and is acknowledged by thrash metal bands such as Metallica and Megadeth as an important early influence.

Two working class teenagers from Stourbridge created the band in 1976. Brian Tatler & Duncan Scott formed the band with a biscuit tin drum kit and borrowed guitar in Brian's bedroom. They auditioned several school friends for a singer until finding Sean Harris. "It was the last year of school; we were about to leave to get jobs or go to college," said Brian Tatler. The name 'Diamond Head' came from a 1975 Phil Manzanera album that Tatler had a poster of in his room. The band played their first gig at High Park school hall (10 February 1977) and sold 151 tickets for a forty-minute set of their own original material. Bassist Colin Kimberley, a friend of Tatler's from primary school, joined the band in 1978 as their fourth bassist.
In their early days, the band played very few cover songs and concentrated on their own material. Exceptions were Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", "Its All For The Love of Rock and Roll" by the Tuff Darts, "Motorhead" by Motörhead and Space Station #5 by Montrose. In one interview, Brian Tatler stated that they wrote some 100 songs before their first studio recorded release, and only one song (It's Electric) from their 1978 debut gig with Colin made it onto vinyl.

The band recorded self-financed demo tapes in 1979. Recorded within six hours on a four-track, their unique sound and quality of writing gained enough attention for the band to tour as support to AC/DC and Iron Maiden. Although several record companies expressed interests in signing the band, no contracts were forthcoming. The band was at the time managed by Reg Fellows and Sean Harris' mother (Linda Harris), who reportedly turned down an offer from the influential Leiber/Krebs Management. Thus while other new wave of British heavy metal bands were signed to major labels and headlining their own tours, Diamond Head remained independent. The management decided that they would release their material through a label owned by Muff Murfin called 'Happy Face Records'. Murfin also owned the studio where Diamond Head did many of their early recordings.
Their first release was the 1979 single "Shoot Out The Lights" (b/w Helpless); their second single "Sweet and Innocent" (b/w "Streets of Gold") was released by Media Records in 1980.

That same year the band also recorded their debut album on Happy Face. Most commonly known as Lightning to the Nations, the collection was recorded in seven days at The Old Smythy Studio in Worcester, which the band described later as 'dead'. The album was packaged in a plain sleeve with no title or track listings, simply bearing a signature of one of the band members. The management thought that it should be perceived as a 'demo' album so no fancy sleeve was required, making it very cheap to produce. The first 1000 copies were pressed and made available at concerts or via mail-order for £3.50. The only mail-order advertisement appeared in Sounds and ran for six weeks. The bands management did not pay for the advertisement and ended up being sued. The idea for recording this album came from Fellows and Linda Harris as an attempt to record tracks to entice attention from a record company, which would take care of the recording costs.

The original stereo master tapes were lost after they were sent to the German record company, Woolfe Records, who released a vinyl version of the album with a new sleeve. The tapes were not returned until they were eventually tracked down by Lars Ulrich and Phonogram Germany for inclusion on the 1990 compilation album 'New Wave Of British Heavy Metal '79 Revisited'.

The buzz surrounding the band's live shows eventually led to a record deal with MCA Records in 1982, and rush released the Four Cuts EP, which contained two early era songs Shoot Out The Lights and Dead Reckoning. Their new status afforded them a slot on the Reading festival bill in 1982, albeit as late and unadvertised replacements for Manowar. Their set was recorded by the BBC and later released in 1992 through Raw Fruit Records as the Friday Rock Show Sessions.

Their first MCA album, Borrowed Time, featured a lavish Rodney Matthews-illustrated gatefold sleeve based on the album's Elric theme and was the most expensive sleeve commissioned by MCA at the time. The album was somewhat successful commercially, climbing to No. 24 in the UK album charts, but the band's more commercial sound on the album made it a disappointment to critics. The band were able to perform a full scale UK tour at premier venues such as London's Hammersmith Odeon, however.

To support the album Diamond Head's sixth single "In the Heat of the Night", backed with live versions of Play it Loud and Sweet and Innocent recorded at the Zig-Zag club, and an interview with DJ Tommy Vance (although the latter was not available on the 12").

The band tried a more experimental sounding follow-up to Borrowed Time, tentatively titled Making Music which later became Canterbury in 1983. The initial success of the album was stalled as the first 20,000 copies suffered vinyl pressing problems, causing the LP to jump. ( ) (en.wikipedia.org)

Sean Harris - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Brian Tatler - Lead Vocals
Colin Kimberly - Bass
Duncan Scott - Drums

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