Lightning to the Nations Reissue bonus tracks (Castle Music)

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共8首歌曲

艺人: Diamond Head
语种: 英语
厂牌: None
发行时间: 1980年01月01日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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Diamond Head 成立于1976年，英国重金属新浪潮元老，首张专辑即经典名作，曾影响过大批后辈乐队。

隆冬过后是新春，现在雪已经开始融化。首先浮出水面的是DIAMOND HEAD，他们以一张在地下俱乐部发行的非正式专辑（正式的要等到80年8月由他们自己的DH唱片公司发行）Lightning to the Nations率先奏响了重金属复活的号角（其实重金属也没死），伟大的NWOBHM运动就要拉开序幕！大家一定听过METALLICA的几乎全部的歌，那么对他们翻唱的Am I Evil?和Helpless一定记忆深刻，还有It's Electric和The Prince。对，这便是这张Lightning to the Nations里的作品，由于Lars那个时候跟DIAMOND HEAD混在一起，可想而知DIAMOND HEAD对METALLICA的影响有多大。这张专辑里好的riff数不胜数，用著名金属杂志撰稿人Geoff Barton的话来说，“在DIAMOND HEAD的每首歌里，好的吉他节奏riff数量比BLACK SABBATH的前四张专辑还要多”。这话虽有些夸张，但确实DIAMOND HEAD的此张专辑可谓神来之笔。大家若得不到Lightning to the Nations，那就尽情地享受METALLICA传达的声音，放心，除了录音的效果外，歌曲几乎一模一样，包括solo！

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Diamond Head's unique sound and quality of song writing gained enough attention to tour as support with AC/DC and Iron Maiden. Although a clutch of record companies fought to sign the band, none were willing to fully commit. The fact that the band was at the time managed by Sean Harris' mother (Linda Harris) did not help the band's commercial momentum. So, while other New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands were signed to major labels and were headlining their own tours, Diamond Head were growing increasingly impatient and decided that they would release their material through their own label, Happy Face Records.

The album was recorded within seven days at The Old Smythy Studio in Worcester, which the band described as 'dead'[1]. This album came in a plain sleeve with no title, having on it only a signature of one of the band members and no track listings. The reason for this was that the band's manager, Reg Fellows, owned a cardboard factory and could produce blank sleeves at a low cost. Also, the reason for recording this album was an attempt to lay down some tracks so they could send it to a record company who would be more willing to release it, as the recording costs had already been covered; this idea came from Fellows and Linda Harris[2] (Sean's mother and tour manager). There were originally only 1000 copies pressed of the album, which were only available at their concerts or through mail-order at a price of £3.50. In fact the only mail-order advertisement appeared in British music magazine 'Sounds' and ran for four weeks. However, the band did not pay for the ad and ended up being sued.

This album has become one of the most sought-after items from the time for record collectors. Later, 1000 more copies were pressed, which contained the track listings. Unfortunately, the only original one-and-a-quarter-inch master tapes were lost after the band sent them to the German record company Woolfe Records, and they were never returned. Although Woolfe Records did release the album, which is the version with a picture of the world burning on the front cover. However, in 2001 Sanctuary Records released the album along with bonus tracks containing all the B-sides of the early Diamond Head singles.

Lightning to the Nations Reissue bonus tracks (Castle Music)

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