{"id":11147,"date":"2020-03-19T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=11147"},"modified":"2020-03-19T07:52:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T07:52:56","slug":"the-damned-fiendish-shadows-cleapatra-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=11147","title":{"rendered":"The Damned – ‘Fiendish Shadows’ (Cleapatra Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This fully restored and expanded set from Woolwich Coronet\u00a0This 2020 version has been newly remastered and includes several tracks that were left off the original release!\u00a0Includes all-new artwork with full liner notes and a personal message from drummer Rat Scabies !<\/p>\n

Available on both digipak CD and a 2LP vinyl set in your choice of either RED or BLUE vinyl! I had this when it first came out many moons ago and loved it.\u00a0 It captured the band at the time perfectly.\u00a0 whilst they might have been at a commercial career-high the studio albums were a bit beige around the time of MCA but live they still had it and that tour was a blaze of fun.<\/p>\n

Expanded to nineteen tracks this is well worth tracking down and getting hold of from the opening keyboards of ‘Curtain Call’ they were on fire. The quality of the recording is good as well not overdubbed nor flat this is a picture of a band living it large and doing it well. As you would expect there is a decent smattering of tracks from ‘Phantasmagoria’ and ‘Shadow Of Love’ particularly sound great. As does the much-maligned ‘Grimly Fiendish’ that I quite enjoy hearing live these days and back in the day or the mid-’80s to be precise it was quite a departure. It seems odd to hear tracks like ‘There’ll Come A Day’ played so fast and full of energy. that tour with The Fuzztones was exceptional and I have such fond memories of Cardiff New Ocean Club.<\/p>\n

‘Gun Fury’ makes me smile as does the version of ‘Lust For Life’ 1985 seems like yesterday but its also so long ago.\u00a0 when the Damned could have been and should have been we are left nuggets of pure Gold like this recording to remind us that it doesn’t matter what happened commercially because they were always the best and still are capable of amazing shows and the odd record that ignites a fire inside my heart and it seems odd to hear them end the set with a one two of ‘Disco Man’ Val Doonigan style followed by a rip-roaring slash of ‘Born To Kill’\u00a0 If only all bands were this good.\u00a0 Don’t think twice just buy it and revel in it. Fiendishly good!<\/p>\n

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Author: Dom Daley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This fully restored and expanded set from Woolwich Coronet\u00a0This 2020 version has been newly remastered and includes several tracks that were left off the original release!\u00a0Includes all-new artwork with full liner notes and a personal message from drummer Rat Scabies ! Available on both digipak CD and a 2LP vinyl set in your choice of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[3321,964,3323,1787,2833,4668,800,4669,3206,3326,1710,147,2044,2052],"class_list":["post-11147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-bryn-merrick","tag-cleopatra-records","tag-dave-vanian","tag-its-a-revolution","tag-live-classic","tag-new-old-album","tag-punk-rock","tag-rat-scabies","tag-reissue","tag-roman-jugg","tag-rpm-online","tag-the-damned","tag-the-fuzztones","tag-vinyl","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11147"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11274,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147\/revisions\/11274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}