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Work began on a self financed album but when their manager failed to get a deal at Midem music business convention, the lack of funds lead to the band falling apart. MCA Records suggested a change of management which was resisted and the label let Diamond Head go in January 1984. The band completed a European tour with Black Sabbath in September and an Odeon sized UK tour in October of that year to promote Canterbury. This consequently affected sales, with it eventually charting at number 32 and selling less than the previous album.ĭiamond Head opened the Donington Monsters Of Rock Festival in the summer of 1983 with new drummer Robbie France and bass player Merv Goldsworthy. The first 20,000 copies of the album had pressing faults causing pressing faults. During the recording both Dunc and Colin left the band. Living on.Borrowed Time was released in late September 1982, in a lavish gatefold sleeve with stunning artwork courtesy of Rodney Matthews and entered the UK charts at number 24.Ī 12 date UK tour followed in October and November to promote their new album taking in Birmingham Odeon, Manchester Apollo and London's Hammersmith Odeon.ġ983 saw the release of the "Makin' Music" single as a precursor to the album that was also intended to be called Makin' Music but was changed to Canterbury. The live version of "Sucking My Love" would later be released as a 12″ with "Out Of Phase", and the whole set 10 years later as part of the BBC sessions series. A double single of this contained live versions of "Play It Loud" and "Sweet And Innocent" recorded at the Zig-Zag Club, together with a 14 minute interview with Tommy Vance recorded in June '82.ĭiamond Head played a magnificent set at the Reading Festival playing new tracks and old. A second single "In The Heat Of The Night" was released prior to the Borrowed Time album. Their first release being the Four Cuts EP containing "Call Me", "Trick Or Treat", "Dead Reckoning" and a new version of "Shoot Out The Lights". The Diamond Lights 12″ EP followed soon after giving us "It's Electric" and three new tracks, "We Won't Be Back", "Diamond Lights" and "I Don't Got".ĭiamond Head were courted by A&R man Charlie Ayers who signed the band to MCA Records in 1982. Two new tracks arrived in 1981 on DHM Records - the double A-side of "Waited Too Long" and "Plat It Loud". The next single was "Sweet And Innocent" from the White Album, backed with a new track, "Streets Of Gold". This contained 7 classic tracks including "Am I Evil?", "The Prince", "Helpless", and "It's Electric". A record deal failed to materialise and 1000 blank white label copies were pressed up to sell at gigs and mail order through Sounds music paper for £3.50 A further pressing of 1000 were made, which had the track listing on it. In Mach 1980 Diamond Head entered the Old Smithy studio, Worcester to record their debut album Lightning To The Nations. Their first single was "Shoot Out The Lights" backed with "Helpless" on Happy Face Music. At the beginning of 1980, the band formed Diamond Head Music as a means to putting out their own self financed material.
Continual gigging paid off when they were offered two prestigious opening slots for AC/DC (Bon Scott's last ever gigs) and Iron Maiden. This was used to get gigs, and a copy was sent to Geoff Barton at Sounds, who was suitably impressed and put them on his play list, and arranged an interview. The first demo tape was cut in 1979 in a studio in Kidderminster. Colin Kimberley, an friend of Brian's from junior school completed the line up.
Brian had a poster of an album by Phil Manzanera called Diamond Head that was released in 1975 and he thought "that would be a good name for the band", but they needed a singer and auditioned several school chums until someone mentioned they had heard Sean Harris singing Be Bop a Lu La on a coach and so Brian asked Sean to try out and after one song he was asked to join. NWOBHM/hard rock from United Kingdom, full-length discography of seven albums released in 1980-2016.īrian and Duncan first started writing music together in early 1976 with Brian on cheap fuzz guitar and Duncan on Biscuit tins. Diamond Head - Full-Length Discography (1980-2016)