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Released
  
1982

Artist
  
The Damned

Producer
  
The Damned

Live Shepperton 1980 (1982)
  
Strawberries (1982)

Release date
  
1982

Label
  
Big Beat Records

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Recorded
  
Shepperton Studios, 26 July 1980 (Shepperton)

Genres
  
Punk rock, Gothic rock, Post-punk

The Damned albums
  
Ballroom Blitz – Live at the Lyc, Not the Captain's Birthday, The Radio One Sessions, Final Damnation, Smash It Up: The Antholog

The damned live shepperton 1980


Live Shepperton 1980 is a 1982 album by The Damned. The first live album from the band.

Contents

Background

This recording was made live at a special gig played for the members of The Damned Fan Club at Shepperton, England in 1980. Six of the tracks were originally released as side 4 of The Black Album in the UK. (Those tracks are Side One: 1-3 and Side Two: 2-4.)

Track listing

  • All songs written by Rat Scabies, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian and Algy Ward, except where noted.

    • Side One

    1. "Love Song" - 2:10
    2. "Second Time Around (Machine Gun Etiquette)" (Rat Scabies, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Algy Ward, Giovanni Dadomo) - 1:41
    3. "I Just Can’t Be Happy Today" - 3:55
    4. "Melody Lee" - 2:06
    5. "Help!" (Lennon/McCartney) - 1:30
    6. "Neat Neat Neat" (Brian James) - 4:37

    Side Two

    1. "Looking At You" (Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner) - 5:46
    2. "Smash It Up (Parts 1 And 2)" - 4:22
    3. "New Rose" (Brian James) - 1:48
    4. "Plan 9 Channel 7" - 4:47

    Personnel

  • Dave Vanian - Lead Vocals and Keyboards.
  • Captain Sensible - Guitar, Backing vocals.
  • Paul Gray - Bass.
  • Rat Scabies - Drums.

    • Songs

    1Love Song2:10
    2Second Time Around1:43
    3I Just Can’t Be Happy Today3:56

    References

    Live Shepperton 1980 Wikipedia
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