Self-Released Cassette
With only two EP's and a scarce demo to their name, JAMESON RAID, who had formed as early as 1977, are still one of the NWOBHM era's best remembered bands. Formed in Birmingham from the ashes of punk band Notre Dame, they should have, in a just world, gone on to bigger and better things. Their 1979 debut EP, "Seven Days Of Splendour"is laden with original, fast Heavy music. The title track being one of the best songs of the whole period!
The two further tracks are great too, the 6-minute long "Catcher In The Rye" convinces completely and almost justifies the abnormally high price which one must pay for this rare piece today.
If the single is complete, one finds a text sheet with an abstrusely fictitious story on the back.
In 1980 appeared the second EP, "The Hypnotist", a four track tour-de-force. JAMESON RAID offers again quality here, showing more variety and better production than on their debut. Again one must pay today three-figure euro amounts in order to be able to call this vinyl one's own.
The last vinyl sign of the band was on the "Metal For Muthas 2" compilation album, (EMI, 1980). The band were now going by the shortened name of THE RAID and disappointed with the relatively poor "Hard Lines", a sad epitaph to a great band.
An obscure demo called "Electric Sun" surfaced in 1982, but by then it was all over...
TRACKS:
01. Electric Sun
02. Run For Cover
03. Poor Little Rich Girl
04. Getting Hotter
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Hi,
Jameson Raid are about to release an album! Due to be available mid 2009. It contains tracks from the first 2 EPs and 7 previously unreleased tracks. Several of the tracks are from the later line up with Mike Darby on guitar and Pete Green on bass.
More details are available on their website www.jamesonraid.net and forum http://jamesonraid.proboards106.com/index.cgi
A correction, too: Notr Dame was simply the first name chosen for the group. It only lasted for a couple of gigs before they switched to "Jameson Raid". Notre Dame didn't split up and they were never a punk outfit!
Hard Lines was a solid heavy double bass drum track. For reasons unknown after the band had mixed the track to their satisfaction, EMI remixed it and ruined it. It sounds a little better on the remixed CD than the original vinyl.EMI also got their name wrong. Althogh often called 'The Raid' by their fans, they were still officially Jameson Raid.
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