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Diamond Head - Live at the BBC Here's Universal's press release regarding the CD;  Sounds magazine's metal editor Geoff Barton once remarked that "there are more good riffs in your average single Diamond Head song than there are in the first four Black Sabbath albums." Such lavish praise had been sparked by the band's unassuming, independently recorded first album (later commonly referred to as the 'White Album' or 'Lightning to the Nations'), which by all rights should have been just the first step on the road to a legendary career. Diamond Head were formed in Stourbridge, England in 1976 by schoolmates Brian Tatler and Duncan Scott. They quickly recruited Sean Harris and a few months later Colin Kimberley. Having already received euphoric responses to their first album, Diamond Head were quickly signed by MCA and a lengthy tour ensued. They were soon back in the studio to record a second album, 'Borrowed Time' and, by the time they split in 1983, a third, 'Canterbury' had been recorded. This double CD of BBC recordings combines the band's In Session and In Concert recordings on one CD for the first time. The set culminates in the Milton Keynes Bowl show, the night they opened for Metallica in 1993 and includes their Reading Festival set from 1982, described by the band as "the peak of their career….as good as it got". Liner notes are provided by Diamond Head's very own Brian Tatler. DIAMOND HEAD LIVE AT THE BBC (0600753291382) UNIVERSAL MUSIC CATALOGUE Here's the tracklist: Disc 1: Friday Rock Show (October 29, 1980): Reading Festival (August 27, 1982): Disc 2: Paris Theatre (November 6, 1982): Milton Keynes (September 3, 1993): |