Brian and Duncan first started writing music together in early 1976 with Brian on cheap fuzz guitar and Duncan on Biscuit tins. 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. Colin Kimberley, an friend of Brian's from junior school completed the line up.
They then recorded what was to become their first album release. Like Led Zeppelin's fourth album it had no official title and has been referred to as the 'White Album', or 'Lightning To The Nations'. There were initially copies 1000 pressed, which were in a plain white cover. Every copy was signed by one member of the band. This was available only at gigs or by mail order for £3.50 A further pressing of 1000 were done, which had the track listing on it. This contained 7 classic tracks including 'Am I Evil?', 'The Prince' and 'Sucking My Love'.
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Diamond Head - The White Album (Lightning To The Nations)
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Artist...............: Diamond Head
Album................: The White Album (Lightning To The Nations)
Genre................: NWoBHM
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1980
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: FhG
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: , ID3 v2.2
Information..........:
1. (00:04:15) Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
2. (00:06:26) Diamond Head - The Prince
3. (00:09:31) Diamond Head - Sucking My Love
4. (00:07:43) Diamond Head - Am I Evil?
5. (00:03:14) Diamond Head - Sweet And Innocent
6. (00:03:3 Diamond Head - It's Electric
7. (00:06:55) Diamond Head - Helpless
8. (00:04:17) Diamond Head - Shoot Out The Lights
9. (00:03:34) Diamond Head - Streets Of Gold
10. (00:03:53) Diamond Head - Waited Too Long
11. (00:03:32) Diamond Head - Play It Loud
12. (00:03:31) Diamond Head - Diamond Lights
13. (00:04:1 Diamond Head - We Won't Be Back
14. (00:04:21) Diamond Head - I Don't Got
Playing Time.........: 01:09:08
Total Size...........: 158.29 MB
Diamond Head - It's Electric