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Line Up
Terry Dark (v) – also in Hoi Polloi and The Dark Sunbirds
Dave Rothan (g) – also in Marshall Law, Rock$tar and The Graham Bonnet Set
Peter Green (b)
Lars Wickett (d)
Stewart Harrod (g) – also in Notre Dame
Ian Smith (g) – also in Notre Dame and Spectate II
Mike Darby (g)
James Barrett (g)
Steve Makin (g) – also in Cozy Powell and Slade
Eric Kaldschmidt (g) – also in Arathorn, Kalogena, Silent Decay, Abandoned, Masters of Disguise, Revenant, Roxxcalibur, Griffin and Savage Grace
John Ace (b) – also in Notre Dame and Spectate II
Paul Britton (b) – also in The Battle Of Britton, Trappazat, Solstice and Scarab (1)
Phil Kimberley (d) – also in Notre Dame
Andreas Neuderth (d) – also in Manilla Road, Roxxcalibur, Economist, Excess, Masters of Disguise, Ripping Entrails, Seduction, Sudden Darkness, Viron, Griffin and Savage Grace
Notes:
– Their roots go as back as 1973 when Ian Smith (g) John Ace (b) played together at a school band called Spectate II.
– An ealy formation of Jameson Raid was the punk outfit Notre Dame which featured most of their founding members.
– Jameson Raid split up by the end of 1982 and reformed in 2010.
– In the early 1980s they provided support for bands such as Magnum, Def Leppard, Saxon, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest
– Appeared on “Metal For Muthas II” (LP, EMI, 1980) with the track ‘Hard Lines’. On this compilation they were credited as “The Raid”
– As of November 2015, Terry Dark is the only member of the band which is now known as Terry Dark’s Jameson Raid.
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Seven Days Of Splendour
7″ GBH Records (1979) GBH 001
1. Seven Days Of Splendour
2. It’s A Crime
3. Catcher In The Rye
*White sleeve on the first pressing limited to 1000 copies. Second pressing on black sleeve limited to 2000 copies. Both pressings have the same catalogue number
End Of Part One
7″ Blackbird Music (1980) BRAID 001
1. The Hypnotist
2. The Raid
3. Gettin’ Hotter
4. Straight From The Butchers
Electric Sun
CASSETTE self-released (1982)
1. Electric Sun
2. Run For Cover
3. Poor Little Rich Girl
4. Gettin’ Hotter
Jameson Raid
LP Phoenix Records (2004) NWOBHM 12004
1. The Hypnotist
2. The Raid
3. Getting Hotter
4. Straight From The Butchers
5. Hard Lines
6. Run For Cover
7. Poor Little Rich Girl
8. Getting Hotter
9. Electric Sun
10. Running Blind
*Brazilian bootleg pressed in 350 numbered copies in green vinyl
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Just As The Dust Had Settled
CD Shadow Kingdom Records (2010) SKR030CD
LP + 7″ High Roller Records (2010) HRR 141
1. Seven Days Of Splendour
2. Titanic
3. Catcher In The Rye
4. Run For Cover
5. It’s A Crime
6. Fortune Teller
7. Do It The Hard Way
8. The Hypnotist
9. Never Again
10. The Raid
11. Electric Sun
12. Straight From The Butchers
13. Gettin’ Hotter
14. Goodbye
*LP limited to 1000 copies, 800 in black vinyl and 200 in splatter colored vinyl
*The tracklisting above is on the CD. The LP has the same songs but a completely different track order:
1. Seven Days Of Splendour
2. It’s A Crime
3. Catcher In The Rye
4. The Hypnotist
5. The Raid
6. Gettin’ Hotter
7. Straight From The Butchers
8. Fortune Teller
9. Run For Cover
10. Titanic
11. Electric Sun
7″
1. Do It The Hard Way
2. Never Again
3. Goodbye
Live At The O2 Academy
2LP High Roller Records (2011) HRR 180
1. It’s A Crime
2. Be My Friend
3. Titanic
4. Stop Looking At Me
5. The Raid
6. Run For Cover
7. Do It The Hard Way
8. Sons Of Darkness
9. Love On The Way
10. Hard Lines
11. Catcher In The Rye
12. Seven Days Of Splendour
13. Parachute
14. Gettin’ Hotter
*Recorded at the O2 Academy, Birmingham, July 23, 2010
*Limited to 500 copies, 350 on black vinyl and 150 on white/black blend vinyl
The Beginning of Part II
LP High Roller Records (2012) HRR 260
1. Electric Sun
2. Fortune Teller
3. Getting Hotter
4. Trouble
5. Nev & Tim’s Green & White Pick-Up Truck
6. Titanic
7. The Hypnotist
8. Straight From The Butchers
9. Catcher In The Rye
10. Bulldogs
*Limited to 500 copies, 350 on black vinyl and 150 on white/black splatter vinyl
9 Reasons
MCD self-released (2014)
1. I’m Not Waiting For You
2. Nine Reasons
3. I’m Not Crazy
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Uninvited Guests
CDr self-released (2015)
CD self-released (2015) JR002
1. Mr.Sunset
2. Uninvited Guests
3. Metal People
4. Breaking Point
5. Red Moon
6. Roll On Tomorrow
7. SS Idol Tearz
8. Maze Of Rats
9. Haunted
10. 9 Reasons
11. Truth & Heresy
Still Life-Fast Moving
2DVD self-released (2015)
1. 7 Days Of Splendour
2. It’s A Crime
3. Stop Looking At Me
4. The Raid
5. Be My friend
6. Parachute
7. Gettin’ Hotter
8. Love On The way
9. Catcher In The Rye
10. Titanic
11. Run For cover
12. Do It The Hard Way
13. Sons Of Darkness
14. Hard Lines
*Captures the 2010 reunion of the original line-up and their shows at the O2 Academy, The Robin2 and the Headbangers Open Air Festival. Also includes same rare footage from 1980, interviews photos etc.
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