THE DAMNED "PHANTASMAGORIA" MCA 1985 EX/EX PROMO STAMPED OOP GOTH LP

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ARTIST: THE DAMNED

TITLE- “PHANTASMAGORIA”

TRACK LISTING-SEE PHOTOS & BELOW:

YEAR OF RELEASE- 1985

LABEL- MCA RECORDS

CAT.#: MCA-39039

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD IS IN EX/EX- CONDITION, NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES,BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.NICE SHINEY LUSTER TO THE VINYL. THE SONGS SOUND GREAT. PLAYS LIKE NEW! THERE'S SOME VERY VERY LIGHT VISIBLE WEAR, THE MAIN THING IS THAT THE LABLE ON THE “A” SIDE HAS BUBBLED UP A LITTLE, THE GLUE AFFIXING IT TO THE PLASTIC HAS RISEN, STILL TOTALLY GLUED, BUT IS LIKE A PAPER BUBBLE, WEIRD.

JACKET CONDITION: THE JACKET IS IN NM-/EX CONDITION. NICE CLEAN EDGES, NO SEAM SPLITS, NO WRITING, BENDS, MARKS, WRITING ON IT.

MORE INFO : THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. GOLD INK EMBOSSED PROMO STAMP ON THE BACK (SEE PHOTO). PINCKNEYVILLE PRESSING.

ARTIST/ALBUM INFO:The Damned are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1976 by lead vocalist Dave Vanian, guitarist Brian James, bassist (and later guitarist) Captain Sensible, and drummer Rat Scabies. They were the first punk rock band from the United Kingdom to release a single, "New Rose" (1976),release an album, Damned Damned Damned (1977), and tour the United States. They have nine singles that charted on the UK Singles Chart Top 40.

The band briefly broke up after Music for Pleasure (1977), the follow-up to their debut album, was critically dismissed. They quickly reformed without Brian James, and released Machine Gun Etiquette (1979).[9] In the 1980s they released four studio albums, The Black Album (1980), Strawberries (1982), Phantasmagoria (1985), and Anything (1986), which saw the band moving towards a gothic rock style. The latter two albums did not feature Captain Sensible, who had left the band in 1984. In 1988, James and Sensible rejoined to play a series of reunion gigs. One of which was released the next year as the live album Final Damnation.

The Damned again reformed for a tour in 1991. In 1995, they released a new album, Not of This Earth, which was Scabies's last with the band This was followed by Grave Disorder (2001), So, Who's Paranoid? (2008), and their most recent album, and the first to crack the United Kingdom's Official Charts' top 10 list, landing at #7, Evil Spirits (2018). Despite going through numerous lineup changes, the formation of Vanian, Sensible, keyboardist Monty Oxymoron, drummer Pinch and bassist Stu West had been together from 2004 until 2017, when West left the band and former bassist Paul Gray rejoined.

As one of the first gothic rock bands, The Damned were a major influence on the goth subculture with lead singer Vanian's vampire-themed costume, baritone singing voice and dark lyrics being major influences.

Phantasmagoria is the sixth album by the Damned, released by MCA in July 1985. Special editions were available on white vinyl or picture disc; some versions included a free 12" of their No. 3 hit "Eloise".

History

After much wrangling, the Damned received a new contract with MCA Records in October 1984 on the strength of the song "Grimly Fiendish"] issued as a single the following March. They recorded the album in Eel Pie Studios between March and June 1985. It reached No. 11 in the charts, and was the band's highest charting album ever, until the release of Evil Spirits in 2018, which cracked the top-ten at No. 7. The non-album single "Eloise," (a Barry Ryan cover), released six months later, became a huge UK hit, reaching No. 3.

The Damned centred the entire album around David Vanian's deep voice, giving much of the album a gothic feeling] The album was remastered and reissued by Geffen Records in Japan in 2007, featuring replicas of the LP's outer and inner sleeves and a CD label resembling the white vinyl edition. In 2009, an expanded edition was issued by Universal Music Group in Europe.

Artwork

The cover image of Susie Bick (future wife of Nick Cave) was taken by photographer Bob Carlos Clarke at Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road.

TracklistHide Credits

A1

Street Of Dreams

5:30

A2

Shadow Of Love

4:07

A3

There'll Come A Day

4:15

A4

Sanctum Sanctorum

6:21

B1

Is It A Dream

3:30

B2

Grimly Fiendish

3:48

B3

Edward The Bear

3:45

B4

The Eighth Day

3:34

B5

Trojans

4:50

Credits

• Artwork By [Calligraphy] – Booce

• Engineer – Jon Kelly

• Engineer [Additional] – Chris Ludwinsky*

• Keyboards [Additional] – Andy Richards, Paul Shepley

• Percussion – Luis Jardim

• Photography – Bob Carlos Clarke

• Producer – Jon Kelly (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5)

• Saxophone, Brass – Gary Barnacle

• Written-By – Merrick*, Sensible* (tracks: B1), Vanian*, Scabies*, Jugg*, Doctor* (tracks: B2)

Notes

Label variation: Phantasmagoria printed above The Damned, and "100 Universal Plaza" address.

matrix notes:
[ASR stamp] = the stamped logo of Artisan Sound Recorders.
?-P-? = the stamp of MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, stamped): MCA-4936-ASR-3 [ASR stamp] ?-P-?

• Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, stam

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