Here are The Damned playing their much talked about 'covers only' gig at Manchester's Albert Hall. Many thanks to rbose1 for the Dime upload. In the event it the set didn't honour the gig tag of 'Not A Single Damned Song' as three slipped the net on the night. Not my place of course to write the set list, but given the chance to bring the gig back in line with the claim I would have brought in 'Help' for '1 Of The 2' or 'Feel The Pain' and 'Citadel' in for 'Disco Man'.
I am not sure what to make of the album. I feel that several of the covers are so faithful to the original that they bring nothing new to the songs which for me has always been the benchmark for a worthy cover version.... to be sure with 'Eloise' they made the song their own (with Barry Ryan even stating that theirs was his preferred version!). A song like 'See Emily Play' whilst a great song and indeed a song with which The Damned have had a long association doesn't move on from Pink Floyd's original. In terms of homage to 1960's psychedelia, Naz's 'Give Daddy The Knife Cindy' is a superior offering in my opinion.
Fair play, the album and dates are a tribute to their founder and friend Brian, but I get the feeling that this album in comparison with most of the band's other studio albums will not get too much turntable time, interesting project though it may be.
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-8Ioj1e0Gbm
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-GcL9i4UUAY
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