Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (song)
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"Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" was a single by The Damned.
With the group signing a deal with I.R.S.
to distribute their music in the USA, the label decided to release "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" to promote The Black Album
.
The minimalist sleeve was in keeping with the American release of The Black Album, which unlike the UK release featured a spoof of The Beatles
' White Album - a plain black sleeve with the band's name in small white lettering in the bottom left corner.
Musician
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With the group signing a deal with I.R.S.
I.R.S. Records
I.R.S. Records was a record label, started in the United States in 1979 by Miles Copeland III along with Jay Boberg and Carl Grasso. Miles was also the manager of Wishbone Ash, The Police, and later, Sting, as well as other bands. I.R.S. was the sister label of Copeland's Illegal Records .I.R.S...
to distribute their music in the USA, the label decided to release "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" to promote The Black Album
The Black Album (The Damned)
In a retrospective review, Allmusic called the album hit-or-miss, but added that "tracks of note are still thick on the ground" and that "it's still a surprisingly good blast, a tour de force for Vanian particularly".-Track listing:...
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The minimalist sleeve was in keeping with the American release of The Black Album, which unlike the UK release featured a spoof of The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
' White Album - a plain black sleeve with the band's name in small white lettering in the bottom left corner.
Track listing
- "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray, Dadamo) - 3:45
- "Looking at You (Live)" (MC5MC5The MC5 is an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan and originally active from 1964 to 1972. The original band line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson...
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Production credits
ProducerRecord producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
- The Damned
Musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
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- Dave Vanian: Vocals
- Captain SensibleCaptain SensibleCaptain Sensible is a singer, songwriter, guitarist who grew up in Croydon, England, and co-founded the punk rock band The Damned in 1976. After leaving the band, he reinvented himself as an alternative pop singer with a rebellious, self-conscious image...
: GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Rat ScabiesRat ScabiesChristopher Millar , better known by his stage name Rat Scabies, is a musician best known for his tenure as the drummer for The Damned....
: DrumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s - Paul Gray: BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....