In 1979, when the glorious NWOBHM hit the United Kingdom, the members of Witchfynde were between 23 and 27 years of age. "We as a lot of bands at the time were just swept along on the wave of new interest for heavy metal," reflects Andro Coulton today." For the band's debut album "Give 'Em Hell", one of the classic albums of the NWOBHM period, there was a certain pool of material: "If you count 'Why Dontcha' and 'Twilight Lady', which we played live up to recording of the album, we had eleven songs to choose from. Those two songs mentioned, 'Why Dontcha' and 'Twilight Lady', were later on the "Live Sacrifice" album recorded at Ipswich in 1979 and at the moment the only way to hear these tracks." "Give 'Em Hell" was originally issued on local Mansfield-based label Rondelet Records in 1979, as Andro Coulton knows: "Rondelet was the first after Montalo and Gra took a demo tape of half of what became "Give 'Em Hell" to them and they loved it. Half of the album was self-financed. Rondelet was a fledging label from Mansfield and Witchfynde were their first signing."
Tracklisting:
01 Ready to Roll
02 The Divine Victim
03 Leaving Nadir
04 Gettin' Heavy
05 Give 'em Hell
06 Unto the Ages of the Ages
07 Pay Now - Love Later
08 The Devil's Gallop
09 Tetelestai
10 Wake Up Screaming
Audio restored and mastered by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in September 2020. Cutting by SST Germany on Neumann machines for optimal quality on all levels...
The ultimate audiophile reissue of this eternal NWOBHM classic!
