Live Shepperton 1980

Live Shepperton 1980 is a 1982 album by The Damned, their first live album.

Live Shepperton 1980
Live album by The Damned
Released	1982
Recorded	Shepperton Studios, 26 July 1980 (Shepperton)
Genre	Punk rock, post-punk
Label	Ace Records
Producer	The Damned
The Damned chronology
The Black Album (1980) Live Shepperton 1980 (1982) Strawberries (1982)

Background

This recording was made live at a special gig played for the members of The Damned Fan Club at Shepperton, England in 1980. Six of the tracks were originally released as side 4 of The Black Album in the UK. (Those tracks are Side One: 1-3 and Side Two: 2–4.)

Track listing

• All songs written by Rat Scabies, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian and Algy Ward, except where noted.

Side One

1. "Love Song" - 2:10
2. "Second Time Around (Machine Gun Etiquette)" - 1:41
3. "I Just Can’t Be Happy Today" (Rat Scabies, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Algy Ward, Giovanni Dadomo) - 3:55
4. "Melody Lee" - 2:06
5. "Help!" (Lennon/McCartney) - 1:30
6. "Neat Neat Neat" (Brian James) - 4:37

Side Two

1. "Looking at You" (Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner) - 5:46
2. "Smash It Up (Parts 1 And 2)" - 4:22
3. "New Rose" (Brian James) - 1:48
4. "Plan 9 Channel 7" - 4:47

Personnel

The Damned

• Dave Vanian - lead vocals, keyboards
• Captain Sensible - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Paul Gray - bass
• Rat Scabies - drums