First Kill (compilation)

First Kill is a compilation album by the British heavy metal band Tygers Of Pan Tang, released on vinyl in 1986 by Neat Records, then re-released on CD by Castle Classics in 1992. All songs are recordings made at Impulse Studios in 1979/80. All recordings are live without overdubs. Featuring the original line-up, vocalist Jess Cox considers these versions to be demonstrative of the raw and experimental elements that made Tygers of Pan Tang such an important part of the NWOBHM movement.[1] The final track is the only song recorded by Tyger Tyger, a reformation of the two main songwriters in the early phase of the band who had left Tygers Of Pan Tang prior to this compilation. This is the only officially released track by this band.[2]

First Kill
Compilation album by
Tygers Of Pan Tang
Released1986
RecordedJanuary 1979, January 1980, 1986
StudioImpulse Studios, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
GenreHeavy metal
LabelNeat
ProducerTygers of Pan Tang
Tygers Of Pan Tang chronology
The Wreck-Age
(1985)		 First Kill
(1986)		 Burning in the Shade
(1987)


Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Slave To Freedom" 
2."Angel" 
3."Straight As A Die" 
4."The Final Answer" 
5."Euthanasia" 
6."Shakespear Road" 
7."Don't Take Nothing" 
8."Alright On The Night" 
9."Bad Times" 
10."Small Town Flirt" 


Tracks 2, 3 and 5 from demo recording session, January 1979 Tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 from demo recording session for MCA Records, January 1980 Track 10: Recorded in 1986 by Tyger, Tyger[3]

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[4]

Tygers Of Pan Tang
  • Richard "Rocky" Laws - bass, co-production
  • Brian Dick - drums, co-production
  • Robb Weir - guitar, co-production
  • Jess Cox - vocals, production
Tyger, Tyger
  • Jess Cox - vocals
  • Robb Weir - guitar
  • Brian Emerson - bass
  • Mr. Roland - drums

All songs written by Robb Weir and Jess Cox

References
  1. Tucker, John (2015). Neat & Tidy: The Story of Neat Records. Iron Pages Books. p. 34. ISBN 9783940822048.
  2. Tucker, John (2015). Neat & Tidy: The Story of Neat Records. Iron Pages Books. pp. 315–316. ISBN 9783940822048.
  3. "Tyger Tyger". Discogs. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. First Kill (Media notes). Tygers of Pan Tang. Neat. 1986.CS1 maint: others (link)
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