The Damned Show - Rockfield Special "Manipulator" with Cap

[@scottburton9741]

Cap's just morphed into this adorable punk Grandad and it warms my heart

[@kvlt-punk]

Seeing Cap happy makes me happy! Love this band so much!

[@tankthelord1178]

Agreed.

[@Marshal_6]

Sorry, I just can`t be happy today :)

[@clash500]

“If it’s good enough for the Allman Brothers it’s good enough for me.. Woops!”

[@samreilly4360]

You can hear their influence in Curtain call

[@club_rock]

CAPTN SENSIBLE You are a ... FANTASTIC ARTIST ... and a Living Legend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@sspbrazil]

Having Paul back in the band is the best Captain. Great guitar tracks too.

[@TandWsdad]

look at the joy on that old man's face!

[@crispyrobot77]

Luvvin' the WAH WAH! ..AND the guitar harmonies...AND the psychedelia. Great ending Cap, reminds me of the early Damned. Especially "Noise, Noise, Noise"

[@colinbestford5062]

Paul Gray is the best bassist to play in The Damned..... well apart from that bloke who played on the first two albums. I wonder what happened to him? 🤔🙂

[@VincentRE79]

He got promoted.

27 years Ago i was hanging around in Camden Town looking for some Damned goodies . Rare stuff . Got back to Brasil with one VHS compilation with loads ir rarities , tapes and 7"s . Now , i have a Damned Channel for me. What a wonderful Damned world!

[@Kelly14UK]

The bugger looks good for 66

[@vermilliongecko]

I know what you mean about PG's bass being so immense that it's hard to fit guitars in around it, but you always manage!

[@tankthelord1178]

Icing on the cake.

[@damneddracrose4763]

PG = Lead Bass & Legend !

[@Ren_184]

Long live the captain.

[@beefheart1410]

In watching this post, I was just wondering, what, as professional musicians, do the Captain or Paul, - in case they, by any chance, read these KZbin comments, - feel the advantage is of recording in a "proper" studio nowadays - as opposed to just using the virtual / digital software recording studio suites (Pro-Tools, Logic etc, etc)? From the mid 80s through to around 2007 / 2008 I used to co-own and "run" (into the ground!) a "proper" studio. Mid 80s to mid 90s it was 24 track analogue with a tape machine. From the mid 90s until we shut up shop it was Protools and a large digital desk (with, virtually, unlimited track availability). Once the likes of Cubase and, later Protools and then Logic etc, became feasible for very good home recording setups it became financially none viable to continue paying ground rent for the studio premises because most of the punters just disappeared to record in their rehearsal spaces, garages or bedrooms! My studio is now a room at the back of my house. I run Logic and, - because the "tech" has come on so quickly in the last few years and is now so good, - I've got to say that, when used in conjunction with third party plugins from the likes of Native Instruments and Izotope, (as well as outboard gear such as valve vocal mics and valve pre-amps) I feel I can currently achieve better quality recordings than I ever managed in the "proper" studio prior to us closing a decade ago! (I know it's not to everyone's taste but, due to the advent of very good midi drum kits - linked to suites such as BFD or Native Instruments' software - my drummer certainly achieves kit recordings infinitely better than we could achieve with mic'd acoustic kits back in the day and, if you can tell these recordings aren't actually well recorded acoustic kits, you've a better ear than me!). Along with amps, I get that acoustic instruments: strings, brass and - in particular - an acoustic drum kit / percussion need a room with good ambience and the isolation to be able to play at volume; but, for everything else that you once had no choice but to use a studio for... what's now the advantage? If the advantage is, as mentioned, just the room in order to play at volume then, why not save yourself money by hiring a room for a period, and pay an engineer to use the software and digital platform for recording? You can still all record live / simultaneously as a full band after all. There's even plugins out there for pre or post production use whereby you can add excellent emulation of room ambience and / or modelling of analogue tape bleed / compression if you should so wish! So, yeah; given all that, I was just wondering; from the perspective of people who make a living from music what they feel the advantage is of nowadays still going into a "proper" studio as opposed to recording "wholesale" in the way the Captain has here re-recorded his guitar parts?

[@TVsMrHappyTalk]

Hi, great and interesting comment.. you're right too cos a Damned album COULD be made far cheaper by avoiding big studios but being an older band this is the only way we've ever worked and we like it I guess. 1st thing is we neem a great live room with lotsa space for all the amps and keys.. there has to be a proper acoustic piano too.. AND a Hammond organ. We spend most of the album session playing live as a 5 piece so a spacious, nice sounding main room is essential. After that a kitchen is nice.. plenty of cold storage for beer of course and a lounge for hanging out and discussing lyrics. However, the TV NEVER gets switched on. Accommodation is a fabulous bonus - Rockfield has that (where coincidentally, I was told I'd chosen the Brian May room) as did the Chapel where we recorded Little Miss Disaster and Perfect Sunday (amongst others). If we wanted we COULD record for a quarter of the price and still with the same quality results.. but only if the engineer and mixer have a great set of ears cos posh studios invariably come with this included.. if you're lucky! PS - My fave studio room of all time is the BBC session studio at Delaware rd, Maida Vale - its perfect, the sound is incredible, the vibe is fab and they've instruments lying around like the celeste I used on My Baby Don't Care (King, John Peel session).. oh, and the engineers are quick and brilliant too. Always helps! Soft Machine recorded The Moon In June session version in this room.. with reworked lyrics all about the experience. That session has been released, and is probably on youtube if youre lucky! Cheers.

[@alc6276]

Best band ever.

[@iainthomson4383]

Why is no-one making records like this anymore? Wait a minute, they are!

[@beatsbyjordan8730]

This better be in the new record!

[@tonyburford421]

Such a great ‘Damned’ track.......well played that man!

[@butsurfer21]

Great guitarmanship from the Capt

[@icu12cme]

That's what we need, more enthusiasm for music and less bullshit. Good man :)

[@stationsixtyseven67]

'Yeah Baby!' Damned straight! Gotta have a bit of psychedelia!

[@samsfilmreviews7985]

Loving the new songs can't wait for the full EP!

[@COL321]

Great song - thanks for letting us sit in on that, really enjoyed it! Haha laughed at the Allman Brothers reference : )

[@Senna-xi1gr]

Good on ya Ray , result 👍🎸💥

[@DaveGiudice]

Love the caption he’s my main influence and the reason I picked up a guitar

[@stephanvenner2939]

A happy Captain makes me happy. Great Song.

[@thathellen5737]

Absolutely love this song🖤.

[@FromaTwistedMind]

It's a banger pop pickers!

[@barryisland4674]

Captain whatever you put on it will sound ferkin great !!!!!!!

[@sjsmith1595]

Sounding as good as ever. Dave's voice is so goth, love it. The bass is insane. On form. Thanks lads!

[@MrSheamon]

wooow!!! super! love this track, thanxs for sharing cap...greetings from Argentina!!

[@PuckSlappy]

Cap needs to be a producer!

[@frdh1357]

Been digging this song, so cool to hear the breakdown.

[@alxdregomes]

love to see how much he's enjoying himself with music, thanks cap

[@martinmccaffrey8528]

fantastic captain

[@adamjuliussmith]

Yeah baby!

[@andywells397]

Now that sounds fab

[@cod8140]

GREAT!!

[@PunkLiveInLondon]

It's really good seeing this. Home recording fun. Cheers. 🎚🎚🎚🎛🎛🎧🎙🎸😁👍

[@SonicVision]

Love seeing this kind of stuff, and your happy face enjoying it...still having fun. Keep it up!

[@samreilly4360]

Those double tracked Guitar harmonies are amazing! Kinda like Brian May

[@gmantramp404]

As far away from punk as one can get then 😭😭

[@hillfigure4]

Wonderful stuff as normal. Can't wait till they can play live again.

[@BenKrisfield]

Stompin!

[@jonhillman871]

who played drums on this track? does the damned have a full-time drummer? these are the things that keep me up at night.

[@karlcrump2187]

Pinch played, his last hurrah it seems.

[@blasterdj4603]

This delicius guitars on final part must!! be recorded on the final song

[@kathyleigh4096]

Very psychedelic! I love the explanation behind the sound!

[@PhyzzFizz]

trippy man, captn' hillage wah wah :)

[@garywhitehead4160]

Bloody bassist’s...!! 😂😂👍

[@candydormizzi2500]

Legend here !

[@AnthroFiend]

Sounding good Captain!

[@marklayton-smith5844]

Nice one CPT xx

[@retroxvampire]

Dammit, Ray, now I want that version, too. Amazing job!

[@garywalker4417]

Hey Captain, could you fix “Evil Spirits” Like this? Ta!

[@RichFishervideo]

I would love to have that one remixed. It's their "End of the Century".

[@philshine3388]

Sounds f-ing awesome!!!!!

[@samreilly4360]

Great Track guys! Keep em coming

[@Nazz1967]

nice one

[@DanielWesterdale]

Such a great song. What is that speech about in the song? Glad you revamped the guitars cap.

[@dennisnelson8207]

Wow the captain has turned into Paul O'Grady.

[@AndrewAHayes]

I wonder how big the Punk music movement would have been if we had digital recording and home studios back in the '70s?

[@tankthelord1178]

shiiiiiiiiite.

[@tankthelord1178]

Captain..... you are not necessary anymore. lol

[@betaville72]

Who's doing the falsetto vocals?

[@TVsMrHappyTalk]

Mr V! 👏👏👏

[@AIDINTUKA]

❣️❣️🥰🥰🥰✨✨✨🤟🏻

[@popegustav]

You told me you couldn't mix a gin and tonic! Things are certainly coming along. Not Arf!