DIAMOND HEAD Ishmael Guitar Cover - Canterbury 1983

My guitar cover of ISHMAEL by NWOBHM Legends DIAMOND HEAD. From the album CANTERBURY, released in 1983.

This is a challenging song to play in terms of the timing of various parts. Or I certainly found in challenging! BRIAN TATLER is a 100% genuine guitar hero. His parts are always well thought out and original. A truly great player.

As ever, this is just my version of how to play a song - I make no claim that his is how Mr. B Tatler played it. But it is how I play it. I'll be doing a lesson for this one, if anyone is interested.

Thanks for watching

Dunsy

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Canterbury is the third studio album by British heavy metal band Diamond Head. It was recorded and released in 1983, reaching number 32 on the UK Albums Chart. The progressive rock sound, which was only hinted at on Borrowed Time, is much more prominent here.

Background
This album was originally entitled Making Music (after the first track on the album) but later became Canterbury. The success of this album was initially stalled by the fact that the first 20,000 copies suffered vinyl-pressing problems, causing the LP to jump. In addition, this album was an attempt by the band to show that they could write more than just heavy metal songs. However, many fans wanted a heavier follow up to the previous record, Borrowed Time and did not like the progressive direction.

There were two singles to be released from this album, which were "Makin' Music" (that had an extended version and an interview with Andy Peebles, now available on the released version of the album) and "Out of Phase", which had "The Kingmaker" as its B-side. "Out of Phase" was also released as a B-side for a live version of "Sucking My Love".

The song "Knight of the Swords" is about the god Arioch in Michael Moorcock's Elric stories.