Hellbound
The fourth track on Spellbound and a 1981 single.
Tygers of Pan Tang, from Spellbound (1981)
"Hellbound" is track four of Spellbound, 3:30, with MusicBrainz crediting the band as composer and lyricist and no individual writer verified. It was also a single: MusicBrainz dates its first release January 1981 and a fan database July 12, 1981, with "Don't Give a Damn" and other tracks on the B-sides; the single is 3:28. Jon Deverill said that in December 1980 he recorded his first single, "Hellbound", with them, while the album sessions ran in January 1981. Wikipedia's band article gives a UK singles chart peak of 48, which we could not confirm from the Official Charts site.
A live version from Nottingham Rock City in 1981, the second night of the Spellbound tour and recorded by Tsangarides, was released as Hellbound Spellbound Live 1981 on December 21, 2018, remixed by Soren Andersen in Denmark, with "Hellbound" as track 13 of 16; Robb Weir said like a well matured whiskey, it's taken 38 years for us to fine tune it. A BBC In Concert recording from March 1981 also exists. Heathen covered it as a bonus track on Victims of Deception, and Roxxcalibur in 2011. A 1989 Repertoire double LP is also titled Hellbound, so we cannot say whether our upload is the song or that compilation.
On stage
- 1981-04-01, Rock City, Nottingham The second night of the Spellbound tour, released in 2018.
Covers and versions
- Heathen A bonus track on Victims of Deception.
- Roxxcalibur (2011) On Lords of the NWOBHM.
Sources
- Spellbound (Tygers of Pan Tang album), Wikipedia
- Jon Deverill interview, Defenders of the Faith (2020)
- Hellbound Spellbound Live 1981, Metal Temple (2018)