Jameson Raid released their first single , the “Seven Days of

Jameson Raid released their first single , the “Seven Days of Splendour” EP in February 1979. “The combination of influences which had given birth to the band’s overall sound was quite difficult to pin down, as there were elements of 70’s rock/pop (particularly David Bowie and Mott The Hoople ), heavier acts such as Thin Lizzy and the occasional nod towards punk snottiness…” noted author Malc Macmillan, and the three tracks on the EP (“Seven Days of Splendour”, “It’s a Crime” and “Catcher in the Rye”) illustrated Macmillan’s conundrum in terms of an inability to categorise the band’s sound. Described in The International Encyclopedia of Hard Rock & Heavy Metal as “cult heroes for the Midland rock circuit… Their music is a poppy form of heavy metal…”. The EP was well received and, as Martin Popoff pointed out, showcased “a masterful bit of songwriting throughout these three tracks”. The first 1,000 copies came in a white sleeve, with a further pressing of 2,000 in a black sleeve; both featured what Popoff called “a spoofed band history” together with the lyrics to all three songs.