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1. I’ll Rip Your Spine Out 2. Restless 3. Men Of War 4. Sunbeam 5. Nightmare 6. Hadely Bop Bop 7. Life Goes On 8. Born To Kill 9. No Laughing In Heaven 10. No Easy Way 11. Trouble 12. Mutually Assured Destruction 13. If You Believe Me 14. New Orleans

Double Trouble is the fifth album by the British rock band Gillan, origi- nally released in 1981, the heyday for the new wave of British Heavy Metal.

For many people including Ian Gillan himself it’s the definitive Gillan album. Consisiting of some of the bands most effective songs and an overall consistency (sometimes lacking in previous albums) for which producer Steve Smith should take much of the credit.

Remastered from the original master tapes and pressed onto two 180g vinyl discs. The album is packaged in a newly designed HARDBACK BOOK sleeve. Each disc features brand new inner bags and sleeves notes are courtesy of the Deep Purple Appreciation Society (DPAS).

It is released faithful to the original release as a double album, the first disc containing studio material, and the second containing classic live recordings of many of their favourite tracks.

The album opens with a thunderous statement of intent, the chest beating beligerence of ‘I’ll Rip Your Spine Out’.

It reached #12 in the UK charts. It is the first album to feature Janick Gers, since Bernie Tormé left the group during the tour of Germany in 1981. Gers is now one of the mainstays of Iron Maiden since 1990.

Tormé was fired because he did not want to participate in the playback TV performance of “No Laughing in Heaven” at “Top Of The Pops” on 24th June 1981. Janick Gers came in for the rest of the tour on 25th June 1981.

The studio album featured two hit singles “Restless” and “Nightmare” whilst the live album is effectively a greatest hits set.

The live tracks were recorded at Reading Festival on 29 August 1981 except for ‘If You Believe Me’ which was recorded at Londons famous Rainbow Theatre on 4 March 1981. This track is also the only one on the album which features former guitarist Bernie Tormé.