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, produced in 1981 on MCA. ''Spellbound'' is the first of two full length Tygers of Pan Tang albums to feature

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as second guitarist, who later joined

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and

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. It is also the first album with vocalist Jon Deverill. The album was re-issued in 1989 in a double-LP package with ''

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'' and on CD in 1997 with bonus tracks. "Hellbound" was covered by American

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band Heathen as a bonus track for the album '' Victims of Deception'' as well as German

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tribute act Roxxcalibur on their 2011 sophomore release, ''Lords of the NWOBHM'', while "Gangland" was covered by German

band

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in 1987 on their "Behind the Mirror" single and on 1988 EP '' Out of the Dark... Into the Light''.

Track listing

*Tracks 7 and 9 were switched on the 1989 double LP vinyl reissue and 1989 CD reissue.

Personnel

;Band members *Jon Deverill – lead and backing vocals *Robb Weir – lead guitar, backing vocals *

– lead guitar, backing vocals *Richard "Rocky" Laws – bass, backing vocals *Brian "Big" Dick – drums ;Production *

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– producer, engineer *Andrew Warwick – assistant engineer

Charts

Album

Singles

References

{{Authority control 1981 albums Tygers of Pan Tang albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Chris Tsangarides Albums recorded at Morgan Sound Studios