Editing Lightning to the Nations (section)

==Background and recording==
Diamond Head had gained enough attention to tour as support with [[AC/DC]] and [[Iron Maiden]]. Although a clutch of record companies fought to sign the band, none were willing to fully commit. The fact that the band was at the time managed by Sean Harris' mother (Linda Harris) did not help the band's commercial momentum.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}} So, while other [[new wave of British heavy metal]] bands were signed to major labels and were headlining their own tours, Diamond Head were growing increasingly impatient and decided that they would release their material through their own label, Happy Face Records.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

The album was recorded within seven days at The Old Smythy Studio in Worcester, which the band described as 'dead'.<ref>Kollektor's Klassik 3, pp16</ref> This original album came in a plain sleeve with no title, having on it only a signature of one of the band members and no track listings. The reason for this was that the band's new manager, Reg Fellows, owned a cardboard factory and could produce blank sleeves at low cost. Also, the reason for recording this album was an attempt to lay down some tracks so they could send it to a record company who would be more willing to release it, as the recording costs had already been covered; this idea came from Fellows and Linda Harris<ref>[http://www.diamond-head.net/newsarticles/HOF3.jpg A Rare Gem – Inside a proto-thrash classic] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207145402/http://www.diamond-head.net/newsarticles/HOF3.jpg |date=7 February 2012 }}</ref> (by then tour manager).{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}