Send Away the Tigers Send Away the Tigers Send Away the Tigers is the eighth studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 7 May 2007 by record label Columbia. It reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was due to hit number 1 in the charts, but at the end of the week 690 copies separated the Manics from the Arctic Monkeys on the top spot. The album is named after a phrase the English comedian Tony Hancock used to refer to "battling one's inner demons by getting drunk". The album is widely seen as a
JSD Band of the Ziggy Stardust Tour. In 1971, the JSD Band released its first album entitled "Country of the Blind" on the Regal Zonophone label. Two albums on Cube Records would follow: "JSD Band" (commonly referred to as "The Black Album"; 1972) and "Travelling Days" (1973). Following the release of 1973's album, "Travelling Days", the group issued three singles: "Sarah Jane/Paddy Stacks" (1973), "Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)/Reel Call" (1974), and "Hayes and Harlington Blues/Cuckoo" (1974). In July 1974, pressure from various sources took its toll and the band disbanded. The JSD Band reunited for a short stint from