Radios Appear

Infobox Album
Name = Radios Appear
Type = Album
Artist = Radio Birdman


Released = 1977
Recorded = Trafalgar Studios, 1977
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 37:08 m/s
Label = Trafalgar
Producer = John Sayers & Charles Fisher
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axftxqy5ld0e link]
Last album = "Burn My Eye EP" (1976)
This album = "Radios Appear" (1977)
Next album = "Living Eyes" (1981)

"Radios Appear" was the first full length studio album by Sydney punk-rock band Radio Birdman. The album was recorded at Birdman's Trafalgar Studios during 1976 and 1977. Trafalgar initially distributed the album via mail order and by sales from the backs of friend's and band members' station wagons. This laid the groundwork for future DIY punk bands in Australia. "Radios Appear" was hailed by many as a breakthrough album in Australian music and a decisive change from the uneventful early mid-seventies scene.

The album's title was taken from the song "Dominance and Submission" by Blue Öyster Cult, one of the band's most important early influences.

Track listing

1977 original

#"TV Eye"
#"Murder City Nights"
#"Anglo Girl Desire"
#"Man With Golden Helmet"
#"Descent into The Maelstrom"
#"Monday Morning Gunk"
#"Do The Pop"
#"Love Kills"
#"Hand Of Law"
#"New Race"

1978 overseas release

#"What Gives?"
#"Non-Stop Girls"
#"Do the Pop"
#"Man With Golden Helmet"
#"Descent into the Maelstrom"
#"New Race"
#"Aloha Steve and Danno"
#"Anglo Girl Desire"
#"Murder City Nights"
#"You're Gonna Miss Me"
#"Hand of Law"
#"Hit Them Again"

1995 remastered reissue

#"Aloha Steve & Danno"
#"Non Stop Girls"
#"Anglo Girl Desire"
#"What Gives"
#"Murder City Nights"
#"Man With Golden Helmet"
#"Descent into The Maelstrom"
#"Do The Pop"
#"Hand Of Law"
#"New Race"
#"Love Kills"
#"Monday Morning Gunk"
#"Hit Them Again"
#"TV Eye"
#"You're Gonna Miss Me"

Credits

*Warwick Gilbert, Bass
*Ron Keeley, drums
*Pip Hoyle, Organ & Piano
*Chris Masuak, Guitar & Piano on "Descent into The Maelstrom"
*Deniz Tek, Guitar
*Rob Younger, Lead Vocals
*Ron Asheton, co-writer for "Hit Them Again"

ee also

*Proto-Punk
*Australian Indie Rock

External links

*http://www.divinerites.com/dr_birdm.htm
*http://www.radio-birdman.com/ - Official Radio Birdman Website
*http://perso.orange.fr/birdmanpage/index.htm