RADIO BIRDMAN "RADIOS APPEAR" 1978 SIRE U.S. 1st PRESS.NM-/VG+ PROMO OOP LP

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TWO YEARS AGO I LOST ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS TO CANCER, HE WAS A COOL MUSICIAN A DRUMMER BY TRADE, ORIGINALLY FROM SEATTLE, BUT RELOCATED TO L.A. IN 1985, HE AMASSED A VERY LARGE MUSIC COLLECTION, AND HAD KILLER TASTE FOR ROCK & ROLL, SADLY I AM SELLING OFF A LOT OF HIS COLLECTION ON BEHALF OF HIS WIDOW TO HELP PAY OFF DEBTS INCLUDING HOSPITAL BILLS, TAXES AND STORAGE UNIT FEES. I AM NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR THIS SERVICE, DOING IT FOR MY FRIEND (MISS YOU DAVE!). THIS ITEM IS FROM HIS COLLECTION.

THE PHOTO'S MAY BE A LITTLE BLURRY, HAVE A LITTLE GLARE, SOME REFLECTIONS OR IN SOME CASES YOU MAY SEE SPECKS OF DUST. BUT THE PHOTO'S ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM YOU ARE BIDDING ON. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING. BUT I DO NOT ACCEPT “BEST OFFERS”, THE MONIES GO TO MY FRIENDS WIDOW.

THESE ARE VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED.

ARTISTS: RADIO BIRDMAN

TITLE: “RADIOS APPEAR”

TRACK LISTING: SEE BELOW

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Trafalgar Records
• Produced At – Trafalgar Studios – Sydney, Australia
• Mastered At – Masterdisk – N.Y.C.

Credits

• Backing Vocals [Harmonies] – Johnny Kannis, Radio Birdman
• Bass – Warwick Gilbert
• Drums – Ron Keeley
• Guitar – Chris Masuak, Deniz Tek
• Mastered By – Joe Gastwirt
• Organ, Piano – Pip Hoyle
• Producer – Charles Fisher, John Sayers
• Vocals – Rob Younger
• Written-By – Tek* (tracks: A1 to B1a, B2, B3, B5, B6)

Notes : Promo copies have 'Promotional Copy Not For Sale' stamped on front cover around a Warner Bros. logo.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: SRK-1-6050-RE2-LW3; 
• Matrix / Runout: SRK-2-6050-RE2-LW1; JB.;
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Runout, Etched, Variant): SRK-1-6050-RE-1 JW1 #2(Lightly) F/W JS0 ()
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Runout, Etched, Variant): SRK-2-6050-RE2-JW•1 #1 J.G. (Stamped) MASTERDISK ()

LABEL: SIRE RECORDS

CAT.#: SRK 6050

YEAR: 1978

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD IS IN vg+ CONDITION.NO VISIBLE WEAR, SCRATCHES, LINES ETC. NICE SHINEY LUSTER TO THE VINYL. BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. LOOKS AND PLAYS VERY CLEAN.. NO SKIPS, POPS,CLICKS ETC. THERE'S SOME VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND SOUND, MAINLY ON THE LEAD IN GROOVES, THE SONGS PLAY VERY CLEAN.

SLEEVE CONDITION: THE JACKET IS IN VG+ CONDITION THERE'S NO WRITING ON THE JACKET. STRAIGHT EDGES, NO WRITING, TEARS, WRINKLES OR SEAM SPLITS, ETC.ETC. THERE'S A SPOT IN THE UPPER RIGHT FRONT OF THE JACKET WHERE A PRICE STICKER WAS LIFTED (SEE PHOTO)  AND VERY VERY LIGHT RING WEAR BOTH SIDES, AND ON SMALL CREASE LOWER ROIGHT BACK CORNER.

MORE INFO: THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE WITH PHOTOS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL SEAM SPLITS IN THE INNER SLEEVE, FYI.PROMO STICKERED ON FRONT (SEE PHOTO)

MORE INFO ON THE ARTISTS/RELEASE:

Radio Birdman was one of the first Australian independent bands to carry the punk label, along with the Saints. They were formed by Deniz Tek and Rob Younger in Sydney in 1974. The group influenced the work of many successful, mainstream bands, and are now considered instrumental in Australia's musical growth.

History[edit]

Origins[edit]

Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed Radio Birdman in mid-1974 in Sydney, having recently left their bands TV Jones and the Rats respectively. The pair sought to begin a band that would challenge the commercial mainstream and be completely uncompromising. They recruited classical keyboard player Philip "Pip" Hoyle, drummer Ron Keeley and bassist Carl Rorke. The band took their name from a misheard lyric from the Stooges' song "1970" (the actual lyric is "radio burnin'").

After being rejected many times from various venues, and having resorted to putting on its own concerts in rented garages and tiny community halls, by mid 1975 Radio Birdman found an upstairs room at the Oxford Tavern in Taylor Square, Sydney. They eventually took over its management, renaming it The Funhouse. Under their management the Funhouse became a home to other outsider groups. Prior to the opening of this venue, Carl Rorke had left the band and was replaced by longtime friend of Rob Younger, Warwick Gilbert (also a former Rats member). Also to leave the band would be Philip Hoyle, though his departure was short-lived. Guitarist Chris Masuak, initially hired to replace Hoyle.

Soon, a small but growing subculture grew around Radio Birdman. This coincided with the beginnings of the Sydney punk scene.

After unsuccessfully trying several studios, Radio Birdman found a supportive recording milieu with the help of Rock Australia Magazine editor, Anthony O'Grady. They recorded an EP, Burn My Eye. and their first album Radios Appear, produced by John L Sayers and Charles Fisher at Trafalgar Studios in Annandale. Trafalgar Studios, under the management of Michael McMartin, signed the band and financed the recordings. Radios Appear was critically acclaimed, getting 5 stars in the Australian Rolling Stone edition. The album owed much of its style to Detroit bands of the late 1960s, such as the MC5 and the Stooges, as well as influences ranging from the Doors to the Velvet Underground and instrumental surf music. The title of the album comes from a Blue Öyster Cult song "Dominance and Submission" from their 1974 Secret Treaties album, influences from which can also be seen in Birdman's creative output. Though Radios Appear was totally ignored by commercial radio, it was championed by Sydney station 2JJ (Double Jay). Released on the newly created, purpose-built independent label Trafalgar Records, the album was made available through mail-order and was self distributed by band members and friends to a few sympathetic record stores, never achieving widespread sales or commercial success. Several years after initial release, and following the breakup of the band, Trafalgar Records licensed the recordings to WEA who took on the album and gave it a wider release. However, sales remained limited. Despite critical acclaim, some fans felt the recordings lacked the ferocity and immediacy of the live shows and did not represent their own intense experience of the band.

The band remained outside the mainstream, and developed an outlaw reputation. By late 1976 they began to travel to other cities to perform their shows, with several mini-tours taking in Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide. In early 1977 keyboard player Pip Hoyle returned to the band, and his replacement, Chris Masuak, stayed in the lineup, making Radio Birdman a six-piece band for the first time.

When Sire Records president Seymour Stein came to Australia to sign Brisbane punk band the Saints, he saw Radio Birdman and immediately invited them to join his label. Under Sire, licensed by Trafalgar, Radio Birdman released a new version of Radios Appear featuring a mixture of re-mixed, re-recorded and some new material. Comparisons between the two versions of the album are disputed with some feeling that the second version is a more accurate reflection of the band's sound. Most fans however own both versions and simply treat them as two separate and different recordings.

The underground scene at the Funhouse, now incorporating the nascent punk movement, began to attract some groups with negative agendas, including the Sydney chapter of the Hells Angels. With this new, more violent, and rowdy crowd, and over capacity every night, the Funhouse was at the point of exploding. The band was blamed for violent incidents occurring at the Funhouse, and were concerned that a disaster was in the making. Following a concert at Paddington Town Hall with the Saints and the Hot Spurs, in April 1977, attended by a few hundred people, they left the Sydney scene altogether, playing sporadically in other cities and working on new material.

The band returned half a year later and performed their most famous show to date at Paddington Town Hall, on 12 December 1977. Two thousand people supposedly packed into the venue, which was partially destroyed by crazed fans. After this show, the band moved their base of operations to London, and toured extensively in the UK and Europe, both headlining and as support for Sire label-mates the Flamin' Groovies. Their overseas success was short-lived as Sire Records began having financial difficulties and were forced to drop Radio Birdman and many other bands from their label. A planned American tour with Ramones, scheduled for the second half of 1978, was cancelled. In May 1978, they recorded their second album Living Eyes at Rockfield Studio in Wales. Unreleased by Sire, the tapes eventually were released in 1981, long after the band's 1978 break-up.

Radios Appear is the first full-length studio album by Australian punk rock band Radio Birdman. The album was recorded at Birdman's Trafalgar Studios, Sydney 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 rock 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.

1978 overseas release (Sire Version)[edit]

All songs written by Deniz Tek, except where noted.

1. "What Gives?" (Tek, Warwick Gilbert) – 2:22
2. "Non-Stop Girls" – 2:40
3. "Do the Pop" (Tek, Mark Sisto) – 2:30
4. "Man with Golden Helmet" – 5:37
5. "Descent into the Maelstrom" – 4:22
6. "New Race" – 2:35
7. "Aloha Steve and Danno" (Rob Younger, Denis Tek, Mort Stevens) – 3:57
8. "Anglo Girl Desire" – 3:04
9. "Murder City Nights" - 2:22
10. "You're Gonna Miss Me" (Roky Erickson) (13th Floor Elevators cover) – 2:25
11. "Hand of Law" – 4:44
12. "Hit Them Again" (Tek, Ron Asheton) – 4:32

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