RADIO BIRDMAN- UNDER THE ASHES BOX SET-

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Radio Birdman- Under The Ashes LP boxed set (WEA/Trafalger LOC 999 Australia)

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This set has been carefully stored for all the years since release and all records are in MINT condition.  The Face of the Box has a few slight fade marks but is in very good condition, the contents of the box are perfect!!

The boxed set includes:

Radio Birdman- Burn My Eye vinyl 12" EP (WEA/Trafalger 0-257840)
Radio Birdman- Radio Appears vinyl LP [ORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN VERSION - diff cover/songs](WEA/Trafalger 255957-1)
Radio Birdman- Radio Appears vinyl LP [OVERSEAS VERSION - for US & UK markets](WEA/Trafalger 255958-1)
Radio Birdman- Living Eyes vinyl LP (WEA/Trafalger 255959-1)
Radio Birdman- More Fun vinyl 12" EP (WEA/Trafalger 0-257825)
Radio Birdman- Aloha Steve And Dano/Anglo Girl Desire 7" single with picture sleeve(WEA/Trafalger 7-257828/MX301516)
New Race- The First And The Last vinyl LP (WEA/Trafalger 255960-1)
A fold out poster of 2 Radio Birdman tour posters and a New Race tour poster (approximately 23" x 34")
Radio Birdman logo patch
Glossy letter from Deniz Tek

A M G says of Radio Birdman:
Although the best-known band of the early Australian punk scene of the late '70s was the Saints, the first band to wave the punk rock flag in the land down under was Radio Birdman. Formed by Australian émigré Deniz Tek (originally from Ann Arbor, MI) and Aussie surfer-turned-vocalist Rob Younger in 1974, Radio Birdman's approach to rock & roll was rooted in the high-energy, apocalyptic guitar rant of the Stooges and MC5, sprinkled liberally with a little East Coast underground hard rock courtesy of Blue Öyster Cult. Their first EP, Burn My Eye, released in 1976, was a great record and still remains a seminal chunk of Aussie punk. Loud and snotty, with Younger bellowing his guts out and Tek on a search-and-destroy mission with his guitar, this was a great debut that set the stage for the impending deluge of Aussie punk bands waiting in the wings.

After the release of their debut LP, Radios Appear (the title comes from a lyric in the Blue Öyster Cult song "Dominance and Submission"), in Australia a year later, Radio Birdman seemed poised to break Aussie punk worldwide. And although the American label Sire (then the home of the Ramones) was quick to sign them and distribute Radios Appear internationally in 1978, there was a gap of three years before they released a second album, Living Eyes. During that time, dozens of other Aussie punk bands stole their thunder, and Radio Birdman split up almost immediately after Living Eyes was released. Sire never released the record outside of Australia, and Radio Birdman, who should have been the biggest band in Aussie punk, was now a highly regarded punk forefather.

After the band split in 1978, various members were busy forming other bands: Tek formed the New Race with Younger, ex-Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton, and ex-MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, released a handful of solo singles and EPs, and became a surgeon; Younger started his own band, the New Christs, and produced records by the second generation of Aussie punk bands influenced by Radio Birdman, most notably the Celibate Rifles; other Radio Birdman alumni ended up in assorted Aussie bands such as the Lime Spiders, Hoodoo Gurus, and Screaming Tribesmen. Now the grand old man of Aussie punk, Tek formed a part-time project with Celibate Rifles guitarist Kent Steedman that rocks with the same reckless abandon Radio Birdman did when they were changing the course of Australian rock forever.

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