RADIO BIRDMAN
Live At Paddington Town Hall Dec 12TH '77
Label: Citadel (Australia)
Catalogue No: (citcd582)
Format: Double CD in 6 panel wallet
Released: November 27th 2015
Catalogue No: (citcd582)
Format: Double CD in 6 panel wallet
Released: November 27th 2015
Currently only available in the Radio Birdman CD Box Set.
This is a previously unreleased live concert recorded at Paddington Town Hall in December 1977 just before the band's departure for the UK to tour and promote their Sire release of Radios Appear. This live recording has been mixed from master tapes that have languished forgotten for decades. The result is a totally wild and raw release that captures the bands true primal energy.
"Indeed, Radio Birdman was, for a moment, the greatest Rock & Roll band in the world. In the pressure cooker of the Oxford Tavern, Birdman cranked the sound harder and faster and pushed every moment to its limit. Birdman never played at anything less than full intensity. When was the last time that you danced non-stop for an hour and a half? When was the last time that you actually saw a band so overload the sound system that it fell apart on stage? When did you see a band that really didn't give a fuck what you or anybody else thought of them? They never played the same set twice. It was inspiring. It was, in fact, exactly what they tell you Rock & Roll is about but almost never is." Toby Creswell August 2014
"Indeed, Radio Birdman was, for a moment, the greatest Rock & Roll band in the world. In the pressure cooker of the Oxford Tavern, Birdman cranked the sound harder and faster and pushed every moment to its limit. Birdman never played at anything less than full intensity. When was the last time that you danced non-stop for an hour and a half? When was the last time that you actually saw a band so overload the sound system that it fell apart on stage? When did you see a band that really didn't give a fuck what you or anybody else thought of them? They never played the same set twice. It was inspiring. It was, in fact, exactly what they tell you Rock & Roll is about but almost never is." Toby Creswell August 2014
Disc 1 - Live At Paddington Town Hall Dec 12TH '77
- New Race (D Tek) (3:17 m:s)
- Descent Into The Maelstrom (D Tek) (4:04 m:s)
- Anglo Girl Desire (D Tek) (3:05 m:s)
- Murder City Nights (D Tek) (2:19 m:s)
- Transmaniacon MC (Blue Oyster Cult) (2:36 m:s)
- More Fun (D Tek) (2:01 m:s)
- Smith And Wesson Blues (D Tek) (2:59 m:s)
- Man With Golden Helmet (D Tek / S Kambly) (5:45 m:s)
- Crying Sun (W Gilbert / D Tek) (3:39 m:s)
- Breaks My Heart (D Tek) (2:57 m:s)
- What Gives? (W Gilbert / D Tek) (2:26 m:s)
- Let The Kids Dance (E McDaniel) (2:30 m:s)
- Dark Surprise (D Tek) (3:53 m:s)
- I 94 (D Tek / C Jones) (3:06 m:s)
- Non Stop Girls (D Tek) (2:44 m:s)
- Do The Pop (D Tek / M Sisto) (2:26 m:s)
- Burn My Eye (D Tek) (1:39 m:s)
- Monday Morning Gunk (D Tek) (2:47 m:s)
- Ramblin' Rose ( M Wilkin / F Burch / O Wilson) (2:50 m:s)
Disc 2 - Live At Paddington Town Hall Dec 12TH '77 (Bonus DVD - All Regions PAL Format)
- Aloha Steve & Danno (D Tek / R Younger / M Stevens) (3:45 m:s)
- What Gives? (W Gilbert / D Tek) (2:33 m:s)
- New Race (D Tek) (5:25 m:s)
- Aloha Steve & Danno (D Tek / R Younger / M Stevens) (3:03 m:s)
- Monday Morning Gunk (D Tek) (2:13 m:s)
- Ramblin' Rose ( M Wilkin / F Burch / O Wilson) (1:53 m:s)
Tracks 1, 2: Paddington Town Hall Dec '77. Track 3: Paddington Town Hall April '77
Track 4: Promotional video. Tracks 5, 6: Macquarie University '76
Track 4: Promotional video. Tracks 5, 6: Macquarie University '76