Radio Birdman: c or d

Radio Birdman archives discovered

Radio Birdman management has located dozens of boxes of 24 track tape recorded by the band in the mid 70's. These tapes had long been thought to have been destroyed. The tapes were found at AC/DC's famed Albert's Studios in North Sydney. They had been kept in a climate controlled archive, and are in pristine condition.

The band will be sorting through all of the many hours of this material in the next month, to prioritise material for a box set that will include outtakes, unreleased songs, and alternate versions. In addition to studio material, there is a complete multitrack recording of a concert at Paddington Town Hall, from 12/12/77. With a production session scheduled for April, fans can expect a release by years end.

Nice!

Uhh.. uhhhhhh.... wow. WOW.

Too bad it's not the Paddo show where they played that great cover of Kraftwerk's Radioactivity I had on tape a long time ago and have been looking for ever since (that show was on Nov. 20th 1977), but fab newz nevertheless!

Four years later:

http://www.deniztek.com/#!news/c1ror

MARCH 2014

Radio Birdman 1976-78 Box Set and Vinyl Releases Planned

Here is an update on new Radio Birdman releases.

These releases are completely independent, funded and managed by the band, with full artistic control and freedom from any industry influence. Doing it this way has resulted in long delays and personal expense, but the end result will be the best possible quality records for you, and no unwanted compromises for us.

VINYL LP REISSUES : The band will reissue the three classic albums in their original LP format. These have been recently remastered under the supervision of myself and Rob Younger: Radios Appear (original Australian version), Radios Appear (world release version) and Living Eyes.

PADDINGTON TOWN HALL 12/12/77 : The third and last Paddington Town Hall concert of 1977 is widely regarded as one of the greatest shows the band ever played. The full house crowd went berserk, essentially destroying the venue and part of the surrounding neighborhood in the process. After this show, it was considered that further Sydney appearances, for the time being, were just too volatile and dangerous. The band split for the UK soon after.Fortunately the event was captured by Trafalgar Records engineers on multitrack tape, resulting in a studio-quality recording. I recently mixed the concert with engineer/ producer Wayne Connally, for a double vinyl gatefold LP release. This is scheduled for release before the end of July.

BOX SET : The long awaited Box Set is nearing completion. This project began almost 4 years ago when a number of 2 inch 24 track tape reels were found at Albert Studios in their archives. These tapes contained the original tracks of nearly all of the studio recordings that Radio Birdman made at Trafalgar Studios during 1976-77. This treasure trove of sound included many outtakes, interesting alternate versions of known songs, and a few songs that have never been released in any format. After sorting through literally hundreds of tracks, I selected some of the best and most interesting cuts for release. These have been mixed and mastered, and are now ready to go. Our plan is to have remastered CD's of the original albums and ep, and each will come along with an "alternate universe" bonus disc from the same sessions, made from the previously unheard tapes described above. The Box will also contain a 64 page book of photos and memorabilia. Final work on the book and artwork is in process now. Release is anticipated at the end of July.

Deniz

yay

Got this weird album recently, the Radio Birdman story, it has a bunch of their tracks in with MC5, stooges and so on.

It's an LP.

Bootleg? Or a vinyl pressing of some radio show?

Got this weird album recently, the Radio Birdman story, it has a bunch of their tracks in with MC5, stooges and so on.

It's an LP.

― Mark G, Thursday, May 15, 2014 6:23 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If there is no BOC you are not getting the full picture of RB's influences.

Birdman's "greatest hits" or whatever its called that came out on SubPop about a decade ago is spectacular workout music. And drinking music.

Love this band.

I can confirm it's great drinking music, that Sub Pop thing was the first "new" vinyl I ever bought, back when it first came out.

Tek was a true master of his craft

yay, i get to spend more money

StanM, its a documentary, on WEA Aus.

BOC isn't on it, don't know if they are mentioned I've not played it all but the script is on the back.

Produced at budget price, AU$6.95 or so.

Box set just arrived, 7 CDs and a DVD. It's going to be a fun week immersing myself.

Open question: which tracks were re-recorded for the Sire version of "Radios Appear" and which are the same?

I think there were only a couple - New Race and Love Kills maybe? But I just got the box myself and haven't immersed myself enough to say for sure. I didn't even know the CD I had of Radios Appear was a combination of the Sire and Trafalgar versions until recently.

Thanks for the revive, forgot all about this & luckily not sold out yet.

Details here
http://www.musicfarmers.com/product/radio-birdman_radio-birdman-box-set_cd/

Where is "If I Wanted To" from the 1995 "Living Eyes" reissue? Does it have a different name in the box?

Man With The Golden Helmet and Love Kills maybe? Sorry I don't know for certain either.

"If I Wanted To is a notable absence" - maybe because it was a cover song, licensing issues perhaps?

http://www.i94bar.com/news/first-sighting-radio-birdman-box-set-tracklisting

Ok, not a cover song apparently. No idea then.

Which of the post-Birdman albums are the cream of the crop?

^^^ This is a really good question, actually! I've always wondered that myself.

i think the visitors s/t is great, new christs distemper is supposed to be p good though i haven't heard it in full

New Race - "The First And The Last" is classic and scorchio.

This box set looks awesome

I once played in a band that did a cover of a Deniz Tek song: Breaking My Heart, Breaks My Heart, something like that? I think that was a New Race song rather than R. Birdman.

Birdman did Breaks My Heart

Ah right, good song!

Do check out the New Race version of Breaks My Heart as well, though.

... yeah, I think that's where I first heard it!

I'm expecting the box set tomorrow.
However, dear Radio Birdman, with all due respect, I don't think I'll be needing too many re-remastered versions of the same 30-odd songs again in the near future.

1988 2CD Under The Ashes (WEA/Trafalgar)
2001 The Essential Collection (Sub Pop)
2002 Europe 2003 4CD Tour Pack (Trafalgar/Citadel)
2014 this box set

(Don't tell me the 1988 book has been rewritten after the reunion too - the old one's pages are yellowing a bit by now)

Twelve years in the 2000s might as well be a century!

they're doing at least one show next march at the golden plains festival in victoria - no chris masuak though, "due to personal differences with Rob Younger"

http://2015.goldenplains.com.au/whos-playing/radio-birdman/

I'm totally not sure yet which remaster I prefer to be honest - the CITCD550/CITCD551 4CD Euro Tour set or this new one.
Think I'm even going to re-rip that Under The Ashes 2CD and the SubPop compilation just to have them all next to each other.

"due to personal differences with Rob Younger"

who doesnt have personal differences with Rob Younger?

Just ordered the box; got an email saying that Citadel is closed until November 5. Some kind of weird Australian holiday? Oh, well. I can wait.

lol

The box set is great. Some genuinely surprising alternate arrangements, various different versions, mixes and demos, a tantalising but very short glimpse of their live performances on the DVD, but the real gem for me is the Paddington concert. Yeah hup!

closed until November 5. Some kind of weird Australian holiday? Oh, well. I can wait.

hitch-hiking to Melbourne for the Cup obv

I think I have a problem with the box set I got.

To anyone who has the new box set: do you have a ticking sound in the intro of some of the remastered tracks too? Murder City Nights, for instance - both the Sire and the Trafalgar versions have it, but the 2001/2002/earlier versions didn't. It's not a hi-hat, since it's not in the same place. It's not my CD player, it happens on more than two.

The first five seconds of Murder City Nights. I mean those vertical lines in the 2014 ones:

citcd550, 2002 : http://i61.tinypic.com/5u4dqa.jpg
citcd579, 2014 : http://i58.tinypic.com/25zij4i.jpg
citcd580, 2014 : http://i57.tinypic.com/2u4rclg.jpg

I don't hear any ticking on mine.

I've mailed Citadel about it but haven't received a reply yet - I don't suppose Amazon UK will feel they're responsible for misprints if I just send it back

Thanks for checking though - xpost

Just paid for my copy of the box last night - won't see it for 2-3 weeks.

Aaaaaand the box arrived in this morning's mail—12 days after payment/shipment. Not bad turnaround time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQEiFEQq0zQ

Found the reunion cd 'Zeno Beach' a couple of months back. That is a good record. "The Brotherhood of Al Wazah" was my favorite tune.

the Birdman doco Into The Maelstrom is now free to stream on Tubi, in territories that have it, and price dropped to $1 rental or $4 purchase on Vimeo everywhere, to be nice to people that can't Tubi.