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album cover RADIO BIRDMAN The Essential (1974-1978) (Sub Pop) cd 15.98
Thank you, Sub Pop! It's about time these classic Radio Birdman tracks got a decent Stateside reissue -- this their first in over 20 years! One can always quibble with "best ofs" but this really IS pretty much the essentials: at 22 tracks, 70 minutes, it's also pretty much all they could fit on the disc! (Although I still think their version of "TV Eye" could have been squeezed on here, oh well). So what's this we're talking about here brother? Hi-octane Motor City madness from Down Under! Yes, Radio Birdman were the mid-'70s Australian re-incarnation of the MC5 and The Stooges, lead by Detroit-transplant Deniz Tek (guitarist, songwriter, and later a fighter pilot and doctor!), and damn were they good. Being half a world away and several years removed from Detroit ground zero, Birdman's homage to their proto-punk Grande Ballroom heroes was no rip-off, their surf-guitar licks being but one point of departure (one song's even an ode to the tv show Hawaii 5-0). Other influences range from the Stones to the Velvets to Alice Cooper. Legends in Australia, they're more like an obscure rock footnote over here, but once you're into 'em, you'll be really into 'em! This reissue takes tracks from their sparse discography (almost everything from the Radios Appear LP and quite a lot of the Living Eyes LP, plus nearly all the tracks from the Burn My Eye ep and the More Fun live ep) and packages 'em up with lots of photos/fliers and enthused and detailed liner notes from David Fricke (did you know that Aussie grunge-teens Silverchair did a cover of "New Race" with Tek on guitar?!). Previously available only to those who bothered to track down the hard-to-get imports, now all the excitement, darkness, and rock action of Radio Birdman is easily available to all. Avail yourself!
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