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Radio Star?
stranded:
Can you give us anymore info on this?
motcher76:
Are you thinking of the late 70's early 80's UK punk/new wave band Radio Stars, who released a S/T single ("Radio Stars") in 1978?
Their 1978 LP "Holiday Album" was re-released on CD in 2006, so there are plenty of sound-bytes available of the Radio Stars single track on many of the online mp3 sites (or iTunes and Amazon) if you want to check if it's the one you're after.
Cheers
Jukebox:
--- Quote from: motcher76 on Wed 13 Aug 2008 01:55:41 ---Are you thinking of the late 70's early 80's UK punk/new wave band Radio Stars, who released a S/T single ("Radio Stars") in 1978?
Their 1978 LP "Holiday Album" was re-released on CD in 2006, so there are plenty of sound-bytes available of the Radio Stars single track on many of the online mp3 sites (or iTunes and Amazon) if you want to check if it's the one you're after.
Cheers
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Did you ever work this out one way or another? The first thing I thought of was the Radio Stars.
They are an old favourite of mine & I have just about all the related CD releases. Radio Stars were one of those punk/new wave bands with more history than many people new. Lead singer, Andy Ellison, was in John's Children with Marc Bolan in the mid 60s. One of the Radio Stars singles, "Horrible Breath" was originaly recorded by John's Children as, 'You Scare Me To Death", & Marc Bolan also recorded it solo. Later Andy Ellison was in a band called Jet, who made one album, before morphing into The Radio Stars in order to jump on the punk bandwagon. I know Radio Stars had a song called simply 'Radio Stars'.
motcher76:
--- Quote from: Jukebox on Sun 02 Nov 2008 07:01:56 ---Did you ever work this out one way or another? The first thing I thought of was the Radio Stars.
They are an old favourite of mine & I have just about all the related CD releases. Radio Stars were one of those punk/new wave bands with more history than many people new. Lead singer, Andy Ellison, was in John's Children with Marc Bolan in the mid 60s. One of the Radio Stars singles, "Horrible Breath" was originaly recorded by John's Children as, 'You Scare Me To Death", & Marc Bolan also recorded it solo. Later Andy Ellison was in a band called Jet, who made one album, before morphing into The Radio Stars in order to jump on the punk bandwagon. I know Radio Stars had a song called simply 'Radio Stars'.
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Haven't heard anything back from BurningAngels so I don't know if it is the right track. I'm pretty sure it is though, and BurningAngels is probably talking about one of those Chiswick compilation cassettes where he/she first heard the track.
I'm sure if BurningAngels listened to a 30 second sound-byte of the "Radio Stars" track off the Holiday Album on iTunes or Amazon it would confirm things - it's a pretty distinctive track. I love it (and other Radio Stars tracks like "Nervous Wreck" and "No Russians").
Edit ... Listen to the track (and other Radio Stars albums/tracks) here:
http://www.myspace.com/radiostarsofficial/music/albums/holiday-album-10704686
As a Radio Stars fan, you might be able to answer a question for me ... that "Radio Stars" album track is around 1min 40secs long, but I understand it may have been "augmented" for a single release - the record company deeming it was far too short for a decent single. You know anything about this?
Would love to see any of the Radio Stars albums posted, if you're willing to share ;D
Cheers
Jukebox:
I'm not sure about the single being longer, but it may well have been a different recording. I need to root out the CDs to check. According to allmusic guide, the version on the 'Somewhere There's a Place for Us' compilation I have is only 1'16" long. This was the punk days though & I doubt the small labels would baulk at short songs.
As far as sharing goes, I have no problem with that, except I think all their stuff is still available on CD. Also, since they are English, not Australian, where would I post them?
I've just discovered, thatnks to you, that I may have to buy the latest remaster, because they include tracks not on the compilation. More expense! LOL
If you like the Radio Stars, I would think you'd like the Jet album too. They were basically a glam rock supergroup, featuring two members of John's Children, two members of Sparks & Davy O'List from Love. They only made the one album, before mophing into Radio Stars, but there's another CDs worth of previously unreleased stuff out there.
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