[2017-07-28] The Radiators From Space "TV Tube Heart (40th Anniversary Edition)" (Chiswick UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:16 am

Description
‘Television Screen’ by the Radiators From Space, released on 22 April 1977, was the 10th single on the Chiswick label and the first-ever Irish Punk Rock record. The Radiators were one of the first wave of bands who swept the UK and Europe with a revolutionary new sound. Their second 45, ‘Enemies’, was lifted from their forthcoming “TV Tube Heart” album, which came out six weeks later on 21 October. The LP leads with ‘Television Screen’, a version slower than the single with a distinct T.Rex feel about it. Sessions started on 22 June 1977 at Lombard Studio in Dublin. On day one I asked the band to run through their set list, which was recorded directly to 2-track quarter-inch tape. Recording continued through to August, and the LP was mastered at Trident Studios in London on 8 September.

This expanded version of the album is remastered from new transfers of the original tapes. Following the original 13 tracks are the “Live In The Studio” recordings, which feature some priceless commentary from the band as they ripped through their set. These include covers of ‘Teenage Head’ (the Flamin’ Groovies) and ‘Try And Stop Me’ (the Creation), neither of which were recorded at the main “TV Tube Heart” sessions (although a live version of the former made it onto “Alive Alive O!” and the latter was re-cut by Tony Visconti during the “Ghostown” album sessions). The other cover, ‘Psychotic Reaction’ (the Count Five), was cut during the LP sessions and issued on the flip of ‘Enemies’.

Next up are alternate versions of ‘Not Too Late’ and ‘Blitzin’ At The Ritz’, previously only available on an Irish cassette compilation, and the “Live At The Vortex” recordings. An American friend of mine, Steve Pross, recorded the band to cassette on 21 September 1977 on the band’s London debut. These tracks are rough, raw and very live, but a great document of the Irish outsiders’ take of the London scene. Pete Holidai is on splendid form calling out the cool poseurs – “you know we’re a great band”. This anniversary edition rounds off with three non-album 45 sides, including the coruscating single version of ‘Television Screen’ – and 40 years later we still “don’t like what’s going down”.

Tracklist
1. Television Screen
2. Prison Bars
3. Great Expectations
4. Roxy Girl
5. Press Gang
6. Contact
7. Sunday World
8. Electric Shares
9. Enemies
10. Ripped And Torn
11. Not Too Late
12. Blitzin’ At The Ritz
13. Party Line
Bonus Tracks:
14. Television Screen (live studio)
15. Electric Shares (live studio)
16. Great Expectations (live studio)
17. Sunday World (live studio)
18. Psychotic Reaction (live studio)
19. Teenage Head (live studio)
20. Ripped And Torn (live studio)
21. Roxy Girl (live studio)
22. Love Detective (live studio)
23. Try And Stop Me (live studio)
24. Blitzin' At The Ritz (cassette version)
25. Not Too Late (cassette version)
26. Prison Bars (live at The Vortex)
27. Contact (live at The Vortex)
28. Party Line (live at The Vortex)
29. Press Gang (live at The Vortex)
30. Enemies (live at The Vortex)
31. Psychotic Reaction
32. Love Detective
33. Television Screen (single version)

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Charles · 19 Dec 2007

Nice.

I hope they do something similar with Ghostown.

[2017-07-28] The Radiators From Space "TV Tube Heart (40th Anniversary Edition)" (Chiswick UK)

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