Radio Birdman Sealed US 2LP The essential 1974-78 Sub Pop SP553 Punk Garage Rock
US Sealed 2LP released in 2020 on Sub Pop Records. Cat: SP553. Comes in a gatefold sleeve.
Everything on Essential Radio Birdman: 1974-1978 rattles with pure controlled velocity and riffing two-guitar chops. Unlike the Saints, Birdman were narrowly focused stylistically and tempo-wise, though songs like "Love Kills" and "Man with the Golden Helmet" take on the Stooges' somber "Gimme Danger" side with a liberal dose of the Doors' "Light My Fire." But just a few plays of the super-tight engine hum of "Descent into the Maelstrom," "What Gives?," "New Race," and especially "Burn My Eye" feel like jolts of raw electricity. This is not mere antiquity. Even without the sextet's 1996-1997 homeland reunion tour (check out the live document, Ritualism), and even if you didn't know that superfans the Celibate Rifles, Younger's New Christs, the Birdman/Stooges/MC5 supergroup New Race, and 500 other Aussie bands (many produced by Younger) continued blasting this Detroit-meets-Sydney style ever since (or that Birdman members later contributed to Screaming Tribesmen, Hitmen, and Lime Spiders, or that Tek made three solid solo LPs!), it was clear from these recordings that Birdman's sound would live forever. It still rocks the doors off of any wild party.

Tracks : Aloha Steve and Danno/ Murder city nights/ New race/ Love kills/ Descent into maelstrom/ Burn my eye ’78/ I-94/ Anglo city desire/ Hand of law/ Snake/ Do the pop/ Non-stop girls/ What gives?/ Man with the golden helmet/ hanging on/ Crying sun/ Smith and wesson blues/ Time to fall/ Alone in the endzone/ Breaks my heart (Live)/ More fun (Live)/ Dark surprise (Live).   Record is sealed and brand new.

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