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    RADIO BIRDMAN

    NEW RACE

    7'' (1977)

    Company: Trafalgar (Australia)  -  Cat No: (trs-11)
    Format: 7" single - no sleeve  -  Released: July 1977  -  Status: Deleted

     

    The band's producer, Charles Fisher, had asked Deniz to try to write a "teen anthem". The song New Race was his rather tongue in cheek response, with its humorous references to mutation of a generation of teens into a previously unknown species by the effort of will.

    The B side was the truly anthemic Stooges song TV Eye, which was done as a linchpin of the band's live set at that time.

     

    At the time, New Race was misinterpreted by a few sorry journalists as having racist content. They apparently did not actually listen to the lyrics, or else were too dense and humourless to understand them. This contributed to a general critique of the band as being "Nazi" or "Quasi Fascist", by these same resentful members of the fourth estate. Now, some 25 years later, the song is considered a signature tune, and always receives a wild response when played live.

     

     

    Track Listing:

    A-side: New Race ( D Tek ) (4:30 m:s)
    B-side: TV Eye ( The Stooges ) (4:22 m:s)

     

     

    The Musicians:

    Rob Younger - Vocals

    Deniz Tek - Guitar & Yeah Hups 

    Chris Masuak - Guitar & Yeah Hups

    Warwick Gilbert - Bass & Yeah Hups

    Ron Keeley - Drums & Yeah Hups

     

     

    Technical Details:

    Produced by John Sayers & Charles Fisher

    Engineered by John Sayers

    Recorded at Trafalgar Studios

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