The Medusa Fora

Phil comments on the two albums:

http://www.acerecords.co.uk/gotrt/2005/apr05/CDWIKM251.html

http://www.acerecords.co.uk/gotrt/2005/apr05/CDWIKM252.html

With the reissue of Ghostown and TV Tube Heart, along with the Cockles and Mussels compilation and the Alive Alive O CDs, it seems that most, if not all, of their work from 1977 to 1980 is now readily available on CD.

Perhaps Phil could tell is if there are any other unreleased recordings or any tracks which have never been on CD?

I found this in the Rads recording logbook. I think it answers your question.


The Following Tracks from the Chiswick Era have not appeared on CD:

Psychotic Reaction (Midnite Demo, 1976)
Television Screen (Midnite Demo, 1976)
Mistreater (Midnite Demo, 1976)
The Hucklebuck (Midnite Demo, 1976)

Psychotic Reaction (Enemies b side, 1977)
Teenager In Love (Sunday World b side, 1977)
Blitzin' At The Ritz (Unreleased single: Steve Rapid lead vocal, 1977)
Not Too Late (Unreleased single: Steve Rapid lead vocal, 1977)
Kitty Ricketts (Vocal: Agnes Bernelle, 1979)
Paddy "Guitar" Paddy (Stranger Than Fiction b side, 1977/1980)
The Dancing Years (Instrumental, 1980)

Enemies (Radio Edit - mono, 1977)
Enemies (Radio Edit - stereo, 1977)
Prison Bars (Unreleased mono single version, 1977)
Million Dollar Hero (Radio Edit, 1978)
Kitty Ricketts (Radio Edit, 1979)
Stranger Than Fiction (Radio Edit, 1980)
The Dancing Years (Radio Edit, 1980)

*Blitzin' At The Ritz - live (Tony Visconti-mixed version)
*Electric Shares - live (Neil Richmond-mixed version)
*Sunday World - live (Neil Richmond-mixed version)
*Enemies - live (Neil Richmond-mixed version)

* Appeared in Roger Armstrong/Nick Robbins remix on Alive Alive O CD


KNOWN OUTTAKES from TV TUBE HEART (Produced by Roger Armstrong) 1977

Love Detective

perhaps more tracks


KNOWN OUTTAKES from GHOSTOWN (Produced by Tony Visconti) 1978

Johnny Jukebox (demo: dummy lyrics)
There's One In Every Town (demo: dummy lyrics)
(They're Looting In The Town)
Faithful Departed (demo)
Confidential (demo)
Let's Talk About The Weather (demo)
Stranger In My Home Town (demo: dummy lyrics)
(Who Are The Strangers?)
Dead The Beast, Dead The Poison (demo)
Enemies (on 24 track 2" only)


OTHER KNOWN CHISWICK OUTTAKES (Produced by Roger Armstrong/Rads) 1977

Wrong Place Wrong Time (demo: no vocal: early version of Confidential)
Jukebox Hero (demo: no vocal)
The Second Coming (demo: no vocal)

Thanks Phil

Some amazing info there. I had no idea Ghostown had any out-takes at all, never mind alternative versions of Faithful Departed and a Visconti produced Enemies.

Hope some of this stuff gets an airing on CD soon.

There is an ommission on the list - the unreleased single of "Walking Home Alone Again". When the single was cancelled ("Million Dollar Hero" was starting to get a second wind), we did some more work on the track, including the Mary Hopkin "hollywood choir" intro, and remixed the whole thing for the album.

Is that the same Mary Hopkin who was discovered by Paul McCartney and had a big hit on Apple with "Those Were The Days"?? Did she sing on any other Radators records?

Yes, that's the one. She did not sing on any other tracks but she did also sing the catchy "do do do" bit on David Bowie's "Sound And Vision" around that time.

Her contribution to "Walking Home Alone Again" is the multi-layered choir (presciently enough, the sort of thing Kirsty would later trademark) behind my crooning on the opening verse.

Mary was a delight - and she taught me how to play McCartney's "Blackbird" on the guitar (Paul had taught her the tuning and shapes). And no, I don't still remember how to play it 27 years later!!

I love you philip--have a nice weekend.