Radiators From Space recordings from the vaults

Radiators From Space - Midnite demos EP and Live At The Southend Kursaal 1977 LP (both Rejected Records).

Two archive releases by the mighty Radiators From Space that appeared last year but only recently found their way to HQ. The EP features the bands first demo, recorded October 31st 1976, and shows 'em in prime garage mode. The sound is raw but perfectly suits their primal wail. I really love recordings from this period when bands like this had nothing to go on besides the first Ramones LP and had to make up their own mind regarding this punk-rock thing. Of course there's the obligatory Nuggets cover here, and the band also recorded Stooges and Flamin' Groovies material around this time, but you can, no make that could, never go wrong with that.



The album features a live set recorded at the final date of Thin Lizzy's Bad Reputation tour recorded on December 17th 1977 at the Southend Kursaal (Chiswick's Ted Carroll used to manage Thin Lizzy before setting up the label, so that's probably how the Radiators ended up on that tour). A good set with decent sound, but there is very little to differentiate this from the live material that appeared on the Alive Alive O! CD. That said, both releases are nicely packaged and come on colored vinyl (and multiple colors at that!, I'm told), plus the LP comes with a cool looking poster. Get 'em both!