Radio Birdman
Title: Living Eyes - Company: Red Eye/Polygram (Australia)
Cat No: (redcd53) - Format: cd album - Released: 1995 - Status: Deleted
This reissue is actually completely remixed from the original 24 track 2" masters, which were found in the vaults at Rockfield Studios in 1995. The seven boxes of tape, seriously deteriorated. were couriered to Sydney, where EMI engineers meticulously hand restored them. The mix is sonically superior to the original, with correction of many of the technical faults that had bothered the band about prior releases. The band considers this to be the definitive version of Living Eyes.
The mixing sessions served to bring the band members together again (minus Ron Keeley) in their earlier haunt, Trafalgar Studios (renamed Electric Ave). Their first time working on a musical project as a team in 18 years, they discussed the possibility of doing more music together. The event set the stage for the unexpected reunion tours that occurred within the following year.
Track Listing:
- Hanging On ( D Tek ) (3:38 m:s)
- 455 SD ( D Tek ) (2:44 m:s)
- Do The Movin' Change ( D Tek ) (2:27 m:s)
- TPBR Combo ( D Tek / C Masuak ) (2:12 m:s)
- I-94 ( D Tek / C Jones ) (2:49 m:s)
- Iskender Time ( D Tek ) (1:49 m:s)
- Burn My Eye '78 ( D Tek ) (1:35 m:s)
- Alien Skies ( P Hoyle ) (3:15 m:s)
- Time To Fall ( D Tek ) (3:11 m:s)
- Smith and Wesson Blues ( D Tek ) (2:55 m:s)
- Crying Sun ( W Gilbert / D Tek ) (2:56 m:s)
- If I Wanted To ( D Tek / K Tek ) (3:06 m:s)
- Breaks My Heart ( D Tek ) (3:01 m:s)
- More Fun ( D Tek ) (1:59 m:s)
- Alone In The Endzone ( D Tek ) (2:07 m:s)
- Didn't Tell The Man ( C Masuak ) (3:14 m:s)
- Dark Surprise ( D Tek ) (3:35 m:s)
The Musicians:
Rob Younger - Lead Vocals / Deniz Tek - Guitar, Harmonies / Chris Masuak - Guitar, Harmonies & Percussion / Pip Hoyle - Organ & Piano / Warwick Gilbert - Bass / Ron Keeley - Drums
Technical Details:
Produced by Deniz Tek / Engineered by John Acock / Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Wales April 1978
/ Re-mixed by Deniz Tek, Rob Younger & Chris Masuak / Re-mix engineered by Phil Punch / At Electric Ave Studios, Sydney - Feb 1995 / Mastered by Don Bartley & Rob Younger at Studio 301
Of Interest:
The artwork was also given a reworking with a completely new front cover, Younger in a balaclava. Not everyone was happy with it, the old animosities surfacing at the slightest provocation.
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