Living Eyes (Radio Birdman album)

Living Eyes was the second studio album released by Sydney, Australia punk-rock band Radio Birdman. It was the last recorded album by the band as they split up shortly after it was recorded in 1978. The album was recorded over a three-week period at the Rockfield Studios in Wales whilst the band was on its first overseas tour, supporting the Flamin' Groovies around Britain and Europe. The original master tapes disappeared before the album was released and as a result the album was mastered from a cassette recording of trial mixes, which impacted on the sound quality. Living Eyes sound was heavily influenced by the lead guitarist and producer Deniz Tek who had lived in Detroit before moving to Australia and been influenced musically by the "Motor City Rock" sound. The music of Birdman has been compared to that of The Stooges and MC5, but their sound is also comparable to that of 60's rock 'n' roll bands such as The Rolling Stones.

Contents

• Radio birdman more fun
• 1981 original
• 2005 remastered reissue
• Credits
• Songs
• References

In 1995, John Foy (Red Eye Records) retrieved the original master tapes from Rockfield Studios and the band had the songs remixed, remastered and re-sequenced. The remastered version of Living Eyes (which includes the instrumental "Alien Skies", written by Pip Hoyle together with the previously unreleased "Dark Surprise" and "Didn’t Tell The Man") was issued in 2005 on Red Eye (through Polygram).