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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep436: 50 Years of Radio Birdman with Deniz Tek

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Deniz Tek looks back on 50 years of Radio Birdman, the "Birdman FIVE-O" final tour, discusses vinyl reissues, tracking down master tapes, post Birdman projects "New Race", "The Visitors", solo projects, the Top Gun "Iceman" origins and more!

  • Deniz appears not to be aging
  • Looking back on 50 Years of Radio Birdman
  • Sydney shows are likely the last
  • Band lineup for the Five-O shows
  • Prime Minister is a fan of Radio Birdman
  • Memories of the 1977 Paddington Town Hall shows
  • Paddo Town Hall being reissued on vinyl
  • Reissuing the Radio Birdman catalogue on vinyl
  • Obtaining the Birdman multitrack and master tapes
  • John Foy located the multitrack tapes for "Living Eyes"
  • Any regrets looking back? Anything left undone?
  • The story of the "New Race" project
  • Rob Younger re-recorded vocals for "The First and the Last"
  • Original "New Race" tapes being bootlegged
  • Reissuing "New Race" on vinyl
  • Deniz' guitar once belonged to Fred "Sonic" Smith
  • Fred Smith and Patti Smith tried to buy the guitar back
  • Plans for the guitar, potentially a Punk Rock Museum item?
  • The guitar needs work – maybe won't be at Five-O shows
  • History with the Citadel record label
  • Relationship with Wild Honey Records in Europe
  • Various versions of solo albums – Nate's mistake
  • Pressing vinyl with Wild Honey
  • Memories of the "Soldiers of Rock and Roll" album and initial cover
  • History of "The Visitors"
  • The Visitors release with Phantom Records
  • Finding lots of outtakes and rare recordings on Trafalgar tapes
  • Next Deniz Tek LP with Ric Parnell
  • Deniz is the original "Iceman"
  • New books on the way
  • Interview wrapup

Tix for Radio Birdman's "BIRDMAN FIVE-O" final tour

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0:00.0

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0:03.7

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0:07.8

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0:10.7

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0:12.9

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0:16.1

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0:20.2

Discount code, Vinyl Guide 10.

0:22.9

And now, on with the show.

0:25.9

Welcome to the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds.

0:30.6

Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer.

0:34.8

All right, here I am.

0:36.2

Ladies and gentlemen.

0:38.4

Mostly gentlemen. I am. Ladies and gentlemen. Mostly gentlemen.

0:39.9

I know.

0:41.6

Record collecting is a bit of a sausage-heavy sport.

0:45.2

But we hear, we're aware, we're inclusive.

0:48.4

We aspire to be as diverse as possible.

0:52.2

And everyone, everyone is welcome here on the show. And today's interview,

0:58.0

I reckon is one that everyone will enjoy. I spoke with Dennis Tech, who a lot of you know from

1:03.5

his time with Australian Legends Radio Birdman, but Dennis has had a incredible career

1:09.1

featuring many other musical projects as well.

1:11.8

We talk about a lot of them today, including New Race, The Visitors, his solo career.

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