Earth vs. The Radiators: the First 25 (album)
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Earth vs. The Radiators: the First 25 is the thirteenth album released by The Radiators
in their twenty-five year long career, and their fifth live album. Recorded at a series of twenty-fifth anniversary concerts held at Tipitina's
club in New Orleans—the same site where their first album, Work Done on Premises
was recorded—this two CD set features numerous guest appearances by southern US musicians.
The album was released simultaneously with a concert DVD
. Despite bearing the same name, the album and DVD feature almost no songs in common.
Disc 2:
The Radiators (US)
The Radiators, also known as The New Orleans Radiators, are a rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, who have combined the traditional musical styles of their native city with more mainstream rock and R&B influences to form a bouncy, funky variety of swamp-rock they call fish-head music...
in their twenty-five year long career, and their fifth live album. Recorded at a series of twenty-fifth anniversary concerts held at Tipitina's
Tipitina's
Tipitina's is a music venue located at the corner of Napoleon Avenue and Tchoupitoulas Street in Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.Local music enthusiasts opened the venue on January 14, 1977. The name was inspired by a well-known song by Professor Longhair who also performed there until his death...
club in New Orleans—the same site where their first album, Work Done on Premises
Work Done on Premises
Work Done on Premises is the first album and first live album released by The Radiators .-Overview:Three years after they were formed, The Radiators finally released their first album on their own Croaker label. The album is a live concert recording of a performance at Tipitina's nightclub in the...
was recorded—this two CD set features numerous guest appearances by southern US musicians.
The album was released simultaneously with a concert DVD
Earth vs. The Radiators: the First 25 (film)
Earth vs. The Radiators: the First 25 is a 2004 concert film by the New Orleans rock band, The Radiators. Released in honor of the band's twenty-fifth anniversary, the film contains the complete performance from their January 31, 2004 concert at Tipitina's nightclub in New Orleans, and features...
. Despite bearing the same name, the album and DVD feature almost no songs in common.
Track listing
Disc 1:- "City of Refuge" (traditional) — 10:53
- "Crazy Mona" (Ed VolkerEd VolkerEd Volker, aka Zeke is a singer, songwriter and keyboard player from New Orleans, Louisiana, and a founding member of the legendary New Orleans band, The Radiators...
) — 11:06 - "Midnight RiderMidnight Rider"Midnight Rider" is a popular and widely covered song by The Allman Brothers Band, from their album Idlewild South. Written by Gregg Allman and Robert Kim Payne, the song has become a fixture of the band's live performances and an enduring standard...
" (Gregg AllmanGregg AllmanGregory Lenoir Allman , known as Gregg Allman, is a rock and blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter, and a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia...
) — 3:32 - "Junco PartnerJunco Partner"Junco Partner" is a traditional American blues song remarkable for being covered and revised by many artists over several decades. Some of them include Dr. John, Professor Longhair, James Booker and The Clash. It was played in different music genres such as blues, folk, rock, reggae and dub...
" (Shad?) — 7:12 - "Wating for the Rain" (Volker) — 10:11
- "I Don't Speak Love" (Dave MaloneDave MaloneDave Malone born August 29, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana is best known as the guitarist/vocalist, and sometimes songwriter, of The Radiators. He has also worked with a wide variety of other musicians, in and out of New Orleans. He has recorded more than a dozen albums with the Radiators,...
) — 7:12 - "Make Fire" (Volker) — 9:24
- "Go Back the Way You Came" (Volker, Malone) — 7:15
- "River Run" (Volker) — 11:51
Disc 2:
- "Meet Me Down in Birdland" (Volker) — 5:00
- "Sitting on Top of the WorldSitting on Top of the World"Sitting on Top of the World" is a folk-blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon, core members of the Mississippi Sheiks, a popular country blues band of the 1930s...
" (Howlin' WolfHowlin' WolfChester Arthur Burnett , known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player....
) — 10:13 - "Danang" (Volker) — 6:02
- "I Like My Poison" (Volker, Malone) — 8:04
- "Hard Rock Kid" (Volker) — 7:25
- "Fools Go First" (Volker) — 6:59
- "Soul on Fire" (Volker) — 7:51
- "Wild and Free" (Volker, Malone) — 6:21
- "Lila" (Volker) — 8:58
- "Lovely You" (Volker) — 10:15
Credits
- Ed Volker – vocals, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Dave Malone – vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Camile BaudoinCamile BaudoinCamile Baudoin is a guitar player from New Orleans, Louisiana and a founding member of The Radiators.Baudoin shares lead guitar duties in The Radiators with Dave Malone, and plays with or without a slide...
– guitars - Reggie ScanlanReggie ScanlanReggie Scanlan is a bass guitar player and photographer from New Orleans, Louisiana and a founding member of swamp rock band, The Radiators.According to Matthew Haggman of radio station WWOZ in New Orleans, "In the early seventies Scanlan made enough of a name for himself as a bassist to record...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Frank Bua, Jr. – drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s - George Porter, Jr.George Porter, Jr.George Porter, Jr. is a musician best known as the bassist and singer of The Meters. Along with Art Neville, Porter formed the group in the mid 60's and came to be recognized as one of the progenitors of funk. The Meters disbanded in 1977, but reformed in 1989...
– (guest) bass - Mark Mullins – (guest) tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Mike Skinkus – (guest) percussion