Monday, December 23, 2013

We Want The Airwaves – the singles

Mr Programmer
I got my hammer
And I'm gonna
Smash my
Smash my
Radio!


Joey Ramone made ​​a correct analysis when he predicted the death of Rock & Roll on the opening track of the album Pleasant Dreams in 1981, We Want The Airwaves.
The 80's wasn't a good time for true rock music and as usual the single didn't make any success on the radio charts. The single was released in the U.S, UK, Canada, Belgium, Spain and Ireland. There are Picture sleeves for the belgian, the UK and the spanish edition. A funny thing is that the title on the spanish single is misspelled, We Want The Airways! Another interesting thing with this release is the US mono/stereo promo-version. A seller on Ebay sold it as a "translucent" record. I have not noticed it before this but the guy is right, the record is transparent if you are looking at it towards a lamp.
Here are the different pressings of We Want The Airwaves:




Title: We Want The Airwaves//All's Quite On The Eastern Front
Number: Sire SRE49812
Year: 1981
Country: US
Notes: Stock version
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Title: We Want The Airwaves//We Want The Airwaves
Number: Sire SRE49812
Year: 1981
Country: US
Notes: Mono/stereo promo-version on black transparent vinyl. 
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Title: We Want The Airwaves//You Sound Like You're Sick
Number: Sire SIR 4051
Year: 1981
Country: UK
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Title: We Want The Airwaves//All's Quite On The Eastern Front
Number: Sire SRE 49812
Year: 1981
Country: Canada
Notes: White label promo version.
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Title: We Want The Airwaves//All's Quite On The Eastern Front
Number: Sire SRE 49812
Year: 1981
Country: Canada
Notes: Stock version.
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Title: We Want The Airwaves//You Sound Like You're Sick
Number: Sire WB 17.850
Year: 1981
Country: Belgium
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Title: We Want The Airwaves//You Sound Like You're Sick
Number: Sire 45-2131
Year: 1981
Country: Spain
Notes: Title misspelled on sleeve and label, We Want The Airwaves.
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Title: We Want The Airwaves//You Sound Like You're Sick
Number: Sire SIR 4051
Year: 1981
Country: Ireland

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