RADIO VIRGINITY?

Rip It Up, Issue 27, 1 October 1979, Page 4

RADIO VIRGINITY?

Murray Cammick

CITIZEN BAND COMP. RESULTS The question that stomped lots of entrants in the Citizen Band Just Drove Thru Town competition was Clark make their recording debut? Space Waltz is the answer, not Citizen Band, Vox Pop, Stewart & the Belmonts or Split Enz. The album (JDTT) was of course produced by Jay Lewis and the instrumental is named, “Just Drove Thru Town". 'Winners of T-shirts and autographed LPs are Aucklanders Russell Grove, David Plunkett and Murray Campbell. Alister Cain (Christchurch), G. Walker (Hamilton) and Brent Cardy (Auckland) win autographed albums. RIP IT UP No. 27 OCTOBER '79 Postal address PO Box 5689, Auckland 1. Managing Editor Murray Cammick Advertising Enquiries Phone Murray Cammick 370-653 Typeset by Typesetting Systems Printed by Putaruru Press Graphics Andrew Green Distribution Bryan Staff.

If you want to hear new music, you’re not going to hear much by listening to the radio. The programmer’s job is to make sure that most of what you hear is already familiar to you. Thankfully, in the last 12 months a lot of material that radio rarely plays has been released in NZ eg. recordings on Virgin (thru RTC), Stiff (thru Phonogram) and Sire (thru WEA) labels. When did you last hear Virgin acts XTC, Magazine, The Ruts, Penetration, Culture, Skids, the Members, Sex Pistols, Public Image, Steve Hillage or Sparks on the radio? Have you ever heard all the above? RTC with Virgin UK have produced a double album for NZ entitled Virginity from which no artist, manufacturer or retailer gains any profit. This double album compilation of Virgin acts therefore able to retail at $4.99. With Virginity Virgin, their artists and RTC do 'hope to make some friends in the process' among NZ record buyers. The 23 track 2LP set is a good-looker and the track selection good. Virginity seeks to interest you in Magazine with “Believe That I Understand" and “Shot By Both Sides", the XTC tracks are "Radios In Motion" and "Are You Receiving Me?" On the same side as Mag and XTC are Interview’s "Love Fallout", Penetration's "Life’s A Gamble” and Public Image’s "Low Life". As we rapidly approach the day when three radio stations in Auckland will play the same song at the same time this compilation is a great idea. Programme yourself.