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"Radio Wall of Sound" is a song by the English rock band, Slade, issued as a single in 1991. It was included on their compilation album, ''Wall of Hits''. The song was the first to be credited solely by Jim Lea since "I Won't Let it 'Appen Agen", from the 1973 album ''Slayed?''.〔Slade - Salvo 2006 remastered album The Slade Box booklet〕 It was sung by Lea, with Noddy Holder joining with him in the chorus. The B-side, "Lay Your Love on the Line", was written by Dave Hill and former Wizzard member Bill Hunt. The track was originally for a solo project of Jim Lea.〔 The recording of the track already existed, complete apart from lead vocals. The track was not in Holder's key and so his vocals were dubbed into the chorus, leaving Lea's lead vocal on the verses.〔Slade's Greatest Hits compilation booklet〕 The track also features Radio One DJ Mike Read as 'the voice of radio'.〔()〕 In the 1990s, Jim Lea was interviewed by Ken Sharpe. Lea explained the track's meaning which was about having a radio and music playing inside your own mind.〔Classic Rock magazine interview〕 The song appeared on the various artists compilation "Now That's What I Call Music! 20", released 30 November 1991. * In 2001, English vocalist and musician Mick White recorded a version of the track for the tribute album ''Slade Remade''.〔http://www.allmusic.com/album/slade-remade-tribute-to-slade-mw0000740851〕 == Background == Holder was asked in a 1992 interview on the sales of the single. ''"It wouldn’t have needed that many sales to have reached that position, not a vast amount. The initial shipping out to the shops was around 30,000 copies, I think, which is a good pre-order figure, good enough to go Top 40 first week out. The problem was sustaining the momentum after using up all the available TV’s there was nowhere else to go. We couldn’t get on Wogan, which would have helped, so really that was all the TV possible. We did more press than ever before, in recent times at least, but there just aren’t that many rock records making the charts these days unless they happen to come from a film soundtrack. The charts have been very dance orientated of late and I can’t really think of any big rock records of 1991. If you look at the rock album charts from last year there are not that many that were really outstanding and had any long chart success."'' In the same interview, Holder stated "I knew RWOS was more commercial, a good instant rock track." In a Ken Sharpe interview, Jim Lea stated "I had already done my demo of it and I was putting the band on top of my demo. During producing, Nod came to sing the verse and I said 'Nod, I feel really embarrassed to say this but I think my voice sounds better than yours, not because I'm a better singer, that's ludicrous, it's just that the key is ridiculously low for you.' And he said 'alright then...' cause Nod's very easy going. The track is about having a radio station in your head, music of the mind and this whole thing about the DJ all going on in your mind. You don't even need a radio, you can just imagine it." Due to the song's radio friendly sound, the song was specially modified for London's Capital Radio as a radio jingle.〔http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/9029341_orig.jpg〕〔Slade International Fan Club newsletter July - August - September 1991〕 In mid-1990, Lea spoke to the Slade fan club about his solo work, stating "There is a track called that I've written called "Radio Wall of Sound" and it sounds just like Slade, even my brother Frank says it sounds like Slade."〔〔http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/7203581_orig.jpg〕 The fan club in late 1991 described the b-side as "a belting rocker with Nod stuffing the verbals right down your eardrums."〔〔lade International Fan Club newsletter July - August - September 1991〕 Lea spotted the commercial friendly hook of the 1987 album track "Sing Shout (Knock Yourself Out)" which he recycled by slowing the hook down for "Radio Wall of Sound". The song dropped the synthesizers that had dominated the band's previous albums, and returned to a more commercial rock-based sound. In an April 2000 interview with Lea by Mojo magazine, Lea stated "Our last hit was Radio Wall of Sound, which I wrote and sang. The others thought it was a load of shit. The last thing that came out was Universe - very big and lush. Towards the end the records were completely my songs. I'd taken control and it didn't feel like a band any more. Then this offer came to play Castle Donington with Bon Jovi. Noddy said if we weren't headlining, then we weren't doing it. He more or less said that he wasn't going on the road with Slade again. He wanted to be in the band - but I said that without getting out live it wouldn't cohere any more, that we'd lost it. All the fun had gone out of it, so I started getting into the property business, and took a psychology course at college." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Radio Wall of Sound」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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