SLADE: Radio Wall of sound 7″ + Lay your love on the line. Special promo DJ copy. RARE, hard to find 1991. Check video & Check video of the actual single for sale

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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.
It was the first song to be credited solely by Jim Lea since “I Won’t Let it ‘Appen Agen” almost 20 years earlier. It was also 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 Holders key and so his vocals were dubbed into the chorus, leaving Leas lead vocal on the verses. 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 tracks meaning which was about having a radio and music playing inside your own mind.
A promotional video was created for the single.

The track was also mimed on UK TV including on Motormouth and Slades last appearance on Top of The Pops.

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 TVs 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 cant 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.”

SLADE: Radio Wall of sound 7" + Lay your love on the line. Special promo DJ copy. Check video.

7″ Single
“Radio Wall of Sound” – 3:47
“Lay Your Love on the Line” – 3:09

Chart (1991) Peak position Total weeks
Belgian Singles Chart 16 2
Dutch Singles Chart 22 9
Irish Singles Chart 30 1
UK Singles Chart 21 5

Jim Lea: Lead vocals and bass guitar
Noddy Holder: Guitar and backing vocals
Dave Hill: Lead guitar
Don Powell: Drums
Mike Read: DJ voice

(This is rockin’ radio, the wall of sound
This is your stereo so close to me
Citizen Kane rise again
Stay tuned to this frequency

This is rockin’ radio, the wall of sound
The music that rocks, the music that shocks
The music that comes to you from everywhere
As listeners with music on the mind
I love that music, I love that sound
I love that record, I love that noise
You’re tuned to radio WOS, the wall of sound)

I’m in trouble, I’m in deep
I don’t know why you can’t sleep
I feel something in my brain
Its this sound that’s keeping me sane
I love that music, I love that sound
I love this new channel I’ve found
I love that record, I love that noise
This frequency is my favourite toy

Radio wall of sound, coming up from my tower
Radio wall of sound, twenty four hours of power

My heads spinning around
An’ if in stereo sound
It tells me just who I am
Whos that? Telegram Sam
I love that record, I love that noise
Now my girl rocks with the boys
I love that music, I love that sound
So just play the radio loud

Radio wall of sound, coming up from my tower
Radio wall of sound, WOS power
Radio wall of sound, coming up from my tower
Radio wall of sound, twenty four hours of power

(This is rocking radio wall of sound
The music that rocks, the music that shocks
The music that comes to you from everywhere
‘Cause this is the music of the mind
I love that record, I love that sound,
I love it, I love it, I love it
This is the big one
This is the wall of sound)

I love that music, I love that sound

(You’re listening to radio loud
Wall to wall sound
The music comes to you from around your head
Look out!)

I love that record, I love that noise

(You think the musics here
Its not, its inside your head
You are the wall of sound)

Radio wall of sound, coming up from my tower
Radio wall of sound, twenty four hours of power
Radio wall of sound, coming up from my tower
Radio wall of sound, WOS power
Radio wall of sound

Stay tuned to this frequency

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