Wives in Orbit (single): Difference between revisions

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Wives in Orbit / Yik Yak


Single by The Red Crayola
Released	October 13, 1978
Recorded	July 17, 1978
Studio
Label	File:Blank.svg Radar
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Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wives in Orbit"
2.	"Yik Yak"

Background

The Red Crayola recorded five songs in July 1978. Two were released as the single Wives in Orbit. Another was a new recording of "Hurricane Fighter Plane" released as a promotional flexi-disc in ZigZag magazine.

Button^[1]
John Cale wearing button^[2]

Personnel

The Red Crayola

Mayo Thompson - vocals, guitar, bass

Jesse Chamberlain - drums, backing vocals

Technical

The Red Crayola - producer, arranged by
Doug Bennett - engineer
Paul Hodsman - engineer
Nigel Brooke-Harte - assistant engineer

Cover art

Cover by Assorted Images (Malcolm Garrett)

Reviews

Comstock Lode No.4

^[3]

[...] Radar are not only putting out the old IA material but also unleashing the music of the 1978 Red Crayola. The new Crayola is Mayo Thompson and drummer Jesse Chamberlain. On record Mayo has overdubbed bass and extra guitar lines, but it will be just the two of them live. The material they have recorded is uniformly excellent and exceptionally powerful, and despite overtones of Beefheart and perhaps Pere Ubu is essentially unique. Their first release 'Wives In Orbit'/'Yik Yak' (ADA 22) is part of the Oct. 13th batch, and by 1978 standards is not just excellent but also commercial.

Bomp!

March 1979^[4]

But check out the Crayola disc, it's not from the reissued album, but rather a new recording done by Mayo Thompson in the UK, backed by various local and NY punks. As one of the last functioning survivors of '60s avant-garde punk, he's managed to plug right into the current trends--this sounds a lot like Devo--and he's got all it takes to become a leader in '80s much. Good one, Radar.

References

[1] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/BHABpR0y_2X/

[2] ttps://x.com/caroline_binnie/status/1820226318543282633

[3] ttps://www.ebay.com/itm/336043128332

[4] ttps://archive.org/details/Bomp21March1979/page/n32/mode/1up?q=%22Red+crayola%22

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 == Background ==
-[[File:Wives-in-Orbit-button.jpg|upright|thumb|Button<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/BHABpR0y_2X/</ref>]]
+The Red Crayola recorded five songs in July 1978. Two were released as the single ''Wives in Orbit.'' Another was a new recording of "[[Hurricane Fighter Plane]]" released as a [[Hurricane Fighter Plane (single)|promotional flexi-disc]] in ZigZag magazine.
+<gallery mode="packed">
+File:Wives-in-Orbit-button.jpg|Button<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/BHABpR0y_2X/</ref>
+File:Wives-in-Orbit-button-John-Cale.jpg|John Cale wearing button<ref>https://x.com/caroline_binnie/status/1820226318543282633</ref>
+</gallery>
 == Personnel ==
@@ Line 51: / Line 56: @@
 === Cover art ===
-Cover by Assorted Images
+Cover by Assorted Images (Malcolm Garrett)
 == Reviews ==
+=== Comstock Lode No.4 ===
+<ref>https://www.ebay.com/itm/336043128332</ref>
+<blockquote>
+[...] Radar are not only putting out the old IA material but also unleashing the music of the 1978 Red Crayola. The new Crayola is Mayo Thompson and drummer Jesse Chamberlain. On record Mayo has overdubbed bass and extra guitar lines, but it will be just the two of them live. The material they have recorded is uniformly excellent and exceptionally powerful, and despite overtones of Beefheart and perhaps Pere Ubu is essentially unique. Their first release 'Wives In Orbit'/'Yik Yak' (ADA 22) is part of the Oct. 13th batch, and by 1978 standards is not just excellent but also commercial.
+</blockquote>
 === Bomp! ===
-March 1979<ref>https://archive.org/details/Bomp21March1979/page/n32/mode/1up?q=%22Red+crayola%22</ref><blockquote>But check out the Crayola disc, it's not from the reissued album, but rather a new recording done by Mayo Thompson in the UK, backed by various local and NY punks. As one of the last functioning survivors of '60s avant-garde punk, he's managed to plug right into the current trends--this sounds a lot like Devo--and he's got all it takes to become a leader in '80s much. Good one, Radar. </blockquote>
+March 1979<ref>https://archive.org/details/Bomp21March1979/page/n32/mode/1up?q=%22Red+crayola%22</ref>
+<blockquote>
+But check out the Crayola disc, it's not from the reissued album, but rather a new recording done by Mayo Thompson in the UK, backed by various local and NY punks. As one of the last functioning survivors of '60s avant-garde punk, he's managed to plug right into the current trends--this sounds a lot like Devo--and he's got all it takes to become a leader in '80s much. Good one, Radar. </blockquote>
 == References ==
+{{Singles}}
 [[Category:Singles]]
 [[Category:Radar]]