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Rudi

From: Belfast

Active: 1975-82

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Bio:

Check out the official website (see links below) for the full history of this seminal Belfast punk band. See also Station Superheaven.

Played in Dublin on at least one occasion, as the Dandelion Market on Saturday 1st March 1980 with The Outcasts and Big Self.



Rudi made several TV appearances, some of which are available online. See the Videos page for details.



Discography:

• Big Time / No.1
7" - Good Vibrations Records - GOT 1 - April 1978 - mummy PS
7" - Good Vibrations Records - GOT 1 - October 1979 - band logo PS reissue
7" - Sing Sing Records - Sing 002 - USA - March 2009 - mummy PS


• various artists - Battle of the Bands
2x7" - Good Vibrations Records - GOT-7 - IRL - February 1979
See Compilations section for full track listing.


• I Spy EP
7" - Good Vibrations Records - GOT-12 - July 1979 - orange or white PS
7" - Sing Sing Records - Sing 005 - USA - May 2009 - white PS


• The Pressure's On / Who? You!
7" - Good Vibrations Records - GOT-18 - November? 1979 - PS cancelled
7" - Bad Vibrations/Last Year's Youth - LAST2 - Germany 2000 - PS, 500 numbered copies

Notes:
This single was intended to tie-in with the bands' appearance on the special Belfast edition of Something Else on BBC TV, on which the band performed both tracks. For some reason it never came out. It was finally given a semi-legitimate issue on Last Year's Youth.





• Downtown Radio Session 17 October 1979
Session recorded for "Making Tracks".
All tracks are included on the Radio Sessions 1979-1981 CD (see below).


• BBC Radio 1 Session 28 April 1980
Session recorded for The Mike Read Evening Show.
All tracks are included on the Radio Sessions 1979-1981 CD (see below)

Notes:
The Bristol based Target Records label tried to release this session as a single but the licensing costs were prohibitive.



• Yummy Yummy Yummy EP
7" - Target Records - ??? - UK - (1980) unreleased
7" - Last Year's Youth - LAST9 - Germany 2002 - 500 copies, two different sleeve designs


• When I Was Dead // Bewerewolf! / The Pressure's On
7" - Jamming! Records - CREATE1 - August 1981 - PS +insert
Entered the UK indie singles chart on 26.9.81 for a 3 week run peaking at #29


• BBC Radio 1 Session 21 September 1981
Session recorded for the John Peel Show.
Included on the Radio Sessions 1979-1981 CD (see below)

Notes:
The lineup for this session was Brian Young (guitar & vocals), Ronnie Matthews (bass & vocals), Graham Marshall (drums)



• RTE Radio 2 Session November 1981
RTE Radio 2 Session recorded for the Dave Fanning Show.
Included on the Radio Sessions 1979-1981 CD (see below)


• Crimson / 14 Steps
7" - Jamming! Records - CREATE 3 - February 1982 - PS
Entered the UK indie singles chart on 20 March 1982 for a 6 week run peaking at #23


• various artists - Rodney on the ROQ: Vol.3
LP - Posh Boy Records - PBS140 - USA - 1982 - with Flipside #35

Notes:
Posh Boy were reputedly very keen to sign Rudi but this appearance on one of the Rodney on the ROQ comps is all that came of it. Rudi also appeared in the accompanying issue #35 of Flipside magazine in a single page article adapted from Jamming! press release. This LP is of interest as the track was remixed in Gold Star Studios, LA and remains uncomped. tracks: Crimson(remix)



• Big Time: The Best of Rudi
CD - Anagram Records - CDPUNK77 - September 1996
Collects all official singles, plus demos and live tracks.
Compiled by Brian Young himself, who also provides the liner notes.


• 14 Steps To Death EP
7" - Last Year's Youth - LAST5 - Germany - July 2001 - 500 copies
Unreleased 1981 tracks, all non-LP


• The Band That Time Forgot
K7 - NHMTAPES - NHM02 - 1990
Bootleg collecting (at the time) unreleased and radion session tracks plus a whole side of live material.


• The Band That Time Forgot
LP - Last Year's Youth - LAST BIG 1 - Germany 2002 - 900 copies, 500 on red vinyl and with booklet
Unreleased radio shows & demos
First 500 copies on red vinyl w/ repro of 16pp promo/press booklet from 1980


• The Complete Rudi Singles Collection
LP+7" - Last Year's Youth - LAST BIG 3 - Germany 2002
collects the Good Vibrations (including "Pressure's On") & Jamming singles.
The free 7" (with all copies?) is a red vinyl press of the Yummy Yummy Yummy EP (LAST9) with no PS


• Radio Sessions 1979-1981
CD - Wizzard In Vinyl - WIV 037 - Japan - January 2005
Collects all four radio sessions in chronological order, 18 tracks in all.


Other compilation appearances:

• various artists - Seeds 3: Rock
LP - Cherry Red Records - BRED 78 - 1987


• various artists - Good Vibrations: The Punk Singles Collection
CD - Anagram Records - CD PUNK 36 - 1994
See Compilations section for full track listing.


• various artists - The Good Vibrations Story
CD - Dojo Records - DOJO CD 180 - 1994
See Compilations section for full track listing.


• various artists - Bloodstains Across Northern Ireland
LP - boot - UK - 1998
See Compilations section for full track listing.


• various artists - Bloodstains Across Northern Ireland Vol.2
LP - boot - UK - 1998
See Compilations section for full track listing.


• various artists - England Belongs To Me Vol.4
LP - 77 Records - ??? - 2000


• various artists - Powerpearls Vol.8
LP - bootleg - ??? - Germany 2001


Help!

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See Also: Terri Hooley

External Links: Official Rudi Website


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