Wall Of Voodoo - "Mexican Radio"

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   It wasn't in the book (peaked at #58 in 1983), so I thought I'd post my findings here.

I doubt that I.R.S. released the Call Of The West album on CD back in the '80s, but the album version of the song is by far the most common on compilations.

The album version has an all-instrumental intro, with the vocals starting around 0:33.  These all run about 4:07.  I have the album version on:Sandstone's Rock The First Vol. 4 (1992)
Columbia Germany's Rock & Wave Vol. 1 - The Hits From The Underground (1992)
The Right Stuff's Sedated In The Eighties (Vol. 1) (1993)
EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 4 (1994)
Big Ear Music's Only In The 80's Vol. 2 (1995)
Time-Life's Modern Rock - 1982-1983 (1999)
EMI/Capitol Special Markets' Hidden Treasures (2000)
The sound really isn't bad on any of the above CDs, but I cast my vote for Living In Oblivion.

I discovered that the 45 is a different mix, with some obvious and some not-so-obvious differences.  

The first and most obvious difference is that the 45 has a bunch of Spanish talking over the intro.  The vocals kick in around 0:21 on the 45, 16 beats before they kick in on the album version. The Spanish talking is different leading into the "I wish I was in Tijuana" part.  The "I wish I was in Tijuana" vocals have different effects on every other line on the album version - all the lines sound the same on the 45.

The 45 version runs about 3:55 on these two CDs:Priority's Rock Of The '80s Vol. 3 (1992)
Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 8 (1994 - sounds a little better than the Priority CD)

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crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 79	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Wall Of Voodoo - "Mexican Radio" Posted: 26 August 2009 at 9:01pm
	It wasn't in the book (peaked at #58 in 1983), so I thought I'd post my findings here. I doubt that I.R.S. released the Call Of The West album on CD back in the '80s, but the album version of the song is by far the most common on compilations. The album version has an all-instrumental intro, with the vocals starting around 0:33. These all run about 4:07. I have the album version on: Sandstone's Rock The First Vol. 4 (1992) Columbia Germany's Rock & Wave Vol. 1 - The Hits From The Underground (1992) The Right Stuff's Sedated In The Eighties (Vol. 1) (1993) EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 4 (1994) Big Ear Music's Only In The 80's Vol. 2 (1995) Time-Life's Modern Rock - 1982-1983 (1999) EMI/Capitol Special Markets' Hidden Treasures (2000) The sound really isn't bad on any of the above CDs, but I cast my vote for Living In Oblivion. I discovered that the 45 is a different mix, with some obvious and some not-so-obvious differences. The first and most obvious difference is that the 45 has a bunch of Spanish talking over the intro. The vocals kick in around 0:21 on the 45, 16 beats before they kick in on the album version. The Spanish talking is different leading into the "I wish I was in Tijuana" part. The "I wish I was in Tijuana" vocals have different effects on every other line on the album version - all the lines sound the same on the 45. The 45 version runs about 3:55 on these two CDs: Priority's Rock Of The '80s Vol. 3 (1992) Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 8 (1994 - sounds a little better than the Priority CD)