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Into the Night We Slide

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Into the Night We Slide
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1978
RecordedAugust – October 1978,
Satbel Studios, Johannesburg
GenreRock
Length39:50
LabelJo'Burg Records
ProducerGreg Cutler
The Radio Rats chronology
Into the Night We Slide
(1978)
The Big Beat
(1991)
Singles from Into the Night We Slide
  1. "ZX Dan"/"I'm in Love"
    Released: October 1978

Into the Night We Slide was the debut album by Springs-based, South African rock group The Radio Rats and was distributed in 1978.[1]

The opening track and first single, "ZX Dan" (backed with "I'm Not in Love"), received national airplay and early in peaked at no. 2 on Johannesburg-based Radio 5. Still cherished as one of South Africa's greatest pop rock songs of all time, it received the second-most votes in the "All time favourite SA song" category in "The SA Rock Digest/Amuzine End of the Century Big Vote", in 1999.[2]

Contents

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Side one of the album featured five songs and Side two the remaining five. Jonathan Handley composed the music and words for all.

Track listing

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Side one

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  • 1. ZX Dan (5:17)
  • 2. I'm Not Like That (4:39)
  • 3. Plague Café (3:10)
  • 4. Bomb Shelter Blues (4:20)
  • 5. I'm in Love (2:41)

Side two

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  • 6. Law and Order (2:55)
  • 7. A Visit to the Cinema (5:31)
  • 8. Rocking (2:10)
  • 9. Stay in your Rocking Chair (3:29)
  • 10. Mucking About in the Dungeons All Day (5:00)

Personnel

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  • Dave Davies – lead vocals
  • Jonathan Handley – lead guitar and background vocals
  • Herbie Parkin – bass
  • Leonard Dickson – drums and percussion

Re-issue

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In 2002, Fresh Music released a digitally remastered CD edition of Into the Night We Slide with two bonus tracks in "Crazy Caroline", the follow-up single in June 1979, and its B-side, "Rocket Road". The liner notes include rare photographs and a band bio.

References

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  1. ^ Album liner notes for Into the Night We Slide, The Radio Rats, Fresh Music, 2002 CD re-issue
  2. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - Pollwinners".