7'' Front Cover U.K.

7'' rear Cover U.K.

7'' a side U.K.

7'' b side U.K.

"Radio Wall Of Sound" was written by bassist Jim Lea and produced by Jim Lea for Perseverance Ltd. the b - side was written by lead guitarist Dave Hill and former Wizzard member Bill Hunt and produced by Jim Lea for Perseverance Ltd.. The single was released via Polydor Record Label on 7th October 1991.
This single reached number 21 on the U.K. chart, spending 5 weeks on the chart. It became the band's last U.K. top 30 hit, giving this was the band's 23rd U.K. top 30 hit.
"Radio Wall Of Sound" appeared on their compilation 1991 album "Wall Of Hits".

Background
Shortly before the single, Polydor Record Label decided to release a new Slade compilation and hoped that the band would promote this release by releasing 2 new singles. If both singles were successful, a new studio album was to be recorded. The 1st single was "Radio Wall Of Sound".
It was the 1st song to be credited solely by Jim Lea since their 1972 "Slayed?" album track and b - side "I Won't Let it 'Appen Agen", almost 20 years earlier.
The track was originally for a solo project of Jim Lea and so the recording of the track already existed, complete apart from lead vocals. The track was not in Noddy Holders key and so his vocals were dubbed into the chorus, leaving Jim Leas lead vocal on the verses. The track also features Radio 1 DJ Mike Read as 'the voice of radio'.
In the 1990s, Jim Lea was interviewed by Ken Sharpe where Jim Lea explained the track's meaning which was about having a radio and music playing inside your own mind.
"Radio Wall Of Sound" was produced by Jim Lea as was the b - side. The b - side, "Lay Your Love On The Line", was written by guitarist Dave Hill and former Wizzard keyboardist Bill Hunt. It was originally exclusive to the single, eventually being released onto an album via the 2007 Salvo compilation "B - Sides". For the 12" vinyl and CD version of the single, the bonus track "Cum on Feel The Noize" was added, a U.K. number 1 hit from 1973, produced by Chas Chandler.

Recording
"Radio Wall Of Sound" was released via Polydor Record Label on 7th October 1991.
In mid 1990, Jim Lea spoke to the Slade fan club about his solo work, stating "There is a track called that I've written called "Radio Wall Of Sound" and it sounds just like Slade, even my brother Frank says it sounds like Slade."
In a Ken Sharpe interview, Jim Lea stated "I had already done my demo of it and I was putting the band on top of my demo. During producing, Noddy Holder came to sing the verse and I said 'Noddy Holder, I feel really embarrassed to say this but I think my voice sounds better than yours, not because I'm a better singer, that's ludicrous, it's just that the key is ridiculously low for you.' And he said 'alright then...' cause Noddy Holders very easy going. The track is about having a radio station in your head, music of the mind and this whole thing about the DJ all going on in your mind. You don't even need a radio, you can just imagine it."
Lea spotted the commercial friendly hook of their 1987 "You Boyz Make Big Noize" album track "Sing Shout (Knock Yourself Out)" which he recycled by slowing the hook down for "Radio Wall Of Sound". The song dropped the synthesizers that had dominated the band's previous albums, and returned to a more commercial rock based sound.

Release
"Radio Wall Of Sound" was originally released on 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, cassette and CD.
Noddy 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 1st week out. The charts have been very dance orientated of late and I can’t 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."
In the same interview, Noddy Holder stated "I knew "Radio Wall Of Sound" was more commercial, a good instant rock track."
Due to the song's radio friendly sound, the song was specially modified for London's Capital Radio as a radio jingle.

Promotion
A promotional video was created for the single, whilst the song was also performed on U.K. TV, appearing on Motormouth and Slade's final appearance on Top of The Pops.
The band opened the Top of the Pops show with their performance, the vocals were performed live where Jim Lea used the opportunity to change the lyric. Instead of "So just play the radio loud", he sang "So just turn that TV up loud".
Noddy Holder spoke in a 1992 fan club interview of the song's promotion. "The problem was sustaining the momentum after using up all the available TV’s 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."
Originally, in September, just before the single's release, the Slade fan club newsletter announced plans for a music video. The video was set in a radio station where the DJ Mike Read was trying to out volume Slade playing on the roof, where at the end the entire station blows up. Although this idea wasn't exactly filmed, the video did feature Read as the DJ, with Slade performing on the roof, and the radio tower explodes during the song.

Chart Performance
"Radio Wall Of Sound" reached number 21 on the U.K. chart.

Track listing - 7" U.K. Single
A1. Radio Wall Of Sound (Jim Lea) - 3:47
B1. Lay Your Love On The Line (Dave Hill, Bill Hunt) - 3:09

Radio Wall Of Sound
"Radio Wall Of Sound" written by Lea, this was originally released as a single by Slade via Polydor Record Label on 7th October 1991 and reached number 21 on the U.K. chart.
This became the band's last U.K. top 30 hit giving the band a hit over 3 decades. This was the band's 23rd U.K. top 30 hit.
Shortly before the single, Polydor Record Label decided to released a new Slade compilation and hoped that the band would promote this release by releasing 2 new singles. If both singles were successful, a new studio album was to be recorded. The 1st single was "Radio Wall Of Sound".
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 1 DJ Mike Read as 'the voice of radio'.

Lay Your Love On The Line
"Lay Your Love On The Line" written by Dave Hill and former Wizzard member Bill Hunt, this was the b - side to Slades original single "Radio Wall Of Sound".
Since circa 1984, Hill had been putting forward his own demos to the band, however no Slade recordings materialised from Hills material. By 1991, Polydor record label decided to release a new Slade compilation and hoped that the band would promote this release by releasing 2 new singles. The 1st single was "Radio Wall Of Sound", which was written solely by Lea, and "Lay Your Love On The Line" was the song chosen for the single's b - side.

Credits
Dave Hill - lead guitar, backing vocals
Noddy Holder - lead vocals, gutiar, backing vocals on "Radio Wall Of Sound"
Jim Lea - lead vocals on "Radio Wall Of Sound", bass guitar, backing vocals
Don Powell - drums
Mike Read - DJ voice on "Radio Wall Of Sound"
Jim Lea for Perseverance Ltd. - producer on "Radio Wall Of Sound" and "Lay Your Love On The Line"
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