RADIO-ACTIVITY (1976, France) 

Capitol/ EMI/ Pathe Marconi 2 C 244-82087


This, if I'm not much mistaken, is the second edition from France, released pretty soon after the first edition and within the same year, 1976 - which was already long after the album came out in Germany. There are only minor differences, including the catalog number - this edition has the 2 C prefix followed by 244-82087, the other edition has number 2 C 242-82087.


Not sure why there were two different cat.no's for this, but it matches the LP (which has either 2C 062-82087 or 2C 066-82087), and actually it matches the German release as well, which came as either 1C 062-82087 or 1C 064-82087!). The title track was a big hit in France, after being used as the theme tune to a music show on radio, so perhaps it is not so surprising that there were two editions of the album as well? On the other hand, if it follows the German numbering, it may have nothing to do with the single.


The J-card is a simple 1-panel effort on glossy card stock, with print on both sides. The front shows the familiar radio set, but drawn out across the top to make it fit a rectangular front... On this, the 244-prefix version, there is no mention of "Dolby System" on the front; this features on the 242 version. (the 244 edition has the dolby system logo on the cassette shell though!) As usual, there are a few minor variants - I have yet to come across any cassettes with paper labels, but there's a choice of blue, black or dark green on-body print, to what appears to be pale grey or off-white cassettes.








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