Into the Night We Slide

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]

Into the Night We Slide
Studio album by The Radio Rats
Released	October 1978
Recorded	August – October 1978, Satbel Studios, Johannesburg
Genre	Rock
Length	39:50
Label	Jo'Burg Records
Producer	Greg Cutler
The Radio Rats chronology
Into the Night We Slide (1978) The Big Beat (1991)
Singles from Into the Night We Slide
"ZX Dan"/"I'm in Love" Released: October 1978

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

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

Side one

• 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

• 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

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

Re-issue

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.