(I'm) Stranded (song)

1976 song by The Saints July 2020 (I'm) Stranded ImStranded.jpg UK single picture sleeve single The Saints (I'm) Stranded (I'm) Stranded No Time September 1976 Bruce Window Studios, Brisbane, AustraliaJune 1976 Punk rock http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-03-15/the-10-best-punk-rock-singles-by-the-undertones-michael-bradley The 10 best punk rock singles, by The Undertones' Michael Bradley Bradley Michael 15 March 2016 TeamRock 12 February 2017 3:25 Fatal (Australia)MA-7186Power Exchange (UK)PX-242 Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper The Saints, Mark Moffatt Erotic Neurotic 1977 (I'm) Stranded by The Saints (1977 Australian single, side A).png Australian single single 1977 EMI reissue of the Australian single "(I'm) Stranded" is the debut single released by Australian punk rock band the Saints.Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop McFarlane Ian Ian McFarlane Allen & Unwin 1999 Encyclopedia entry for 'The Saints' http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=342 1-86448-768-2 Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop https://web.archive.org/web/20040813100940/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=342 13 August 2004 Cockington James Long Way to the Top Sunshine Sounds ABC Books Sydney, N.S.W. 0-7333-0750-7 210–217 August 2001 Issued in September 1976, it has been cited as "one of the iconic singles of the era",The Rough Guide to Punk Spicer Al 2006 276 Rough Guides 978-1-84353-473-0 registration https://archive.org/details/roughguidetopunk00spic/page/276 and pre-dated vinyl debuts by contemporary punk acts such as the Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, The Damned and The Clash.http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1402503.htm J Files: The Saints Kingsmill Richard Australian Broadcasting Corporation 30 November 2000 3 November 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081118050215/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1402503.htm 18 November 2008 In 2001, it was voted among the Top 30 Australian Songs of all time by APRA.http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History/2001Top30Songs.aspx APRA/AMCOS 2001 Top 30 Songs Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) 3 November 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140401091541/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/apraawards/musicawards/history/2001Top30Songs.aspx 1 April 2014 http://www.debbiekruger.com/pdfs/aprathirty.pdf Kruger Debbie The songs that resonate through the years Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) 2 May 2001 3 November 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081030100404/http://www.debbiekruger.com/pdfs/aprathirty.pdf 30 October 2008 Written by guitarist Ed Kuepper and vocalist Chris Bailey,'(I'm) Stranded' at APRA search engine http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Im%20Stranded Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) 3 November 2008 the single was originally released on the band's own Fatal Records label, with an initial pressing of 500 copies.http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41896781 Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia Jenkins Jeff Ian Meldrum 2007 40 Great Australian Songs Wilkinson Publishing Melbourne 978-1-921332-11-1 291–292 In the UK, where the single was at first available only on import, Sounds magazine called it "single of this and every week. ... The singing's flat and disinterested, the guitars are on full stun. ... It's fabulous."Stafford 2006 63 In 2007, Australian Musician magazine voted this the fourth most significant moment in the history of Australian pop/rock.http://www.australianmusician.com.au/DisplayStory.asp?StoryID=148 The 50 Most Significant Moments in Australian Pop/Rock History Australian Musician 3 November 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080513073601/http://www.australianmusician.com.au/DisplayStory.asp?StoryID=148 13 May 2008 On the strength of the single, The Saints were signed in November 1976 to a three-album deal by EMI in the UK. The single was then released in the U.K. on 31 December 1976. The band's first LP was also called (I'm) Stranded. As well as featuring on their debut album, both "(I'm) Stranded" and the single's B-side, "No Time", appeared on a split EP with Stanley Frank in 1977. In 2007, "(I'm) Stranded" was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry. Background The Saints were formed in Brisbane in 1973, initially calling themselves Kid Galahad and the Eternals. They are considered to be one of the first and most influential punk groups. The Saints rehearsed in the front room of the rented house on Petrie terrace, Brisbane, which happened to be opposite the local police headquarters. By 1975, contemporaneous with the Ramones, The Saints were employing the fast tempos, raucous vocals and "buzzsaw" guitar that characterised early punk rock. Guitarist Ed Kuepper explained that they played faster and faster as they were nervous in front of audiences. The police would often break up their performances, and arrests were frequent. They found it difficult to get bookings in Brisbane and so formed their own promotion company, their own club (Hay's place became the 76 Club) and their own record label. Writing and recording Ed Kuepper conceived the melody for "I'm Stranded" in 1974 while on a midnight train ride to the outer suburbs of Brisbane where his parents lived, and wrote the first verse in his bedroom, before giving it to Bailey who wrote the rest.Duxson Eli 2022-06-27 Sound Chronicles: The Saints '(I'm) Stranded' https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/sound-chronicles-the-saints-im-stranded/ 2023-08-22 Mixdown Magazine en-AU Prior to the recording session, the band conducted a straw poll amongst their fans on which song to record, with "(I'm) Stranded)" overwhelmingly topping the poll.Stafford 2006 64 It was recorded, along with B-side "No Time", in one evening session at Bruce Window Studios in Brisbane in June 1976, with Mark Moffatt engineering. Kuepper told Australian Guitar in 2004: "On the first session, I used a Fender Twin amp and Gibson SG with no effects whatsoever, I just cranked the amp up."Matera Joe 2004 I'm Stranded: Ed Kuepper on the Making of the Saints' Classic Debut https://rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/iim-strandedi-ed-kuepper-on-the-making-of-the-saints-classic-debut Australian Guitar Rock's Backpages subscription However, Moffatt has stated he lent Kuepper his 1960 Fender Super amp because he felt Kuepper's amplifier sounded too clean. The song's "wall-of-sound" effect was achieved by recording another guitar track with a microphone placed in the concrete hallway of the studio. Bailey later claimed that the song was unintentionally sped up in production, but Kuepper has disputed this:Nichols 2016 261 "He gets confused because I seldom tuned to concert pitch. The guitar on the single was tuned up 2 semi tones. I would then use chords with open strings to achieve that ringing sound." Moffatt mixed the songs the next day but drummer Ivor Hay, who picked up the tape, asked him to turn the drums down, telling him that "we're not a drum band". After Moffatt remixed the drums, Kuepper took the tape to Astor Records, where he was employed as a storeman, and had 500 copies pressed. In 2017, Moffatt appealed for information on social media about the mixing desk used for "(I'm) Stranded".Gee Peter Dunlevie James 2017-03-03 The search for The Saints 'I'm Stranded' mixing desk en-AU ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-03/the-saints-im-stranded-mark-moffatt-mixing-desk-search-goes-on/8315588 2023-08-22 It later transpired that a group of ABC engineers acquired the desk in the 1980s and extracted its German-made transformers before disposing the rest of it.Gee Peter Dunlevie James 2017-03-05 The Saints 'I'm Stranded' mixing console mystery solved en-AU ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-06/the-saints-im-stranded-mixing-console-mystery-solved/8327034 2023-08-22 Promotional film The film clip for the song was directed by Russell Mulcahy and filmed at the band's Petrie Terrace rehearsal space. The video begins with drummer Ivor Hay kicking down the door before the band appears and performs the song. Release and UK reaction The band issued the single independently on their own imprint Fatal Records in September 1976, selling it for $2 through their marketing and PR company Eternal Productions, with Kuepper listing his parents' home in Oxley as the mailing address. They sent copies to various local and overseas record companies and music publications. In Great Britain, Sounds reviewer Jonh Ingham called it the "single of this and every week". He continued, There's a tendency to blabber mindlessly about this single, it's so bloody incredible [...] for some reason Australian record companies think the band lack commercial potential. What a bunch of idiots. You like Quo or the Ramones? This pounds them into the dirt. Hear it once and you'll never forget it. The singing's flat and disinterested, the guitars are on full stun. There's no such thing as a middle eight. It's fabulous. The song was played by influential DJ John Peel in a special punk-themed edition of his BBC Radio 1 programme, broadcast on 10 December 1976. Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats later said, "Rock music in the Seventies was changed by three bands—the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and The Saints".Glenn A. Baker. (I'm) Stranded. CD liner notes. EMI Records in Sydney was contacted by its London head office and told to sign the punk band from Brisbane. The Saints resisted being re-modelled into the English punk look and were generally ignored by the Australian press at the time, which reported that "a sinister new teenage pop cult, based on sex, sadism and violence, is sweeping Britain." They relocated first to Sydney and then to London, where they were received with excitement on their first regional tour. They did not share the spiky-topped, safety-pinned style of the leading UK punk groups and preferred to be described as "gutsy realists". Kuepper recalled that, nevertheless, they were swept up in the same punk packaging: The band was a full thing by 1974. Two and a half years later, this incredibly fashionable movement comes along, only an arsehole would have associated himself with that. On the strength of the single, The Saints were signed in November 1976 to a three-album deal by EMI in the UK. Their first LP was also called (I'm) Stranded. As well as featuring on their debut album, both "(I'm) Stranded" and the single's B-side, "No Time", appeared on a split EP with Stanley Frank in 1977. Legacy and influence "Stranded" is generally accepted to be the first punk rock single released outside of the United States, predating the first record releases from the UK punk scene. Track listing Both songs written by Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey.'No Time' at APRA search engine http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=No%20Stranded Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) 3 November 2008 "(I'm) Stranded" – 3:25 "No Time" – 2:45 Charts Chart (1977)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)Kent David David Kent (historian) Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 illustrated Australian Chart Book St Ives, N.S.W. 1993 0-646-11917-6 26398 Personnel The Saints members Chris Bailey — vocals Kym Bradshaw — bass Ivor Hay — drums Ed Kuepper — guitar Recording details Producer – The Saints, Richard Coe, Mark Moffatt Art work Cover art — Savage Pencil Sources for personnel For members, see: Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop Encyclopedia entry for 'The Saints' http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=342 Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop https://web.archive.org/web/20040813100940/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=342 13 August 2004 For Coe, see: http://www.discogs.com/Saints-Im-Stranded/release/3232557 Saints, The – '(I'm) Stranded' (Vinyl, 7") 1977 Discogs 10 November 2012 For Moffatt, see: http://aso.gov.au/titles/music/im-stranded/credits/ Principal credits: (I'm) Stranded (1976) Australian Screen 10 November 2012 For art work, see: http://www.discogs.com/Saints-Im-Stranded/release/1496216 Saints, The – '(I'm) Stranded' (Vinyl, 7", Single) 31 December 1976 Discogs 10 November 2012 Works cited Nichols David Dig: Australian Rock and Pop Music, 1960-85 Verse Chorus Press 2016 9781891241611 Stafford Andrew Pig City: From the Saints to Savage Garden University of Queensland Press 2006 9780702235610 1st Australia References External links Listen to a clip from "(I'm) Stranded" and read more about it on australianscreen online "(I'm) Stranded" was added to the Sounds of Australia Registry in 2007 [song im-stranded-mt0008770705 yes Allmusic review] Category:1976 songs Category:1976 debut singles Category:APRA Award winners Category:The Saints (Australian band) songs Category:Songs written by Ed Kuepper Category:Songs written by Chris Bailey (musician)