Local and/or General

For the radio program, see Local and/or General (radio program).

Local and/or General
Studio album by Models
Released	October 1981
Recorded	Farmyard Studios, Bucks, United Kingdom
Genre	New wave
Label	Mushroom
Producer	Stephen W Tayler, Models
Models chronology
Cut Lunch (1980) Local and/or General (1981) Pleasure of your Company (1983)
Singles from Local and/or General
"Local and/or General" Released: November 1981 "Unhappy" Released: December 1982

Local &/or General is the second studio album by Australian new wave rock band Models,[1] which peaked at #30 on the Australian albums chart.[2] It was released in October 1981 on Mushroom Records with Stephen W Tayler producing.[3]

Early in 1981, Janis Friedenfelds was replaced on drums by Mark Hough (a.k.a. Buster Stiggs) from New Zealand band The Swingers.[3] Prior to flying to the United Kingdom to record Local &/Or General, Models had made some demo recordings, which proved successful enough to be released as an EP, Cut Lunch in June.[1] One track, "Man o' Action", from that EP was re-recorded for Local &/or General.[1] The album provided two singles, "Local and/or General" in November and "Unhappy" in 1982, neither peaked into the Australian Top 50 singles chart.[2]

Reception

Kelly said, "I got an interesting review in London in Sounds Magazine or Melody Maker. It said I sounded like David Bowie being boned up the arse."[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sean Kelly and Andrew Duffield[5] unless otherwise shown

Local and/or General

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Local and/or General"	Sean Kelly[6]	3:20
2.	"Truth About Truth About Scientists"		2:22
3.	"Unhappy"	Mark Ferrie, Andrew Duffield[7]	3:22
4.	"Telstar"	Joe Meek[8]	0:55
5.	"Dying for My Country at the War"	Sean Kelly[9]	3:39
6.	"Drive and Reflex"		5:00
7.	"Bantam Had"	Sean Kelly[10]	4:04
8.	"Man O' Action"	Sean Kelly, Mark Hough[11]	3:40
9.	"Drunk in the House"	Sean Kelly, Andrew Duffield, Mark Ferrie, Mark Hough[12]	3:06
10.	"Tearing Hair Out"	Sean Kelly[13]	3:33
11.	"Rate of Change"		3:16

Personnel

Credited to:[14]

Musicians

Models

• Andrew Duffield — keyboards, EMS Synthi AKS
• Mark Ferrie — bass guitar
• Janis Freidenfelds (a.k.a. Johnny Crash) — percussion, traps, syncussion
• Sean Kelly — guitar, clarinet, vocals

Production

• Producer — Stephen W Tayler, Models
• Engineer — Stephen W Tayler, Tony Cohen
• Mix Engineer: Stephen W Tayler
• Re-mix — Steve Brown
• Artwork — Roy Snell
• Photography — Anton Corbijn

In pop culture

The album gives its title to the name of a radio program focussing on new Australian music on Melbourne radio station Triple R.

Television music quiz program RocKwiz has a round on general music knowledge titled "Local and/or General" after the album.

References

1. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Models'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
3. Holmgren, Magnus; Baird, Paul; Aubrey, Ross; Acosta, Lisa. "The Models". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
4. Jane Gazzo (2024). I Hear Motion. Melbourne Books. p. 97. ISBN 9781922779267.
5. ""Truth About Truth About Scientists" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
6. ""Local &/or General" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
7. ""Unhappy" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
8. ""Telstar" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
9. ""Dying for My Country at the War" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
10. "Local &/or General". Discogs. 1981. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
11. ""Man o' Action" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 2 March 2009.
12. ""Drunk in the House" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
13. ""Tearing Hair Out" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
14. "Local and/or General album credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 February 2009.