in April 1982. Three more of Dolby's songs appeared in late 1981 and early 1982: "Europa and the Pirate Twins" came out on 15 September 1981 as another independent Dolby single; "Airwaves" was issued on 30 January 1982; and "Radio Silence" was released on 25 March, accompanied by the announcement of the upcoming album. "Europa" reached No. 45 in Canada. Composition In a September 2009 interview with Drowned in Sound, following the release of the "Collector's Edition" of the album, Dolby reflected on his overall theme and approach to the songs: The music of "Europa and the Pirate Twins" is a deliberate merging of past and present, combining modern synthesizers with blues harmonica playing and electronic percussion with handclaps. The central character in "Radio Silence" is a personification of Radio Caroline, a 1960s British pirate radio station. Release The Golden Age of Wireless was finally released on 13 May 1982. EMI Records manufactured and distributed the aforementioned singles and the album, supporting Dolby's own Venice in Peril (VIP) label. VIP was named for the steady process of Venice sinking under water. Dolby said he would donate part of the label profits to stop the flooding of Venice. The album was released five times, in different formats and layouts. All five releases appeared on vinyl, but only the third and fifth versions appeared on CD, with each changing the order of the songs, replacing the album mixes with extended or single mixes and even adding and removing entire songs. In the case of "Radio Silence", a completely different recording with prominent guitars was the version used on the early US incarnations. The first US version, issued by Capitol-EMI's Harvest Records imprint, excised the instrumental "The Wreck of the Fairchild" and added the two sides of Dolby's first single, "Leipzig" and "Urges". Additionally, Capitol swapped the original synth-pop version of "Radio Silence" for a more rock-oriented version that had previously only been available as a single B-side in the UK. Capitol also opted for the single edit of "Airwaves" and abandoned the original UK "comic book" cover in favour of a shot of Dolby on a stage during the production of Bertholt Brecht's Life of Galileo. This image had previously been used as the cover of the "Europa and the Pirate Twins" single in the UK. After Dolby released the single "She Blinded Me with Science" (with an accompanying music video) on