Universal Radio

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{{Infobox album

| name = Universal Radio

| type = studio

| artist = Dragon

| cover = Universal_Radio_Dragon.gif

| alt =

| released = June 1974

| recorded = February 1974

| venue =

| studio = Stebbing Studios, Auckland

| genre = Progressive rock

| length = {{Duration|m=48|s=02}}

| label = Vertigo, TRC, Aztec

| producer = Rick Shadwell

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Scented Gardens for the Blind

| next_year = 1975

}}

Universal Radio is the debut album by New Zealand group Dragon released in June 1974 on Vertigo Records and produced by Rick Shadwell.{{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'Dragon' |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=295 |access-date=27 September 2009 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040803183418/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=295 |archive-date=3 August 2004 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees/dragon.htm |title=ARIA Hall of Fame - Dragon |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |date=22 May 2008 |access-date=27 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011083504/http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees/dragon.htm |archive-date=11 October 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.sergent.com.au/dragon.html |title=Dragon |publisher=Bruce Sergent |access-date=27 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004025944/http://www.sergent.com.au/dragon.html |archive-date=4 October 2009 }}{{cite web | title = Dragon | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | first2 = Chuck | last2 = Miller | publisher = Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131022062925/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/dragon.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/dragon.html | archive-date = 22 October 2013 | url-status = usurped | access-date = 9 March 2014 }} Universal Radio, along with their second album Scented Gardens for the Blind are in the progressive rock genre—all subsequent albums are hard rock/pop rock.

On 2 July 2009, Aztec Music reissued Universal Radio with extensive liner notes, rare photos, and three bonus tracks. The first bonus track is a live recording from 1974 of their cover version of Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman", while the last two, "X-Ray Creature" and "Dinghy Days" are the A-side and B-side of Marc Hunter's first solo single released in 1973.