Pop-up at @fruitmarket The Only Fun In Town: a history of Scottish pop from 60s to present day via post-punk 80s indie June 2017. Permanent exhibition soon !
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Many people don't realise one guy is behind a lot of the record covers they know so well. This is one of the things we will highlight in a permanent @HistoryofSMC Exhibition #DavidThomas
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May 13
So much fun last night, and thanks to the person we met outside who made these fun souvenirs π
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got them too!! see you tonight π
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One of our shirts made it all the way to @HeyFolksShop in Indonesia.
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Aztec Camera from East Kilbride. (1983)
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May 22
'The Skids, Fay Fife, The Rezillos and Friends Again are up for it and they're having a ball' β Ian Rankin joins me for this week's Scotpop podcast to talk about the "compelling reasons" why so many Scottish bands are reforming. Out now. @the_skids @the_rezillos @FriendsAgain2
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Jesse Garon & the Desperadoes - A Cabinet of Curiosities (Velocity Records, 1989). The album cover features Roman Vishniac's 1930s photograph of Jewish schoolchildren.
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Spotted some Precious babies in the wild β the window at the wonderful @avalanche_edin in Edinburgh's Waverley Market. Make sure you visit if you're up there !
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May 3
'A lot of young bands in Glasgow were inspired by the success of Simple Minds, Altered Images and Orange Juice ... including us' β here's a clip of James Grant @jamthrawn talking about the early years of @FriendsAgain2 on this week's Scotpop podcast (link to show in comments)
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"No one can force me to deliver a song. I can't just sit down and get to work. I need to enter a state in which I allow people, situations, and environments to enter me.
A good song is like a wave of light that strikes through you. You are nothing more than a medium for it."
ALT Billy MacKenzie by Peter Anderson
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David Bowie: Glasgow Apollo, June 1978
πΈ Harry Papadopoulos
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May 3
The Countess of Fife new album, New Phone New Car New Man, is out now (released on the Last Night From Glasgow label). Fay Fife will be bringing the group to the Glasgow to launch their album in the Glad Cafe on Saturday 23rd May. Tickets available from fretsconcerts.com
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May 4
The Bathers will be performing selected songs from their classic Pandemonia album at the Strathaven Hotel on Friday 5th June. This will be a unique show by the group, made even more special by an opening support appearance by Constant Follower.
Tickets: wegottickets.com/f/16721
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Available from all good record shops.
Before indie went mainstream, scenes like this were building it. Something For The Longing maps the Scottish indie sound from the mid-β80s to the late β90s. 83 tracks covering the roots of modern indie, plus rarities and unreleased material.
Out now π cherryred.co/SFTL
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We have bought in a very special vinyl collection. Jean Redpath's nephew brought in her own personal collection of her records all in mint condition. Jean of course is one of Scotland's most famous folk singers and was a flatmate of Bob Dylan when she moved to the States.
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Mar 28
Echo & The Bunnymen onstage at the Marryat Hall, Dundee, on 4th May 1982.
Photos AH McKay
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1986 NME poll entry by Craig, friend and roadie to Greenock band Whiteout. A nice couple of Jasmine Minks mentions π
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Mar 30
Cannot conceive of a more 1980 NME piece.
Josef K, interviewed by Paul Morley.
Pic by Harry Papadopoulos.
New Musical Express, 4 October 1980.
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