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Join Made In Scotland 80's for an EXCLUSIVE podcast episode with Dan O'Neill from The River Detectives. We go back to the very early days of when Dan and Sam met at School, to the first incarnation of The River Detectives. We cover the iconic masterpiece albums of 'Saturday Night, Sunday Morning' 'Elvis Has Left The Building' and their third and final album 'King Of The Ghost Train Ride'. From humble beginning in the shadows of the formed Scottish steelworks The Ravenscraig' Dan and Sam went on to become one of Scotlands most loved and respected bands of their time. Headlining the South African 'Glastonbury', playing to packed audiences across the world. We are truly honoured to have spent some time in what felt like a very very rare insight into Craigneuk's finest.
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Join MADE IN SCOTLAND 80's for a Listeners Special Dedication Episode. With songs from Rab Noakes, Idlewild, Big Country, Sunset Gun, Teenage Fanclub and more... Huge THANK YOU to everyone who took the time top getting in contact and send in their requests. Enjoy people and all the very best for 2023.
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Join Made In Scotland for an exclusive Blue Nile event, The 3rd Gathering of The Blue Nile fans from across the world, Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, Europe,America and many more... Wonderful people who come together to celebrate one of Scotlands finest ever bands 'The Blue Nile'. In this episode we chat with the fans and fellow musicians about their love for The Blue Nile and what the songs mean to them. So many great songs and great people in this episode within the heart of Glasgow's Oran Mor... the home of The Blue Nile. None of this would be possible without the efforts of The Blue Nile facebook group admin team and one man in particular Geno Williams, who organises these events. Check out the Facebook Group and join, who know's we might just see you at the next event.
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It's been a fabulous year for stepping back into Scotland in the 80's so why not join me for a round up of Season 1 of the Made In Scotland 80's podcast. With chat and tunes from Jesse Rae, Friends Again, Bloomsday, The Bathers, BMX Bandits, Soup Dragons, The Blue Nile, The Associates, Kevin McDermott Orchestra, The Trashcan Sinatra's, Love & Money and Starless.
SUBSCRIBE FOR SEASON 2, where we'll have more of the same and tons of amazingly talented musicians. A massive heartfelt THANK YOU to all our listeners and Twitter followers...
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STARLESS: Join me for a chat with Paul McGeechan, one of Scotlands most iconic musical talents and record producers. With a career spanning 40 years Paul is truly a master of his craft. With influential Scottish bands such as Friends Again, Love & Money and Starless... This episode is all about STARLESS. We chat about life after Love & Money, how the STARLESS concept came about, Paul's masterplanning to pull all these iconic vocalists and artists in their own right to come together and record as STARLESS, what the future holds for Paul and the new STARLESS album which should be out 2023. With some amazing stories and a sophisticated soundtrack along the way... Definitely, not to be missed if your a fan of Scottish music and fine musicians.
Check out Pauls projects and current work at
www.starless.co.uk
Or for some fantastic vinyl selections from Glasgows finest record label and working miracles for the industry, try...
https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com
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LOVE AND MONEY: Join me for a chat with Paul McGeechan, one of Scotlands most iconic musical talents and record producers. With a career spanning 40 years Paul is truly a master of his craft. With influential bands such as Friends Again, Love & Money and Starless... This episode is all Love and Money. We chat about the forming after Friends Again and the bands iconic career with classic albums such as 'All You Need Is... Love & Money', 'Strange Kind of Love', 'The Mother's Boy', 'Dogs In The Traffic', 'Littledeath' and 'The Devil's Debt'. Paul gives us an insight into living the life of being on the road with Love & Money, touring America, Europe and beyond with some amazing stories and a killer soundtrack along the way... Definitely, not to be missed if your a Love & Money fan. One of Scotlands best bands of the 1980's and 1990's.
Check out Pauls projects and current work at
www.starless.co.uk
Or for some fantastic vinyl selections from Glasgows finest record label and working miracles for the industry, try...
https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com
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Join me for a chat with Paul McGeechan, one of Scotlands most iconic musical talents and record producers. With a career spanning 40 years Paul is truly a master of his craft. With influential bands such as Friends Again, Love & Money and Starless... and now is one of Scotlands elite producers, producing and remastering over 600 albums to date... In this episode we go back to where it all began... The birth of Friends Again, Paul's meeting with (The Bathers) Chris Thomson and his Love & Money partner James Grant. Neil Cunningham and Stuart Kerr completing the line up of FA . With the much loved re-issue of their only album Trapped and Unwrapped due early 2023, which will be remastered and produced by Paul, this is an episode to surely wet your appetite for more Friends Again.
Check out Pauls projects and current work at
www.starless.co.uk
Or for some fantastic vinyl selections from Glasgows finest record label and working miracles for the industry, try...
https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com
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A fabulous dive into the TRASHCAN SINATRA'S with John Douglas. We discuss early days and early gig's, touring. The iconic back catalogue including 6 sublime album's from 'CAKE' in 1990 to 'WILD PENDULUM' 2016. We also chat about new music, two new singles and a possible new album release in 2023. The Trashcan Sinatra's are one of Scotlands most successful bands and have spanned generations with their perfect indie pop songs. This episode is not to be missed if you are a fan.. it's a must.... if your new to the Trashcans, again, don't miss this one.. you will be hooked!
You can support the Trashcan Sinatra's via their Patreon page link below
https://www.patreon.com/trashcansinatras
Or if you fancy some vinyl albums from them, get them at the wonderfully set up Last Night From Glasgow shop and online, link below
https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com
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The brainchild of one of Scotlands finest musicians/producers PAUL McGEECHAN (Friends Again, Love & Money) brings you STARLESS. A collective of some of our best loved artists and singers under one roof. Join us for some behind the scene's and backstage interviews and live performances on this much anticipated concert recorded LIVE at The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. we catch up with CHRIS THOMSON (The Bathers) JOSH McGEECHAN (Guitars) EMMA POLLOCK (The Delgado's) MARIE CLAIRE LEE, GRAHAME SKINNER (Hipsway) and the unmistakable aura of JERRY BURNS. A beautiful concert in a beautiful location. To buy STARLESS MUSIC see the links below...
https://www.starless.co.uk
https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com
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KEVIN McDERMOTT LIVE IN CONCERT 2022: Join me for some chat with Kevin McDermott and an exclusive live in concert recording at the 'Woodside' Venue, Aberdour. A stripped back acoustic gig from Kevin and Nick Blythe. Including an interview with Kevin on playing live, new music and audience love for one of Scotland's most influencial singer/songwriters over the years, described as Scotland's Springsteen. Some songs to mention live are, Suffocation Blues, Wheels of Wonder, She Comes From The Sun, Healing Harbour and his new song Tell Me. A must for fans, enjoy! Huge thanks to Kevin, to all the staff at The Woodside, Aberdour, to John McTaggart for making things happen and to the amazing staff and food at McTs Deli Aberdour, breakfast to die for! 5 stars all round.
You can find Kevin's NEW MATERIAL and back catalogue on Bandcamp here
https://kevinmcdermott.bandcamp.com/track/tell-me
If you prefer vinyl, get 'Mother Natures Kitchen' from the wonderful 'Last Night From Glasgow' here
https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com
And for all you quizzers who love the 80's check out Thea Newcomb's great books via the 'Totally Content' brand and test your knowledge here
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Totally-Content-Books/e/B09J5HCVV3?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vu00_taft_p1_i0
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THE BATHERS LIVE IN CONCERT 2022: Join me for the much anticipated return of The Bathers live in concert. Recorded at the exclusive 'Woodside' Venue, Aberdour. An up close an intimate gig from Chris Thomson and friends (Paul McGeechan, Hazel Morrison and Callum McNair). Including interviews with Hazel Morrison and Chris Thomson. With audience snippets and an interview with the guys who make these gigs possible, John McTaggart and Geno Williams. We have exclusive live material from STARLESS, FRIENDS AGAIN, THE BATHERS and some BLUE NILE covers. A must for anyone who appreciates stunning music created by lovely talented musicians and all round great's of the Scottish music scene.
You can buy The Bathers material from Bandcamp here
https://thebathers.bandcamp.com
You can find out more about Starless here
https://www.starless.co.uk/home
Both artists are available on vinyl from Last Night From Glasgow here
https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com
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The Associates are one of Scotland's most loved post-punk bands of the 1980's, with albums such as The Affectionate Punch, Sulk and Perhaps. Billy MacKenzie and Alan Rankine have a special place in our hearts giving us 'Party Fears Two' and 'Country Club' to name a few... In this episode we celebrate The Associates legacy with a mix of live performances, fans and friends tributes, Alan's insight into the songs and a timely reminder of the remarkable human being that we lost in Billy MacKenzie. Huge thanks and praise go to film director Grant McPhee for the use of his material. Alan Rankine for his agreement on the making of this. And to the fans of The Associates. We also have a Go Fund Me page to raise money for a memorial statue to Billy in his home city of Dundee, Scotland. Search on the GoFundMe platform for "BILLY MacKenzie Memorial Statue'.
https://gofund.me/3fab4519
https://grantmcpheedirector.com
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The Blue Nile Podcast: A Walk Across The Rooftops was released April 1984 and introduced us to the brilliance of the the Blue Nile. Paul Buchanan, P.J. Moore and Robert Bell changed our lives forever from that moment onwards and we have never looked back... We just can't get enough of the Blue Nile. Enjoy this podcast in which we go track by track through this life changing iconic masterpiece. We have audio insert's from Paul and music critic's where they sum up the feeling of followers of the band.
Subscribe to the podcast to make sure you never miss any updates on new episodes and again, many thanks for listening.
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LISTENER REQUEST SPECIAL: 1 hour special request show from listeners of the Made In Scotland80's podcast. With songs from Bourgie Bourgie, The River Detectives, Jerry Burns, Love and Money, Simple Minds, Marillion and more.... All wonderful tunes and some artists you may find bring you a new muse.... Enjoy everyone and a huge thanks to all of you who took the time to send in a request and voice note. More new episodes coming next year. All the very best for 2022!
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Jim McCULLOCH PART 2: Jim is one of Scotland's most iconic singer-songwriters with a career that's spanned over 30 years with bands such as the BMX Bandits, The Soup Dragons, Superstar, Green Peppers and Snowgoose. During this time Jim has also worked on several solo projects and has a delightfully beautiful new album out now called 'When I Mean What I Say'. Which is available from Violette Records as a 10" E.P. In this episode we continue our chat with Jim, picking up with the birth of SNOWGOOSE and their iconic albums 'HARMONY SPRINGS' and 'MAKING OF YOU'. We also chat with Jim about his stunning new solo album 'When I mean What I say', upcoming tours, a Snowgoose 3rd album, early chat around Motherwell, yip down a wee rabbit hole there and AN EXCLUSIVE LIVE TRACK 'ANYTHING JOE' which isn't on any albums as yet. Enjoy this final part of the podcast which has been such a pleasure to produce. Please leave comments and suggestions for future guests. There will be Christmas Special between Christmas and New Year celebrating Scottish artists. Thank you for listening!
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Jim McCULLOCH PART 1: Jim is one of Scotland's most iconic singer-songwriters with a career that's spanned over 30 years with bands such as the BMX Bandits, The Soup Dragons, Superstar, Green Peppers and Snowgoose. During this time Jim has also worked on several solo projects and has a delightfully beautiful new album out now called 'When I Mean What I Say'. Which is available from Violette Records as a 10" E.P. In this episode we chat with Jim about his very early days of busking in Glasgow, the birth of The BMX Bandits, the whirlwind the was The Soup Dragons, touring America with INXS, his stunning work with Superstar and Green Peppers. Its a wonderful journey to listen to with some cracking songs and stories along the way. A must listen if your a fan of Scottish pop culture and like a rollercoaster of a story.
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THE BATHERS PART 3 (THE FINALE) The Bathers are one of Scotland's most iconic band's. The vehicle for singer-songwriter, Chris Thomson, they are sometimes referred to as "the best-kept secret in Scottish music" and have released seven albums. Initially active between 1985 and 2001, then reformed in 2016. In this final episode we chat with Chris about his song writing process, The Bathers new album 'Sirenesque' due for release 2022, a potential follow up album, our final Q&A's from our listeners, Friends Again reunion gigs? Chris's stunning work on the Starless projects with the legendary Paul McGeechan from Friends Again and Love & Money, an EXCLUSIVE LIVE PERFORMANCE of a Bathers classic and so much more... Enjoy you wonderful people and please leave a review on Apple/Spotify/Google etc....
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PART 2: The Bathers are one of Scotland's most iconic band's. The vehicle for singer-songwriter, Chris Thomson, they are sometimes referred to as "the best-kept secret in Scottish music" and have released seven albums. Initially active between 1985 and 2001, then reformed in 2016. In these episode we cover Chris's early works with Friends Again, then morphing into the lavish and lush sound of The Bathers, one off projects in the form of Bloomsday. Chris let's us in on behind the scene's stories of his career to date and we chat about future plans and new releases coming next year. A very exciting time ahead for Chris and all The Bathers fans. EPISODE 2 covers The Marina Trilogy, Pandemonia album and Q&A from our twitter followers. Enjoy!
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The Bathers are one of Scotland's most iconic band's. The vehicle for singer-songwriter, Chris Thomson, they are sometimes referred to as "the best-kept secret in Scottish music" and have released seven albums. Initially active between 1985 and 2001, then reformed in 2016. In these episode we cover Chris's early works with Friends Again, then morphing into the lavish and lush sound of The Bathers, one off projects in the form of Bloomsday. Chris let's us in on behind the scene's stories of his career to date and we chat about future plans and new releases coming next year. A very exciting time ahead for Chris and all The Bathers fans. EPISODE 1 covers early days. Enjoy!
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The Iconic Jesse Rae is Scotland's pioneer of Funk music. Having worked with some major artists across the world within the industry of funk including Bernie Worrell, Nairobi Sailcat and Michael Hampton from Parliament / Funkadelic. Jesse also worked closely with the American producer Roger Troutman founder of the band ZAPP who helped spearhead the funk movement and heavily influenced West Coast Hip-Hop. Part 2 of the interview kicks off right where we left Jesse in Part 1, in 1985 with the release of his Scottish P-Funk album "The Thistle". A wonderful insight into Scotlands Funk Ambassador with some very interesting stories on Jesse's award winning videos and friends. BONUS at the end of the interview with Jesse treating us to some new music. Enjoy everyone and thanks for listening, please leave. review, it would be really helpful and appreciated.
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