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When Scotland Rock and Ruled

Jackie Bird looks back at Scotland's most prolific decade musically, the 1980s speaking to Jim Kerr of Simple Minds, Gary Clark of Danny Wilson and James Grant of Love And Money.

Jackie Bird looks back at Scotland鈥檚 most prolific decade musically, the 1980s. What were the factors that helped catapult Scotland鈥檚 talented musicians from the rehearsal rooms to the UK National charts. Jackie speaks to musicians like Jim Kerr of Simple Minds, Gary Clark of Danny Wilson and James Grant of Love & Money as well as the movers and shakers behind the scenes that created the infrastructure of recording studios, venues, promoters, journalists and managers that made Scotland the focus of the UK music scene for that decade.

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Mon 13 Apr 2020 12:00
大象传媒 Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Win

    You've Got The Power

    • Uh! Tears baby.
    • London records.
    • 2 / 2.

  • Big Country

    Fields Of Fire

    • Through A Big Country.
    • Mercury Records Limited.

  • The Proclaimers

    Throw the 'R' Away

    • The Best Of The Proclaimers.
    • EMI.
    • 9.

  • The Blue Nile

    Stay

    • A Walk Across The Rooftops.
    • Linn.
    • 4.

  • The Blue Nile

    Tinseltown in the Rain

    • A Walk Across The Rooftops.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • The Vaselines

    Molly's Lips

    • A Complete History.
    • Sub Pop.
    • 5.

  • Nirvana

    Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam

    • Nirvana: Unplugged In New York.
    • Geffen.
    • 3.

  • Love and Money

    Candybar Express

    • Cheap Thrills And Whisky Dreams.
    • Fontana.
    • 16.

  • Love and Money

    Halleluiah Man

    • Hallelujah Man.
    • Fontana.
    • 1.

  • Danny Wilson

    Mary's Prayer

    • Meet Danny Wilson.
    • Virgin.

  • Texas

    I Don't Want A Lover

    • Texas - The Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Love and Money

    Strange Kind Of Love

    • Strange Kind Of Love.
    • Mercury Records Limited.
    • 3.

  • The Proclaimers

    I'm on My Way

    • The Best Of The Proclaimers.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Simple Minds

    Alive And Kicking

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • The Waterboys

    The Whole of the Moon

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • H2O

    Dream To Sleep

    • The Edge Of The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Fiction Factory

    (Feels Like) Heaven

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Hipsway

    Tinder

    • Hipsway.
    • Mercury Records.
    • 007.

  • Strawberry Switchblade

    Since Yesterday

    • Strawberry Switchblade.
    • Korova.
    • 1.

  • Kevin McDermott Orchestra

    Wheels Of Wonder

    • Mother Nature's Kitchen.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Texas

    Everyday Now

    • Southside.
    • Mercury Records.
    • 003.

  • Cocteau Twins

    Sugar Hiccup

    • Stars And Topsoil.
    • 4AD.
    • 2.

  • Deacon Blue

    Loaded

    • The Very Best Of Deacon Blue.
    • Columbia.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Mon 13 Apr 2020 12:00
    大象传媒 Radio Scotland