sound of young scotland
Thursday, 17 December 2020

THIS BLOG WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED

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DUE TO A LOSS OF INTEREST AND GENERAL LACK OF TIME TO CONCENTRATE ON SoYS, THIS BLOG WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED. I STARTED THIS BLOG AROUND 1...
Sunday, 22 September 2019

Unknown Postcard Pleasures

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 " Orange Juice, London, Willesden Green. On the morning of their first Peel Session (21/10/1980). That's Grace Maxwell and Scot...
Saturday, 7 September 2019

Josek K • The Scottish Affair (Pt 2)

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 Josef K • The Scottish Affair (Pt 2) • Les Disques du Crépuscule Crepuscule presents The Scottish Affair (Part 2) , a vibrant...
Tuesday, 20 August 2019

Alan Horne's Swamplands

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(James King & The Lonewolves, Memphis, Alan Horne photos by Peter Anderson) Well, well. Two posts in three days. This Swamplands pos...
Saturday, 17 August 2019

Orange Juice • 'Falling & Laughing' Cover Shoot

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Hi, all. I haven't updated this blog for about 18 months now. Most of any action concerning any posts that should have been posted...
Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Some Candy Talking

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It's been so long since I posted anything here. Tend to pass much more time at Twitter nowadays; where I also tend to post ...
Sunday, 12 November 2017

"Everything in the charts is rubbish."

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Follow-up to yesterday's post with more on Orange Juice from the November 11th, 1982 issue of Smash Hits. An article wherein we learn...
Saturday, 11 November 2017

Remembrance Day

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A youthful Edwyn Collins on the cover of Smash Hits on the November 11th issue, 1982. That's all of thirty-five years ago! ...
Saturday, 4 November 2017

I'm Going To The Darklands

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It's quite hard to believe that it's over thirty years since the Jesus And Mary Chain released their second album 'Darklands....
Sunday, 10 September 2017

That'll be £640, please.

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Spotted by Brian Forbes on a recent vist to Japan among some other "mega rare" pieces was this "UK Original, 1980" ...
Sunday, 27 August 2017

The Third Reich 'n' Roll

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Marcel Duchamp once said, when talking about his art, contemporary art in general, and criticism of it: " Everybody hates it tod...
Thursday, 24 August 2017

Orange Juice - Rip It Up (artwork in progress)

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Some very exciting images of original artwork for a few Orange Juice releases were forwarded to me by Scots post-punk a few months back...
Friday, 18 August 2017

Primal Scream : Give Out But don't Give Up

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While rummaging through some boxes looking for an elusive Associates single I came across this album: Primal Scream's ' Give Out B...
Saturday, 12 August 2017

Orange Juice : Coals To Newcastle (artwork)

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 Artwork used to illustrate the Orange Juice ' Coals to Newcastle ' boxset that was released by Domino Records in 2010. The ar...
Monday, 7 August 2017

Postcard Records Kitten Tattoo!

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I've been, as per usual, sort of busy since my last post (all of 6 weeks ago) but I should get round to adding a couple of things thi...
Saturday, 15 July 2017

Deltiology - Arab Strap

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Arab Strap can be rightly considered as one of Scotland's most infuential bands. From 1995 to their split in 2008 the band released a...
Saturday, 8 July 2017

Tap Your Winklepicker To This!

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The recent, exciting exhibition tracing the history of Scottish pop music from the 60s to the present day organized by Kevin Buckle ...
Sunday, 11 June 2017

The First Year Plan

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Ad that appeared in the 1979 music press for the compilation album, 'The First Year Plan' from Fast Product. Features the first s...
Saturday, 3 June 2017

The Only Fun In Town - Exhibition

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If anyone out there is in Edinburgh on Friday 16th to Sunday 18th of June don't miss out on this exciting exhibition tracing the hist...
Saturday, 13 May 2017

Be Part of the Amazing Teenage Superstars!

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From the makers of ' Big Gold Dream ' comes the story of the The Fall of Postcard and the Rise of 53rd & 3rd Records, ' T...
Wednesday, 10 May 2017

The Psychedelic Etchings of the Smooth

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   One of the many documents and original pieces of memorabilia you'll be able to see at the upcoming exhibition, organized The S...
Sunday, 30 April 2017

Background Beat For Active People

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Thanks to the Big Gold Dream documentary I've been digging out any Fast Product / pop:aural discs that I've had ever since the...
Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Pulling A Fast One

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Well, the other week I finally got to see the Grant McPhee documentary, ' Big Gold Dream .' A wonderful insight into the early...
Saturday, 22 April 2017

The Glummest Group In The World

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Two minutes of hate 30 years ago today from the Jesus And Mary Chain in Smash Hits, April 22, 1987 issue. Not only do they hate everyth...
Thursday, 13 April 2017

Campione!

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Cutting from the NME (circa 1985, I reckon) featuring Edwyn Collins in the 'Portrait of the Artist as a Consumer' section. Edwyn ...
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