We had a lot if fun with the boat that year. Aquaplaning and attempting to waterski. No mean feat in the icy-cold Hebridean sea. Here we are on one of the gorgeous Vatersay beaches. Just outside the bay at Earsary, near Harbour Cottage. Me and my friend, Sheila. I think that’s my brother Calum Iain […]
A Certain Ratio 14th June 1986 By the summer of 1986, I was working in Our Price Records by day and either rehearsing or playing with my band Bluetrain or drinking the The Hero in Bagshot on Friday and Saturday nights. It was brilliant at The Hero – there was a d.j. some nights, playing […]
The C-86 era was definitely upon us. The June Brides had first played The Buzz Club the previous December and now this fledgling indie scene was gathering some momentum, with The June Brides somewhere at the centre. We happily booked them again. We very rarely had a headline band play twice – Primal Scream are another band that did. […]
And so my little series continues. We are winding towards the end though. These are from 1975, the jeans are getting wider and the hair is getting longer. Not for my Mum though. Here she is on one of the many wonderful beaches – this is as close to the water as she ever got! […]
There are no photos from 1973. We think that was the year Dad’s camera got ruined when he took it out in the boat and it got covered in sea water. These photos are from May 1974 – as a family we always went on holiday to Barra in August, but this is the year […]
I contacted Dave Newton, guitarist from Dreamworld label mates of Go! Service / Bluetrain, The Mighty Lemon Drops recently asking if he had any photos and memories of the clothes he was wearing in the early days and where he was getting them. He sent back such a wonderful array of photos and details that my […]
Thanks once again to Justin Thomas – another glorious selection of previously unseen photos. This time Leeds post-punk band Delta 5. Their music was inspiring to me as a 14 year old – I had just started to learn bass guitar by playing along to my records. I had bought the Delta 5 album and studiously […]
