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27/07/2018

New and classic Scottish music plus soul, rockabilly, pop, indie and more. Plus Nicola speaks to Martin Metcalfe about the Goodbye Mr Mackenzie song The Rattler.

Nicola Meighan plays new and classic Scottish music - plus soul, rockabilly, pop, post-punk and more from round the world - and speaks to some of Scotland's best-loved artists about their well-loved songs. This week she talks to Martin Metcalfe, former singer of Edinburgh band Goodbye Mr Mackenzie about their classic song "The Rattler" giving an insight into the songs evolution, what influenced it and why Shirley Manson's backing vocals was a masterstroke at the end of the track.

2 hours, 55 minutes

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Fri 27 Jul 2018 23:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Aretha Franklin

    Respect

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.

  • Blondie

    Hanging On The Telephone

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI Chrysalis.
    • 9.

  • Aztec Camera

    Somewhere in My Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • WEA.

  • Young Fathers

    Lord

    • Cocoa Sugar.
    • Ninja Tune.
    • 005.

  • The Orielles

    Blue Suitcase (Disco Wrist)

    • Silver Dollar Moment.
    • Heavenly.

  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

    Deanna

    • Tender Prey.
    • Mute.
    • 3.

  • Mattiel

    Bye Bye

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert

    She Runs

    • Here Lies The Body.
    • Rock Action.

  • Doris Duke

    Congratulations Baby

    • (single).
    • RRG Records.

  • The Beat

    Mirror In The Bathroom

    • The Beat - Beat This!.
    • Sire.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    They Don't Know

    • Galore - The Best Of Kirsty MacColl.
    • Virgin.

  • St. Vincent

    Fast Slow Disco

    • Concord Loma Vista.

  • Spare Snare

    The Rattling Boy From Dublin Town

    • (single).
    • CHUTE.

  • The Spook School

    Best of Intentions

    • Could It Be Different?.
    • Slumberland Records.

  • Amythyst Kiah

    Trouble So Hard

    • Amythyst Kiah & Her Chest Of Glass.
    • Soul Step.

  • Gwen McCrae

    Lead On Me

    • (single).
    • Columbia.

  • Emma Pollock

    Acid Test

    • Watch The Fireworks.
    • 4AD.
    • 2.

  • Elvis Costello

    Veronica

    • Elvis Costello - Extreme Honey.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Shop Assistants

    I Don't Wanna Be Friends With You

    • Shop Assistants.
    • Chrysalis.
    • 1/1.

  • David Keegan, Sarah Kneale, Laura McPhail, Taylor, Alex & Shop Assistants

    All That Ever Mattered

    • Will Anything Happen.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 005.

  • Garbage

    Only Happy When It Rains

    • Garbage.
    • Mushroom.
    • 3.

  • Lomond Campbell

    Consort 4

  • Bobbie Gentry

    Sermon

    • I’ll Never Fall in Love Again: The Best of Bobbie Gentry.
    • Spectrum Music.
    • 018.

Broadcast

  • Fri 27 Jul 2018 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland