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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’s most prolific decade musically, the 1980s. What were the factors that helped catapult Scotland’s 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.

28 minutes

Last on

Fri 10 Apr 2020 12:00

Music Played

  • TV21

    Snakes and Ladders

  • Simple Minds

    Love Song

    • The Best Of.
    • Virgin.
  • Average White Band

    Pick Up The Pieces

    • The Best Of The Average White Band.
    • Hit Label.
  • Simple Minds

    Chelsea Girl

    • Life In A Day.
    • Virgin.
    • 7.
  • Josef K

    Chance Meeting

    • Endless Soul.
    • Marina.
    • 7.
  • Orange Juice

    Blue Boy

    • The Glasgow School.
    • Domino.
    • 4.
  • The Associates

    Party Fears Two

  • Altered Images

    Happy Birthday

    • Altered Images - Reflected Images.
    • Sony.
  • Big Country

    In a Big Country

    • Without The Aid Of A Safety Net.
    • EMI.
  • Scars

    All About You

    • Author! Author!.
    • Prevs.
    • 13.
  • Simple Minds

    Waterfront

    • Glittering Prize - Best Of Simple Minds.
    • Virgin.
  • Danny Wilson

    Davy

    • Meet Danny Wilson.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Wet Wet Wet

    Wishing I Was Lucky

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Lloyd Cole and the Commotions & Lloyd Cole

    Perfect Skin

    • Lloyd Cole - The Collection.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Del Amitri

    Kiss This Thing Goodbye

    • Waking Hours.
    • Universal.
    • 001.

Broadcast

  • Fri 10 Apr 2020 12:00