‘Remember and do that page on essential Edinburgh albums.’
‘Yeah, in a minute. I’m still doing the list of buses that go to the Usher Hall…’ [Guidebooks: so much glamour.]
Anyway, six essential Edinburgh albums for you to disagree with…
The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter – ISB
Can’t Stand The Rezillos – Rezillos
Handful of Earth – Dick Gaughan
Sunshine On Leith – Proclaimers
Geogaddi – Boards of Canada
Forever 22 – TV21
No Shop Assistants?
And not sure about the Rezillos – the singer is, after all, Fay Fife.
Surely you have to make room for Camera Obscura?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T1akm21rzE
(Which one? You choose)
Weedgies, no?
No Waterboys ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwNNUHChz5s
Great call on ISB/BOC. I need to check out Dick Gaughan as well. I’ve heard very good things about him, but never actually heard his music.
Bert Jansch – born in Glasgow but grew up in Edinburgh.
So let’s choose a Bert Jansch album…. hmmm … Rosemary Lane, possibly? Or Avocet? Or The Black Swan? Or L.A. Turnaround. Or the debut? Or Birthday Blues?
Hell – they’re all great!
Great call. They are indeed. I’d also add ‘The Ornament Tree’. Beautiful album.
I nominate the Lau Live album. Band met in Edinburgh. Album recorded there.
Edinburgh 6
Norwich City nil
Hurrah! Happy days are here again.
handy – going there for a week next month and want to get in the mood
A list of Edinburgh bands would be a fair bit shorter than a list of Glasgow bands. Discuss?
I think you’re right. To be fair, it is a proper city, in a way that Edinburgh isn’t quite.
Maybe…but would the Weegies try sneaking in East Kilbride bands?
We Were Promised Jetpacks. Went to High School in Embra, and I hope are destined for big things