Last week the series looked at the worldwide solo hit of Edwyn Collins and pondered on its significance in the grander scheme of thing of things. I just wish that this week I could look at a similarly successful effort by The Delgados, but they just never did make the commercial breakthrough their efforts over the years richly deserved.The Delgados are probably the most important band to emerge from Scotland over the past two decades for the simple fact that without them we wouldn't have had the label Chemikal Underground without which we would never have been able to hear so many other great musical acts.
There is a very good and concise entry on the band over at wikipedia right here, and among other things, it provides an extensive discography of the LPs, EPs and singles across a career that lasted just over a decade.
You can still get your hands on a lot of their product from the excellent Chemikal Underground website, as well as all sorts of goodies by some of the other best acts to emerge from my neck of the woods in recent times. And later this month, the 15th Anniversary of the label is going to be celebrated with a special show at the Glasgow ABC, and if anyone fancies going along, tickets can be got hold of here.
There are plenty of excellent 45s by The Delgados that could easily find a place on this roll of honour, but in the end I've plumped for one that was released in 2000 and is a different version of a track that first appeared on the LP The Great Eastern, a body of work that most fans consider to be their finest.
mp3 : The Delgados - No Danger (Kids Choir)
mp3 : The Delgados - The Choices You've Made
mp3 : The Delgados - Don't Sleep
Oh and there was a truly memorable video made.
Happy Listening.
5 comments:
for what it's worth...my favourite single by my favourite scottish band ever (is that heresy? Umm, too bad!), and favourite tune of the last ten years.
This is one of only three blogs I check daily, but JC you are truly on fire this week (and no, not just because you bigged up 17 seconds Records on Saturday!)
For the next few days the Vic Galloway Delgados/Chemikal Underground Special is still available to hear on BBC Radio Scotland's Listen Again facility.
I know the director of this video very well. Sterling work.
Great song but I have to say that it was seriously butchered to be put out as a single. There's a mythical full length Kids Choir version of the song but it doesn't seem to have ever been released. At least not according to one Mr S Henderson. Who should probably know.
Undoubtedly one of my favourite bands ever. I'm really looking forward to that gig next week. It does make me feel a bit old though, I remember going along to the 5th Birthday gig Chemikal Underground had.
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