Sunday, 14 February 2010

First Recording

I can't believe I found this on youtube - the first recording I ever made. It is a single from 1977 by a band called The Drive. It was touted as Scotland's first punk single, which it clearly wasn't! More Stonesey than the Clash. I play slide guitar on it. I was aged 17. The band was put together by my then brother-in-law, who wrote the embarrassing lyrics and was the singer. We did a couple of gigs as the punk scene blossomed, but we did not really fit the zeitgeist of the time, and soon split.

So, here it is. No images, unfortunately, just the soundtrack. I tried tracing the single online, and found to my astonishment that it is available for over 100 dollars, and is regarded as a collector's item. That made my laugh out loud.

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