Excerpt below… How to fit five albums worth of music into one moderately sized review? Not an easy task, as there’s one hundred and fifteen songs on this box set compilation, but it’s an aural feast for anyone with even… Read More ›
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CD Box Set – Big Gold Dreams – Review in God is in the TV
Extract below… Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin. This is a tale that spans 12 years, of punkish rebels, too much eye liner and some great faces from what would become Scottish music’s “Rock Royalty”. This is a… Read More ›
Big Gold Dream – BIFA – Longlist Nomination – 2015
Delighted that Big Gold Dream was Long Listed for the Best Documentary though unfortunately did not get nominated for the shortlist. https://www.bifa.film/awards/2015/winners-nominations/
Big Gold Dream – Sight and Sound’s Best Films of 2015
Delighted that Big Gold Dream was voted the 131st Best Film of 2015 by Sight and Sound. From https://letterboxd.com/russman/list/every-film-receiving-votes-in-sight-sounds-1/genre/documentary/ Every Film Receiving Votes in Sight & Sound’s 2015 Best Films Poll It may be a little early, but Sight & Sound has… Read More ›
Teenage Superstars – Pitchfork Article – April 2017
https://pitchfork.com/news/73228-new-documentary-teenage-superstars-features-jesus-mary-chain-primal-scream-more/ (c) Amanda Wicks / Pitchfork Extract below… In 2015, director Grant McPhee released The Big Gold Dream, a documentary tracking Scottish indie labels Fast Product and Postcard Records, and how they contributed to the rise of bands like Orange Juice, the Jesus & Mary… Read More ›
Big Gold Dream – Pitchfork Q+A- December 2014
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/616-qa-the-sound-of-young-scotland-doc-director-grant-mcphee/ (c) Marc Hogan / Pitchfork 2014 Extract below… Scotland was late to receive the punk gospel, but once it got hold, England’s northern neighbor clung tightly to the do-it-yourself mindset. Independent labels such as Edinburgh’s Fast Product in the… Read More ›
Big Gold Dream – Daily Record Article – April 2015
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/how-tiny-scots-label-fast-5866643 (C) John Dingwall / Daily Record Extract below… LEGENDARY Scottish post-punk record label Fast are celebrated in new film featuring all the movers and shakers from a golden era of pop music. THEY’RE the Scottish DIY record labels that… Read More ›
BIG GOLD DREAM – Pick of the Week – The Herald – 9th April 2019
https://www.thenational.scot/news/17552076.dont-forget-driver-big-gold-dream—tv-picks-week/ (c) Damian Love / The Herald Saturday night is when TV stations have a nice rest from trying to come up with anything anyone might want to watch – like most other nights, only more blatantly. On the plus… Read More ›
BIG GOLD DREAM in ‘The National’ – 2nd April 2015
https://www.thenational.scot/news/14849072.post-punk-postcards-from-indie-pendent-scotland-documentary-charts-an-era-that-changed-music/ “Post-punk postcards from indie-pendent Scotland: Documentary charts an era that changed music” (c) The NATIONAL…EXCERPT BELOW: AN AMBITIOUS feature-length documentary is about to lay bare the rise of Scotland’s post-punk/indie music scene. The Sound Of Young Scotland will debut… Read More ›
FAST : EarCom 3 – The Stupid Babies – 5 Year Old Punks and Adamski
FAST 9C – The Stupid Babies Continuing to explore the records not covered in Big Gold Dream – and as part of a new project I spoke to Adam Tinley about his Fast contribution – The Stupid Babies on Earcom… Read More ›
Big Gold Dreams Box Set Essay
From the Cherry Red Big Gold Dreams Box Set “We were like explorers.” That was the succinct phrase used by Bob Last when describing to me his nascent adventure running Fast Product. The word ‘explore’ is synonymous with… Read More ›
The Sound of Young Scotland Project 