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 ›
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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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Sandy McLean on the origins of 53rd and 3rd, Fast Forward and The Cartel.
Sandy McLean on the origins of 53rd and 3rd, The Cartel and how Fast Product became Fast Forward…. ………………….. Sandy: Ok, well, it was called Fast Product when I joined in ’82, the name Fast Product hadn’t been used on… 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 