Year : 2013
Style : Glam Rock , Pop Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 114 mb
Bio:
Andy Scott (born Andrew David Scott, 30 June 1949, Wrexham, Wales) is a British musician and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead guitarist and a vocalist in the band Sweet.Scott started out playing bass guitar. His first gig was at St Peters Hall, Wrexham with The Rasjaks in November 1963 and then with other bands in Wales such as Guitars Incorporated and 3D's.He then progressed to guitar and played with other bands including The Saints, The ForeWinds and The Missing Links. In 1966 he joined The Silverstone Set (later shortened to The Silverstones) who won the TV show Opportunity Knocks five weeks running and appeared in the all winners show for Christmas 1966, losing to Freddie Starr. One of their further highlights was to support Jimi Hendrix in Manchester in January 1967.When The Silverstones split, Scott went on to form The Elastic Band, who recorded an album called Expansions of Life, but lead singer Ted Yeadon left to join Love Affair before its release and the band folded. During this time they also recorded an album, Pop Sounds, under the name The Cool.Scott then played in the backing band for The Scaffold, which also included his brother Mike on bass and saxophone.He went on to join Mayfield's Mule, who recorded three singles, "Drinking My Moonshine", "I See a River" and "We Go Rollin'". An album was also released in Uruguay called Mayfields Mule.In the late summer of 1970, Scott replaced Mick Stewart in The Sweet after an audition in front of Brian Connolly, Steve Priest and Mick Tucker, as well as group managers Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. He was one of the last guitarists to audition. According to Steve Priest's autobiography "Are You Ready Steve", Scott turned up looking pretty untidy, with very long hair and scruffy clothes. He plugged his guitar in and immediately blew the fuse on the amp. He eventually performed his piece and the members of the band thought he should join The Sweet.Scott's first single release in 1975 was a reworked version of the Desolation Boulevard track "Lady Starlight" backed by "Where D'Ya Go?". Both songs, recorded during the Give Us A Wink sessions, were written and produced by Scott and Mick Tucker and featured Scott playing all instruments except the drums (Tucker). Scott made a promotional video for the track and also appeared on Mike Mansfield's British TV Show "Supersonic".Scott released his second solo single, "Gotta See Jane", in 1983 under the name Ladders. It was a cover of the R. Dean Taylor Motown hit and was produced by himself and Louis Austin, who had worked with Sweet as their engineer on past ventures. The B-side "Krugerrands" was subsequently released as the follow-up single (as Andy Scott this time), but like its predecessor failed to chart, except in Australia and South Africa where it was a top 10 hit. In 1984, Scott released two more solo singles, "Let Her Dance" and "Invisible". A compilation of all his solo projects, including demos, was released by Repertoire Records in 1993, under the title 30 Years.In 1985, Scott and Tucker re-formed Sweet with new players. Paul Mario Day [ex Iron Maiden] on lead vocals, Phil Lanzon (ex-Grand Prix now with Uriah Heep) on keyboards and Mal McNulty (ex-Weapon) on bass. This band became "Andy Scott's Sweet" following Tucker's departure in 1991.
Album:
Great collection of hits.I had never heard andy scotts solo work until i got this cd the otherday, if you are a sweet fan like i am THIS SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE THE SWEET DID. what i heard on this cd is awful 80s dance/pop music with electric drum machines and other effects as such, these recordings for some reason reminded me of what robert palmer was doing in the mid to late 80s with the top 40 pop hits, the 80s was the last great decade for music i feel BUT THIS WAS THE CRAP MUSIC OF THE 80S, i dont know where andy excpected to go with this as a couple of the post brian conelly sweet records in the early 80s where ok not great like the 70s stuff but still decent efforts, the music on this cd is just what i said it is, if you liked duran duran, the fixx, abc and all that 80s mtv pop/dance stuff then i suppose this cd is for you, if you are a rocker like me and enjoyed the sweet stuff in the 70s THEN AVOID THIS CD AND DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY, all i can say is get the live at the marquee 1986 sweet cd if you want anything from the 80s with andy scott, that cd is awesome it even has a live punk edge to it, and one of the best hard rock singers in the uk on vocals PAUL MARIO DAY!!! who had been in previous bands such as WILDFIRE AND MORE!!!!!! in the early 80s, anyway im sorry to sound so harsh but the reality is i will never listen to this peice of crap again and im sorry i bought it, AVOID THIS AT ALL COSTS...
Line Up:
Andy Scott - Guitar, keyboards, vocals
production:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Angel Air Records
Copyright © – Andy Scott
Glass Mastered at – Sound Performance
Distributed By – Proper Music Distribution
Published By – Rak Publishing Ltd.
Published By – Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
Published By – Tactic Music
Published By – EMI Music
Published By – Jobete Music
Published By – Copyright Control
Published By – Maxwood Music Ltd.
Tracklist:
01. Krugerrands
02. Face
03. Gotta See Jane
04. Let Her Dance
05. Suck It And See
06. Invisible
07. Never Too Young
08. Ulysses
09. Safety Net
10. Where d'ya Go
11. Lady Starlight
12. Krugerrmental
13. Be With You Soon
14. Galaxy (TV Theme)
15. Where D'Ya Go (demo)
16. Galaxy (demo)
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