Back in 1975 Nick Lowe was under contract with United Artists -- a residual obligation from his days with Brinsley Schwarz. He wanted out.
So he recorded a high concept single -- a tribute to the Bay City Rollers. He figured that that UA would drop him. Well, UA loved it, and wanted a followup. It was released as a single (under the pseudonym "The Tartan Horde"). And it was a hit in Japan. Go figure.
I'm going with this now because I am reading Will Birch' entertaining biography of Nick Lowe, and this morning I read about how this single came to be.
No comments:
Post a Comment