Since the Stray Tour in 1990, Frame has merged a segment of the Bob Dylan song "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" into "Down the Dip", from High Land, Hard Rain, and this version of the song was played by Frame at subsequent shows, up until October 2012. [23] [24] [25] [26] Around 2012, Frame included a segment of the Curtis Mayfield song "People Get Ready" in live solo versions of the song "How Men Are", from the Love album. [27] In October 2013, a book entitled The Lyrics: Roddy Frame—containing the entirety of Frame's lyrical work with Aztec Camera—and a High Land, Hard Rain T-shirt were released as part of a "Roddy Frame" collection. [28] Reissues [ edit ] The Bard of East Kilbride, Roddy Frame, who later cheekily juxtaposed his old housing estate Westwood with Hollywood in his group’s biggest hit, arrived fully on the scene with this relatively modest but frequently wonderful debut album. That’s an interesting question. I was talking about this the other night. I still have the rejection letter from Rough Trade. We started out on Postcard Records, which was a small Glasgow independent label, and we were distributed by Rough Trade. And when I decided I wanted to leave Postcard to make an album, Geoff Travis from Rough Trade got in touch. For some reason, after the Postcard thing, they wanted to put our records out, and that’s when we moved to London and went to Rough Trade. Rough Trade was kind of the big indie label at the time, so it was a good place for us to go. Paul Sinclair (30 July 2012). "Aztec Camera / Deluxe editions". Super Deluxe Editions. superdeluxeedition . Retrieved 17 April 2014. Frame wasn’t entirely alone. Orange Juice—Aztec Camera’s close comrades on the Glasgow indie label Postcard Records—had already combined some of these same elements before Frame made his Postcard debut, the 1981 single “Just Like Gold.” And the NME’s famous C81 cassette compilation included, alongside Aztec Camera and Orange Juice, Scritti Politti’s “The ‘Sweetest Girl’”, Green Gartside’s first foray into post-punk soulfulness. Rather than an outgrowth of grayish post-punk, though, Aztec Camera was a negative afterimage rendered in pastels. By the time “Pillar to Post,” the group’s first single for Rough Trade, came out in 1982, Frame and crew had become labelmates with another young quartet that featured jangling guitars, crooned vocals, and a snappy rhythm section: the Smiths.

Following the August 2013 reissue of High Land, Hard Rain, Frame announced three corresponding live performances, at which the album was played in its entirety with a full band. The December 2013 shows occurred in London, Manchester and Glasgow, UK. [35] To replicate the sound of the original recording, Frame switched guitars at the start of each song during the anniversary shows, to match the instrument used in the studio. [9] Davis, Hays Aztec Camera - Roddy Frame on 1983’s “High Land, Hard Rain” Under The Radar 9 April 2014 I liked what he did when he was in the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and I also liked that album where he plays the music from Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence on piano. That's where you realise that the atmosphere around his compositions is actually in the writing – it's got nothing to do with synthesisers. [20] a b c Giles Smith (6 May 1993). "MUSIC / The Roddy and Ryuichi roadshow: When Roddy Frame wanted to make his new album with Ryuichi Sakamoto, he had to wait in line. Giles Smith reports". The Independent . Retrieved 22 June 2014.

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I think it was Talking Heads and Van Halen. Apart from that I don’t remember. I wish I could remember. a b c d e Dan Gray (19 August 2014). "August 2014". Soho Radio. Flatpak Radio. Archived from the original (Audio upload) on 6 September 2014 . Retrieved 6 September 2014.

I think, really, what it was, and I think some people found this hard to understand, the choice of Mark Knopfler as producer. And we used AIR Studios, like George Martin’s studios in London. It was a real step in a different direction. It was definitely a step towards a different kind of music. McGovern, Kyle (19 December 2013). "Aztec Camera Dust Off Rarities for 'High Land, Hard Rain' Reissue". Spin . Retrieved 28 January 2017.Monger, James Christopher. "Deep and Wide and Tall: The Platinum Collection". AllMusic . Retrieved 5 May 2023.

A second single, also released in 1981, featured the songs "Mattress of Wire" and "Lost Outside the Tunnel". Following the two 7" releases with Postcard, the group signed with Rough Trade Records in the UK and Sire Records in the United States (US) for their debut album. [6] At this point, the band was officially a quartet: Roddy Frame (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Bernie Clark (piano, organ), Campbell Owens (bass) and Dave Ruffy (drums, percussion).

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For Frame's final album under the Aztec Camera moniker, and the last original studio recording for the WEA label, Frame worked with renowned production team Langer- Winstanley, who had previously worked with Madness and Elvis Costello. [22] Frestonia was released in 1995 and the Reprise Records label issued it in the US. "Sun" (1996) was the only one song from the album that was released as a single. After the release of Frestonia, Frame finally decided to record under his own name and was no longer a Warner artist. [3] Roddy Frame – Live – Down The Dip, Paisley Abbey 27-10-12" (Video upload). k1rk1c on YouTube. Google Inc. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 . Retrieved 5 July 2014.