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Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
This was taken off the first record I ever bought, a rock & roll compilation from the mid-70s. An aunt had given me a record token and me, in my musical ignorance, well, I’d gone for the record with the flashiest cover. A good choice it seems, some classic tracks on it – Roy Orbison’s ‘Domino’, some crazed Bill Haley live cuts, Bill Justis. I always try and play a track from this scratchy old LP wherever I DJ.
With his new album The Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society, featuring contributions from Alexis Taylor, KT Tunstall, The Pictish Trail and more, out this week, the Fife singer-songwriter writes us a special Baker's, cherry-picking favourite tracks from his old Edinburgh club night
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