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Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
Although I did my best, my co-DJ Pete was way ahead of me with the jazz stuff. My even-now fairly meagre jazz collection was even smaller back then, but this gem made its way successfully to the turntable a few times. From 3:55-4:28 this sounds so much like that daft Can track ‘Pnoom’ – I was always tempted to mix them together. Sounded awful though, I soon discovered, and only really to be attempted when very drunk.
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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