SL Records Singles Club

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Whisky Galore - If Hope Is All You've Got

Yossarian - My Shy Boy Saint

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SL Records Singles Club

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To celebrate the launch of the new SL Records website we're starting our very own singles club. Each month we'll be matching up two track, one track will be a 'lost classic' – a track that is either now out of print or demo that was never released – and the other a brand spanking new track from some up and coming young whippersnapper, both of which we'll make available to download absolutely free. We're casting our net far and wide and all the artists will be new to the SL fold. This month 's selection has been picked, currated, chosen and sorted by the wonderful Mr David Griffin, propriotory of the mighty fine record and book store Elvis Shakespear on Leith Walk, Edinburgh.

Whisky Galore - If Hope Is All You've Got MP3

This months brand new track comes from Whsiky Galore

Whisky Galore are a minuscule wee folk duo from Edinburgh, bound for as much success as Michelle McManus' personal trainer. Content with this fact they have a lot more fun than they would in a Libertines tribute band giving hand jobs for a one album deal with Rough Trade.

Early in 2008 they released a sketchy EP; "A Night On The Piss, A Year On The Dole". It sold a phenomenal 45 copies, whipping the media into a frenzy and just about shattering the music scene's richter scale. Following on from this epic success they released our full length debut in the summer of 2008.

After dabbling with a Christmas single and experimenting with a drum machine, half of the duo just couldn't take the pressure of life in the spotlight and so he's relocated to the peaceful town of London. They're currently about to start writing and recording long distance so expect some new lo-fi material from them in the not too distant future.

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Yossarian - My Shy Boy Saint MP3

This month's classic is from Yossarian

"My Shy Boy Saint" was originally eleased 1997 on Satellite/Soul Jazz Records as part of the Satellite Quartet, an EP also featuring Chris Bowden, and Sand. There is a different version on Yossarian's first album, Elegant Time. Both are available at Soul Jazz Records

Yossarian was essentially Timothy London. Live he performed with Kirsa Wilkensghildt and Fabio D'Agostino (bass synth/glockenspiel & drums respectively). Yossarian was introduced to Satellite/Soul Jazz by label mates Add N To X after producing their first releases. Yossarian went on to make another album for Satellite, Spidersweb, a dub album that had journalist Kitty Empire saying that here was the natural heir to Lee Perry. After a few more singles Yossarian/Tim London quit making pop music to concentrate on making films and music for theatre, for about seven years.

London is now back making pop music again. His first production is the Young Fathers debut album, a psychedelic boy band/electrohiphop affair that is being supported by the NME/Skins crowd (along side Unicorn Kid, another Edinburgh artist), first single, Straight Back On It was released a few weeks back to great reviews. Other one off singles with various artists have been released on his own label in the last couple of months of last year. He is currently working on an album by Heatherette (lead singer of Edinburgh band The Gussets), an album of dubstep based sounds by Saturday Night Dancehall as well as knocking out the odd remix for Esser, Damn Shames and others.

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