Divine!

That’s my recent “Digging With Divine” show uploaded to Soundcloud to listen again. Seems to have a jazz theme this time… good music, nervous chat. Music kicks in at 35 seconds in - tracklisting below...

📻 LINK: https://soundcloud.com/radiobuenavida/andrew-divine-radio-buena-vida-240824

Digging With Divine (24/08/24)

ERNI CLARK “By The Grace Of God, I Am” (M-Odd Records)
BRUSSELS ART QUINTET “Vas-y Voir” (BAQ)
THE ELECTRIC PRUNES “Holy Are You” (Reprise) LP
MAGDI AL-HUSSEINI “Music De Carnaval” (Sono Cairo)
GLORIA LYNNE “Speaking Of Happiness” (Fontana)
DOROTHY ASHBY “Soul Vibrations” (Cadet)
THE HORUS ALL STARS “Cristo Redentor” (Horus Records)
THE SORCERORS “Exit Athens” (ATA Records)
ARTIE BUTLER “Alice In Wonderland” (Verve)
PHILIP COHRAN & THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE “Loud Mouth” (Zulu)
ROGERIO DUPRAT “Meeting In Brazilia” (KPM) LP
JOHNNY HARRIS “Stepping Stones” (Warner Bros)
PUCHO & HIS LATIN SOUL BROTHERS “Got Myself A Good Man” (Prestige) LP

Another Anster Adventure on the Twin Tables of Soul! Saturday night I’ll be spinning in the intimate surroundings of Bread & Butter Cafe, Anstruther. .anster Well, *I* won’t actually be spinning, the records’ll be doing that. Apparently it’s John’s birthday, so he’s suggested going a bit further out, weirder and fuzzier - let’s see where that takes us! 😍

Kicks off at 8pm and finishes off about midnight - free entry, and it fills up pretty fast. Come grab a fish supper and a wee dance!

Real nerds keep… all three? The first two Kraftwerk albums are great, and have sadly been out of print for years, unavailable digitally and will possibly remain so? Pre-electronic, funky abstract progressive rock with great flute and guitar grooves alongside heavy avant-gardening, paving the way for the sound they’re more famous for.

Do I need a French release of the first, an original German 1st press of the second - or keep the U.K. Vertigo double album coupling them both? Before anyone asks… no, it didn’t cost £3.

Are there really people who enthuse about how much cooler a push-out centre is versus a solid centre? Dear reader, I am sorry to report, these nerds walk amongst us. 😍 And… I know… it isn’t even an original!

*** AUGUST DIVINE SPOTTERS CORNER #2 ***

A monthly feature showcasing the tracks which got the spotters notepads twitching - or at least making polite enquiries at the decks. The disc jockey's role is to educate and entertain, always happy to share!

THE CHERRY SLUSH "I Cannot Stop You"

Fantastic slice of gnarly Michigan garage punk, with great Beatles-esque harmonies and pounding drums and guitar breaks. A Glasgow club favourite since the early days of Eyes Wide Open...

The Cherry Slush - I Cannot Stop You 1968

Here’s a better Belle & Sebastian related photo! The group played at the Royal Albert Hall in 2001, and had the genius idea to get me and our good friend Sean to dress up as Statler and Waldorf from The Muppets and heckle the group from one of the royal boxes. Can’t remember who I was, probably the grumpy bald one.

“Boo! Terrible! That was the worst thing I’ve ever seen! Well, it wasn’t that bad, there were bits of it I quite liked… actually, it was great! Bravo! More!” I remember some fans actually getting quite annoyed with us, thinking we were genuinely slagging the band, despite a spotlight illuminating the box and the outfits! Later immortalised on an official playing card… 😍 Just seen the whole concert has been uploaded to YouTube, amazing!

No, this isn’t some fancy Instagram filter, this is genuinely how rubbish the camera on my phone is! Good times at the Belle & Sebastian “Glasgow Weekender” after-party on Saturday night at SWG3. And very cool to know members of were getting down too! 🙌

Adventures on the twin tables of soul continue tonight at Queens Park Bowling Club. Last time I checked there were literally a handful of tickets left, link in bio tree. 🌴

COUNTDOWN TO SOUL!

Divine summer edition is happening on Friday night in QPBC, southside. Soul, funk, psych - THE GOOD STUFF! Kicks off at 8pm, see you under the mirror ball! 🪩

Event is tickets only and we’re down to the last wee bundle - 🎟 link in bio!

+++ DIVINE DATES FOR AUGUST +++

Saturday 3rd : DIGGING WITH DIVINE

In everyone’s favourite sub-culture boozer McChuills, this month ably assisted by premier garage collector Neil MacInnes spinning nasty fuzz, rockabilly, rock’n’roll and other heavyweight grooves. (8pm - midnight)

Saturday 3rd : Belle & Sebastian THE GLASGOW WEEKENDER After-Party SWG3 (late)

Finishing up a weekend of musical goodness, I’m spinning records for the closing party - northern soul, indie pop, freakbeat etc. Expect plenty of classic Art School floor-packers!

Friday 9th : DIVINE at Queen’s Park Bowling Club

The real deal end of summer bash in everyone’s favourite bowling club - still a few tickets left - this is a pay weekend, so don’t hang about if you’re pondering! 🎟 link in bio (8.00pm - 11.45pm)

Saturday 31st : EAST NEUK DIVINE Bread & Butter (Anstruther)

Back on the East Coast in a lovely wee intimate cafe - capacity is about 30-40, free entry - once it fills up, tables get pushed back and dancing to the very finest 45s ensues. (8pm - midnight) .anster

Treble top! ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY! Today’s Daily Daly didn’t disappoint… 🙌

We’re in the East Neuk and we’re rolling! DIVINE in Bread&Butter Anstruther!

The Daily Daly! Crate-digging on holiday in Fife turned up the Dalys (Dalies?) as you might expect…

Get your freakbeat on!

Tomorrow night, GROOVY TRAIN rolls into for a night of psychelia, garage and all things groovy and swirly. And what’s even better is it’s all for charity. Selectors and myself will be digging deep into the vinyl vaults for dancefloor destroyers. Kicks off at 9pm.

Supporting

Old Edinburgh Record Shop Bags #72

ARD RADIO, 137 Great Junction Street, Leith Edinburgh

Radios - Cassettes - 8 Track Cartridges - Records

Anyone have any memories of this one?

Nice wee pull at the carboot sale this morning. Been hoping to find this great Scottish post-punk 45 “in the wild” for many years. Was nestling in a pile of random 60s chart hits and apparently belonged to someone’s granny??!! Who possibly wrote “FROM STIRLING” on the front... 🙌

The Fakes “Production” b/w “Look-Out” (Deep Cuts 1979)

Featuring and comped by

Calling all EastEnders and VinylVoyeurs - I’m flogging some records over in Dennistoun tomorrow (Sunday 21st July 11am - 3pm) at

Nothing out my personal collection (yet) but hopefully some interesting bits and bobs and lots of random cheapies. Stalling out with fellow purveyors of quality and - come grab a coffee and say hi! But most importantly… BRING CASH! Got a new kitchen to pay for… 😍

Divine Summer 2024 is happening on Friday 9th August and tickets go on sale TODAY at 5pm! Wonderful records all night long in a fabulous Glasgow southside bowling club. See you under the mirrorball! 🪩

🎟 Ticket link: www.wegottickets.com/sct/wyTp3fsawe
📷 - thx!

Next Divine is happening on Friday 9th August in the Queens Park Bowling Club. Glasgow's longest running all vinyl dance party - northern soul, garage punk, psych, ska, funk, latin... THE GOOD STUFF!

Tickets on sale TODAY at 5pm. Link below!

🎟 https://www.wegottickets.com/sct/wyTp3fsawe

Tango Mango - also available by the Can*.

*WARNING: highly niche Dad Krautrock Joke.

Next Adventure On The Wheels Of Steel! Back in the East Neuk for a pair of summer dates. I’ll be spinning 45s in .anster on Saturday 27th July - from 8pm till midnight and FREE ENTRY! Grab some fish’n’chips and make a night of it…

Tomorrow night!

DIGGING WITH DIVINE TAKEOVER!!!

Saturday 6th July 2024 // 8pm - midnight // McChuills
Guest DJs:
Chris Geddes (Belle & Sebastian)
Tita Juana (Glas-goes Pop)

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. And when the tough get going... they get the even tougher to step up! In Andrew’s absence this month, we welcome seasoned vinyl diggers Chris & Tita to spin a selection of gems from their extensive collections: soul, funk, jazz, indie, rock, Americana, Tropicalia, Latin - a global selection of THE GOOD STUFF!

Playing some records closing out the album launch party for “Then & Now” - TODAY in from 2pm - 7pm. Live music from The Imagineers and a specially reformed Figure 5 and lots of great DJs:

Few tickets left on the door and all proceeds to - get involved! 👍

One for my graphic design pals. Found in the “archive” (aka old cardboard box) - anyone else remember BUYING fonts and having to send a cheque and receiving a floppy disc in the post a few days later? Still love (and use) Data70 so was probably a fairly wise investment… 25+ (???) years ago. Hope the licence is still valid… 🤓 Sometimes it’s very weird thinking of life pre-internet.

PACS! Period Appropriate Company Sleeves. It’s how we roll at Divine HQ. Although I think there’s one minor mistake here… 🔎 Can’t really get my head around collectors who chuck the sleeves and put them in plain white ones!

I've always loved rooting out the obscure originals of hit cover versions and, conversely, spinning obscure cover versions of the big hitters!

Used to spin The Clique's original of R.E.M. "Superman" back in the day to mildly raised eyebrows and dancefloor indifference - with hindsight I think the R.E.M. version possibly wins this round! 🏅

The Clique - Superman Track ten from their CD "Sugar On Sunday: The Definitive Collection."

Gorgeous version of (60s) Nirvana's "Tiny Goddess" by Françoise Hardy... ❤️

Tiny Goddess (Remasterisé en 2016) Provided to YouTube by Parlophone (France)Tiny Goddess (Remasterisé en 2016) · Françoise HardyEn anglais℗ Licence exclusive Parlophone / Warner Music France,...

Picked up a cheapo disco funk 12” this afternoon, I’m intrigued by the sticker - have any old Glasgow jazz-funk heads heard of the Black Knight Disco Road Show? “Ask for Bob” circa early 80s…

The poacher turns game-keeper! I’m bringing a few boxes of records along to the Vintage Pop-Up Market at on Saturday. And, no, I’m not selling any rare northern soul or freakbeat!

Got plenty of affordable classics, obscurities and randoms - mostly albums and a wee box of sevens - and will be bringing vintage clothes. Come by, come buy and say “hi!” 11am till 4pm.