The Pearlfishers

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We're Gonna Save the Summer 03:31 Tools
Up With The Larks 04:48 Tools
Snowboardin' 03:25 Tools
Go Away Boy 03:28 Tools
London's In Love 03:28 Tools
The Umbrellas Of Shibuya 04:03 Tools
Even On A Sunday Afternoon 03:19 Tools
Across The Milky Way 04:02 Tools
Send Me A Letter 03:43 Tools
Womack And Womack 04:29 Tools
We'll Be The Summer 02:45 Tools
New Stars 03:17 Tools
The Bluebells 03:45 Tools
I Was A Cowboy 03:26 Tools
The Vampires Of Camelon 03:08 Tools
Steady With You 03:34 Tools
Fighting Fire With Flowers 03:36 Tools
Snow On The Pines 04:55 Tools
Paint On A Smile 03:22 Tools
Sweet William 04:22 Tools
An Ordinary Day Out in the Suburbs 02:54 Tools
Eco Schools 05:00 Tools
My Dad The Weatherfan 04:17 Tools
With You On My Mind 03:03 Tools
Blue Riders On The Range 04:40 Tools
Diamanda 03:20 Tools
I Just See The Rainbow 03:41 Tools
Shine It Out 03:53 Tools
Everything Works Out 03:20 Tools
When The Highway Ends 04:17 Tools
Is It Any Wonder? 06:12 Tools
Ring The Bells For A Day 04:35 Tools
To The Northland 03:55 Tools
Todd Is God 03:55 Tools
Cherry Sky 04:03 Tools
You Justify My Life 00:00 Tools
Flora Belle 04:02 Tools
We'll Get By 03:31 Tools
Banana Sandwich 03:43 Tools
The Last Days Of September 03:34 Tools
Chasing All The Good Days Down 03:34 Tools
Sky Meadows 03:34 Tools
Battersea Bardot 02:55 Tools
Blue December 00:00 Tools
The Way My Father Talked About Vincent 00:00 Tools
I Can't Believe You Met Nancy 02:50 Tools
Snow Plus Christmas 04:01 Tools
THE GAY FISHMONGER 02:58 Tools
Over & Over 03:55 Tools
every day i read your stars 03:47 Tools
The Young Picnickers 02:54 Tools
PANTOHORSE 03:10 Tools
You'll Never Steal My Spirit 03:53 Tools
Winter Roads 03:44 Tools
Gone In The Winter 01:55 Tools
Strawberries In The Snow 03:57 Tools
once there was a man 03:53 Tools
Berlin 01:55 Tools
SADDLE SORE 04:01 Tools
Say Goodbye To The Fairground 02:59 Tools
Open Up Your Colouring Book 05:37 Tools
Stella Painted Joy 05:37 Tools
Attacked By Mountain Cats 06:03 Tools
SWAN DREAMS 03:26 Tools
Haricot Bean And Bill 06:03 Tools
Sugar Mountain Babies 02:57 Tools
A Peacock And A King 06:03 Tools
Silly Bird 06:03 Tools
They Met Too Late 02:46 Tools
I Don't Want to Know About It 02:46 Tools
Waiting on the Flood 03:48 Tools
Ice Race 04:05 Tools
Jelly Shoes 04:10 Tools
Lord Franklin 04:38 Tools
When Love Was A River 03:20 Tools
Blue December (In The City) 03:20 Tools
Night Breeze 02:47 Tools
In the Darkest Hour 05:05 Tools
Her Heart Moves Like The Sea Moves 02:47 Tools
You Can't Escape The Way You Feel 02:47 Tools
A Christmas Tree In A Hurricane 05:16 Tools
Everyday Storms 05:16 Tools
Away From It All 04:40 Tools
Love & Other Hopeless Things 04:40 Tools
The Snow Lamb 04:11 Tools
Could Be a Street Could Be a Saint 04:11 Tools
You'll Miss Her When She's Gone 04:11 Tools
You Can Take Me There 04:11 Tools
Away In A Manger / A Sunflower At Christmas 00:00 Tools
Sometimes It Rains in Glasgow 00:00 Tools
Once I Lived in London 00:00 Tools
I Couldn't Stop the Tide 00:00 Tools
One for the Bairns 00:00 Tools
A Walk into the Blue Night 00:00 Tools
Everybody Knows It's A Dream 04:12 Tools
David vs. Godzilla 04:38 Tools
The Loneliest Bonfire 03:40 Tools
A Woman On The Verge Of Becoming A Cyclist 03:40 Tools
Since You've Asked 00:00 Tools
Wichita Lineman 03:42 Tools
Another Sunflower 03:42 Tools
The Time is Right 04:47 Tools
Basking Shark 03:03 Tools
Let's Put Our Hearts Together 02:39 Tools
Snowbird 02:36 Tools
Swan Dreams (live) 03:35 Tools
Sadness Of A King 00:00 Tools
Living In A Foreign Country 00:00 Tools
Za Za's Garden 00:00 Tools
Come Chase the Snow 02:51 Tools
Bottle Of The Best 00:00 Tools
Saint Francis Songs 00:00 Tools
Dumb Dumb Dumb 00:00 Tools
blanket of ribbons 02:51 Tools
Bedroom On The Seine 03:32 Tools
Battersea Bardot (On Christmas Day) 02:47 Tools
Clumsy 03:32 Tools
Throwing It Away For Love 00:00 Tools
Russian Punks On Speed 00:00 Tools
You Want Love 00:00 Tools
Brazilian Boat 02:51 Tools
The Holly and the Ivy 02:59 Tools
Everbody Knows It's A Dream 00:00 Tools
The Loneliest Bonfire (Bonus Track) 03:40 Tools
Rhinestones In My Eyes 02:59 Tools
All-Round Rosie 02:44 Tools
Since You've Asked (Bonus Track) 02:44 Tools
David vs. Godzilla (Bonus Track) 02:44 Tools
Riverrun 02:49 Tools
Someone's Coming 02:42 Tools
The Campfire 02:42 Tools
La Javanaise 03:16 Tools
Funny April Strings 02:44 Tools
Up With The Larks [from Up With The Larks] 03:16 Tools
Untitled 00:41 Tools
Strawberries In The Snow - Mistletoe Version 02:52 Tools
Sugar Mountain Babies (Lullaby Version) 02:52 Tools
An ordinary Day Out In Suburbs 02:52 Tools
St. Francis Songs 04:53 Tools
Waiting For The Flood 04:53 Tools
Go Away Boy (The Honeys) 00:41 Tools
Sugar Mountain Baby 00:41 Tools
Away In A Manger - A Sunflower At Christmas 04:53 Tools
The Pearlfishers / Go Away Boy 04:53 Tools
Snowboardin 04:53 Tools
Funny April Strings / The Campfire 03:26 Tools
Away In A Manger /A Sunflower At Christmas 04:53 Tools
Suger Mountain String 04:53 Tools
The Cathkin Braes 05:26 Tools
Wa Wa 03:26 Tools
Werner Muller 02:35 Tools
Everyday I Read YOur Stars (demo) 03:24 Tools
Never Going Back Again 02:55 Tools
The Vampires 2 02:35 Tools
Hurt 03:26 Tools
Over and Over (version 1) 03:48 Tools
Strawberries In The Snow (Mistletoe Version) 02:35 Tools
We'll Get By (Edit II) 02:35 Tools
An ordinary day out in the suburbs '1999 02:55 Tools
In The Darkest Hour 一番暗い時に 05:05 Tools
Blue December (writing session) 02:35 Tools
Paula: Jimmy (Pearlfishers Remix) 02:35 Tools
We'll Be The Summer (Instrumental Mix) 02:35 Tools
Everyday Storms 毎日の嵐 02:35 Tools
Sugar Mountain Babies 砂糖の山の赤ん坊 02:35 Tools
Everyday I Read Your Stars 02:35 Tools
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The Pearlfishers are a Scottish band who have been making albums since 1991. The likes of Todd Rundgren, Crowded House, The Beatles and Prefab Sprout can be heard although, this shouldn't distract from the originality of their own work. EXCERPT FROM THE PEARLFISHERS WEBSITE 1984 to 1994 DAVID SCOTT: By the summer of 1984, David Scott had written 10 tunes. He played them for Scottish musician Bobby Henry who had just set up an independent record label called Shift, licensed through Phonogram. Henry was sufficiently impressed to produce two of the songs for inclusion on The Shift Compilation Album. David Scott was asked to think of a name and a joke suggestion stuck - Chewy Raccoon. By November 1984 he was demoing six songs and by December that year had signed a record deal with Phonogram. Together with friend and partner Kenny Thomson, Scott recruited a band from session musicians who had contributed during the London recordings. CHEWY RACCOON: the band hit the live circuit. A small fanbase was successfully secured and their first single, Don't Touch Me, was released in August 1985. Although the single was well received, it had little impact and, as a result, the band were unceremoniously dropped. They decided to go their separate ways, however Scott's standing publishing deal with Virgin Music kept him solvent while he regrouped. JIM GASH: In 1986, drummer Jim Gash arrived in Glasgow from Sydney, Australia, to get involved in the Scottish music scene. He soon found work as a session musician and played alongside, amongst others, Hue & Cry and The Platters. Although drums are his speciality, Jim can play almost every instrument to one degree or another and his backing vocals contribute greatly to The Pearlfishers recorded sound. HEARTS & MINDS : Jim Gash together with David Scott, Robert McGinlay on keyboards, Chris Keenan on bass and Jeanette Burns on backing vocals, formed Hearts & Minds. The band became well known in Scotland and, championed by then Radio Clyde DJ Mark Goodier, were signed by CBS Records at the end of 1986. Sessions for a proposed album were produced by 10cc's Eric Stewart and the single, Turning Turtle, released in September 1987. Unfortunately, critical acclaim wasn't matched by record company commitment or record sales and the bulk of late 1987 and early 1988 was spent squabbling with, and eventually trying to escape from CBS. The band split up, leaving only David Scott and Jim Gash. However, David Scott had some success in the summer of 1988 when two of his songs were covered in Japan. He was then commissioned to write a tune for a movie, entitled The Girl In The Picture. Scott and Gash spent their time demoing and then, late in 1988, heard that a Radio Clyde DJ was playing the single, Turning Turtle, on his show. The DJ in question was Bryan Burnett who had originally played the record as a Northsound DJ. Bryan Burnett's enthusiasm and support convinced Scott to recruit a new band. MIL STRICEVIC: Bass player Mil Stricevic (half English and half Yugoslavian) joined Scott and Gash from a group called Big Sur. A temporary measure, or so it was thought, but somehow Mil stuck around. Mil's talents also lend themselves to art. He designed and painted the back-drops the band used at their gigs. BRIAN McALPINE: Although Brian McAlpine's main instrument is keyboards, he is an excellent guitarist, accordionist and plays a variety of other musical gizmos. Only 19 years old when he joined the band, his skilful musicianship was already impressive. He had been playing jazz gigs when he was asked to complete the entourage. Touring with this line-up, Hearts & Minds quickly became even better known than they had been at CBS, pulling large crowds in Glasgow. THE PEARLFISHERS: Towards the end of 1989, an American band, also named Hearts & Minds, were signed to A & M. What seemed like a problem actually became something of an advantage as the band's sound was beginning to change, becoming more rootsy, folky and soulful. They decided on a change of name and became The Pearlfishers. It wasn't until some time later that the unintentional connection between the newly chosen name and an opera by Bizet was realised. It took a while to recover the ground lost through the name change however, by the end of 1990 things were going well. MY DARK STAR: David Scott and Jim Gash set up a small record label named 'My Dark Star' with the help of David's publisher and the Prince's Trust. The Pearlfishers quickly released their debut single Sacred which spawned sessions on Radio Clyde, Radio 1, five Scottish Television appearances and 'A' listings on all Scottish I.L.R. stations. The Hurt EP was released in November 1991 and achieved similar Scottish success to that of the single, significantly picking up playlistings all over England and Ireland. A winter tour included a gig at Edinburgh's Music Box which was broadcast as Radio Forth's 'Live On Tour Special', and culminated in a sell-out show at Glasgow's Old Athenaeum Theatre. The Hurt EP revealed the group's diverse musical abilities, the driving title track contrasting with the haunting Walking In The Waves, and the instrumental Corzan which has a breezy lyricism all of it's own. (The List). Further evidence of their eclecticism was provided in the January 1992 release of Woodenwire, a special edition cassette featuring acoustic songs such as Robert Burns' Ca' The Yowes and David Scott's contemporary version of the traditional Carrighdoun - My Home Town. The first half of 1992 was spent playing an astonishing range of gigs, including the 'Drum Beat' benefit at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall, a hugely successful spot on the main stage of the first Scottish Fleadh, support slots at Edinburgh's Usher Hall and the Aberdeen Capitol with Capercaillie, a headline at the SECC during Mayfest, and an open-air gig at Leith Links in Edinburgh with Deacon Blue. May 1992 saw the start of sessions for the group's debut album at their own studio and at Glasgow's CaVa, featuring guest contributions from Capercaillie's Karen Matheson and Donald Shaw, and Deacon Blue's Graeme Kelling and Jim Prime. The sessions, which continued throughout the year, were only interrupted by the filming of ITV's 'The Gig' at the Tunnel Club in Glasgow (broadcast twice nationally), and an acoustic tour in December 1992. IONA GOLD: Almost a year after the session started, May 1993 began the final mixings at Palladium Studios in Edinburgh. On completion, The Pearlfishers approached Scottish Record Label Iona who immediately agreed to license the release of the album and the preceding single. Saint Francis Songs emerged as the first choice single and included three exclusive tracks, Sunny April Skies, a home demo entitled Window On The World, and the 1977 Brian Wilson song It's Over Now. The band were narrowly beaten to the first-ever release of this rare song by its inclusion on the Beach Boys' 30 years archive set. ZA ZA'S GARDEN: The Pearlfishers' debut album entitled Za Za's Garden was released on Iona Gold Records on 23rd August 1993. The album was produced by the band's own David Scott and Brian McAlpine and features melodic, narrative songs, sparkling arrangements and excellent musicianship. Za Za's Garden crystalises everything the group has striven to achieve over the last three years. The second single from their debut album was released on April 4th 1994. The EP, entitled Living In A Foreign Country, features two tracks from the album and two previously unavailable songs. The EP also features Blanket Of Ribbons (from Za Za's Garden), written by David Scott and Brian McAlpine, Biggest And Best which was recorded during the album sessions but not used on the final cut, and Limelight from the unreleased 1991 album entitled The Floo'ers Of The Forest. More to follow sometime... Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.