ABCs of My Vinyl Collection (Letter A, Part 12)

The past 24 hours have been packed with converting my '80s-era Aztec Camera from vinyl to a digital format. Not a bad way to spend a day, eh? Uh, that may be a loaded question since I know from previous posts that 'Love' and even 'Knife' have produced some pretty heated back-and-forth comments on this blog and elsewhere. I imagine many of you have purchased the double-disc reissues Edsel released in 2012, and that makes digging up songs that you don't already have a challenge, but there have been a few that weren't part of those packages. One of the B-sides from the "Still on Fire" 12" single didn't make the cut on the 'Knife' reissue. So, here is a memorable song from the 'High Land, Hard Rain' era recorded live at Barrowlands on Oct. 6, 1984. I believe this is the lineup of Malcolm Ross, Campbell Owens and Dave Ruffy joining Roddy Frame. I really like this rousing version.

"The Boy Wonders" (Live)

This one was a request from a reader that pointed out to me that these two songs were inexplicably left off of the 'Love' reissue.' You can find them as B-sides to the "Somewhere in My Heart" 12". Both songs were recorded, again, at Barrowlands, this time on Jan. 30, 1988. I probably didn't need to tell you he was in Glasgow. You'll be able to tell when he sings "Down the Dip," just Roddy and his guitar, in his spiritual home. The fans are in heaven.

"Down the Dip" (Live)
"Jump" (Live)