1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,280 DRUM ROLL 2 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:13,440 # Will ye bring me a present just for fun? 3 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,000 # I hope you won't be shocked... # 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,640 For more than 30 years, 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,760 Scotdisc has been delivering a Scottish soundtrack to our lives. 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:22,480 # Will ye come...? # 7 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:27,760 Entertaining the world with tartan tunes and Highland hootenannies. 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,200 # I've just come down from the Isle of Skye 9 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,360 # I'm no' very big and I'm aw'fy shy 10 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,320 # And the lassies shout when I go by 11 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,360 # Hey, Donald, where's yer troosers?! # 12 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,120 They'd recorded many of Scotland's best-known performers. 13 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:42,200 # In my kilts I'll go 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,120 # All the lassies say hello! # 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,040 When the recording industry is supposedly on its knees, 16 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,080 these guys are dancing an eightsome reel. 17 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,040 # To wear the kilt is my delight... # 18 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:52,960 This is Scotdisc's story. 19 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,680 But it also tells the tale of traditional Scottish folk 20 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,000 and country music since the 1970s. 21 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,240 # Let the wind blow low 22 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,520 # Through the streets in my kilts I'll go 23 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:06,640 # All the lassies say hello! Donald, where's yer troosers?! # 24 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:20,360 STEEL GUITAR PLAYS 25 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,680 Producer Bill Garden and steel guitarist Dougie Stevenson 26 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:29,360 are the men behind the label. 27 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:38,440 OK? 28 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,280 We've milked it as much as we can, I think. 29 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,960 First met Dougie when I needed a steel guitar 30 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:44,760 on an album I was doing, 31 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,040 and that's when we first met, 32 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,680 in 1976, I think it was, or '74. 33 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,240 And we got things up from there, until today, 34 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,560 when we're still together. 35 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,280 Basically, I was doing the engineering and producing, 36 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,760 and Dougie was on the sales, marketing, that side of it, 37 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,360 which is very much like what it is today. 38 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,000 We have Scotty's - this is the studio, which is... 39 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,200 That's a brand. 40 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,360 We also have a fulfilment service under that brand, 41 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,000 where we'll ship products anywhere in the world. 42 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,240 We have Scotdisc. That's another brand, 43 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,240 and that's the label that sells and has its own copyright. 44 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,360 Gordon Duncan Distribution sells recordings 45 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,440 of just about any Scottish or Irish recording artist - 46 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,280 we stock them all through here. 47 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,160 We've another brand called Scotsound, targeted to tourism. 48 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,920 And, more recently, we have, um... 49 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,760 ..some records which are mail order. So... 50 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,440 And that covers everything. 51 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,400 # Just because we are married... # 52 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,040 The story has more humble roots. 53 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,400 It began in Scotland's vibrant clubland, 54 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,520 with the rising star of the 1970s. 55 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,920 I auditioned for various players, 56 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:01,120 and Dougie came down with his band at one time 57 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,760 and they were called The Hayriders in those days. 58 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,480 I said, "I like the steel player and the girl singer, and the rest..." 59 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,120 I said, "I don't think I could employ the rest of them." 60 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,920 Bill Garden had a band called The Bill Garden Set. 61 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:19,240 We just kept Bill, we got rid of The Set. 62 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,000 We kept Bill on piano - 63 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,080 he became a musical director for the group that I had. 64 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:31,480 # And I can't, I can't stop wanting you... # 65 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:35,040 The relationship with Sydney Devine has endured to this day. 66 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,960 # Take these chains 67 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,520 # From my heart 68 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:43,760 # And set me free 69 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,880 # You've grown cold 70 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,240 # And I'm going for a... # 71 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,960 HE LAUGHS 72 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,440 But future musical adventures with Syd were a distant dream 73 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,080 when the pair founded their first record label, 74 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,560 Country House, in 1978. 75 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,960 That's what I was meaning, in the middle of a programme. 76 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,840 That's what happens? That's what happens. That's what happens, yeah. 77 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,000 We were about to play a different key and everything. 78 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,520 THEY LAUGH 79 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,400 We formed a studio in a country house 80 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,000 and, as being a country house, we took that as our label. 81 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,960 Our first album was with Helen Randell. 82 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,720 But, at the same time, we did a recording of Dougie, 83 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,200 Dougie and his steel. 84 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,560 We did that, and we also did a piano album, the same thing - 85 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,240 country music. 86 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,560 So that was really the first ventures 87 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,720 into the new Country House label at that time. 88 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,720 HE SINGS IN GAELIC 89 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,080 Alasdair Gillies was the first big name to sign for Country House. 90 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,920 He'd been a Gaelic-singing protege... 91 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,720 ..winning the silver medal at the Mod at the age of just nine... 92 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:15,360 ..and the coveted gold ten years later. 93 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,320 HE SINGS IN GAELIC 94 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,280 His face and voice were familiar on TV in the 1970s, 95 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:28,080 and he had a successful recording career with major UK labels. 96 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,080 I'd been recording for Decca and Pye Records, 97 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,280 and I was getting a little disenchanted with the fact 98 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:35,200 that I had to go down to London all the time. 99 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,800 And, by the time you got there, three months after doing 100 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:43,000 a routining of the songs, very often, the interpretation was wrong. 101 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,440 And people down there, 102 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:49,320 they didn't understand the idiom of the music, or the style. 103 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,720 And that's when we met Bill Garden and Dougie. 104 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,560 That suited me very well, to be able to work from a home base 105 00:05:55,560 --> 00:06:00,080 with musicians, particularly both Bill and Dougie 106 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,960 are both musicians and they understand music. 107 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,360 # I am a Highland gentleman 108 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:06,760 # A gentleman am I... # 109 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,280 Live At Eden Court Theatre Inverness 110 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:14,080 was Alasdair Gillies' first recording for Dougie and Bill in 1980. 111 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,920 A live audience, it was live to tape, there were no edits 112 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,640 and things like that that I can remember. 113 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,880 So if there were any warps in the thing, you were either stuck 114 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,960 with them or say, "Oh, just delete the whole track, I don't want it." 115 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,520 But we ended up with a finished product, 116 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,800 and it's Live At Eden Court, that's fine. 117 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,960 Then it was a question of selling it 118 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,600 beyond the boundary of the Eden Court Theatre. 119 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,280 And that's over to Dougie and Bill for that one. 120 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:42,280 The solution was through British Transport Advertising, 121 00:06:42,280 --> 00:06:45,760 who had approached us with a view to advertising on buses. 122 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,480 Where you would... It was new then. 123 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,440 Where you could paint the whole bus in any colour 124 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,480 and any design you wanted. 125 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,600 They got a bus! A double-decker bus! 126 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,320 It just said, "The Alasdair Gillies bus." 127 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,440 And the bus then was taken around the country, 128 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,440 to different selling points, and I would come off the bus 129 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,280 and sign records and go into various department stores. 130 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:09,360 Way ahead of its time marketing. 131 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,000 The great thing about Dougie Stevenson is that 132 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,360 not only a musician is he, but he is a master at sales. 133 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,280 Oh, well, let's try this one. 134 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:19,640 # Tiny bubbles... # 135 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,160 CHEERING 136 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:23,960 # In the wine 137 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,520 AUDIENCE: # In the wine... # 138 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,440 Sydney Devine is a wonder of the Scottish music world. 139 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:32,720 In a career spanning six decades, 140 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,200 he's sold an estimated 15 million records. 141 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,160 # Tiny bubbles 142 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,240 LAUGHING: # Make me warm all over 143 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:43,680 # With a 144 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,720 # Feeling that I'm gonna love you till the end of time... # 145 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,120 Go on, yourself. 146 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:50,440 Magic. 147 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,960 Sydney Devine was very popular. 148 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,520 Just around the '70s, he'd began to make it big as an artist. 149 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:59,720 It was exciting and... 150 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,120 ..a lot of hard work in the early stages. 151 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:08,160 Sydney had asked me, "Would you be interested in looking after 152 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:12,160 "the tour business, the concerts and pulling all that together?" 153 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:17,160 And Bill, at the same time, said, "I'm opening a studio in Strathaven, 154 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:22,320 "would you be interested in marketing that facility?" 155 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:24,360 And I thought, "I could put the two in the one go." 156 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,600 So that's when we said, 157 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:28,880 "Right, OK, we're going to work together 158 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:34,440 "and run Sydney's business and the studio from one centre, 159 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,800 "keep the overheads down." 160 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,960 And then we snowballed into recording records 161 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,280 for distribution, including Sydney. 162 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:50,480 His popularity and their success have gone hand-in-hand, 163 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,520 like an exuberant Gay Gordons. 164 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:57,400 In the 40-odd years that I've been associated with Dougie and Bill, 165 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,360 I think we've maybe had one argument, which is very important. 166 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,880 I don't think I even have a contract with them. 167 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,320 # Two, three... 168 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:06,800 # Stop! # 169 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,480 That's how good it is. 170 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,720 Sydney Devine gave us the credibility as a recording company, 171 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,480 amongst other potential artists who we were then going to attract. 172 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,800 HE LAUGHS 173 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,280 They included Tommy Scott, a big-time Scottish record producer 174 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,680 who fancied becoming a recording artist. 175 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:35,040 He'd written for and produced acts like Van Morrison, 176 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,640 the Dubliners, Twiggy, 177 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,480 and Tommy discovered Lena Zavaroni. 178 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:46,680 # If they could see me now 179 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:49,880 # That little gang of mine... # 180 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,280 DOUGIE: I first met Tommy Scott in Motherwell Concert Hall, 181 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,360 and Tommy was there to see Sydney, actually, 182 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,320 to talk about his next recording. 183 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,520 Important record producer up from London, Scottish 184 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,040 but knew the ropes in London, 185 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,280 with the big fat cigar sitting in the stalls, that was Tommy Scott. 186 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,600 By the time Dougie and Bill met Tommy, 187 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,600 he'd had more than 30 chart hits, 188 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,000 and some of his stardust sprinkled onto Scotdisc. 189 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,160 # That you've sent me... # 190 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:22,080 They were telling me that they were looking to open a new label 191 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:26,000 themselves to handle Scottish talent. 192 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,600 Would I be interested in making product for them? 193 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:29,880 I said, "Of course I would." 194 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,040 And so we went ahead and produced 195 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,720 Tommy Scott's Pipes And Strings Of Scotland, 196 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,160 and it sold over 100,000. 197 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,800 Those kind of numbers should have put the album into the charts. 198 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,240 But it was sold through mail order at first, and then in shops 199 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,760 that didn't count towards the charts. 200 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:49,880 We were selling huge numbers. 201 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,400 We'd be way up in the national charts if it were ever reported, 202 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,240 but it wasn't, it was under the radar, which was actually something 203 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,320 we were quite happy with because we'd hit on something that was 204 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,880 really big and we really didn't want London to know about this, 205 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,680 we didn't want the major record companies to know 206 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:09,560 that we had this market. 207 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:16,440 He knew that if we exposed those numbers, 208 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:21,640 that they would all, you'd have EMI, Phonogram, Decca, 209 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:26,160 you'd have them all putting out Scottish singalong albums. 210 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,680 And they never did. We had a clear field. 211 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:31,640 # Where are you gaun, my bonnie wee lass? 212 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:33,440 # Where are you gaun, my dearie? 213 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,320 # Where are you gaun, my bonnie wee lass? 214 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,240 # A message for ma mammy 215 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,240 # What is your name, my bonnie wee lass? 216 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,160 # What is your name, my dearie? 217 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:44,760 # What is your name, my bonnie wee lass? 218 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:46,960 # Ma mammy calls me Mary 219 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,680 # Bee baw babbity 220 00:11:50,680 --> 00:11:52,520 # Babbity, babbity 221 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,240 # Bee baw babbity... # 222 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,560 Tommy Scott's new-found singing skills certainly made 223 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:59,280 a big impression in deepest Lanarkshire. 224 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:00,800 Tommy Scott, dearie me, 225 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:04,080 that's the kind of soundtrack of my upbringing, almost. 226 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,600 When I was just in the house in Motherwell, just me and my mam... 227 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:11,400 # Auntie Mary had a canary... # 228 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,920 ..if anybody called, you were put on hold with a wee bit of music. 229 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:17,840 Cos my mam would answer the phone, 230 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,680 invariably one of my pals or somebody from whatever, 231 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:22,520 "Aye, wait the now, son, I'll just get him." 232 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:23,800 But while she's on the phone, 233 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,600 she's got Tommy Scott playing on her tape recorder. 234 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,760 # Come on, get aff Come on, get aff 235 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:30,240 # I hope you think you're fly... # 236 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,520 And I'd eventually come down. "Aye, hello?" 237 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,520 And one of my mates or somebody from work, invariably would say - 238 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:37,520 forgive the language - "What the...?" 239 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,640 # Oh! Auntie Mary had a canary... # 240 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,000 HE LAUGHS Right? So... 241 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,920 Then I'd explain, "Ah, my mam's a big, big fan of Tommy Scott." 242 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:45,920 And that was it. 243 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,400 Ladies and gentlemen, Lena Martell. 244 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,160 Lena Martell was another artist attracted by Scotdisc's 245 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,440 new-found credibility. 246 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:03,040 In the 1970s, she'd been one of Britain's most successful 247 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:08,120 recording artists, with her own Saturday night show on the BBC. 248 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,680 # This is a world of everyday people 249 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:13,000 # People 250 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,720 # You have to understand your fellow man 251 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,360 # Your fellow man... # 252 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,280 Next, it's one of the year's most successful-selling singles, 253 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,480 Lena Martell, and One Day At A Time. 254 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,960 # One day at a time 255 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,360 # Sweet Jesus... # 256 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:33,880 In 1979, One Day At A Time topped the charts for three weeks. 257 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,600 She never hit those heights again, and came back to Scotland. 258 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,520 # I'm just a woman... # 259 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,800 DOUGIE: She had come to the end of her contract with the record label 260 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,440 in London, but what they didn't know is what I knew, 261 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,760 as a musician I'd been working in her orchestra, 262 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,120 touring around the country, and I could see the audiences, 263 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,120 I could see the reaction and there was lots more 264 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:59,320 mileage in Lena Martell than they seemed to think about in London. 265 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,240 So that was the attraction. 266 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:05,920 Dougie and Bill were determined to get Lena back into a recording studio. 267 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,640 The result was My Homeland, released in 2004. 268 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:12,960 Oh, it was great. 269 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,680 Very, you know, hands-on and personal 270 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:19,720 and could talk about the material and 271 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:25,040 make sure that the studio time was, you know, 272 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,880 contained, so that you didn't waste time. 273 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:29,720 The musical discipline was wonderful. 274 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,440 Lena recorded One Day At A Time for the album, 275 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,280 and changed the lyric to one of the song's most iconic lines. 276 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,520 # What I have to do... # 277 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,560 When you think of the great Lena Martell's number one hit, 278 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,560 One Day At A Time, Sweet Jesus. 279 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:50,120 Now, in the original, I think 1979, 1980, number one, 280 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,960 # I'm only human I'm just a woman. # 281 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:58,080 But if you listen to the re-recorded Lena Martell version, 282 00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,600 more modern, on Scotdisc, 283 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,800 "I'm only human, I'm just a woman," becomes - 284 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,320 # I'm only human And I'm a woman. # 285 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,080 # I'm only human 286 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,400 # And I'm a woman... # 287 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,360 I wouldn't say "I'm just a woman." 288 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,480 Because you're not just a woman. 289 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:24,840 You're a woman, it's a statement you make because that is a fact. 290 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:26,800 And I wanted to 291 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:32,280 not apologise for being a woman or say, "I'm just a woman." 292 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:34,120 There's none of this "just" patter. 293 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,520 So Scotdisc were right in there for the sisters. 294 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:45,520 BANGING 295 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,920 While Dougie Stevenson deals with the nuts and bolts 296 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:49,200 of the business... 297 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,240 ..Bill Garden is the recording studio production guru. 298 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,800 Bill Garden is the chap who's working the controls, 299 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:04,640 and on occasions coming in with a very, very beautiful 300 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:06,440 and complementary piano keyboard, 301 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,960 cos he's a very talented keyboard player. 302 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,320 So you were aware of the differences, certainly. 303 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,360 Together they were a great team, 304 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,400 and just made you feel so comfortable. 305 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,560 # I bought a wife in Edinburgh for a bawbee 306 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,960 # And then I got a penny back To buy tobaccy wi' 307 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,400 # And wi' you, and wi' you, And wi' you, my Jenny lass 308 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,360 # I'll dance the buckles off my shoes 309 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,160 # Wi' you, my Jenny lass... # 310 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,560 Ronnie Browne, the surviving member of folk band The Corries, 311 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,560 was apprehensive about his solo career after band partner 312 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,760 Roy Williamson passed away. 313 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,680 He needn't have worried. 314 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:48,400 To go into a studio, that severe a situation, 315 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,080 and I'll never forget, I went in, and Bill Garden was doing 316 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,440 the table, and I explained I was a bit nervous. 317 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,200 He says, "Don't worry about it, we'll take our time." Which we did. 318 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,600 And at the end, when I said to Bill, "Thank you so much for being 319 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,640 "so patient with me", you know, he says, 320 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,880 "Listen," he says, "it's nice to be nice." 321 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:07,560 I've never forgotten that. 322 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,520 But that's the whole, sort of, feeling 323 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,400 of Scotdisc, cos Dougie's the same. 324 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,480 It's a matter of trust. 325 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:18,920 And I trust him, that's why I discuss any songs with him, 326 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,480 because he's a musician, he's knowledgeable 327 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,520 and he's been running a record label, this label, 328 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:28,440 for a while. You know? 329 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:33,800 So you've got to respect a person's knowledge and what they 330 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:40,160 can do, especially if it's going to benefit myself and the label. 331 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,720 So cooperation... And of course he's a brilliant musician. 332 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:47,000 # Pretty woman, don't make me cry 333 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,480 # Pretty woman 334 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,760 # Don't walk away, hey... # 335 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:54,880 Dougie and Bill have always been working musicians, 336 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,240 playing in Sydney Devine's band for more than 40 years. 337 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,840 And Dougie's in constant demand as a steel guitarist. 338 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,120 Tonight, it's the Inverness date of the Patsy Cline Story tour. 339 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,360 Firstly, I always feel more comfortable and confident 340 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:15,280 when Dougie's on the stage beside me. 341 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:17,560 It's the original old-style playing, 342 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:21,840 which is what endeared me to him in the first place, particularly for 343 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,600 the show we are doing at the moment, which is The Patsy Cline Show. 344 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:30,000 That's all very traditional country music and he fits right into that. 345 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,200 All in tune, yeah? Smashing. 346 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,960 I grew up backstage at The Opry in Nashville 347 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,640 and then played on The Opry for 30 years with my father. 348 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,360 I heard many, many steel guitar players. 349 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:46,600 The quality of Dougie's steel stands right up there with them 350 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,040 and he loves the steel. 351 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,640 Pick it, Dougie. 352 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:05,680 Mighty fine! 353 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,680 OK, let's try it. Here we come. 354 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,800 Dougie and Bill are still working hard for each other in the studio. 355 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,160 ..four. 356 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,600 DOUGIE PLAYS STEEL GUITAR 357 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,840 Dougie's second solo album, a mere 40 years after his first, 358 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,280 is a collection of steel guitar and dobro tunes which will be called 359 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,160 The Scottish Steel Guitar Chillout. 360 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:37,600 That sounds good. 361 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,280 Mr Stevenson here, we're recording an album at the moment. 362 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:46,000 At the moment it's work in progress but he is playing all three 363 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,640 of his instruments - lap steel, pedal steel and dobro. 364 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,960 And it's turning out to be quite a good album. 365 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,400 We've a long way to go, but it sounds good. 366 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,680 I think we're going to have a good one with that. 367 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:14,280 In 1980, Scotdisc went on the road to try to get its artists 368 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,560 into tourist shops the length and breadth of Scotland. 369 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:21,640 Ten years later, what had seemed like a risk was paying off 370 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,160 with products in over 1,000 outlets. 371 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,600 And it was all thanks to spotting a gap in the market 372 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:27,840 that hadn't been filled. 373 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,920 When tartan shows like Thingummyjig and Songs Of Scotland 374 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,960 were taken out of the TV schedules, 375 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,240 it left a lot of singers and musicians marking time. 376 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,320 ..another edition of Thingummyjig. 377 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:56,640 When that rug, if you want to call it, 378 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,920 when the tartan rug was pulled away from all of that, it did look kind 379 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:06,840 of bleak, but only because we'd got used to some really fertile times. 380 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,440 It was difficult from the point of view of you didn't know 381 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:16,480 where your next gig was coming from if the only way people 382 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,240 saw you was in a tartan show. 383 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,640 When they stopped doing programmes like Thingummyjig, 384 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:28,560 it really pulled the plug on not only that kind of music, 385 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,680 it was like a genocide of the music. They said, 386 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,440 "We've had enough of that," and they just pulled the plug. 387 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,480 Scotdisc were sitting with hundreds of albums by dozens of different 388 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:42,680 artists, so the lack of TV exposure could have hit the business hard. 389 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:48,640 But Dougie and Bill found a creative way around the problem. 390 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,920 We had people in the studio, giving us equations of what 391 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:55,720 we should be going into and what we shouldn't be going into, 392 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,720 and one of the things they said was, "Don't go into video." 393 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,560 So what did we do? We went into video. 394 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:04,960 We've got a market here 395 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,760 because they are not showing Thingummyjig or Double Bill - 396 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,440 these were the BBC and Scottish Television shows, 397 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:12,880 light entertainment shows. 398 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,920 # Don't forget the frying pan We'll bring along some minnows 399 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,920 # Going to get you catfish and we'll cook it up for dinners 400 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,640 # Roll it up and fry it up and make it up right 401 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,680 # We're going to go fishing next Saturday night 402 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,760 # Lipstick, make-up, leave behind 403 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,640 # Make-up takes up too much time 404 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,800 # You're a little honey and you're quite a dish 405 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,520 # But Saturday night we're going fishing to fish... # 406 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:37,800 It was a move that paid off. 407 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,280 Sydney Devine's Country was the first video in 1990 408 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,560 and it snowballed from there. 409 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:49,560 We got our money back before Christmas on that production, 410 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:53,320 all in the same year, and that gave us the confidence to go 411 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,120 and make the second and the third and the fourth and then, 412 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:58,920 once you build, you're on your way. 413 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:03,280 # A fine wee lass, a bonnie wee lass is bonnie wee Jeannie McColl 414 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,000 # I gave her my mother's engagement ring and a bonnie wee tartan shawl 415 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,520 # I met her at a waddin' in the Co-operative Hall 416 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:15,360 # Well, I was the best man, she was the belle of the ball... # 417 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:18,760 Heigh! 418 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,720 Stuart Anderson Jr was an early Scotdisc video star. 419 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,280 The six-year-old from Fife had won the BBC's Young Entertainer of 420 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,640 the Year award in 1989 421 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,200 and Dougie and Bill recorded his version of Bonnie Wee Jeannie McColl. 422 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:43,440 Very confident wee boy, and he was good. He did all the actions. 423 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,280 Even when he was in the studio without cameras, 424 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,880 he did all the actions for each song he was doing because he had 425 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,040 obviously worked up a sort of routine, even at six years old. 426 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:58,000 And he was a joy to work with, actually, a joy to work with. 427 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,680 Wee Stewart performed like a pro out on his video shoots as well. 428 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,600 Stuart Anderson Jr was an amazing guy on camera. 429 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:11,280 His lip-sync was perfect and he could head turn to cameras, 430 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,920 and he knew which was the close-up and he could turn 431 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,320 and knew which was the long shot. 432 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,520 He was quite amazing. It was some talent he had in there. 433 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:22,440 # Well, I was the best man, she was the belle of the ball 434 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:23,400 # Heigh! # 435 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,360 Over the years, most of the label's artists have featured on video 436 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:32,840 and reconnected with their fans. 437 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,840 Jim MacLeod made two Hogmanay specials, and then there were 438 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:40,880 the pipes and drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. 439 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:41,960 And Ronnie Browne. 440 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,400 Scotland's random weather conditions often influenced 441 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:47,800 how the shoots went. 442 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,160 We would start with the intention of getting to certain places, 443 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,640 but if the rain came on, we would pack up and move. 444 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:59,640 We wouldn't hang around because we'd use that, the drive time, 445 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,640 to get to the next location. So you couldn't plan ahead. 446 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,120 You would jump out, when you get to the next viewpoint of whatever, 447 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:09,160 and say, "Right, what will we record here?" 448 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,240 And we'd look through our repertoire of the songs we had laid up 449 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,920 and say, "We'll pick that one, pick that one, we'll do that," 450 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,360 and that's how it all worked from day-to-day. 451 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:18,680 And most times, 452 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:23,600 we would get maybe three or four songs possibly in one day. 453 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:28,840 But weather was what governed, really, most of what we could do. 454 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,720 Helicopters were hired to cut down on travel time. 455 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:39,800 # Bheir me o, horo van o... # 456 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:45,160 And on one Tommy Scott shoot, he was whisked to Barra in a seaplane. 457 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,280 This wee man came over and said, "Hello, boys." 458 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,000 He says, "You'd better leave now, 459 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,480 "that's a big storm cloud that's coming." 460 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,720 And we looked up, and this big black cloud. 461 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,640 Dougie says to me, "Tommy, could you do it in one take? 462 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,800 "We've got to get something from out here." 463 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,440 And I says, "Dougie, I know this song from when I was at school." 464 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,800 And we recorded the Eriskay Love Lilt, and I'm standing on the wing 465 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,840 of the seaplane on this beach, and I thought it worked out good. 466 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,520 It was stressful, you don't know how you're going to get 467 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,000 out of the next hole and there's a budget, like anything else. 468 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,920 So we had to bring it in within a reasonable budget, get it 469 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,440 completed and sometimes we'd have to add another day on or whatever. 470 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,880 For Lena Martell's album My Homeland, 471 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:39,360 18 tracks were recorded in just five days all over Scotland, 472 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:41,480 including the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. 473 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,560 Did anybody choose the song? 474 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:46,920 I hope it's one I know! 475 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,480 LAUGHTER 476 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,360 So, just looking out there for starters, 477 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:53,160 and you can turn to camera as you sing. 478 00:26:55,160 --> 00:27:02,640 # Wish I was on a mountain high 479 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:10,520 # Watching the eagle as she flies... # 480 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,400 I was quite concerned when we got to make a video with her 481 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:19,160 because I knew she was a strong lady, but she was very professional. 482 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,720 And what she wanted, she got. 483 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,320 But I think we worked a good relationship and what I wanted, 484 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,080 I got as well, provided I gave her what she wanted. 485 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:28,320 Good luck. 486 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:35,000 We'll run the whole number through... See how bad I am. 487 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,360 And see how bad. 488 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,280 It was hills and glens, we were out in the countryside, 489 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,360 we were on various locations, so it was showing the country, 490 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:49,440 which all the videos do, as well as letting them hear the music. 491 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,960 # I've danced the night away in Monterrey 492 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:59,520 # But my homeland, your beauty shines forever... # 493 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,520 I knew what was in the background 494 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:12,320 and the fact that other people who weren't from Scotland, who were just 495 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,640 viewing it would say, "Oh, I wonder where that is, I wonder where..." 496 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,360 And that is why I would always say, 497 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:22,320 I sit here and I always said two or three words to say where I was. 498 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:27,920 The people that run this particular business, 499 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,360 it is a Scottish company, 500 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:34,880 it does produce Scottish videos with Scottish music 501 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,880 and it does it very well. 502 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,360 # If you want to know where tram cars go... # 503 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,120 Alastair McDonald had been ever present 504 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,360 in the BBC's tartan TV output. 505 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,000 He rediscovered his audience 506 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,480 when his Gretna To Glencoe album was released on DVD. 507 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,120 # You just have to go to Glesga's Gallowgate 508 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,120 # They sell tickets tae the moon 509 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,560 # A turn for half a croon 510 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,040 # And five bob guarantees a first-class seat. # 511 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:14,680 When we went along to record The Barras song on location, 512 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,320 it was a great opportunity for me to play the banjo 513 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:21,680 because it seems that I become almost inextricably linked with the 514 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:26,240 sound of the banjo and in addition, the location of The Barras. 515 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,880 Alastair McDonald in The Barras, he was different class. 516 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,880 And although it's not easy to perform in the high street, 517 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,480 bad enough up the mountain, but in the high street 518 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,800 with thousands of people around, not easy. 519 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,200 But that was one of Alastair's talents. 520 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,840 He was a performer and he loved an audience. 521 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,720 He played to an audience and they loved him as well. 522 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,400 # And five bob guarantees a first-class seat. # 523 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,280 # But don't tell my heart 524 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,440 # My achy breaky heart 525 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,720 # I just don't think he'd understand... # 526 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:09,760 Sydney Devine was a regular in the video catalogue and in 1996, 527 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:13,560 a leap of faith by Dougie Stevenson turned into a surprise hit. 528 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:18,120 I phoned Sydney and I said, "I've got an idea to put to you." 529 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:23,200 He said, "Well, what is it?" I said, "Well, line dancing." 530 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:27,720 I didn't want to do the line dancing. I says, "Line dancing? 531 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:32,920 "Line dancing, that's gone, that was last year, two years ago." 532 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:37,720 He says, "No, no, I think there is still a market for it." 533 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,160 He said, "Right, we'll go for it." 534 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,640 That was where it came from and we got into the studio 535 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,000 and Bill recorded all the tracks with Sydney, 536 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,520 but all to the line dance tempos. 537 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,120 # I just don't think he'd understand 538 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,160 # And if you tell my heart 539 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,040 # My achy breaky heart 540 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,960 # He might blow up and kill this man. # 541 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,640 Dougie was right, I was wrong. 542 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,400 Well wrong. 543 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:10,560 I think it finished up outselling Oasis at Christmas. 544 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,960 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 545 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,160 # Let's have a ceilidh, come wi' me 546 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,640 # Dance to the music, merry, merry music 547 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,800 # Come, let us make the rafters ring 548 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,400 # Let's have a real old highland fling 549 00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,960 # The band they will play an eightsome reel 550 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:02,360 # Laddies will shout and lassies squeal 551 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,680 # Some folk will get a wee bit fu' 552 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,120 # Still they will dance the whole night through... # 553 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,040 The videos were Scotdisc's calling card to the thousands of 554 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:13,800 woollen mills and tartan tourist shops. 555 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,280 # Before you chase another lass... # 556 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,400 We hand a two-pronged attack on that. 557 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,560 We had learned enough about the domestic market 558 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,520 and the tourism market, so we put them both together, 559 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:29,080 so we made a video that would sell for Christmas for the domestic 560 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,360 market, but it would also sell for the rest of the year, 561 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,720 in the spring and Easter, for tourism. 562 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,880 So that was the big first. 563 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,520 Tourists coming in in their droves to Scotland, 564 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,320 they want to see Scottish music, 565 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,080 they want to hear Scottish music and see the artists, if possible. 566 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,440 Both Dougie and Bill got into that market very successfully 567 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,000 and the rest is history. 568 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:55,960 # Let's have a real old highland fling. # 569 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:05,040 More than 14 million people. visit Scotland 570 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,640 and its traditional tourist hot spots every year. 571 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,280 It's a monster market worth an estimated £9 billion 572 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,560 a year to the Scottish economy. 573 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:22,600 And Scotdisc is right in amongst it, battling for every pound, 574 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:26,520 euro, dollar and yen it can get its hands on. 575 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:31,240 A lot of their customers are going to buy it, impulse purchase 576 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,680 in the visitor centres or in castles or woollen mills. 577 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,280 In the way they might see an ornament, a picture, 578 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:42,400 a postcard, they see albums, hear the albums playing in the shops 579 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,080 and it's an impulse thing. 580 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:46,640 You know exactly what you're getting if you see an album with 581 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:50,560 a piper on the front of it and I think it's knowing your market. 582 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,880 It was a gamble, but I think it was calculated 583 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:59,840 because we saw the various angles that other people weren't doing. 584 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:01,960 And OK, we were out on a limb, 585 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,680 but we did feel sure that it would pay off. 586 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,840 So a little concerned but we went for it. 587 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:12,480 We would quite often put quite a bit of tartan in. 588 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,400 We would get slated for that because people would say, 589 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,560 "Well, haggis and bagpipes, you know, that kind of company, 590 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:22,040 "you don't want them," so people would be snobbish about that. 591 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,680 But we knew that people wanted tartan 592 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:29,040 because it's such an iconic image of Scotland. 593 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,600 We were never going to be fashionable, what we did, 594 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,560 because we're not going to hide it. 595 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,840 We're selling souvenirs as well as the recordings, 596 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:38,520 but the packaging is important. 597 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,880 It's probably the most important part of it. 598 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,480 You won't sell it if it's in a brown paper bag. 599 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:53,560 Troy Haig has worked for Dougie and Bill since 1994. 600 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,840 When a shop in any town north of Gretna decides it wants to 601 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,480 stock some Sydney Devine, Eve Graham or Tommy Scott, 602 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:05,600 it's Troy's job to assemble one of these audio players. 603 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,600 Back in the day it was just, like, video players 604 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,840 and televisions playing just the music in the shops. 605 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,120 So, it changed to these things, 606 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,120 where the people have got wee bit of interaction. 607 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,840 You take the CD, you scan the unit, 608 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:22,600 and it plays you the music without people having to ask 609 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,120 the staff what's playing, it tells them on the wee screen. 610 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,080 So, it's quite a nice wee bit of kit. 611 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:35,160 That's us. It just all fits in nice and tidy, and that's you. 612 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,200 There's a waiting list for these new MP3 players, 613 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:40,560 so once it's assembled, 614 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,960 it has to get on the road as quickly as possible. 615 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:48,240 27-year Scotdisc veteran Alf McLean is making an early start, 616 00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:50,720 as he heads off to the highland capital, Inverness. 617 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:55,360 The idea of the TV unit and video 618 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:57,760 had never really thought of before, 619 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:02,280 so through contacts we spoke to a great friend of mine who was 620 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:07,760 a buyer in the woollen mills, and I asked her to do a trial run. 621 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,360 She gave us eight of these units to put into various shops. 622 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:15,200 Good shops - Spean Bridge, Fort William, Inverness, etc - 623 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,720 into the coach stops. 624 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:20,640 And six months later, it went ballistic, 625 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,480 and she put in another 40 of them. 626 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:27,080 So, that 40 went from Windsor to John o' Groats, 627 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,520 right through the whole of England, right up to John o' Groats. 628 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,320 It was amazing, absolutely amazing. 629 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,800 After a day of sales calls, 630 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,400 Alf's ended up here at one of his best customers. 631 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,040 Hi, Willie. How are you today? Alf, good to see you. 632 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:49,840 Welcome back to Loch Ness. Ah, good stuff. And how's business for you? 633 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:51,840 It's been a good season. Very, very good season. 634 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:53,400 Very busy, very busy indeed. 635 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,880 How are you enjoying the scanner and the new scanning unit? 636 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,400 Is it doing well? Scanning unit's absolutely excellent. 637 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,120 Customers love it, and the staff love it too, 638 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,760 cos they can change the tunes as soon as they like without any 639 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,280 hassle, without having to ask. 640 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,480 That's true, aye. So, it's first class. First class. 641 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:12,160 And they can turn that volume up or down, remember. Turn it up or down. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. 642 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,920 Well, I'm here to take a wee order, you know, the usual. Yeah. 643 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,920 Have you got any other ones you want me 644 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,240 to put a wee bit extra in for you? As always, it's been going very, very well, Alf. 645 00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:22,720 The big, big sellers just now are definitely 646 00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:25,280 Tartan Heart Chillout Album's been selling very well, 647 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,440 as you can see, the stock's going down there. 648 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,680 And the great Tommy Scott, a favourite with all coach parties. 649 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,880 Yes, yes. Doing very, very well. 650 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:36,280 So, we'll certainly need a complete restock as far as these are concerned. 651 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,000 Brilliant stuff. So, what I'll do, basically, is I'll double up 652 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,720 on Tommy Scott's album and I'll double up on the Tartan Chillout 653 00:37:41,720 --> 00:37:44,280 one as well. Double up. Yep, great. OK? Very much appreciated. 654 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:47,240 I'll carry on with that. See you in a month's time. OK, cheers. Bye-bye. 655 00:37:47,240 --> 00:37:50,080 Alf's final port of call is Inverness. 656 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:53,440 Scotdisc delivery, Mr Fraser. Alf, nice to see you again, good morning. 657 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,160 Nice to see you. How are you? 658 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,840 First releases were Andy Stewart, The Alexander Brothers, 659 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:02,160 and of course Tommy Scott being one of the more popular ones. 660 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,960 We've had a good relationship with Alf from selling cassettes, 661 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,960 LPs, CDs, and we've now graduated to his latest machine, 662 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:15,680 which is ideal for customers to hear before they purchase the CD. 663 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,000 Hopefully we've got some new titles. Or new to us, anyway. 664 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,520 Back Home, Brenda Cochrane. 665 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,960 Always popular, pipe bands. 666 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:37,560 Some easy listening as well, maybe Scottish Serenity. 667 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:41,080 Easy listening and a bit of rock thrown in there too. 668 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,880 Every time I go into a tourist centre, 669 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,800 anywhere in Scotland, what do I see? 670 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:56,040 Scotdisc. And it's all marketing. 671 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:59,000 Dougie Stevenson having the thing in the tourists' face, 672 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,520 and it's playing in the background, in the woollen mills, 673 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:05,360 all the places, and people gravitate towards that. 674 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:11,720 This happy bunch is a group from Connecticut in the USA. 675 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:14,360 They've been whisky tasting, 676 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,520 and now the inhibitions have melted away. 677 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:19,800 It's time for a good old singsong. 678 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:25,280 # Then swing along to a hiking song 679 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:29,440 # On the highway winding west 680 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:34,880 # Tramping highland glens and... # 681 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,520 THEY CHEER 682 00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:41,000 BAGPIPE MUSIC PLAYS 683 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,400 They're on their way to a traditional evening of highland hospitality 684 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,160 in Rob Roy MacGregor's Barn and Bar the banks of Loch Ard, 685 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,880 in the heart of the Trossachs. 686 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:04,360 We've got 27 Americans coming for dinner. 687 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:07,640 Our aim is to get them to get under the skin of Scotland. 688 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,040 We give them a traditional Scottish dinner... 689 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,880 # Once again the land's in darkness As we hang our head to mourn 690 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:18,200 # We remember how the Wallace caused oppression's tide to turn... # 691 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,720 ..we entertain them. We give the history of the barn to them. 692 00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:23,680 The barn was built in 1604 as a granary. 693 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:27,400 Rob Roy came of age in the barn in 1689. They give them all that. 694 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,280 The weapons are on the wall, we ask them not to take them off. 695 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:33,480 And we really give them a fun evening with music. 696 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,400 # Oh, Campbeltown Loch I wish you were whisky 697 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,880 # Campbeltown Loch och aye 698 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,400 # Campbeltown Loch I wish you were whisky 699 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,200 # I would drink you dry... # 700 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:44,640 Try it together. 701 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,720 # ALL: Campbeltown Loch I wish you were whisky 702 00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:49,440 # Campbeltown Loch och aye 703 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,760 # Campbeltown Loch I wish you were whisky 704 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,440 # I would drink you dry 705 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,760 # Campbeltown Loch I wish you were whisky 706 00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,800 # I would drink you dry 707 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:04,800 # Campbeltown Loch I wish you were whisk-y-y-y-y 708 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:12,520 # I would drink you dr-r-r-r-y! # 709 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:14,720 THEY CHEER 710 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:17,120 Well done, both teams! 711 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:22,400 # Oh, the wanderlust is on me... # 712 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,560 Bill McCue's The Heart Of Scotland was filmed 713 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,280 in and around the barn in 1993. 714 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:31,120 # And the morning sun will find me... # 715 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,720 It's still a big seller at the end of a great night out. 716 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:37,600 OK, so, excellent. You'll enjoy this. 717 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,080 And I've got the map here for you, 718 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:42,720 and there's a cross on the map exactly where we are. OK. 719 00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:46,440 There you go. Thank you very much indeed. Enjoy. Oh, I will. 720 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,960 I love the music, I love the history. 721 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:50,880 And I have ten grandchildren, 722 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:52,720 four of which I'm raising, 723 00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:55,600 and I want to share as much of it with them as I can, 724 00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,520 and this is one way that will help me to do that. 725 00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:00,040 What was great was old tunes that I know, 726 00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,960 that we know from Scottish heritage in the US. 727 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:07,080 So, it was very recognisable to me, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. 728 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,240 It's been a terrific way to end the trip, on a real high note. 729 00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:12,040 The music was terrific. 730 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,360 # William Wallace... # 731 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:17,040 It keeps the culture alive, the history alive, 732 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:21,200 and especially for the tourists coming into Scotland, it's ideal. 733 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,320 Yeah, it's wonderful to listen to the music. 734 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,040 Thank you! 735 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,600 Drams at the bar, help yourself. 736 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:32,000 Music at the bar. 737 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:38,640 # I'd like to build the world a home 738 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,720 # And furnish it with love 739 00:42:41,720 --> 00:42:45,440 # Grow apple trees and honey bees 740 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:48,200 # And snow-white turtle doves... # 741 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,920 Eve Graham was the Scottish voice in the 1970s multi-million 742 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:56,600 selling band The New Seekers. 743 00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:00,280 # And I'd like to hold it in my arms 744 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,800 # And keep it company... # 745 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,240 Eve is taking a nostalgic trip back to the Isle of Mull, 746 00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:08,200 just off Scotland's west coast. 747 00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:12,720 She's travelling with television director Cliff Martin, 748 00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:15,040 to relive memories from their Scotdisc shoot 749 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,880 on the island in 2005. 750 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:21,760 This is where I stood to sing Never Ending Song Of Love, 751 00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:24,040 if I remember. How does that go again? 752 00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:30,720 # I've got a never ending love for you... # 753 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:33,240 Well, kind of. 754 00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:37,600 # Never ending love for you 755 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:41,280 # From now on that's all I want to do... # 756 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,360 The idea was that we would film with me 757 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:50,000 on the bridge as we were passing the Lismore lighthouse. 758 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,200 Well, of course, you can't ask the boat to turn round and, 759 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,440 "Could we go past the lighthouse again, please, 760 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,640 "because we didn't get the take right?", so I had to be sure 761 00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:03,640 that I was absolutely right and so did the crew, and we did it. 762 00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,480 We did it in a take, and I think it all came off OK. 763 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,960 Cliff and Eve have a 40-minute journey from the ferry terminal 764 00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:18,640 at Craignure up to the biggest town on Mull - Tobermory. 765 00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:24,560 # Mamma can't see me get off the plane 766 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,840 # Her eyes aren't what they used to be... # 767 00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:29,840 Back in 2005, 768 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,880 it was the setting for Eve Graham's version of The Mountains. 769 00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:38,400 # It scares me to see him so weak... # 770 00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,240 All the locations we went to were just stunning, 771 00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:44,640 and so different, one from the other. Yes. And the weather. 772 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,080 Like, one minute it was raining and I'd say, 773 00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:49,200 "We're never going to get any shots here." 774 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:50,760 And then the sun would come out. 775 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,200 And then the sun would suddenly come out. 776 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:58,040 # And see my guardians unchanged... # 777 00:44:58,040 --> 00:45:00,360 It was just like the story of my life. Yes. 778 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:03,800 The words and lyrics of The Mountains was just right, yeah. 779 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,200 Perfect. It was perfect. Perfect. 780 00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:10,880 # The mountains will be here 781 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:16,840 # To welcome me home 782 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:27,600 # The mountains will be here 783 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:31,840 # To welcome me home. # 784 00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:33,600 The video was shot in the summer, 785 00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:38,920 so Eve had to sing a rather unseasonable song at Duart Castle. 786 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:42,160 # When the snowman brings the snow 787 00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:45,600 # Well, he just might like to know 788 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:51,720 # He's put a great big smile upon somebody's face... # 789 00:45:51,720 --> 00:45:54,000 I had to come across the courtyard, 790 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,480 and there were daisies on the ground 791 00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:59,400 and no snow, so the snow had to be added, 792 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:01,840 the daisies had to look like snowdrops 793 00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:06,520 and the poor Rowan tree had to have leaves painted out afterwards. 794 00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:12,840 # Well, I wish it could be Christmas every day... # 795 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:17,760 # Old acquaintance be forgot and... # 796 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:20,960 The Scotdisc snow machine was working overtime that year. 797 00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:27,720 # For auld lang syne, my dear 798 00:46:27,720 --> 00:46:32,320 # For auld lang syne. # 799 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,560 The Glasgow Phoenix choir got the treatment for their version 800 00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:36,920 of Auld Lang Syne. 801 00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:47,800 # City sidewalks, busy sidewalks 802 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:51,280 # Dressed in holiday style 803 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:57,600 # In the air there's a feeling of Christmas... # 804 00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:00,880 And you'd never know Sydney Devine's Silver Bells was filmed at 805 00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:02,480 the end of June. 806 00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:08,880 At one time, I think it was an open house in Edinburgh, 807 00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:11,760 and it was absolutely roasting. 808 00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,680 It was roasting! We was trying to pretend. 809 00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:17,400 And then when I eventually saw the video of this, there was 810 00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:21,280 actually snow coming down. I said, "Oh! Er...OK." 811 00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:27,760 It's new and it's fun! 812 00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:32,280 Sydney Devine and the Big Country dancers. 813 00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:34,680 Get The Big Country line Dance Party now. 814 00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:40,000 ..celebrates a very special new year 815 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,200 with Jim MacLeod and his all-star cast. 816 00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:46,120 Ah, the old Scotdisc television adverts! 817 00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:49,360 I remember those voiceover sessions. 818 00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:52,080 The way the label has promoted its artists over the years has 819 00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,200 played a huge part in their success. 820 00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:58,280 Filmed on the spectacular West Highland Line... 821 00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:02,840 On Scotdisc, from record and Woollen Mill shops now. 822 00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:08,040 New from Slopdisc, Tommy Scott's new album. 823 00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:12,640 The TV ads were so popular, they even had spoof spinoffs on the BBC. 824 00:48:19,720 --> 00:48:22,560 Available now from all good woollen mills. 825 00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:25,600 I do remember it! 826 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:28,600 Dougie rung me and he says, "You might be annoyed, Tommy," 827 00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:30,320 he says, "but they've done a spoof." 828 00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:31,800 I thought it was great, I thought 829 00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:34,440 it was the biggest compliment you could pay anyone. 830 00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:37,120 And they were all wearing waistcoats with tartan shirts, 831 00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:40,680 and the hairstyle that I had, which was much longer than this. 832 00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:42,320 No, I thought it was great. 833 00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:44,880 I was well pleased. 834 00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:47,960 I remember creasing myself when I saw that on Only An Excuse 835 00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:50,400 and it was so, it just popped up out of nowhere, of course 836 00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:53,480 because absolutely nothing to do with football, but here it was 837 00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:56,760 like one of these proper Tommy Scott adverts that you would see on STV. 838 00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:03,040 You know and love him from singing the anthem before Scotland games. 839 00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:06,200 # Oh, Flower of Scotland... # 840 00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:08,360 COME ON! 841 00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:12,760 But now hear the full range of Ronnie the Corrie on the best 842 00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:15,640 Ronnie the Corrie album in the world, ever. 843 00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:17,880 Hear Ronnie sing Slade. 844 00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:19,640 # Come on, feel the noise... # COME ON! 845 00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:23,280 I didn't realise that had already caught on with 846 00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:25,840 the people of Scotland. 847 00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:28,000 And I thought, "I'll encourage them to do this. 848 00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:29,280 "Oh, flower of Scotland... 849 00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:31,160 "..come on!" And then it stuck 850 00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:33,320 and then I couldn't stop doing it! 851 00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:36,800 It became part of my image. 852 00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:40,720 Get the greatest Ronnie the Corrie album in the world, ever. 853 00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:42,280 Come on! 854 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:45,480 Kids in the street, they don't know the song but they, 855 00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:48,960 they pass me in the street saying, "Come on!" 856 00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:51,880 And I'm saying, "Who are you?" I'd forgotten about it. 857 00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:56,080 What are you waiting for?! COME ON! 858 00:49:56,080 --> 00:50:00,160 It's a poke at what we do, but it, it... It's all publicity. 859 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:02,120 COME ON! 860 00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:04,800 The TV ads were cheap and cheerful, 861 00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:07,520 and Scotdisc had its own quirky marketing style. 862 00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,920 Over the years, we've produced various forms of merchandise 863 00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:16,160 for Tommy Scott here, and of course Sydney Devine, 864 00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,920 including the Sydney Devine Times 865 00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:22,000 which was a newspaper printed in Inverness as a trial 866 00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,400 run for a printing press that was about to open, 867 00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:26,360 so we got a very good deal for that. 868 00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:28,840 And it included the page three, or free, 869 00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:30,800 if you want to call it, whichever way, 870 00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:33,440 of Sydney Devine. Sold at concerts, sell it on the way in. 871 00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:35,880 So we had the newspaper. 872 00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:37,880 Tommy Scott souvenir brochure, 873 00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:44,800 and then the ultimate one was the Sydney Devine tour jacket. 874 00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:48,280 But Dougie's had the last laugh. 875 00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:54,440 Between them, Sydney Devine 876 00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:59,120 and Tommy Scott have sold over a million records through Scotdisc. 877 00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:03,080 # Kiss me, my darling 878 00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:05,240 # Be mine tonight... # 879 00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:20,320 The Highland Cathedral album by the pipes and drums of the Royal 880 00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:25,720 Scots Dragoon Guards is the label's bestselling individual title. 881 00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:31,920 The recording has shifted more than 250,000 copies since it first came out in 1997. 882 00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:35,400 The military bands gave us exactly what we wanted - 883 00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:39,640 all the well-known Scottish tunes, not competition tunes. 884 00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:43,360 So this went straight into our tourism package. 885 00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:47,200 A pipe band from Scottish Regiment, perfect, 886 00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:49,640 and not only that, they looked perfect. 887 00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:52,920 Highland Cathedral isn't Scotdisc's only success 888 00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:55,400 in the world of pipes and drums. 889 00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:59,880 Pipe Major Derek Potter was the Queen's personal 890 00:51:59,880 --> 00:52:01,880 piper for four years. 891 00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:04,120 He's made six albums for the label. 892 00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:08,560 I was asked by Dougie at the time, when I was up in Balmoral for 893 00:52:08,560 --> 00:52:11,920 the summer court with Her Majesty, and I was asked if I would 894 00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:17,520 like to come down and produce an album that was solo piping. 895 00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:21,640 And again, we looked at the fact of tunes that would be well known... 896 00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:24,160 ..to put those altogether on one album. 897 00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:25,360 So that was really, 898 00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:28,840 really good and really exciting - to get to, kind of, go in on my own and 899 00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:32,280 record something was a great opportunity with Bill and Dougie. 900 00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:36,440 # There was a soldier A Scottish soldier 901 00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:38,680 # Who wandered far away 902 00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:40,360 # And soldiered far away 903 00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:42,360 # There was none bolder 904 00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:44,360 # With good broad shoulder 905 00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:46,480 # He's fought in many a fray 906 00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:49,120 # And fought and won... # 907 00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:52,600 The most ambitious project involving Derek Potter was 908 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:57,680 the 2003 reissue of Andy Stewart's A Scottish Soldier video album. 909 00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:00,360 # They're not my land's hills And fair as these... # 910 00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:05,120 Andy died in 1993, the year after the original was released. 911 00:53:05,120 --> 00:53:09,000 And the trick was to mix the old footage with new shots 912 00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:10,560 involving the regiment. 913 00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:13,560 # Because these green hills are not Highland hills 914 00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:15,760 # Or the island hills 915 00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:17,320 # They're not my land's hills 916 00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:18,920 # And fair as these 917 00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:21,240 # Green foreign hills may be 918 00:53:21,240 --> 00:53:25,960 # They are not the hills of home... # 919 00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:28,040 We approached the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 920 00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:31,840 and we got them into the studio to record just the pipes and drums 921 00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:34,600 playing the tunes that Andy had written. 922 00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:37,280 We had Andy sing Scottish Soldier, 923 00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:40,360 and we had the, then into The Green Hills, with the pipes. 924 00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:44,000 But we took them also to the very locations where Andy sang the songs. 925 00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:48,520 And we brought all that together with pipes and drums and Andy, 926 00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:50,280 and it was a huge success. 927 00:53:50,280 --> 00:53:51,920 Very positive feedback. 928 00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:54,680 The letters we used to receive through to the regiment 929 00:53:54,680 --> 00:53:58,440 from people who had heard the album and said they'd been moved 930 00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:01,000 emotionally, when they were hearing the tracks. 931 00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:02,880 It was great to kind of get that feedback. 932 00:54:04,920 --> 00:54:07,800 The days of huge record sales have gone. 933 00:54:07,800 --> 00:54:12,000 Getting music digitally is the way forward - for now, at least. 934 00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:15,240 And Scotdisc is moving with the times. 935 00:54:15,240 --> 00:54:18,760 We wouldn't survive without streams and downloads. 936 00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:22,680 It's become such an important part of the mix, in music, 937 00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:24,840 and how you can access music. 938 00:54:24,840 --> 00:54:27,240 Music's always going to be accessed, you know, 939 00:54:27,240 --> 00:54:31,200 whether it's a physical format or a digital format. So... 940 00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:35,720 We really...you want to expand your market, 941 00:54:35,720 --> 00:54:37,840 you really have to offer both. 942 00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:42,360 Streams are really in a growth area, and it's working well for us. 943 00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:44,360 It would be in the long shot when he stands up. 944 00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:46,200 No, but it was wrong there as well. 945 00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:48,880 The DVD catalogue is getting a makeover as well. 946 00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:52,160 All right. OK. Carry on, once more, where was it? 947 00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:55,040 It's where you stand up. "Take me home, far across the sea..." 948 00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:58,520 "Home..." It's in there, there's a phrase in there. Yeah. Yeah. 949 00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:01,000 I think it's the word "take", I think. OK. 950 00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:03,080 OK, and rolling. OK, here we come, then. 951 00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,040 Where, where am I picking you up from? 952 00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:07,200 You'll hear it. Next chorus. It'll be before that. 953 00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:17,440 Scotdisc has never filmed Alasdair Gillies in his 37-year career 954 00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:20,080 with the label. 955 00:55:20,080 --> 00:55:24,520 But now he and Dougie and the old camera crew are in Argyll and Bute 956 00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:26,200 at the Rest and Be Thankful viewpoint, 957 00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:28,080 putting together a new release. 958 00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:38,760 This will be part of a compilation, 959 00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:43,120 a kind of down the years of Scotdisc video catalogue. 960 00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:48,640 We'll distribute that through social media, through YouTube. 961 00:55:48,640 --> 00:55:50,960 This is new for us to have Alasdair on the catalogue, 962 00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:54,920 cos Alasdair had gone and worked abroad for so many years 963 00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:58,720 at the time when video was in its infancy, for... 964 00:55:58,720 --> 00:56:02,520 ..companies like ourselves, so this is a new project. 965 00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:04,720 A new dimension, a new way to go. 966 00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:08,360 Over? Aye, probably, yep. Yeah, I'll take that. Yep. OK. 967 00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:12,320 LAUGHTER 968 00:56:12,320 --> 00:56:15,240 Take me home! That's a wrap for Alasdair. 969 00:56:15,240 --> 00:56:20,720 Which is just as well, because bad weather is beginning to creep in. 970 00:56:20,720 --> 00:56:24,680 And it's threatening to ruin what's left of today's shoot - a melody 971 00:56:24,680 --> 00:56:26,960 from Pipe Major Derek Potter. 972 00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:32,600 Well, I think what we'll do is go for the close up rather than do 973 00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:35,200 another take of the long shot, and wait for this weather to clear. 974 00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:39,040 Dougie's assured us it'll go off in 20 minutes. 975 00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:41,720 We don't take no for an answer, it's... 976 00:56:41,720 --> 00:56:44,840 It'll go off. I can see it's bright there, it's going to come through. 977 00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:45,960 Yeah? Yeah. 978 00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:48,080 LAUGHTER 979 00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:51,240 As long as we're not getting rain on the lens 980 00:56:51,240 --> 00:56:54,200 then this is great, it's fine, you know? 981 00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:56,520 But it's just, you set up, you start, 982 00:56:56,520 --> 00:57:00,480 and then suddenly the weather just turns against you again. 983 00:57:00,480 --> 00:57:03,640 But, I mean, if we get a break like this, it'll be fine. 984 00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:07,320 It's a wee bit cold, but then, as they say, it's all part of doing 985 00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:09,920 what we're doing, you know, for, to get the right shot. 986 00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:14,120 Thankfully, everyone's optimism paid off. 987 00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:22,720 And it's another classic in the bag. 988 00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:33,160 Dougie and Bill are so dedicated to music and to Scotland, and 989 00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:36,800 they've found a way of putting that together and marketing it, 990 00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:40,160 and that hasn't faded. 991 00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:44,080 # Feels so good, I can hardly stand 992 00:57:44,080 --> 00:57:48,640 # This never ending love for you... # 993 00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:52,200 Working with Bill and Dougie...I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. 994 00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:53,720 It was great. 995 00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:56,240 They knew what they wanted to sell. 996 00:57:56,240 --> 00:57:58,920 # Through the eyes of love 997 00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:04,800 # You'll see a thousand stars 998 00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:11,040 # When you dance, dance, dance to my ten guitars... # 999 00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:14,760 I don't think you'll find anybody that has a bad word to 1000 00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:18,240 say about them, and that is saying something. 1001 00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:20,200 # That we'd never part 1002 00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:23,880 # So, hello, Mary Lou, and goodbye heart... # 1003 00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:27,800 They have a legacy of a lot of material which will then go into 1004 00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:31,400 archive material and will be more and more respected as time goes on. 1005 00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:33,080 But they're still going on. 1006 00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:35,840 They'll change as well. No doubt they'll introduce other things. 1007 00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:38,400 But, no, they have a legacy that will... 1008 00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:40,280 ..I'm certain, will stand the test of time. 1009 00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:42,160 Good for Scotdisc, I tell you. 1010 00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:47,080 # An' during a' the years to come || Downloadha.com || 1011 00:58:47,080 --> 00:58:53,800 # O happy may ye be. #