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Tom talks to Paul Buchanan, enigmatic frontman with The Blue Nile, about his career to date and the release of his debut solo album Mid Air.

Tom talks to Paul Buchanan, the enigmatic frontman of The Blue Nile, about his career to date and the release of his debut solo album 'Mid Air'.
The Blue Nile formed in 1981 and released their debut single that year. After suffering record company problems, they finally released their debut album 'A Walk Across The Rooftops' in 1984. Hardly the most prolific of bands, they released 3 subsequent albums over the next 20 years, the latest 'High' in 2004 was their highest charting at number 10. Since then the band have played a few live dates.

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  • Youssou Ndour & Neneh Cherry

    7 Seconds

    • Now.

  • Two Wounded Birds

    If Only We Remain

    • Holiday Friends Recordings.

  • Ninetails

    Blue Bottle Flu

    • white.

  • We Shall Meet In The Place Where There Is No Darkness

    A Quite Bright Blue

    • White Label.

  • James Yorkston

    Catch

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Domino Records.
    • 1.

  • Sarah Williams White

    If I Smile At You

  • a.P.A.t.T.

    Apprentice Attention

    • pickled egg records.

  • The Blue Nile

    Tinseltown in the Rain

    • LINN RECORDS.

  • The Beatles

    Penny Lane

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 9.

  • The Beatles

    Strawberry Fields Forever

    • Apple.

  • Paul Buchanan

    Mid Air

    • MID AIR.
    • Newsroom Records.
    • 005.

  • The Staple Singers

    Respect Yourself

    • Stax.

  • The Winter Olympics

    I Prefer The Early Stuff

    • white.

  • Polly Paulusma

    Last Week Me

    • white.

  • Seventeen Evergreen

    Dancespider

    • pacific radio fire.

  • Traveling Wilburys

    Dirty World

  • Bobby Womack

    The Bravest Man In The Universe

    • XL.

  • Hurache (Collective)

    Atishoo Atishoo

    • white.

  • Baltic Fleet

    Engage

  • Whitey

    Saturday Night Ate Our Lives

    • bad life.

  • Cosmo Jarvis

    Love This

    • 25th Frame Productions.

  • Banginclude

    Raga Todi

  • Black Sabbath

    Black Sabbath

  • Zita Swoon

    She = Like Meeting Jesus

    • warner.

  • decade in exile

    Patti's Town

    • white.

  • Levellers

    After The Hurricane

    • otf recordings.

  • The KLF

    Madrugada Eterna (Club Mix)

  • Billy Bragg

    Blake's Jerusalem

  • Gem Dos

    Sand Hands

    • white.

  • AC/DC

    Night Prowler

Broadcast

  • Sat 9 Jun 2012 21:00
    成人快手 Radio 6 Music