Grant McPhee
@grantmcphee.bsky.social
Film director: Big Gold Dream, Teenage Superstars, Far From the Apple Tree.
Book Writer - Postcards From Scotland and co-writer Hungry Beat
Book Writer - Postcards From Scotland and co-writer Hungry Beat
Was Squeeze really that badly received? Sure, there were a few reviews which were scathing but a majority were of the opinion it was somewhere between not bad to pretty good. Which I think is a far fairer assessment of what it really is.
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Was Squeeze really that badly received? Sure, there were a few reviews which were scathing but a majority were of the opinion it was somewhere between not bad to pretty good. Which I think is a far fairer assessment of what it really is.
Velvets first live review of 1970, 16th January in the Chicago Tribune. Bold move for a daily newspaper to liberally quote the lyrics from Heroin.
February 11, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Velvets first live review of 1970, 16th January in the Chicago Tribune. Bold move for a daily newspaper to liberally quote the lyrics from Heroin.
When 60s Pop-Stars Went New-Wave
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When 60s Pop-Stars Went New-Wave
When 60s Pop-Stars Went New-Wave
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February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
When 60s Pop-Stars Went New-Wave
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When The Velvet Underground came to Edinburgh in 1993.
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The Velvet Underground in Edinburgh, 1993
The Velvet Underground have cast a long shadow over Scotland’s music scene as the below short clip from Big Gold Dream testifies.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
When The Velvet Underground came to Edinburgh in 1993.
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The Smiths both saved and killed 'Indie'
The Smiths both saved and killed ‘Indie.’
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February 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I've started to upload my Velvet Underground press archives to a single space
It's free. Just click below and you can navigate to each month of each year to see what press they achieved.
It's a little clunky at the moment but I'll refine it.
thevelvetundergroundmyth.com
It's free. Just click below and you can navigate to each month of each year to see what press they achieved.
It's a little clunky at the moment but I'll refine it.
thevelvetundergroundmyth.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I've started to upload my Velvet Underground press archives to a single space
It's free. Just click below and you can navigate to each month of each year to see what press they achieved.
It's a little clunky at the moment but I'll refine it.
thevelvetundergroundmyth.com
It's free. Just click below and you can navigate to each month of each year to see what press they achieved.
It's a little clunky at the moment but I'll refine it.
thevelvetundergroundmyth.com
Gram Parsons haircut makes the news, 4th July 1966
February 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Gram Parsons haircut makes the news, 4th July 1966
Why was Marc Bolan so great? This is why I think he was more than great.
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Why was Marc Bolan so great? This is why I think he was more than great.
Why was Marc Bolan so great? This is why I think he was more than great.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Why was Marc Bolan so great? This is why I think he was more than great.
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The Unrepeatable Guitar Tone.
The Unrepeatable Guitar Tone
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February 6, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Were you really down at the tube station at midnight, Paul Weller?
A properly scientific investigation into whether Paul Weller could have been 'down in the tubestation at midnight' in 1978.
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A properly scientific investigation into whether Paul Weller could have been 'down in the tubestation at midnight' in 1978.
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Were you really down at the tube station at midnight, Paul Weller?
Were you really down at the tube station at midnight, Paul?
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February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Were you really down at the tube station at midnight, Paul Weller?
A properly scientific investigation into whether Paul Weller could have been 'down in the tubestation at midnight' in 1978.
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A properly scientific investigation into whether Paul Weller could have been 'down in the tubestation at midnight' in 1978.
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The Dark History of War and Hollywood Camera Technology.
Today’s dark movie facts.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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RSD 2026 18 April #3
GLAMLP077 Epic Soundtracks: Debris
Milky Clear Vinyl • First time on Vinyl • Notes by Stewart Lee
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GLAMLP077 Epic Soundtracks: Debris
Milky Clear Vinyl • First time on Vinyl • Notes by Stewart Lee
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February 4, 2026 at 7:42 PM
RSD 2026 18 April #3
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Milky Clear Vinyl • First time on Vinyl • Notes by Stewart Lee
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GLAMLP077 Epic Soundtracks: Debris
Milky Clear Vinyl • First time on Vinyl • Notes by Stewart Lee
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Amazing what you find perusing old papers.
Bob Markley's certificate for business for The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.
Los Angeles Evening Citizen, 9th September 1966
Bob Markley's certificate for business for The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.
Los Angeles Evening Citizen, 9th September 1966
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Amazing what you find perusing old papers.
Bob Markley's certificate for business for The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.
Los Angeles Evening Citizen, 9th September 1966
Bob Markley's certificate for business for The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.
Los Angeles Evening Citizen, 9th September 1966
Do Oasis sound like the Beatles?
Do Oasis sound like the Beatles?
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February 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Rock's most significant moment? And it's not the Beatles? What! Well, they do feature in it. Here it is...
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Rock's Most Significant (and strangest) Event?
Rock’s most significant event?
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February 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Rock's most significant moment? And it's not the Beatles? What! Well, they do feature in it. Here it is...
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Caledonia Psychedelica: A little Substack on the Waldman Brothers who changed Scotland's nightlife forever - and created London's hippest underground club, Middle Earth.
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Caledonia Psychedelica : How One of London's Premiere Underground Clubs of the 1960s Was Run From Edinburgh.
Caledonia Psychedelica: How One of London’s Premier Underground Clubs of the 1960s Was Run from Edinburgh — and How Its Owners Changed Scotland’s Nightlife Forever
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February 1, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Caledonia Psychedelica: A little Substack on the Waldman Brothers who changed Scotland's nightlife forever - and created London's hippest underground club, Middle Earth.
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My defence of Maxwell's Silver Hammer being on the Beatles' Abbey Road.
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In Defence of Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Possibly the most maligned Beatles song there is, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer is unquestionably the game-set-and-match response when tempers rise over whether Lennon’s ‘bite’ was more worthy than McCartne...
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January 31, 2026 at 9:26 PM
My defence of Maxwell's Silver Hammer being on the Beatles' Abbey Road.
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Postcards From Scotland paperback out in April which covers half the tracks on Something For the Longing CD box set , to then be followed shortly after by something similar covering the other tracks.
January 31, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Postcards From Scotland paperback out in April which covers half the tracks on Something For the Longing CD box set , to then be followed shortly after by something similar covering the other tracks.
Something For the Longing - A follow-up box set to Big Gold Dreams. Scottish Independent Pop 1985-1999.
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, YUMMY FUR, ARAB STRAP, SHOP ASSISTANTS, MOGWAI, THE VASELINES, THE SOUP DRAGONS, THE ORCHIDS, BMX BANDITS, BIS, THE BETA BAND AND MORE.
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BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, YUMMY FUR, ARAB STRAP, SHOP ASSISTANTS, MOGWAI, THE VASELINES, THE SOUP DRAGONS, THE ORCHIDS, BMX BANDITS, BIS, THE BETA BAND AND MORE.
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Various Artists: Something For The Longing - Scottish Independent Pop 1985-1999, 3CD Box Set
• 3CDs COMPILED BY CELEBRATED AUTHOR AND DIRECTOR GRANT MCPHEE (POSTCARD FROM SCOTLAND, TEENAGE SUPERSTARS, ETC).
•TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF THE SCOTTISH INDIE SCENE, FROM THE MID-80s EXPLOITS OF THE ...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Something For the Longing - A follow-up box set to Big Gold Dreams. Scottish Independent Pop 1985-1999.
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, YUMMY FUR, ARAB STRAP, SHOP ASSISTANTS, MOGWAI, THE VASELINES, THE SOUP DRAGONS, THE ORCHIDS, BMX BANDITS, BIS, THE BETA BAND AND MORE.
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BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, YUMMY FUR, ARAB STRAP, SHOP ASSISTANTS, MOGWAI, THE VASELINES, THE SOUP DRAGONS, THE ORCHIDS, BMX BANDITS, BIS, THE BETA BAND AND MORE.
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"As a result of being so ahead of the time... Respectfully, the Velvet Underground".
When the Velvet Underground wrote a letter of thanks to the editor of a local newspaper.
When the Velvet Underground wrote a letter of thanks to the editor of a local newspaper.
January 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
"As a result of being so ahead of the time... Respectfully, the Velvet Underground".
When the Velvet Underground wrote a letter of thanks to the editor of a local newspaper.
When the Velvet Underground wrote a letter of thanks to the editor of a local newspaper.
A Nico in the press companion.
Albums 67-68 - "If I find somebody who is pretty much like me she can be Nico while I do something else"
And Chelsea Girls film - “A blonde haired girl trims her bangs for 35 minutes”
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Albums 67-68 - "If I find somebody who is pretty much like me she can be Nico while I do something else"
And Chelsea Girls film - “A blonde haired girl trims her bangs for 35 minutes”
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January 29, 2026 at 6:44 PM
A Nico in the press companion.
Albums 67-68 - "If I find somebody who is pretty much like me she can be Nico while I do something else"
And Chelsea Girls film - “A blonde haired girl trims her bangs for 35 minutes”
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Albums 67-68 - "If I find somebody who is pretty much like me she can be Nico while I do something else"
And Chelsea Girls film - “A blonde haired girl trims her bangs for 35 minutes”
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Brian Eno was wrong. The Velvet Underground and Nico sold 150,000 copies by the end of 1971. And this is how I worked it out...
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The Velvet Underground Myth: How Popular Was the Banana Album?
The Velvet Underground Myth: Brian Eno was Wrong. The Velvet Underground and Nico Sold 150,000 Units in the Band's Lifetime. And this is How I Worked it Out!
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January 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Brian Eno was wrong. The Velvet Underground and Nico sold 150,000 copies by the end of 1971. And this is how I worked it out...
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As it is Burns Night here are 12 bands that are actually really Scottish despite what the rest of the world tells you.
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Burns Night: Bands You Didn't Realise Were Actually Scottish
Revised for 2026
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January 25, 2026 at 1:11 PM
As it is Burns Night here are 12 bands that are actually really Scottish despite what the rest of the world tells you.
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#ChurchOfRockAndRoll #24 Lurid pastels to express the cheap, potent glamour of celebrity, the mundane as art, copy & repetition as creative techniques, annointing people "superstars", saying "in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes"? We live in the world he made.
January 24, 2026 at 2:29 PM