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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep126: Les McKeown of the Bay City Rollers

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In the space of one year, Les McKeown went from being an unknown kid in Scotland to selling millions of records and having his own TV show. Today we talk about what was happening inside the Rollermania cocoon, the dodgy characters along the way and how Les still brings Bay City Rollers music to the masses.

If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Lesbicure from the Bay City Rollers, that famous Scottish band from your teenage years.

0:06.0

Coming over to Australia, doing some great gigs, so I hope you'll all come and see us perform

0:12.2

and relive those great memories. So you've been listening to The Vinyl Guide. That's Lesbicure and

0:19.2

Bay City Rollers on The Vinyl Guide.

0:21.4

Oh, well, thank you, Les.

0:22.6

And hey, everyone, it's Nate here, host of The Vinyl Guide,

0:26.2

the podcast where we talk to the artist behind the records we love and collect.

0:30.5

And in today's episode, we are speaking with Les McEwen, lead singer of the Bay City Rollers.

0:36.2

Now, I know some of you are thinking or perhaps

0:39.2

even judging and saying, what? Bay City Rollers? Why are we hearing about the Bay City Rollers? Well,

0:44.0

listen, mate, if we are talking records, which we do on this podcast, the Bay City Rollers are cited

0:50.2

as selling in excess of 100 million records worldwide.

0:55.4

And Les has a hell of a story to tell,

0:57.9

living a life that for a few years

0:59.7

made him one of the most popular music stars in the whole world.

1:04.2

So today, Les is going to talk about that time,

1:06.9

what it was like being in the middle of Roller Mania,

1:09.5

the tough times, and the revival he's doing now.

1:12.0

So you could learn more at Bay Cityrollers.com.

1:14.9

And this week's episode is brought to you in part by groove washer.com.

1:19.0

Every household has floating through the air, dust and dirt and cat hair and even tiny flakes of human skin.

1:26.0

So if you have records and you're a human with skin,

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