Ep472: Andy Scott of The Sweet
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Andy Scott of The Sweet discusses band history, rare records, various versions of "Desolation Boulevard", mega-hits like "Ballroom Blitz", "Fox On The Run", meeting Beatles, Australia tour & lots more!
Topics Include:
- Andy's moments with The Beatles
- Discovering The Shadows
- Andy becoming a musician since Footy didn't work out
- Early bands Andy was in
- Growing up in Wrexham – Seeing The Searchers
- Almost seeing The Silver Beatles – Dad wouldn't let him go
- Parents were supportive – eclectic record collection
- Playing in the Scaffold with Paul McCartney's brother Mike
- Forming The Elastic Band
- Playing in Miami and Bahamas – playing 2-3 shows per night
- Coming back to UK – the singer left
- Do the recordings with Mike McCartney still exist?
- The Elastic Band on Decca – 2 early singles
- Breakup of The Elastic Band
- Collectible records of Andy's career
- Sweet had varying set of hits in different countries
- Supporting and being supported by Bob Seger
- Different versions of "Desolation Boulevard"
- "Sweet Fanny Adams" wouldn't have worked in US
- "Desolation Boulevard" is like a greatest hits LP
- Cover shot of Sunset Boulevard, Designed by Hypnosis
- "Ballroom Blitz" was a massive hit around the world
- Brian Connolly's fight and throat injury
- Ronnie James Dio was once considered for vocals for Sweet
- Exposure and memories of early UK punk scene
- Working with early Iron Maiden recordings
- Where are tapes of Sweet?
- Is Andy involved with Sweet reissues?
- Vinyl can be a pain in the arse
- New album and upcoming Australian tour
- Interview wrap up
See Sweet in Australia, here am the tickets & info.
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| 0:40.3 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 0:43.9 | Well, hello, everyone. It's Nate. Welcome to episode 472 of the Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:49.7 | The podcast for record collectors and music nerds. Ladies and gentlemen, I know your time is valuable. |
| 0:54.7 | I'm going to cut to the chase here. We've got an amazing guest today, Mr. Andy Scott of the band Sweet. |
| 1:00.7 | And Andy and I talk all about his musical journey, from meeting most of the Beatles, to the records |
| 1:06.4 | of his youth, to seeing the shadows, to his time with the elastic band, and of course we talk all about |
| 1:12.9 | sweet, I mean selling millions of records, the various versions of Desolation Boulevard, |
| 1:18.5 | racking up heaps of top ten hits with Ballroom Blitz, Fox on the Run and more. Even working |
| 1:24.2 | with Ronnie James Dio and Iron Maiden, Andy shares all sorts of stories about career milestones, memorable collaborations. |
| 1:31.9 | And of course, we talk about Sweet's upcoming tour of Australia, Sweet's farewell tour, playing the greatest hits, the month of November. |
| 1:40.4 | And a lot of gigs are totally sold out. |
| 1:43.0 | As of this recording, there are still some tickets |
| 1:45.4 | available for Arleigh Beach, Tweedheads to Wumba, Sydney, and a freshly added show up in |
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