Edwyn Collins (A-Side)
Edwyn Collins talks about his 1994 album 'Gorgeous George', featuring 'A Girl Like You'. With John Wilson. From December 2013.
Edwyn Collins discusses his 1994 album 'Gorgeous George', featuring the single 'A Girl Like You'.
Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them.
Recorded in front of a live audience at the 91Èȱ¬'s iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side.
In the A-side, Edwym talks to John Wilson.
Edwyn is an Ivor Novello Award-winning songwriter who has enjoyed great success both as a solo artist and as the lead singer of Orange Juice.
"Gorgeous George" was produced in the studio which Edwyn built himself and highlights Edwyn's witty melodic style. 'Girl Like You' spent 14 weeks in the charts and features in the films 'Empire Records' and 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'. Edwyn has also produced records for the likes of The Cribs, Space, Little Barrie and The Proclaimers, produced and starred in his own sitcom as well as creating a book of illustrations.
In May 2009, he won the Ivors Inspiration Award in recognition of his struggles following a double brain haemorrhage in 2005. He has continued to record and his latest album 'Understated' was recently released on his own label.
In the B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions.
Producer: Helen Lennard
First broadcast on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4 in December 2013.
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