Radio Sweethearts "New Memories...Revisited" (SHOECD003)


Radio Sweethearts are from Glasgow but close your eyes and hear authentic, 'No Depression-friendly, insurgent' country. They have worked with Kim Fowley, Alex Chilton & Chip Taylor and have opened for artists such as The Mavericks, BR5-49, Steve Young, Michael Hurley, Nadine, Dale Watson, Sid Griffin and the late Townes Van Zandt. The Sweethearts have also provided overdubs on unreleased material by The Killer Himself Jerry Lee Lewis...

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(Check out Radio Sweethearts' other album "Lonesome Blue")


"New Memories" - produced by LA legend Kim Fowley - was originally released in the US on the New Orleans indie St. Roch Records, meeting with critical approval and charting on the Top 30 Gavin Americana chart. The honky-tonkin' cut "Beer And Whisky" held the #1 slot on CMR (Country Music Radio For Europe) for a run of several weeks.

Album Tracklisting * "New Memories" * "Rambling Man" single press * Some Faxes (Phil Kaufman & Al Perkins)


"New Memories...Revisited" Tracklisting:

  1. Lonely Footseps
  2. Every Other Song
  3. Beer And Whisky
  4. Is anybody Going To San Antone
  5. A House Of Gold
  6. I Saw The Light
  7. New Memories (listen) *
  8. Headin' On Down The Highway
  9. Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache
  10. Don't Make Me Wait
  11. We've Fallen Out Of Love Again
  12. Out In The Darkness
  13. Lone Star
  14. Rambling Man (listen) *
  15. Found A New Love (listen) *
  16. Tossin' An' Turnin'
  17. I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train
  18. A Deeper Hurt

Tracks 13-18 are rare or previously unavailable bonus tracks.

All tracks are Sweetheart originals except: Track 4 (made famous by Charley Pride); Tracks 5, 6 & 14 (Hank Williams); Track 9 (Warren Smith) & Track 17 (Billy Joe Shaver, Willie Nelson, etc.)

*You will need the latest version of Real Player to listen to the sounclips which can be downloaded from here.

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Some Press Reaction to "New Memories"

"This band from Scotland have captured the essence of the burgeoning alt.country scene going on here…it is apparent they have an incredible knowledge of traditional country and roots music that they apply honestly to their own sound."
-Billy Block, Host/Producer of "The Western Beats Revival", Nashville, TN

"Radio Sweethearts are something special…here are six guys who have country soul evident in their picking, singing and writing…John Miller is a hell of a country singer…Glasgow's Radio Sweethearts are destined to be the nation's sweethearts."
-Pete Smith, Country Music Round-Up (UK)

"New Memories delivers a healthy dose of gut-wrenching, singing, songwriting and flat-out honky-tonkin'…"
-Sing Out! Magazine (US)

"Fresh and memorable…a strong debut"
-Sid Griffin, Q Magazine (UK)

"Beer & Whisky is a genuine Flying Burrito Brothers manque"
-David Sheppard, Q Magazine (UK)

"Ironically their songwriting is sometimes good enough to outshine the Gram Parsons comparisons…"
Mark Blake, Mojo Magazine (UK)

'"I am confident that if you listen to any two tracks you will want to add this release to your collection."
-Ian McQueen, Country Music News & Routes (UK)

"…pure, authentic country…this album is well worth searching out."
-Kenny Mathieson, Country Music International (UK)

"'Lonely Footsteps' and 'Beer And Whisky'… sound as if you've heard them before, but you just can't place the artist. "We've Fallen Out of Love Again" lives up to every tender, romantic, heartbreakin' feeling its title suggests."
-Dawn Sutter, College Music Journal (USA)

"In contrast to much of what you hear nowadays, this is a welcome debut . These sweethearts prove you needn't hail from Nashville to put out good country music."
Jeffrey B. Remz, Country Standard Time (USA)

"…playing country like they were born with broken hearts and bad livers…a welcome addition to any country fan's collection."
-Erik Fossen, Off Beat, New Orleans And Louisiana's Music Magazine

"Absolutely the best 'new country' stuff that I've heard yet…it's a classic"
-Joss Hutton, Bucketful Of Brains (UK)

"Radio Sweethearts have as much appreciation and respect for the Gram Parsons musical ethic as anyone…with "Beer And Whisky" and "Lonely Footsteps" being tracks well worth spinning on the air."
-Rob Bleetstein, Gavin Magazine (USA)

"Glasgow's premier country-rock purists…they sure do their thing in a way Hank Williams would approve."
-David Belcher, The Herald (UK)

"This album will appeal to the traditionalists out there…no trace of a phoney US accent, the instrumentals are well played, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Fiddle, Mandolin, and Steel, they're all there, and we're very pleased to add this CD to our collection, as we're sure you would be."
-J & J Brookfield, The Pathfinder (UK)

"New Memories is a symphony of straight ahead, washed-in-the-blood hard country"
-Lawrence Kay, KALX Program Guide,
Berkeley, California

"Radio Sweethearts are the best band in Scotland. There's no competition"
-Lindsay Hutton, Next Big Thing (UK)

"New Memories offers that unlikeliest of combinations, a good UK country band, with their own Lonely Footsteps sitting happily alongside Hank Williams covers"
-Patrick Humphries, The Times (UK)

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Some Press Reaction to "Rambling Man" / "Found A New Love" single

"Radio Sweethearts hail from no further west than Paisley Road [Glasgow] and feature two ex-Pastels, yet you'd swear they've been busking in downtown Nashville for decades trying to stump up the drummer's alimony."
-Keith Cameron, NME

"John Miller's voice is haunting and beautiful, offset by the sorrowful country sounds of Brian Taylor's electric guitar…They may be from Glasgow, but the Radio Sweethearts have mastered "Americana" and deserve a seat alongside genre standouts such as Wilco, Son Volt and, recently, the Old 97s."
-Dawn Sutter, CMJ (USA)

"The Sweethearts give Hank Williams' "Rambling Man" the swarthy, smoochy treatment, while maintaining the song's cowboy credentials. Tip yer hat to 'em it's a winner."
-Record Collector (UK)

"A Hank Williams classic reworked by Glasgow's finest exponents of new country… 5/5"
-The List Magazine (UK)

"Rambling Man gets a lovingly accurate reading from these Glasgow cowboys"
-Magnet Magazine (USA)

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Some Personal Fax Communications:

"To the Radio Sweethearts -Gram would have loved it!! Thanks for the Real Country"
-Phil Kaufman

"Let's hope this group stick together and keep making music because they are on to something big!"
-Al Perkins, A-L Perkins Enterprises, Nashville, TN

"Old songs are like old friends. It's always good to see them come back, and your recording of 'Is Anybody Going To San Antone' sure brought it home. I am proud to be a part of this great album. Thanks."
-Glenn Martin, Co-Heart Music Group, Nashville, TN


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