A curated audio scrapbook of recordings that range from near-studio quality to crowded and noisy house sessions, from digital media to old bits of tape, vinyl and obscure 78s.

There is music gathered in the field, unused studio takes, straight-from-the-heart stuff by musicians who never recorded commercially, and old material performed by the stars of the day.

We are also adding texts, photographs and other material relating to Scottish music, particularly those from the twentieth century.

Read more in Jim Gilchrist’s Scotsman article of January 2009 here.