Iain Graham 10th Jun 2019 | | Vinyl AlbumIan McCallum - Left Handed | Magic Marmalade is incorrect. This was a solo Ian McCallum album, “McCallum” were not a band. I own it and I even met Ian when he lived not far from me. A good friend of mine even played keyboards for Ian McCallum for a while, whilst the same friend was also in a band with me. Local musicians were used on a lot of the tracks and I think it may have been recorded in Steve Daggett’s garage studio in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. I’ll dig the disc out and check.
Last time I saw him, Steve Daggett was playing in one of the incarnations of the famous Geordie band Lindisfarne.
Ian McCallum meanwhile is currently a member of old punk band Stiff Little Fingers, and has been for about 25 years now.. back in the late 80s/ early 90s he released two other solo albums, Big Bigg Market and Take Me As I Am. I own all of these.
The listing on here Netherlands is misleading, Ian was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but considers himself a Scot as he grew up in Scotland before moving back to NE England for a time. All his albums were released in the UK.
The only place I think you might have any hope of finding a forgotten copy of any McCallum albums would be JG windows ( music shop) in Newcastle upon Tyne, or maybe a second hand CD shop somewhere near there.
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