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Roddy Frame (born 29 January 1964[1]) is a singer-songwriter and musician from Scotland. He was the founder of the 1980s indie band Aztec Camera, and has undertaken a solo career since the dissolution of the band. In November 2013, journalist Brian Donaldson described Frame as: "Aztec Camera wunderkind-turned-elder statesman of intelligent, melodic, wistful Scotpop."[2]
Early life
Frame was born in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Frame explained in 2014 that he started to learn guitar playing at a very early age: "Yeah, I started learning guitar when I was about four years old. I was playing the thing when I was around nine or ten ... I was just completely crazy about it [guitar] by the time I was four or five years old."[3] During his early years playing guitar, Frame frequently listened to Wilco Johnson and was able to play many of Johnson's songs as a result.[4]
As a child and adolescent, Frame was inspired by a variety of musical influences, including David Bowie, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Teardrop Explodes, Brian Eno and Love.[5] Following the advent of the punk subculture, Frame states that he was drawn to it, as "it said, 'Anyone can do it. You can form a band.' ... It was liberating."[3]
Music career
Aztec Camera
At the age of 16, he became involved with Postcard Records and his band Aztec Camera began to record a series of low-budget singles, such as "Just Like Gold" and "Mattress of Wire".[6][7] The music of Aztec Camera drew attention from both John Peel, a presenter on BBC Radio 1, and the New Musical Express (NME).[2]
In 1983 Aztec Camera released High Land, Hard Rain,[8] their first album on Rough Trade Records; although, the album did not include the first two Postcard singles. The album's opening song "Oblivious" was a hit single and Aztec Camera were consequently recognised as one of the key acts on the Rough Trade label. On tracks such as "Walk Out to Winter" and "Back on Board", Frame sang poetic lyrics about love, both lost and found, themes that he would revisit on subsequent Aztec Camera albums.[8]
After High Land, Hard Rain, Frame spent a significant amount of time living in New Orleans, United States (US), listening to Bob Dylan's album Infidels. Upon reading that Dire Straits' guitarist and singer Mark Knopfler produced the album, Frame began writing songs based on a sound that he thought Knopfler could work with. Frame then signed the band to the WEA record label and managed to hire Knopfler to produce Aztec Camera's second album, Knife, which was released in 1984.[3][9] The duration of the titular song is nearly nine minutes, while "All I Need is Everything" received radio airplay.[10]
Aztec Camera's third album, 1987's Love, was recorded in the US with soul, R&B and pop producers such as Michael Jonzun and Tommy LiPuma.[11] Frame explained in 2014: "... I was young and I wanted to do things like go to America and make a sort of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis record".[3] The album was engineered by Eric Calvi, who had previously worked with Afrika Bambaataa and Al Jarreau, and featured the backing vocals of soul and R&B singers such as Dan Hartman and Tawatha Agee.[11] One of the radio singles from Love, "Somewhere In My Heart", was Aztec Camera's first "top 10" chart hit[12] and Frame explained his inspiration at the time of writing the song in 2014:
All I can remember was that when I was recording “Somewhere in My Heart”, we were in Boston. I was walking around with a Walkman playing Bruce Springsteen all the time. But it was all of his poppy stuff. I got into Springsteen back to front; I started with Born in the USA and Tunnel of Love and worked backward. I still like that period better than the Born to Run stuff, but I guess I was just trying to come up with something like “Hungry Heart” or something. Just something really strong and catchy.[3]
The diversity of Frame's musical influences was further exhibited in 1990's Stray, for which he performed a duet with musical hero, Mick Jones of The Clash, on the song "Good Morning Britain". The single release of the song featured a live performance at the Glasgow Barrowlands venue, where Jones also performed, and a cover photograph by Bleddyn Butcher.[13]
Frame then recorded the next Aztec Camera album, Dreamland, with Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Released in 1993, the album was mixed by Julian Mendelsohn, who had previously worked with the band.[14] For Frame's final album under the Aztec Camera moniker, and the last original studio recording for the WEA label, Frame worked with renowned production team Langer-Winstanley, who had previously worked with Madness and Elvis Costello.[15] Frestonia was released in 1995 and the Reprise Records label issued it in the US.[16]
All six Aztec Camera studio albums were reissued in August 2012 by the Edsel Records label, which had previously completed the same process for the studio albums of Everything But The Girl. The reissued editions included bonus tracks and live recordings.[17] The following year, the Domino Recording Company reissued High Land, Hard Rain to commemorate the album's 30th anniversary, including a vinyl pressing of the album that was released in the second half of 2013.[3][18] A white cotton t-shirt with the album's cover art was produced by and sold on Frame's website.[19] Frame performed a series of live shows in the UK, at which High Land, Hard Rain was played in its entirety with the support of a backing band. According to a media report on 28 August 2013, none of the original band members were involved with the shows and the anniversary event was not an Aztec Camera reunion.[18]
Solo career
Following Frestonia, Frame pursued a solo career under his own name. His first solo album, The North Star, was released in 1998 on the Independiente label and featured the single "Reason For Living".[8]
Frame's second solo album Surf was a collection of acoustic songs that attracted widespread critical acclaim and was generally regarded as a return to songwriting form.[20] The song "Small World" was used as the theme music for the BBC Television comedy series Early Doors.[21] Frame explained at a 2012 live performance in the UK that "Crossing Newbury Street" is about the time that he spent with Jonzun in Boston, Massachusetts, US recording "Somewhere In My Heart".[22]
Frame performed his first ever show at the Glastonbury Festival in 2003 and his next solo album Western Skies was released three years later in May 2006. Later in 2006, he released a live album called Live at Ronnie Scott's, a recording of a performance that was completed on 29 May 2005, and this was followed in 2007 by Live at The Blue Note, Osaka, another live recording of a 21 September 2006 show in Japan.[23][24]
In June 2013, AED Records, a record label founded by musician Edwyn Collins—a close friend and collaborator of Frame—and James Endeacott, announced an "early 2014" release date for Frame's fourth solo album. The label's name is an initialism of "Analogue Enhanced Digital" and the album was referred to as a "lovely thing".[25]
In May 2014, Frame's fourth solo studio album, entitled Seven Dials, will be released. As of 17 April 2014, two songs from the album, "Forty Days Of Rain"[26] and "Postcard", are featured on Frame's website.[27] Frame explained in a March 2014 BBC 6 radio interview that his songwriting activity has increased since the recording of Seven Dials.[4]
Collaborations
Frame has maintained a long-term friendship with Collins, who was also signed to Postcard Records in the 1980s with his band Orange Juice.[4] Collins and Frame collaborated on the Aztec Camera album Stray, including a live performance of the song "Consolation Prize".[28]
Frame performed with Collins in November 2007 during Collins's first concert after his recovery from a serious illness,[29] and the pair played again at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2008 on the Park Stage.[30] During the 2012 Kendal Calling event, Collins sang "A Girl Like You", with Frame on guitar and Tim Burgess on backing vocals.[31]
Dan Carey and Rob Da Bank, whose band name is Lazyboy, collaborated with Frame on the song "Western Skies";[32] Frame then re-recorded the song for a solo album of the same name and has performed an acoustic rendition of the song in live settings, with the inclusion of a harmonica solo.[33][34]
Cover versions
Frame has recorded cover versions of "In My Life" by The Beatles,[35] "Bad Education" by Blue Orchids, Cyndi Laupers', "True Colors" and a slowed-down version of "Jump", originally recorded by Van Halen.[8]
Touring
Frame toured the UK throughout October 2011 with a small backing band.[36]
The 30th anniversary UK tour of the album High Land, Hard Rain will occur in December 2013 and will include the following venues: London's Theatre Royal, Manchester's Bridgewater Hall and Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall.[37]
References
"1964 – Born on this day, Roddy Frame, guitarist, singer". This Day In Rock. This Day In Rock. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
Brian Donaldson (25 November 2013). "5 reasons to go see... Aztec Camera". The List. The List Ltd. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Kevin Korber (20 February 2014). ""Anyone Can Do It, So We Did": An Interview With Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera". Pop Matters. PopMatters Media, Inc. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Roddy Frame chats to Stuart Maconie" (Audio upload). Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC Radio 6. BBC. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Hodgkinson, Will (16 August 2002). "Home entertainment". Guardian (London). Retrieved 15 March 2008.
"Aztec Camera – Just Like Gold / We Could Send Letters". Aztec Camera on Discogs. Discogs. 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
"Aztec Camera – Mattress Of Wire". Aztec Camera on Discogs. Discogs. 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
"Biography by Michael Sutton". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
"Aztec Camera – Knife". Aztec Camera at Discogs. Discogs. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Malcolm Carter (6 December 2012). "Aztec Camera : Knife". Penny Black Music. Penny Black Music. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Aztec Camera – Love". Aztec Camera on Discogs. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Alastair McKay (2013). "Aztec Camera - reissues". Uncut. IPC Media Entertainment Network. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Aztec Camera and Mick Jones – Good Morning Britain". Aztec Camera on Discogs. Discogs. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Aztec Camera – Dreamland". Aztec Camera on Discogs. Discogs. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"CLIVE LANGER & ALAN WINSTANLEY: Producing Madness, David Bowie, Mick Jagger & Elvis Costello". Sound On Sound. SOS Publications Group. July 1998. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Aztec Camera – Frestonia". Aztec Camera on Discogs. Discogs. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Paul Sinclair (30 July 2012). "Aztec Camera / Deluxe editions". Super Deluxe Editions. superdeluxeedition. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Sean Michaels (28 August 2013). "Roddy Frame to perform Aztec Camera's High Land, Hard Rain in full". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
"Shop". Roddy Frame. Roddy Frame. Febnruary 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
"Roddy Frame". Redemption Records. 2003. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
"'Early Doors' Related Trivia". British Comedy Guide. British Comedy Guide. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
k1rk1c (30 October 2012). "Roddy Frame - Live - Crossing Newbury Street, Paisley Abbey 27-10-12" (Video upload). YouTube. Google Inc. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
"Shop". Roddy Frame. Roddy Frame. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
"Lyrics & Production Notes". Killermont Street. Killermont Street. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
Edwyn Collins (3 June 2013). "A new @RoddyFrame record in the wind, on AED, early 2014. It's a lovely thing, just wait til you hear it. Watch this space, popsters.". AEDrecords on Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
"Listen to "Forty Days Of Rain"". Roddy Frame. Roddy Frame. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Listen to Postcard". Roddy Frame. Roddy Frame. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Aztec Camera Stray - Credits". Aztec Camera on AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"The Soulful Survivor". Evening Standard. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
Hayley Madden. "Glastonbury Festival 2008" (Image upload). Getty Images. Getty Images. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
tunafishmediavideos (4 August 2012). "Edwyn Collins, Tim Burgess and Roddy Frame- A Girl Like You (At Tim Peaks- Kendal Calling 2012)" (Video upload). tunafishmediavideos on YouTube. Google Inc. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Lazyboy Featuring Roddy Frame – Western Skies". Discogs. Discogs. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
"Roddy Frame – Western Skies". Discogs. Discogs. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
Chris James (31 May 2006). "Roddy Frame - Western Skies" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
"Various – Instant Karma 2002 (A Tribute To John Lennon)". Discogs. Discogs. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
Dave Simpson (14 October 2011). "Roddy Frame – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
"Roddy Frame announces Aztec Camera anniversary shows". Uncut. IPC Media Entertainment Network. August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 211. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
Early life
Frame was born in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Frame explained in 2014 that he started to learn guitar playing at a very early age: "Yeah, I started learning guitar when I was about four years old. I was playing the thing when I was around nine or ten ... I was just completely crazy about it [guitar] by the time I was four or five years old."[3] During his early years playing guitar, Frame frequently listened to Wilco Johnson and was able to play many of Johnson's songs as a result.[4]
As a child and adolescent, Frame was inspired by a variety of musical influences, including David Bowie, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Teardrop Explodes, Brian Eno and Love.[5] Following the advent of the punk subculture, Frame states that he was drawn to it, as "it said, 'Anyone can do it. You can form a band.' ... It was liberating."[3]
Music career
Aztec Camera
At the age of 16, he became involved with Postcard Records and his band Aztec Camera began to record a series of low-budget singles, such as "Just Like Gold" and "Mattress of Wire".[6][7] The music of Aztec Camera drew attention from both John Peel, a presenter on BBC Radio 1, and the New Musical Express (NME).[2]
In 1983 Aztec Camera released High Land, Hard Rain,[8] their first album on Rough Trade Records; although, the album did not include the first two Postcard singles. The album's opening song "Oblivious" was a hit single and Aztec Camera were consequently recognised as one of the key acts on the Rough Trade label. On tracks such as "Walk Out to Winter" and "Back on Board", Frame sang poetic lyrics about love, both lost and found, themes that he would revisit on subsequent Aztec Camera albums.[8]
After High Land, Hard Rain, Frame spent a significant amount of time living in New Orleans, United States (US), listening to Bob Dylan's album Infidels. Upon reading that Dire Straits' guitarist and singer Mark Knopfler produced the album, Frame began writing songs based on a sound that he thought Knopfler could work with. Frame then signed the band to the WEA record label and managed to hire Knopfler to produce Aztec Camera's second album, Knife, which was released in 1984.[3][9] The duration of the titular song is nearly nine minutes, while "All I Need is Everything" received radio airplay.[10]
Aztec Camera's third album, 1987's Love, was recorded in the US with soul, R&B and pop producers such as Michael Jonzun and Tommy LiPuma.[11] Frame explained in 2014: "... I was young and I wanted to do things like go to America and make a sort of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis record".[3] The album was engineered by Eric Calvi, who had previously worked with Afrika Bambaataa and Al Jarreau, and featured the backing vocals of soul and R&B singers such as Dan Hartman and Tawatha Agee.[11] One of the radio singles from Love, "Somewhere In My Heart", was Aztec Camera's first "top 10" chart hit[12] and Frame explained his inspiration at the time of writing the song in 2014:
All I can remember was that when I was recording “Somewhere in My Heart”, we were in Boston. I was walking around with a Walkman playing Bruce Springsteen all the time. But it was all of his poppy stuff. I got into Springsteen back to front; I started with Born in the USA and Tunnel of Love and worked backward. I still like that period better than the Born to Run stuff, but I guess I was just trying to come up with something like “Hungry Heart” or something. Just something really strong and catchy.[3]
The diversity of Frame's musical influences was further exhibited in 1990's Stray, for which he performed a duet with musical hero, Mick Jones of The Clash, on the song "Good Morning Britain". The single release of the song featured a live performance at the Glasgow Barrowlands venue, where Jones also performed, and a cover photograph by Bleddyn Butcher.[13]
Frame then recorded the next Aztec Camera album, Dreamland, with Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Released in 1993, the album was mixed by Julian Mendelsohn, who had previously worked with the band.[14] For Frame's final album under the Aztec Camera moniker, and the last original studio recording for the WEA label, Frame worked with renowned production team Langer-Winstanley, who had previously worked with Madness and Elvis Costello.[15] Frestonia was released in 1995 and the Reprise Records label issued it in the US.[16]
All six Aztec Camera studio albums were reissued in August 2012 by the Edsel Records label, which had previously completed the same process for the studio albums of Everything But The Girl. The reissued editions included bonus tracks and live recordings.[17] The following year, the Domino Recording Company reissued High Land, Hard Rain to commemorate the album's 30th anniversary, including a vinyl pressing of the album that was released in the second half of 2013.[3][18] A white cotton t-shirt with the album's cover art was produced by and sold on Frame's website.[19] Frame performed a series of live shows in the UK, at which High Land, Hard Rain was played in its entirety with the support of a backing band. According to a media report on 28 August 2013, none of the original band members were involved with the shows and the anniversary event was not an Aztec Camera reunion.[18]
Solo career
Following Frestonia, Frame pursued a solo career under his own name. His first solo album, The North Star, was released in 1998 on the Independiente label and featured the single "Reason For Living".[8]
Frame's second solo album Surf was a collection of acoustic songs that attracted widespread critical acclaim and was generally regarded as a return to songwriting form.[20] The song "Small World" was used as the theme music for the BBC Television comedy series Early Doors.[21] Frame explained at a 2012 live performance in the UK that "Crossing Newbury Street" is about the time that he spent with Jonzun in Boston, Massachusetts, US recording "Somewhere In My Heart".[22]
Frame performed his first ever show at the Glastonbury Festival in 2003 and his next solo album Western Skies was released three years later in May 2006. Later in 2006, he released a live album called Live at Ronnie Scott's, a recording of a performance that was completed on 29 May 2005, and this was followed in 2007 by Live at The Blue Note, Osaka, another live recording of a 21 September 2006 show in Japan.[23][24]
In June 2013, AED Records, a record label founded by musician Edwyn Collins—a close friend and collaborator of Frame—and James Endeacott, announced an "early 2014" release date for Frame's fourth solo album. The label's name is an initialism of "Analogue Enhanced Digital" and the album was referred to as a "lovely thing".[25]
In May 2014, Frame's fourth solo studio album, entitled Seven Dials, will be released. As of 17 April 2014, two songs from the album, "Forty Days Of Rain"[26] and "Postcard", are featured on Frame's website.[27] Frame explained in a March 2014 BBC 6 radio interview that his songwriting activity has increased since the recording of Seven Dials.[4]
Collaborations
Frame has maintained a long-term friendship with Collins, who was also signed to Postcard Records in the 1980s with his band Orange Juice.[4] Collins and Frame collaborated on the Aztec Camera album Stray, including a live performance of the song "Consolation Prize".[28]
Frame performed with Collins in November 2007 during Collins's first concert after his recovery from a serious illness,[29] and the pair played again at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2008 on the Park Stage.[30] During the 2012 Kendal Calling event, Collins sang "A Girl Like You", with Frame on guitar and Tim Burgess on backing vocals.[31]
Dan Carey and Rob Da Bank, whose band name is Lazyboy, collaborated with Frame on the song "Western Skies";[32] Frame then re-recorded the song for a solo album of the same name and has performed an acoustic rendition of the song in live settings, with the inclusion of a harmonica solo.[33][34]
Cover versions
Frame has recorded cover versions of "In My Life" by The Beatles,[35] "Bad Education" by Blue Orchids, Cyndi Laupers', "True Colors" and a slowed-down version of "Jump", originally recorded by Van Halen.[8]
Touring
Frame toured the UK throughout October 2011 with a small backing band.[36]
The 30th anniversary UK tour of the album High Land, Hard Rain will occur in December 2013 and will include the following venues: London's Theatre Royal, Manchester's Bridgewater Hall and Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall.[37]
References
"1964 – Born on this day, Roddy Frame, guitarist, singer". This Day In Rock. This Day In Rock. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
Brian Donaldson (25 November 2013). "5 reasons to go see... Aztec Camera". The List. The List Ltd. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Kevin Korber (20 February 2014). ""Anyone Can Do It, So We Did": An Interview With Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera". Pop Matters. PopMatters Media, Inc. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Roddy Frame chats to Stuart Maconie" (Audio upload). Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC Radio 6. BBC. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Hodgkinson, Will (16 August 2002). "Home entertainment". Guardian (London). Retrieved 15 March 2008.
"Aztec Camera – Just Like Gold / We Could Send Letters". Aztec Camera on Discogs. Discogs. 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
"Aztec Camera – Mattress Of Wire". Aztec Camera on Discogs. Discogs. 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
"Biography by Michael Sutton". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
"Aztec Camera – Knife". Aztec Camera at Discogs. Discogs. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Malcolm Carter (6 December 2012). "Aztec Camera : Knife". Penny Black Music. Penny Black Music. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Aztec Camera – Love". Aztec Camera on Discogs. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Alastair McKay (2013). "Aztec Camera - reissues". Uncut. IPC Media Entertainment Network. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Aztec Camera and Mick Jones – Good Morning Britain". Aztec Camera on Discogs. Discogs. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Aztec Camera – Dreamland". Aztec Camera on Discogs. Discogs. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"CLIVE LANGER & ALAN WINSTANLEY: Producing Madness, David Bowie, Mick Jagger & Elvis Costello". Sound On Sound. SOS Publications Group. July 1998. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Aztec Camera – Frestonia". Aztec Camera on Discogs. Discogs. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Paul Sinclair (30 July 2012). "Aztec Camera / Deluxe editions". Super Deluxe Editions. superdeluxeedition. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Sean Michaels (28 August 2013). "Roddy Frame to perform Aztec Camera's High Land, Hard Rain in full". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
"Shop". Roddy Frame. Roddy Frame. Febnruary 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
"Roddy Frame". Redemption Records. 2003. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
"'Early Doors' Related Trivia". British Comedy Guide. British Comedy Guide. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
k1rk1c (30 October 2012). "Roddy Frame - Live - Crossing Newbury Street, Paisley Abbey 27-10-12" (Video upload). YouTube. Google Inc. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
"Shop". Roddy Frame. Roddy Frame. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
"Lyrics & Production Notes". Killermont Street. Killermont Street. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
Edwyn Collins (3 June 2013). "A new @RoddyFrame record in the wind, on AED, early 2014. It's a lovely thing, just wait til you hear it. Watch this space, popsters.". AEDrecords on Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
"Listen to "Forty Days Of Rain"". Roddy Frame. Roddy Frame. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Listen to Postcard". Roddy Frame. Roddy Frame. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Aztec Camera Stray - Credits". Aztec Camera on AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"The Soulful Survivor". Evening Standard. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
Hayley Madden. "Glastonbury Festival 2008" (Image upload). Getty Images. Getty Images. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
tunafishmediavideos (4 August 2012). "Edwyn Collins, Tim Burgess and Roddy Frame- A Girl Like You (At Tim Peaks- Kendal Calling 2012)" (Video upload). tunafishmediavideos on YouTube. Google Inc. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
"Lazyboy Featuring Roddy Frame – Western Skies". Discogs. Discogs. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
"Roddy Frame – Western Skies". Discogs. Discogs. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
Chris James (31 May 2006). "Roddy Frame - Western Skies" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
"Various – Instant Karma 2002 (A Tribute To John Lennon)". Discogs. Discogs. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
Dave Simpson (14 October 2011). "Roddy Frame – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
"Roddy Frame announces Aztec Camera anniversary shows". Uncut. IPC Media Entertainment Network. August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 211. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.