Bobby Gillespie with Primal Scream at the Brixton Academy, London (Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever)
Primal Scream have revealed plans to release the original studio recordings from their time at Ardent Studios in Memphis with producer Tom Dowd and the Muscle Shoals rhythm section which ultimately led to 1994’s Give Out But Don’t Give Up album.
From October 12th, for the first time (thanks to their discovery in Andrew Innes’ basement), we’ll get to hear how the tracks from that record were first intended before the band decided to rebuild them from the ground up with a new producer, George Drakoulias. “I felt we went down there with such good intent, but somehow we lost our way afterwards,” Bobby Gillespie admits.
“There’s definitely a lesson to be learned about how creativity can go down the wrong track. We’re a band that constantly keeps moving and doesn’t look back, but, for years, I felt bad about us going to Memphis and not doing what we set out to do. Hearing these songs after all this time has made everything all right again. I feel redeemed.”
A BBC Four documentary will accompany the release in the UK later this year.