The new series of This podcast is only temporary tells the story of the writing and recording of Rave on Andy White, released on 10 October 1986.
"The stream of consciousness continues, starting off on Great Victoria Street again and this time talking about first albums and origin stories. A lot of bands meet at school or they live in the next street. Rod McVey and I met in the school band and yes he lived in the next street.
I was on spoken word, bass and drum machine but soon an acoustic guitar flew out of a window and we were off. The poems turned into songs and this was the Religious Persuasion EP, the first four songs that started the Rave on recording sessions.
If you'd like to see Randalstown there's a tiny bit in the Religious Persuasion video:
https://youtu.be/nZCO0W05nCU?si=_QJNet52t7X7sDgE
BBC Northern Ireland took me to where the acoustic guitar flew out of a window: https://youtu.be/1JDq0F2Pwqk?si=EblFIn6shXF7n0nO
I'll try to tell you who was there and some of the background to the sessions. We were recording an album in the era of Duran Duran. Thatcher was in Number 10. We were using 80s gear but we didn't want it to be an 80s pop record. We were recording in a field in County Antrim not a West London studio with the record company calling in to say hi. Now listen on & thanks for being here."
AW 5 October 2026
Andy's albums are available on Bandcamp or www.andywhite.com
The white vinyl version of Rave on is available on Andy's Bandcamp or from Last Night From Glasgow:
https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com/products/andy-white-rave-on
Podcast artwork: Sebi White
