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.
In the third episode Andy tells the story of what he calls "sort of love songs that might not be love songs and are pretending not to be love songs but really are", Vision of You, Tuesday Apocalypse #13, I Will Wait and Rembrandt Hat. Though mostly Vision of You.
It's a freewheeling journey as we hear about an 80s remix, a river in summer, Alice in Wonderland, fairytales & a sampled saxophone band, as well as Andy's thoughts on two manifestations of a song,
"There is the song that lives in the air, grows and changes and often repeats itself in your life while simultaneously having its own life and going off to become friends with other people – and then there is the recording of the song which is a snapshot of the song at that time and in that place. This one gets to live on an album forever, travelling the world to turn up in more places than the writer could ever imagine. And when people write and tell you their stories about the song, it gets even more interesting. Oh, and then there's the Liverpool boat ...
Thanks for coming down the road and onto the ferry with me in this series. There will be another next week, see you then."
AW 12 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
