During the Jacobite disturbances in Scotland, notably 1730 and 1745, Sir Andrew was noted as a "government man".

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. In hindsight it's easy to identify the changing eras in music but underground music, pub rock and punk in Britain, for example, evolved quite seamlessly and it was visionaries like Andrew who, instinctively, saw what was coming and helped bring about those transitions. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. We assist them in setting their prints free for future generations to access and appreciate them and their historical value.To celebrate Fu Manchu’s 30th anniversary — working with At the Dojo Records — the band has released many of their impossible-to-find albums on some amazing colored vinyl. With all this in mind, UK record industry veteran Andrew Lauder’s memoir is not necessarily one for those who prefer these things to teem with improbable tales of incredible narcotic excess. the soundman to make it louder and louder until at one point I felt a stab of pain in my head and yelped. It was too soon for what he had in mind but I was excited about starting something new with him just as at the point when I was losing Hawkwind. In 1993 Lauder started "This Way Up" label whose signings included Ian McNabb, [12] The Warm Jets, Tindersticks, Redd Kross and Pal Shazar.

On the day I arrived I found myself in Denmark Street, where I was picked up like a chess piece and placed in the offices of a leading music publisher. My friend told me about it and I rang up the guy and said ‘I’d love to work for a record company, I’ll do anything’. Not much I can add about the tremendous career of Mr Lauder, his discoveries , particularly on United Artists, formed a large part of the soundtrack to my teenage years. Lauder brought the Flamin' Groovies to Britain even though they had been turned down by United Artists in the US.Andrew is a derivatives and structured finance specialist, with a particular focus on TRS and repo linked funding structures, synthetic securitisations, CLOs and bespoke repackaging transactions. It was Lauder who created the environment within which Hawkwind could rise from the dishevelled jam band he signed in 1969, to become one of the most inventive acts of the early seventies. He’s always retained a fan’s perspective which, combined with an exceptional knowledge of music, meant he was at ease around musicians and never happier than spending time with them.

They also praise him for his “clear explanation of the products and the market positions” stating he is “really great to have on our side”.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Spin Magazine Happy Trails is a book for music historians and crate diggers, particularly lovers of the blues from the '60s through to the '00s. In hindsight it’s easy to identify the changing eras in music but underground music, pub rock and punk in Britain, for example, evolved quite seamlessly and it was visionaries like Andrew who, instinctively, saw what was coming and helped bring about those transitions.

Andrew Lauder wasn’t/isn’t a publicity seeker like some of his contemporaries, but he spent many years in the thick of an exciting time. So I went down and it was just me there, which I didn’t really like doing as I felt a bit self conscious. Who gave designer Barney Bubbles full reign when it came to designing Hawkwind’s artwork, and then extended similar freedoms to the other artists working with the label’s bands.

He became known for setting up Brassneck Publicity in 1980, one of the most successful independent PR companies over the next 30 years. I’d go to a gig and Jean Jacques’ bass amp would blow up or something else would go wrong but, because it was Dai, I didn’t stop trying to see them. The gatekeepers’ willingness to allow him entry, to say nothing of the cost of renting a flat, underlines that such youthful opportunism is an impossible dream in the straitened industry of 2023.