The Headboys - The Lost Album (2013)

Formed in Edinburgh, Scotland, from the ashes of pop group Badger, the Headboys - Lou Lewis (guitar/vocals), Calum Malcolm (keyboards/vocals), George Boyter (bass/vocals) and Davy Ross (drums/vocals) - secured a lucrative contract with Robert Stigwood’s RSO label on the strength of a set of superior demos recorded at Malcolm’s own studio. They enjoyed a minor hit with ‘The Shape Of Things To Come’ (1979), but a faintly ludicrous schoolboy image undermined their grasp of power pop. The Headboys was not a commercial success and the group split up soon after its release. Malcolm later relocated his studio, Castle Sound, to a village on the outskirts of Edinburgh where it has since become one of the leading recording centres in Britain. Clients have included Simple Minds and the Blue Nile, for whom Malcolm has acted as an auxiliary member.