The Blue Nile – The Downtown Lights (1989) [HQ]

The band was formed in 1981 when Paul Buchanan (born 16 April 1956, Edinburgh) and his friend, Robert Bell, met Paul Joseph Moore after graduating from the University of Glasgow in the late 1970s.[2] Although their individual degrees did not reflect their future career wishes (English Literature, Electronic Engineering and Mathematics, respectively), their mutual friendship grew out of their shared interest in music, and they began writing and recording together. Bell and Buchanan were previously the key members of the band Night by Night, who had a small but enthusiastic following in the Glasgow area; they had made demos of songs like “Rio” and “Stay”, but were not commercial enough at the time to secure a recording contract. They formed their own label, Peppermint Records, and released their first single, “I Love This Life”, which was later picked up and issued by RSO Records.[1] Soon afterwards, RSO was absorbed into Polygram, and The Blue Nile’s first single disappeared from view. The trio kept writing and recording over the next couple of years, including a couple of tracks that would later surface on their debut album.
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