This is an edited repost of something put up on the blog back in 2010, a year or so after I picked up the Big Gold Dreams box set.
“Scotland is not a large country by any stretch of the imagination. As such, it should always be relatively easy for music fans (or indeed fans of any cultural activity) to keep tabs on what is happening outside of their own local community.
The release of the Big Gold Dreams box set has highlighted just how much I managed to miss out on over the decades, even the periods when I was paying particular attention. It is only now that I have learned of the brief existence of an 80s band from Dundee:-
JiH revolved around the voice, attitude and style of Grant McNally, who was part of the same Dundee society frequented by mercurial Billy MacKenzie. Indeed, various live incarnations of JiH featured Billy’s brother Jimmy MacKenzie on bass. This debut single was a string-laden slice of epic 1980s pop produced by Dave Ball of Soft Cell, and which showed off McNally’s own vocal ambitions in impressive fashion. An album, The Shadow to Fall, followed, as well as two singles. The last of these, Take Me to the Girl, was a cover of an Associates song produced by MacKenzie, who also provided backing vocals. McNally continued to perform for a time as Jesus in Heavens, but sadly died in September 2018.
mp3: jih – Big Blue Ocean
The 1985 debut single.
JC
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Hi Thanks for this posting, tried to like it and comment but goes ‘to page not found’. Anyhow just to say the whole album ‘the shadow to fall’ is on youtube and its great, thanks again Steven
Hi Nevets
It was meant to be a draft for quite a few months down the line rather than published. It’ll appear eventually!