Whiteout formed in Greenock in 1991, briefly gaining a bit of fame in the Britpop era, although their best chart position for any single was #72, while the debut album stalled at #71.
As the promo photo above indicates, they were on Silvertone Records, the label that had brought Stone Roses to the attention of the masses. Whiteout had a reputation as a decent live act, thanks in part to touring in front of large audiences as support for The Charlatans and Pulp, and they were also on the road alongside Oasis when that band was just getting things going.
I’ve only one of their songs, and it comes courtesy of its inclusion on a compilation CD which celebrated songs recorded at Park Lane Studios in Glasgow:-
mp3: Whiteout – Jackie’s Racing (alternate mix)
The single version of the song was the one that took them to #72 in the charts back in February 1995.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 