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Alastair Donaldson

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After leaving the Rezillos, he released one single in 1982 as William Mysterious with Alastair Donaldson on the independent Mezzanine label, "Security of Noise" b/w "Alright". After The Rezillos split up for the first time in 1978, former members became
78:(1979). He also appeared on the B-side of the single version of "Top of the Pops", playing saxophone on the instrumental track, "20,000 Rezillos under the Sea". This track itself was a re-imagining of the 74:, where he returned to his original role of saxophone player alongside his replacement on bass guitar, Simon Templar (born Simon Broomfield). This performance was captured on the Rezillos' live album, 271: 53:
prior to his involvement with the Rezillos, and appears on many of their recordings under his real name. He appears on the Rezillos' second single for
139: 63:(1978). He took over the bass slot in the Rezillos whilst working as their saxophonist. He left the Rezillos after a UK tour supporting 103:
After this final outing with the Rezillos he retired from recording and touring, but was still semi active in live work in his native
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up until his death on 18 June 2013. He is survived by a daughter, Ailsa, and a son, John, as well as his wife Ksenija Horvat.
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Strong, Martin C.: "The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", 1999, Canongate,
93: 54: 50: 39: 64: 104: 67:, although he did make a guest appearance at the Rezillos' final gig at the 35: 31: 20: 240: 24: 216:"All The Acts / Bands Who Played The Kinema Ballroom Dunfermline - 'R'" 68: 49:He was a formative member of the folk ensemble 96:, and Donaldson rejoined them in 1979 for the 42:, for whom he played under the stage name of 8: 124:Obituary: Alastair "Ali" Donaldson, musician 76:Mission Accomplished (But the Beat Goes On) 272:People educated at George Watson's College 23:– 18 June 2013, in Edinburgh) was a 194: 192: 190: 116: 30:, and was the bassist for the Scottish 7: 100:LP where he once again played bass. 14: 1: 308: 140:"The Rezillos - Biography" 84:by the classical composer 241:"The Revillos - Revillia" 277:Scottish bass guitarists 60:Can't Stand the Rezillos 81:William Tell Overture 28:multi-instrumentalist 292:Silly Wizard members 170:"Alastair Donaldson" 19:(27 April 1955, in 44:William Mysterious 17:Alastair Donaldson 144:Virginradio.co.uk 86:Gioachino Rossini 299: 256: 255: 253: 251: 237: 231: 230: 228: 226: 212: 206: 196: 185: 184: 182: 180: 166: 160: 159: 157: 155: 146:. Archived from 136: 130: 121: 307: 306: 302: 301: 300: 298: 297: 296: 262: 261: 260: 259: 249: 247: 239: 238: 234: 224: 222: 214: 213: 209: 197: 188: 178: 176: 168: 167: 163: 153: 151: 150:on 13 June 2018 138: 137: 133: 122: 118: 113: 12: 11: 5: 305: 303: 295: 294: 289: 284: 279: 274: 264: 263: 258: 257: 245:Revillos.co.uk 232: 220:Kinemagigz.com 207: 186: 174:BandToBand.com 161: 131: 115: 114: 112: 109: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 304: 293: 290: 288: 285: 283: 280: 278: 275: 273: 270: 269: 267: 246: 242: 236: 233: 221: 217: 211: 208: 205: 204:0-86241-913-1 201: 195: 193: 191: 187: 175: 171: 165: 162: 149: 145: 141: 135: 132: 129: 125: 120: 117: 110: 108: 106: 101: 99: 95: 89: 87: 83: 82: 77: 73: 70: 66: 62: 61: 56: 52: 47: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 26: 22: 18: 248:. Retrieved 244: 235: 223:. Retrieved 219: 210: 177:. Retrieved 173: 164: 152:. Retrieved 148:the original 143: 134: 128:Scotsman.com 127: 119: 102: 97: 94:the Revillos 90: 79: 75: 58: 55:Sire Records 51:Silly Wizard 48: 43: 40:the Rezillos 16: 15: 287:1955 births 282:2013 deaths 154:19 November 65:the Ramones 266:Categories 111:References 105:Edinburgh 21:Edinburgh 25:Scottish 69:Glasgow 202:  98:Rev Up 72:Apollo 250:7 May 225:7 May 179:7 May 38:band 252:2020 227:2020 200:ISBN 181:2020 156:2007 32:punk 36:pop 268:: 243:. 218:. 189:^ 172:. 142:. 126:: 88:. 46:. 254:. 229:. 183:. 158:. 34:/

Index

Edinburgh
Scottish
multi-instrumentalist
punk
pop
the Rezillos
Silly Wizard
Sire Records
Can't Stand the Rezillos
the Ramones
Glasgow
Apollo
William Tell Overture
Gioachino Rossini
the Revillos
Edinburgh
Obituary: Alastair "Ali" Donaldson, musician
"The Rezillos - Biography"
the original
"Alastair Donaldson"



ISBN
0-86241-913-1
"All The Acts / Bands Who Played The Kinema Ballroom Dunfermline - 'R'"
"The Revillos - Revillia"
Categories
People educated at George Watson's College
Scottish bass guitarists

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