1970s
In early 1970, he conceived a multimedia project, 'The Voice' which was aired on BBC Radio 3, but he left to travel both around Europe and North America. When he returned, he made demos with members of the progressive rock band Camel, songwriter Terry Britten and music publisher Ronnie Scott. In 1972 he entered the 'Search for a Star' national talent contest, which he won, and was offered a recording contract by EMI, but because they would not support his backing band, he turned down the deal.
In 1973, he performed in bands with the likes of Pete Thomas (later of Elvis Costello and the Attractions), Paul 'Bassman' Riley, and also wrote a musical called 'Heartaches & Teardrops,' a play with original songs which has parallels to The Rocky Horror Show, and the 'True Love And Romance' comic strip genre.
Scott then started working with the band Roogalator, a well regarded and original R&B band producing their debut single, "Cincinnati Fatback" (one of the first releases on Stiff Records) followed by another single "Love & The Single Girl" on Virgin. As Virgin failed to pick up the album option, he independently produced Roogalator's debut LP Play It By Ear to be released on his own Do It Records, for whom Scott also recorded Cry Myself To Sleep under the alias of Comic Romance.
When punk rock began to surface in late 1976 early 1977, while working with Roogalator both as producer and manager, he released early recordings by Adam and the Ants on his Do It Records label. In 1978, Scott worked as producer for Barclay Records in Paris, France where he lived with his girlfriend Brigitte Vinchon (alias Brigit Novik), after producing and filming with director Julian Temple an all female punk quartet, The Slits.
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