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James Alexander McGregor Watson [aka Jamie/badger] born Hamilton ,Ontario ,Canada June 3rd 1954. Schools were The Edinburgh Academy ,then George Watsons ,Edinburgh. Also 1 year primary in Kingston ,Ontario and 1 year secondary in Winnipeg Manitoba. After leaving school attended Edinburgh College of Art and gained a degree ,followed by a year at Moray House teacher training. This was not completed as he left to join his first band The Monos, based in Edinburgh. After some local success the band were signed to EMI and Jamie signed a song publishing deal also with EMI. At this point the band were forced to a name change as there was another Monos in England. This is when the Monos became The Solos. A 7inch 3 track single "Talking Pictures"was released to coincide with a 4 week UK tour supporting The Tourists. After a couple more years the band folded and Jamie began a new project called The Persian Rugs. Initially a three piece, they released a 7 inch single "Burning Passion Pain "on Edinburgh's Phoenix record label. Small tours followed and then they recorded an album "Drowning Pool" at Castle Sound Studio with Robert Bell [Blue Nile] producing and Calum Malcolm engineering. Paul Moore [Blue Nile] played keyboards. This LP was also released on Phoenix Records. Shortly after this a new  singer joined the band and the "Rugs "moved label to Plus 1 Records. A 12inch 3 track single called "She Said" was recorded near Cambridge and mixed in London. After this he worked for EMI as a rep. out on the road in Scotland ,this lasted for two and a half years.His London boss offered him the chance to work in London providing printers to the record labels.He also worked for Virgin Records as a "demo listener" for Ronnie Gurr .After he had completed all the boxes filled with music from all round the world and there were no more "demos" on Ronnie,s desk he headed back to Edinburgh. In late 1986 he started Chamber Recording Studio in the basement of a record shop on Lady Lawson Street in Edinburgh.Humble beginnings but he had a long list of bands wanting to work with him.After a year in this cramped premises he moved to Westfield Road in the Gorgie district of Edinburgh.The new studio afforded a lot more space and the amount of tracks went up to 16.During the five years he was here he teamed up with Paul Kirk ,a fellow musician to form a record label.It was called Human Condition Records and the first release was in 1990.At this time there were no other "indi"labels in Scotland which was one of the main reasons for setting H.C.R up.As studio size again became an issue he moved the studio for the third and last time to 120A West Granton Road. Bands Jamie has worked with include:Snow Patrol ,Polar Bear, The Vaselines ,Captain America ,Eugenius ,The Painkillers ,Ganger ,Dog Faced Hermans ,El Hombre Trajeado, R.M.Hubbert, Aiden Moffat, Mogwai, The Pastels,Eugene Kelly ,Long Fin Killy, Luke Sutherland, Idlewild, Mark E Smith, Annie Christian, The Thanes, Radium Cats, Jesse Garron and the Desperadoes,Rote Kapelle,Foil ,Forkeye Fini tribe,External Menace, The Kaisers, Khaya, Mystery Juice, The Offhooks, Pilotcan, Baby Lemonade,Sawyer,Sputniks Down,The Vultures,The Wendys,Bridgehopper and many many more.