Alan Rankine

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Name = Alan Rankine


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Edinburgh, Scotland
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Instrument = Keyboard, guitar
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Occupation = Musician, record producer
Years_active = 1970s–present
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Associated_acts = Associates
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Alan Rankine (born 17 May 1958, Edinburgh, Scotland) played keyboards, and guitars, for the rock band known as The Associates, which he co-founded with Billy Mackenzie in the late 1970s.

Together they recorded three albums: "The Affectionate Punch" (1980), "Fourth Drawer Down" (1981) and "Sulk" (1982). The alchemy between Rankine's multi-instrument talents and MacKenzie's multi-octave voice (and cryptic lyrics) resulted in a collection of songs which remain unclassifiable even today.Fact|date=December 2007 Rankine left the band in 1982 on the eve of what would have been the "Sulk" tour.

While Mackenzie continued with other associates, Rankine started a solo career as a recording artist. He recorded three solo albums: "Pink Pound" (1986), "She Loves Me Not" (1987) and the fully instrumental "The Big Picture Sucks" (1989).

Then he became a record producer, producing such artists as The Pale Fountains, Cocteau Twins and Paul Haig, before joining the Belgian independent record label, Les Disques du Crepuscule, as a permanent producer and relocating to Brussels.

Rankine eventually came back to Scotland, and he now works in Stow College in Glasgow.

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