Editing Aztec Camera (section)

==Post break–up activities==

After the release of ''Frestonia'', Frame finally decided to record under his own name and was no longer a Warner artist.<ref name="AMG"/> Three Aztec Camera "[[Greatest hits|Best of]]" compilations were eventually released: ''[[The Best of Aztec Camera]]'' was released in 1999 by Warner.ESP, a division of the Warner corporation that specialised in compilations; in 2005, ''Deep and Wide and Tall'' was released by the Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom label as part of the Warner Platinum series; and ''Walk Out To Winter: The Best of Aztec Camera'', a two-disc collection that was released by the Music Club Deluxe label in 2011.

Since the Stray Tour in 1990, Frame has merged a segment of the Bob Dylan song "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" into "Down the Dip", from ''High Land, Hard Rain'', and this version of the song was played by Frame at subsequent shows, up until October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roddy Frame – Down The Dip and Birth Of The True live 2006|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYvam4osxF0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/dYvam4osxF0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=Stevebhoy7 on YouTube|publisher=Google Inc|access-date=5 July 2014|format=Video upload|date=23 June 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Roddy Frame – Live – Down The Dip, Paisley Abbey 27-10-12|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhFeRZv0mVc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/fhFeRZv0mVc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=k1rk1c on YouTube|publisher=Google Inc|access-date=5 July 2014|format=Video upload|date=30 October 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Roddy Frame – Down the Dip & Birth of the True (Live from O2 Glasgow, 12/10/11)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gl-QVHmEmE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/7Gl-QVHmEmE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=gavinglasgow2 on YouTube|publisher=Google Inc|access-date=5 July 2014|format=Video upload|date=13 October 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Roddy Frame – Live – Down The Dip, Ramsbottom Festival 16-09-12|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xwMjAyAbDo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/1xwMjAyAbDo |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=k1rk1c on YouTube|publisher=Google Inc|access-date=5 July 2014|format=Video upload|date=18 September 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Around 2012, Frame included a segment of the [[Curtis Mayfield]] song "People Get Ready" in live solo versions of the song "How Men Are", from the ''Love'' album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roddy Frame – Live – How Men Are, Paisley Abbey 27-10-12|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zANV9SOakxA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/zANV9SOakxA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|work=k1rk1c on YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|access-date=30 May 2014|author=k1rk1c|format=Video upload|date=30 October 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In October 2013, a book entitled ''The Lyrics: Roddy Frame''—containing the entirety of Frame's lyrical work with Aztec Camera—and a ''High Land, Hard Rain'' T-shirt were released as part of a "Roddy Frame" collection.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roddy Frame|url=http://www.aedrecords.com/collections/roddy-frame|work=AED Records|access-date=8 October 2013|date=October 2013}}</ref> 

All six Aztec Camera studio albums were reissued in August 2012 by the Edsel Records label, which had previously completed the same process for the studio albums of [[Everything but the Girl]]. The reissued editions included bonus tracks and live recordings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aztec Camera / Deluxe editions|url=http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/aztec-camera-deluxe-editions/|work=Super Deluxe Editions|publisher=superdeluxeedition|access-date=17 April 2014|author=Paul Sinclair|date=30 July 2012}}</ref> In a 1 August 2012 post on his Twitter profile, Frame explained that he was not involved with the Edsel Records reissue and was negotiating with a "supercool US label about releasing the definitive set (w/ rarities, home demos etc.)" in 2013. [[Domino Recording Company]] is the label that Frame referred to, but only ''High Land, Hard Rain'' was reissued, rather than the entire Aztec Camera catalog.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Roddy Frame|title=@RoddyFrame|url=https://twitter.com/RoddyFrame/status/230369329751945216|website=Roddy Frame on Twitter|via=Twitter|access-date=5 July 2014|date=1 August 2012|quote=@BrimfulofNasha I'm talking w/ supercool US label about releasing the definitive set (w/ rarities, home demos etc) next year. V exciting!}}</ref> In August 2013, the Domino reissue of ''High Land, Hard Rain'' was released in Europe to commemorate the album's 30th anniversary.<ref name="High">{{cite news|title=Roddy Frame to perform Aztec Camera's High Land, Hard Rain in full|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/28/roddy-frame-aztec-camera-high-land-hard-rain|access-date=29 August 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=28 August 2013|author=Sean Michaels}}</ref> The reissue was remastered from the original analogue tapes and was physically produced only as a vinyl pressing, but was sold with a digital download of the album.

Domino released an expanded second version of the 30th anniversary reissue of ''High Land, Hard Rain'' in 2014 for North America that consisted of two compact discs, 16 additional rarities and liner notes from American music journalist [[David Fricke]] (a vinyl version was also released and was sold with a digital download card that provided the additional songs). To accompany the North American version, AED (Analogue Enhanced Digital) Records—a label cofounded by Collins and James Endeacott, the latter a former employee of Rough Trade<ref name="Rob">{{cite web|title=Culture with Rob Bound – 133 |url=http://monocle.com/radio/shows/culture/133/ |work=Monocle |access-date=8 May 2014 |author=Robert Bound |format=Audio upload |date=28 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508223552/http://monocle.com/radio/shows/culture/133/ |archive-date=8 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AED Welcomes You|url=http://www.aedrecords.com/pages/about|website=AED Records|access-date=5 July 2014|year=2012}}</ref>—also offered a 7" [[Extended play|EP]] to the first 400 buyers.<ref>{{cite web|title=HIGH LAND, HARD RAIN|url=http://dominorecordco.us/usa/albums/09-12-13/high-land-hard-rain/|website=Domino USA|access-date=5 July 2014|date=18 February 2014}}</ref>   
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Following the August 2013 reissue of ''High Land, Hard Rain'', Frame announced three corresponding live performances, at which the album was played in its entirety with a full band. The December 2013 shows occurred in London, [[Manchester]] and Glasgow, UK.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roddy Frame announces Aztec Camera anniversary shows|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/roddy-frame-announces-aztec-camera-anniversary-shows-news|work=Uncut|access-date=8 October 2013|date=August 2013}}</ref> To replicate the sound of the original recording, Frame switched guitars at the start of each song during the anniversary shows, to match the instrument used in the studio.<ref name="Kay" /> Original Aztec Camera bassist Campbell Owens attended the Glasgow performance as an audience member—Frame later explained on the [[Clyde 2]] radio station that Owens thanked him backstage after the show and the gesture made the experience worthwhile.<ref name="Clyde" /> At the Glasgow show, Frame and his band also played songs, such as "Green Jacket Grey", that were recorded for ''High Land, Hard Rain'', but did not appear on the final track listing.<ref name="Kay">{{cite web|title=Roddy Frame – High Land Hard Rain Anniversary Show 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4wsINiEjeE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/i4wsINiEjeE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|work=Steve Kay on YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|access-date=29 May 2014|author=Steve Kay|format=Video upload|date=19 May 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

When asked in April 2014 about reconnecting with a record that he wrote as a teenager while around the age of 50 years, Frame replied:

<blockquote>
The songs that you write when you're young are just a part of you—they stay with you. The interesting thing was how far I kind of strayed from the original versions over the years—I mean acoustically and everything. So, coming back and stripping them down and trying to revisit them in a kind of honest, genuine fashion was actually—even for an old cynic like me—it turned to be a very moving thing ... It [30th anniversary tour] was a very moving experience. It was like we were all revisiting our teenage years together, and it was nostalgic, but in a nice, happy, positive way.<ref name="Rob"/></blockquote>

Frame explained in May 2014 that the tour was arranged after he had reconnected with his former Aztec Camera manager, Johnson, who received a call from a prominent UK promoter who asked Frame if he was interested in the concept—Frame agreed to the tour at the time he was first asked.<ref name="Clyde" />