I got a long email t
oday from Domino Records, talking about one of their new releases.
The release in question is Coals To Newcastle, an excellent complete covering of Orange Juice’s career from 1979-1984. It’s out on November 7 in the UK, and consists of 6CDs and a DVD.
One man who has done an excellent post on it is my friend Jim over at the Vinyl Villain who has turned a press release into a labour of love (and whose brains Domino have been picking to put this together, properly).
So read what Jim has to say (you should read this blog every day
y in the USA
anyway), and whet your appetite with a couple of OJ tracks. It’s been a crying shame that so much of their back catalogue has been unavailable for so long.
Orange Juice -‘Blue Boy.’ mp3
Orange Juice -‘Consolation Prize.’ mp3
Orange Juice -‘Rip It up.’ mp3
Orange Juice will also be my ‘Gone but not forgotten’ band on my radio show on Fresh Air this Thursday. I won’t be playing one of these three tracks but a different one…