the orange juice

Orange Juice found little consolation in the exclusive and elusive celtic beauty of this sensitive swan song.  The band had formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1976 as The Nu-Sonics, changing their name to Orange Juice three years later.  After achieving success on the indie chart with singles released on Postcard Records, they signed to Polydor to record their debut 'You Can't Hide Your Love Forever' with Edwyn Collins, James Kirk, David McClymont, and Steven Daly.  By their second album  'Rip It Up'  Kirk and Daly had left to be replaced by Malcolm Ross and Zeke Manyika.  The title track was the band's only top forty hit, peaking at number eight and giving them a much larger audience.  They worked with reggae producer Dennis Bovell on their next project, the 'Texas Fever' EP.  When McClymont, and  Daly left the group, Collins and Manyika went back into the studio with Bovell to record 'The Orange Juice'.  Bovell produced the sessions with Will Gosling and Phil Thornalley.  The album features Edwyn Collins on guitar, synthesizer, vocals, and songwriting;  and Zeke Manyika on drums, vocals, percussion, and songwriting;  with Clare Kenny on bass;  Dennis Bovell on keyboards;  and Johnny Britton on guitar.  

Collins would consider:  “I needed to get on with things.  To develop the guitar, and all that. I needed to experiment and try different ideas. It was a rough sound, and no-one was doing that...I liked The Orange Juice, the last one, ‘What Presence?!’ is great. ‘Salmon Fishing In New York’ was great, also. It’s more or less a solo album – Zeke was there for three days. Sometimes Dennis played everything. Of course, it was all over by that time.”

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"What Presence!?"
http://vimeo.com/15781010

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"Salmon Fishing in New York"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGA-DqAKIKI




"All That Ever Mattered"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JrB6CnHfuU




What Pressence + Out For The Count Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNntlCWX_XA










'The Orange Juice'
full album:



All tracks composed by Edwyn Collins

"Lean Period"
"I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive"
"Burning Desire"
"Scaremonger"
"The Artisans"
"What Presence!?"
"Out for the Count"
"Get While the Gettings Good"
"All That Ever Mattered"
"Salmon Fishing in New York"




interview
http://www.edwyncollins.com/video/orange-juice-interviews-dada-with-juice-mirror-image-channel-4

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