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The Glasgow School is a compilation album by the Scottish band Orange Juice
, released in 2005. It contains the band's four singles for Postcard Records
, the greater part of the 1992 compilation album Ostrich Churchyard
(which contained early versions of tracks that later appeared on the 1982 album You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
), an alternate version of "Simply Thrilled Honey", and a cover of "I Don't Care" by the Ramones
. This material was all recorded between 1978 and 1981, prior to the band signing with Polydor Records
.
Orange Juice
Orange Juice was a Scottish post-punk band founded in the middle class Glasgow suburb of Bearsden as the Nu-Sonics in 1976. Edwyn Collins formed the Nu-Sonics with his school-mate Alan Duncan and was subsequently joined by James Kirk and Steven Daly, who left a band called The Machetes. The band...
, released in 2005. It contains the band's four singles for Postcard Records
Postcard Records
Postcard Records is a Glasgow-based independent record label founded by Alan Horne in 1979, as a vehicle for Orange Juice and Josef K releases. The label's motto was "The Sound of Young Scotland", a parody/tribute to the Motown motto; its logo featured a cartoon cat beating a drum...
, the greater part of the 1992 compilation album Ostrich Churchyard
Ostrich Churchyard
Ostrich Churchyard is an album by Orange Juice, released on CD in 1992. Tracks 1 to 12 were recorded live at the Hellfire Club, Glasgow on 17th May 1981...
(which contained early versions of tracks that later appeared on the 1982 album You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
You Can't Hide Your Love Forever is the debut album by post-punk band Orange Juice.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Edwyn Collins; except where indicated# "Falling and Laughing" – 3:51# "Untitled Melody" – 2:04# "Wan Light" – 2:23...
), an alternate version of "Simply Thrilled Honey", and a cover of "I Don't Care" by the Ramones
Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
. This material was all recorded between 1978 and 1981, prior to the band signing with Polydor Records
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
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Track listing
- "Falling and LaughingFalling and Laughing"Falling and Laughing" was the debut single by Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice. It was the first single released by the independent rock label Postcard Records, owned by Alan Horne. "Falling and Laughing" marked a new shift of the post-punk sound in general, by using themes that were not...
" – 4:00 - "Moscow" – 2:01
- "Moscow Olympics" – 2:07
- "Blue Boy" – 2:53
- "Love Sick" – 2:27
- "Simply Thrilled Honey" – 2:43
- "Breakfast Time" – 1:56
- "Poor Old Soul (Part 1)" – 2:29
- "Poor Old Soul (Part 2)" – 2:36
- "Louise Louise" – 2:50
- "Three Cheers For Our Side" – 2:52
- "In A Nutshell" – 4:06
- "Satellite City" – 2:42
- "Consolation Prize" – 3:10
- "Holiday Hymn" – 3:00
- "Intuition Told Me (Part 1)" – 1:13
- "Intuition Told Me (Part 2)" – 3:22
- "Wan Light" – 2:30
- "Dying Day" – 3:09
- "Texas Fever" – 1:44
- "Tender Object" – 4:40
- "Blokes on 45" – 4:13
- "I Don't Care" – 3:08