Orange Juice Remastered ?

Assuming you're talking about the Polydor reissues - they sound great to me.

Dunno about the Back To Back CD, I'm afraid.

Far better to stick with the vinyl, or if that's too big a leap, track down the three Postcard retros on CD - "The Heather's On Fire", the incredible "lost" debut album "Ostrich Graveyard" and the 4-track EP "Poor Old Soul". Beautiful packaging, and that real stripped-down feel you're talking about, Tim.

"You Can't Hide Your Love Away Forever" still occupies a special place in my heart, though.

I should have picked up the reissues back in 1998, because the CDr I have died. Everything is currently out of print, and go from between $29 and $125. Hope someone reissues them soon.

Rip It Up
1 used & new from $125.00

The Orange Juice
3 used from $89.95

You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
2 new from $51.28 5 used from $28.67

For someone with a NM copy of each one and severely restricted CD-buying funds, uh... hmm...

On Ebay right now:

Rip it up: None, one sold recently for £19.

Texas Fever: £0.01 or £19.99

The Orange Juice: £24.95

You can't hide: £49

http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/albums/20-08-10/coals-to-newcastle-boxset/

Domino are very honoured to announce the upcoming release of a comprehensive seven-disc anthology of one of the finest groups of all-time, Orange Juice. Coals To Newcastle will be released on the 8th of November.

The boxset is made up of six audio compact discs and one DVD that contain the band's complete discography and other studio recordings as well as a collection of their BBC sessions. The DVD contains the band's two promotional clips for "Rip It Up" and "What Presence?!" (the latter directed by Derek Jarman), their four performances on The Old Grey Whistle Test and the rare posthumous concert video "Dada With The Juice". In total, Coals To Newcastle contains 16 previously unreleased tracks with another 23 tracks previously unavailable on earlier re-issues.

Disc One: The Glasgow School
01. Falling And Laughing
02. Moscow
03. Moscow Olympics
04. Felicity (live)
05. Blue Boy
06. Lovesick
07. Simply Thrilled Honey
08. Breakfast Time
09. Poor Old Soul, Pt. 1
10. Poor Old Soul, Pt. 2
11. Louise Louise
12. Three Cheers for Our Side
13. (To Put It in A) Nutshell
14. Satellite City
15. Consolation Prize
16. Holiday Hymn
17. Intuition Told Me, Pt. 1
18. Intuition Told Me, Pt. 2
19. Wan Light
20. Dying Day
21. Texas Fever
22. Tender Object
23. Poor Old Soul (French version)
24. Poor Old Soul (instrumental version)
25. Simply Thrilled Honey (live)
26. Botswana (live)
27. Time to Develop (live)
28. Blue Boy (live)

-Tracks 1-3 originally released in February 1980 ( Postcard 7" 80-1).
-Track 4 included in some early editions of Postcard 7" 80-1 as a flexi-disc and also available in issue 5 of the Ten Commandments fanzine. The original master tape for this recording (which was a live cassette bootleg recorded by Malcolm Ross) was unable to be located, so a high-quality recording was taken from one of the original flexi-discs and has been included for anthropological purposes.
-Tracks 5, 6 originally released in August 1980 (Postcard 7" 80-2) .
-Tracks 7, 8 originally released in November 1980 (Postcard 7" 80-6).
-Track 9, 10 originally released in March 1981 (Postcard 7" 81-2) .
-Tracks 11-22 recorded in May 1981 and released in September 1992 as Ostrich Churchyard (DUBH 922)
-Tracks 23, 24 originally released in March 1993 (Postcard DUBH 934CD)
-Tracks 25-28 originally released on a limited bonus cassette included with some copies of the "Rip It Up" 7" single (POSP 547) in February 1983 as The Felicity Flexi Session: The Formative Years and come from the same show as track 4 on disc one.

Disc Two: You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
01. Falling And Laughing
02. Untitled Melody
03. Wan Light
04. Tender Object
05. Dying Day
06. L.O.V.E. Love
07. Intuition Told Me, Pt. 1
08. Upwards And Onwards
09. Satellite City
10. Three Cheers For Our Side
11. Consolation Prize
12. Felicity
13. In A Nutshell
14. Intuition Told Me, Pt. 2
15. Moscow
16. You Old Eccentric
17. Two Hearts Together (10" version)
18. I Can't Help Myself (7" version)
19. Tongues Begin to Wag
20. Barbeque

-Tracks 1-13 originally released in February 1982 as You Can't Hide Your Love Forever (POLS 1057)
-Tracks 14, 15 originally released in October 1981 as b-sides to the "L.O.V.E. Love" single (POSP 357).
-Track 16 originally released in January 1982 as a b-side to the "Felicity" single (POSP 386).
-Track 17 originally released in August 1982 (POSP 470).
-Tracks 18-20 originally released in October 1982 (POSP 522)

Disc Three: Rip It Up
01. Rip It Up
02. A Million Pleading Faces
03. Mud In Your Eye
04. Turn Away
05. Breakfast Time
06. I Can't Help Myself
07. Flesh Of My Flesh
08. Louise Louise
09. Hokoyo
10. Tenterhook
11. Rip It Up (12" version)
12. Snake Charmer
13. Lovesick
14. Flesh Of My Flesh (7" version)
15. Lord John White And The Bottleneck Train (12" version)
16. Flesh Of My Flesh (12" version)
17. All That Ever Mattered

-Tracks 1-10 originally released in November 1982 as Rip It Up (POLS 1076)
-Tracks 11-13 originally released in February 1983 (POSP 547).
-Tracks 14-16 originally released in May 1983 (OJ 4).

Disc Four: Texas Fever
01. Bridge
02. Craziest Feeling
03. Punch Drunk
04. The Day I Went Down To Texas
05. A Place In My Heart
06. A Sad Lament
07. Out For The Count
08. Bridge (Summer '83 version)
09. Poor Old Soul (new version)
10. Leaner Period
11. Move Yourself
12. The Day I Went To Texas (flexi version)
13. I Feel A Song Coming On [Craziest Feeling]
14. Bridge
15. The Day I Went To Texas
16. A Place In My Heart
17. Out For The Count
18. Chinese Eyes [Punch Drunk]

-Tracks 1-6 originally released in March 1984 as Texas Fever (OJMLP 1)
-Tracks 7, 8 originally released in February 1984 as b-sides to the "Bridge" single (OJ 5).
-Track 9 included in some copies of OJ 5 as a flexi-disc.
-Tracks 9, 10 originally released in March 1998 as part of the CD re-issue of Texas Fever (539 982)
-Track 12 was given away in March 1983 as a free flexi-disc included in copies of Melody Maker.
-Tracks 13-18 are previously unreleased mixes of tracks from the Texas Fever recording sessions.

Disc Five: The Orange Juice
01. Lean Period
02. I Guess I'm Just A Little Too Sensitive
03. Burning Desire
04. Scaremonger
05. The Artisans
06. What Presence?!
07. Out For The Count
08. Get While The Gettings Good
09. All That Ever Mattered
10. Salmon Fishing In New York
11. What Presence?! (12" version)
12. A Place In My Heart (12" dub version)
13. In A Nutshell (live)
14. Simply Thrilled Honey (live)
15. Dying Day (live)
16. Bury My Head In My Hands
17. Lean Period (12" dub version)
18. Rip It Up (live)
19. What Presence?! (live)
20. Burning Desire ("Alexis" mix)

-Tracks 1-10 originally released in November 1984 as The Orange Juice (OJHP 2)
-Tracks 11, 12 originally released in April 1984 (OJ 6).
-Tracks 13-15 included in some copies of OJ 6 as a limited edition cassette.
-Tracks 16,17 originally released in October 1984 b-sides to the "Lean Period" single (OJ 7).
-Tracks 18,19 included in some copies of OJ 7 as a limited edition flexi-disc.

Disc Six: BBC Sessions
01. Poor Old Soul
02. You Old Eccentric
03. Falling And Laughing
04. Lovesick
05. Upwards And Onwards
06. Wan Light
07. Felicity
08. Dying Day
09. Holiday Hymn
10. Three Cheers For Our Side
11. Blokes on 45
12. Mud In Your Eye
13. I Can't Help Myself
14. In Spite Of It All [Two Hearts Together]
15. Turn Away
16. What Presence?!
17. Salmon Fishing In New York
18. Bridge
19. BBC interview part one
20. BBC interview part two

-Tracks 1-4 taken from the first session recorded for John Peel, October 1980.
-Tracks 5-7 taken from a session recorded for Mike Read, January 1981.
-Tracks 8-11 taken from the second session recorded for John Peel, August 1981.
-Tracks 12-15 taken from the first session recorded for Kid Jensen, April 1982.
-Tracks 16-18 taken from the second session recorded for Kid Jensen, February 1984.
-Tracks 19, 20 taken from an interview conducted by Richard Skinner at The BBC in February 1983.

Disc Seven: Dada With (The) Juice (Live DVD/Live Album)
Rip It Up (music video)
What Presence? (music video, directed by Derek Jarman)
Rip It Up (Old Grey Whistle Test, originally aired October 8th, 1982)
I Can't Help Myself (Old Grey Whistle Test, originally aired October 8th, 1982)
What Presence? (Old Grey Whistle Test, originally aired December 11th, 1984)
Out For The Count (Old Grey Whistle Test, originally aired December 11th, 1984)

Dada With (The) Juice:
Salmon Fishing In New York
Dying Day
Falling And Laughing
In A Nutshell
Simply Thrilled Honey
A Place In My Heart
Craziest Feeling
Bridge
Rip It Up
Poor Old Soul
What Presence?!
The Day I Went Down To Texas
All That Ever Mattered / Diana

anyone want to guess on a price??

this will be great, but a shame as hunting for Orange juice stuff is part of the fun of it.

My lean period 12" ( including dub mix) was a particular ebay triumph.

preorder price sez $60, which isn't half bad for seven CDs.

this will be great, but a shame as hunting for Orange juice stuff is part of the fun of it.

yeah, "in my house"

(i.e. have/had most of this stuff)

Great to have them available, but I maybe feel this is a bit too much. Hopefully the four albums will eventually surface as single albums with the occasional bonus track as well, as I don't need three discs of early demos and Beeb sessions.

Butbutbut where is the wonderful 12" version of "I Can't Help Myself"...?

I used to have the cassette version of The Orange Juice, whose second side was taken up entirely by Orange Juice's complete 12" versions. Was rather better than the actual album.

Yes, me too.

7 CDs and no room for "Who Are the Mystery Girls?"

Well, "Who Are The Mystery Girls?" was Nu-Sonics, not Orange Juice... and the 12" version of "I Can't Help Myself" was basically the LP version minus a few bars... otherwise, it's the same mix.

Fair enough.

God, how I love "What Presence?!"

hoping i get this box set for christmas. mom, if you're reading this ...

I just got the Coals To Newcastle box after having "The Glasgow School" and "The Esteemed OJ" for years. I know it's diving into the deep end but 1) box sets have been going out of print surprisingly fast and I didn't want to miss out and 2) I quite like the comps I've already got.

I had to order it directly from Domino as Amazon wanted $20 more for it! Seems like it'll be oop shortly.

Jeez. . .
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00PO59UP2/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1445566974&sr=8-3

Thrilled I was able to get it, totally worth the full experience. The first album is a total post-punk classic and the contemporary criticisms about later material don't seem relevant anymore.

http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2574187?ev=rb

£71 if you're in the US, £118 otherwise.

sorry, £118 if you are in the UK.

(sings: "We are the world... ")

Did they release anything other than The Glasgow School separately?
I think there's been another reissue of the dolphin one, You Can't Hide Your Love Forever since, possibly a deluxe 2cd?

Not sure how far into their material I'd want to go.

& thinking of the Glasgow school, the remastered Aztec camera stuff starts with High land Hard rain doesn't it? There is no reissued remastered Postcard stuff by them is there?

That's correct; Roddy's not keen on having that stuff out again.

the contemporary criticisms about later material don't seem relevant anymore.

To say the least.

And I've said this elsewhere, but how old was Roddy on those early Postcard singles? 16 or 17? I don't imagine many of us would want the music we made as teenagers circulating around forever.

I would if id written mattress of wire

Haha. Well. We can see that objectively.

Was gonna say, Roddy was one hell of a gifted 16 yr old.

the contemporary criticisms about later material don't seem relevant anymore.

Whatever happened to Zeke Manyika btw?

http://www.discogs.com/artist/56668-Zeke-Manyika