The Orchids – Live 2014 + bonus

'My Secret World' / Sarah Records Artists Show

Arnolfini Gallery
Bristol, UK
May 3, 2014

audience recording (in mono - sound quality VG-)  

My only misgiving about this one is that the taper apparently was trying to save memory or battery power, 'cuz every track is faded in & out, and a few seconds are missing at the start & end of several tracks; otherwise, it's a fun listen.

ROB SEZ: Bringing you another little-known UK indie pop outfit with significant merit. Not technically an ASH post because the old ASH blog is not the source of these tracks. However, it was Don & Co. that turned me onto The Orchids, so it's a fitting ASH Tuesday share. The Orchids' recorded output is high quality stuff. Enjoy!

The Orchids in the 1990s. SHOULDA BEEN HUGE...

01 A Place Called Home

02 Lovechild

03 Between Sleeping 
     and Waking 

04 What Will We Do Next?

05 Women Priests & Addicts

06 Peaches

07 Blue Light

08 Apologies

09 Something for the Longing

10 Caveman

    

11 (Xmas Party '91 first trk)

12 (Xmas Party '91 second trk)

13 Tiny Words

14 The Coolest Thing

15 Peaches

16 Apologies

17 It's Only Obvious

TT: 55 minutes

Notes for tracks 11-17:
(bonus tracks; all aud. recordings)

11-13 = Sarah Records Xmas Party, The Thekla, 
             Bristol, UK Dec. 1991 (song titles 
             for 11 & 12 unknown)

14 -15 = The Bowery, London, UK 2011-05-11

16 = Bush Hall, Shepherd's Bush, 
        London, UK 2010 -11-12

17 = Madrid Popfest, Spain, 2011-03-11

MP3@320

SPECIAL THANKS to Country Mile for posting the 2014 set. Thanks also to Season Records, String Bean Jen, and others for the additional tracks.

This is ASH Tuesday Post #10.

The Orchids:

Chris Quinn

James Moody

John Scally

Matthew Drummond
Ronnie Borland

Read more about The Orchids at Wikipedia. Comprehensive band bio can be found HERE.