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Thanks to the Big Gold Dream documentary I've been digging out any Fast Product / pop:aural discs that I've had ever since they were released way back in the day. This one is the legendary, Fire Engines 'Lubricate Your Living Room' album. Sounds as good today as it did back then. BTW the 'Room' in the title is singular and not plural as stated in the ad for the disc above.

I've no idea how many copies of this disc were originally pressed but I can't imagine it being more than a thousand or two. Reached N° 4 in the Indie charts. Hugely influential on the Scots post-punk, indie-music scene, Fire Engines were one those great bands, in their day, that never quite made it beyond cult status. They were gone before most realised they'd been around.

Born from the same literary art-punk scene as other Edinburgh greats, Scars (Fast Product) and Josef K (Postcard Records), the shortlived band broke up, less than a year after this was released, in 1981.

Images: ©japanese forms

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Falling & Laughing (Original cover photograph)

I really can't thank enough @Scots Post-Punk for all the amazing photos and documents that turn up on his Twitter timeline -and which he always makes sure to post to me as well. This time we have the original photo of
Edwyn Collins, James Kirk and David McClymont that was used for the cover of Orange Juice's debut single, 'Falling and Laughing' on Postcard Records in 1980.

The photograph is by Peter McArthur and I believe, though I'm not really sure, that it's part of David McClymont's personal collection of Orange Juice artefacts.

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Josef K & Orange Juice @ Plan K, 1980

In December, 1980  Josef K and Orange Juice went to Brussels at the invitation of Les Disques du Crépuscule for a New Year's Eve show at, former sugar refinery, Plan K.
Apparently 2000 people attended this show; also broadcast live on Belgian radio. I wonder if the recording still exists?

While in Brussels, Josef K recorded their excellent  'Sorry For Laughing / Révélation (TWI 023) single for Les Disques du Crépuscule.
The single was recorded at an 8-track studio in Brussels on January 2nd, 1981 and was released in March the same year.

Artwork:
Jean-François Octave


Image Source: ScotsPostPunk

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A Tribute to Frank Sinatra

This must have been some night; Scars, The Associates, Fire Engines, and Josef K all on one bill at Valentino's in 1980!
Must have brought a tear to old Frankie's blue eyes.

Source: @ScotsPostPunk

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Orange Juice : Falling & Laughing offset litho plates.

Always great to see previously unseen documents from the Postcard era popping up on the web. Here we have an image of the offset litho printing plates used for the artwork on Orange Juice's 'Falling and Laughing' single on Postcard Records (1980). Am sure Mr McClymont has a lot more interesting goodies waiting for the world to see.

From the collection of & © David McClymont.

Source : Shadow-Side

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Orange Juice : The Spaghetti Factory, 1980

Another excellent Peter McArthur shot of early of Orange Juice live at The Spaghetti Factory, Glasgow, September 1980.
Photo : ©Peter McArthur
Source : Automatic

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Orange Juice, Wolverhampton, circa 1980

 
Orange Juice at Club Lafayette, Wolverhampton (circa 1980)

image ©Miles Woods
Source : Edwyn Collins

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Postcard Records : "Funky Glasgow Now" poster

Postcard Records Present “Funky Glasgow Now” – Showcase Poster.
Design by Robbie Kelly (© 1980), from the collection of Davy Weddell.

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Orange Juice live in Glasgow, 1980

Orange Juice: Live at The Spaghetti Factory, Glasgow, September 1980.
Photo : ©Peter McArthur

Source : Automatic

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Orange Juice: 1980

Orange Juice: 1980
Photo: © Peter McArthur

A Scene In Between : Tripping Through the Fashions of UK Indie Music,1980-1988, by Sam Knee.

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