Simple Minds : New Gold Dream (badge)

Image : Simple Minds 'New Gold Dream' badge ©japanese forms

Getting away from the (mostly) Postcard Records stuff that I post for the moment and moving onto other Scottish bands that I've neglected a bit.  Bands like Simple Minds, The Associates, and Teenage Fanclub. Three great bands (at least for a few years for the first two) whom I really liked at some moment in my life. Of course, Teenage Fanclub and Simple Minds are still doing the rounds; the latter having released a brand new album just last month (Oct. 2014), but the much regretted Associates more or less fell apart when Alan Rankine left the band in 1982 shortly after the release of the fabulous 'Sulk' album. Rankine's departure leading to the late Billy MacKenzie more or less embarking on a solo career; albeit under the Associates name, until around 1990. Almost everything released after 1982 paled by comparison to the bands' previous output. A spent force in which; apart from a couple of Mackenzie's later solo efforts, I lost interest. Simple Minds, I lost interest in them shortly after the 'Once Upon A Time' album (1985). I like, and still do, most of the stuff released beforehand. Might have been the fact that they had turned into a stadium rock band, à la U2, that put me off them. I imagine though that it was some other band (more than likely The Jesus And Mary Chain) that had caught my fancy. I'd moved on to other pastures. As for Teenage Fanclub; that's another story which I'll come back to later.

More posts on these bands up soon. (japanese forms)

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Orange Juice : Salmon Fishing in New York (badge)

Orange Juice : Salmon Fishing in New York (button badge - circa 1984-85)

An artefact from my badge collection. I've had this authentic article for nigh on 30 years now. Also have with a few other Postcard Records related ones. I've already posted pics of these badges before but the quality wasn't up to much so I'm updating them. Expect to see some more shots here soon.
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The Jesus And Mary Chain : Riot!

The Jesus and Mary Chain - ‘Riot : North London Polytechnic, 15/3/85’
Box set includes 2 postcards & 3 button badges.

Fierce Panda Recordings - Fright046A
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Orange Juice : button badge

Orange Juice : button badge

I have a couple of original Orange Juice badges but this is not one of them. Would love to have one. *sigh*


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postcard records badge(s)

This post is in reply to a recent comment (about this badge) made by a visitor... A visitor (Brian Hull?) who correctly pointed out that the badge in the above link was neither an original nor an "official" Postcard Records one. So here are a couple of examples of the original, official badges. One with a black background and one with a blue background. The black one is still intact, and in mint condition, whereas the blue has unfortunately developed some sort of stain... I imagine some rainwater infiltrated it when I wore it (for years) on my denim, Levis jacket back in the day. Unlike the denim jacket, which wouldn't possibly fit me nowadays, I've kept these badges for what must now be at least 30 years. Authentic and true artefacts of the wonderful but too short Postcard era. japanese forms

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postcard records (badge)

Postcard Records -
Badge / Button


First version of a series of badges featuring Postcard Records designs.
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James Kirk (badge)

Orange Juice - Badge
(James Kirk)

Given to Allan Kingdom by someone at Freakbeat Records (Los Angeles). A promotional item for the release of "The Glasgow School" on Domino.

photo © Allan Kingdom


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orange juice (badge) by kingdoma

orange juice
badge /button

An item of some interest and one of the many photographs you can see at the Sound of Young Scotland group on Flickr.

(Click link below for more).

image © kingdoma
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