Orchids - Athens, Greece 2016 + London 1991

Tiki Bar

Athens, Greece 

Oct. 30, 2016

audience recording (sound quality VG; taper was at a distance from the rabble, minimizing crowd noise; audio rip from video)

SAMPLE: "Something for the Longing" (live 2016)

 
01 She's My Girl

02 Obsession #1

03 It's Only Obvious

04 Something's Going On

05 Apologies

06 Curious Heart

07 Tiny Words

08 Another Saturday Night

09 What Will We Do Next

10 Hey! Sometimes

11 A Kind of Eden

12 Peaches

13 Something for the Longing

14 Coloured Stone

15 Bemused, Confused & Bedraggled 

16 pre-encore applause, tuning

17 The Sadness of Sex (Part 1)

Camden Underground

London, UK

May 26, 1991

The Orchids: when we wuz fab
(OK, I guess they're still pretty fab...)

soundboard recording (quality VG+; sounds like a second-generation source tape)

01 Caveman

02 Something for the Longing

03 Peaches

04 Tiny Words

05 You Know I'm Fine

06 The Sadness of Sex (Part 1)

07 Frank DeSalvo

08 Sigh

09 Bemused, Confused 

     & Bedraggled 

10 pre-encore applause

11 Dirty Clothing

12 Me and the Black 

     and White Dream*

*Track 12 = Rough Trade Shop, London, UK 1991-05-18 (audience rec.; quality VG-)

MP3@320

ROB SEZ: You know a band is well loved when, 20+ years after their prime, someone buys their plane tickets to play at a modest size bar in Greece! Can't you just hear the guys pondering whether they should go? "Hmmm: should we spend a weekend in late October in Athens, or stay here in Scotland? Give us a minute..." Cheers to Bill Pos for recording and sharing the 2016 show, and special thanks to my friend & fellow Orchids fan EdA for supplying the 1991 set. If you glance at the Orchids' FB & Twitter posts from 2016, the guys appear to be recording material for a new album — but they don't seem to be in a big hurry. There are more Orchids goodies around here; just use the Labels tags at the bottom of the post or Artists/Groups index at the right-hand side of the blog to find 'em.
      

The Orchids - Peel Sessions + More

Peel Sessions & More

1990-2011

FM & web streams

sound quality: VG++ (no audio anomalies; enjoy)

ROB SEZ: Couldn't abide having the Orchids represented here with the so-so-sounding share from Tuesday and nothing else. So here's one more that shows off their talents with better sound: 
Peel Sessions + extra goodies. Love John Peel's intro & outro for track 5!!

SPECIAL THANKS to members of the Peel Group for their amazing archival work, to pyrolysebred, and to the Orchids for sharing the remixes and rarities

01 Dirty Clothing (Peel 1990)

02 Frank De Salvo (Peel 1990)

03 And When I Wake Up (Peel 1990)

04 Caveman (Peel 1990)

05 Patience Is Mine (Peel 1994)

06 Waiting Seems Vain (Peel 1994)

07 Bemused, Confused & Bedraggled

     (Hamburg 1991) 

08 Peaches (Hamburg 1991)

09 Back to Your House (Shelter Mix)

10 She's My Girl (remix)

11 And When I Wake Up (Toadhall)

12 The OK Song (B-side version)

NOTES:

01-04 = John Peel session, rec. 1990-04-08 Maida Vale 3, London; first b-cast 1990-05-08

05-06 = John Peel session, rec. 1994-02-24 Maida Vale 4, London; first b-cast 1994-04-09

07-08 = from the sanctioned Sarah Records various artists boot, EEC Punk Rock Mountain 

             (Orchids tracks recorded in Hamburg, Germany on 1991-06-01)

09-10 = unreleased remixes (posted in 2011)

11-12 = outtakes & rarities

The Orchids: still going strong today

The Orchids:

Chris Quinn

James Moody

John Scally

Matthew Drummond

Ronnie Borland

MP3@320

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

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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.