For today, I will be showing something truly special. It's not only of musical value, or even monetary value, its of truly historically valuable on its impact on indie music. I am the very happy owner of an original 1980 copy of Orange Juice's Falling and Laughing. This is the record that truly kicked off the indie-pop sound that we've come to know from the mid to late 80s, to the 90s, and even the 2000s.
This record came in a run of only 934 copies, and went on to launch Postcard Records as a label to influence bands like Franz Ferdinand, The Wedding Present, Belle and Sebastian, King Krule, The Cribs, The Smiths (though only slightly), the C86 scene of the mid 80s, the twee pop of labels like Sarah (Field Mice, Another Sunny Day, The Orchids, Brighter, Heavenly, etc) and K (Beat Happening), and many more. It is a marvel to now be an owner of a copy of this record. Not only that, this is also one of only 200 copies out of the 934 copy run that has the extra postcard included with it (This one being a pair of pliers). This also includes the extra flexi disc that was sometimes included with this record.
This is a valuable piece of music history that ought to be preserved in archives and I feel Orange Juice deserves some mention in music history for the impact this record and the Postcard singles that followed had on modern music.
Very cool. Will/Do you ever play the records. What do they sounds like?
How did you come across this in the first place?
I absolutely do play it, but I still have to manage my plays considering its rarity. It sounds great, and the sound of the record really pops out when you hear the record as compared to online sources.
I randomly decided to just look at who had copies of Falling and Laughing on Discogs (Which you can see in the statistics section). Then I just thought "Would anyone be willing to actually sell it to me?", and then I message everyone who was visible that had a copy. Most of them said that they treasured this record (for obvious reasons) and would never get rid of it. Then one of the guys emailed me and said he was downsizing his collection, as he was downsizing his home as well. I negotiated with him for about two weeks, and I was able to get a bunch of records, including every other Postcard Orange Juice record.