Blue Orchids - The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain) [CD]

The first revolutionary fracture in The Fall was the sudden departure of guitarist Martin Bramah. Commonly understood as the only viable challenger to Mark E Smith's dominance of the band, Bramah was The Fall's first singer and primary songwriter at the start. His subsequent group, Blue Orchids, was originally a reconstitution of the first recorded line-up of The Fall, without Mark. After slight revisions in the lineup, Blue Orchids created a singular sound of maniacally aberrant psych on two thrilling singles - before recording one of the most imperfectly perfect debuts in what could no longer really be called 'rock and roll'. 'The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain)' eschews the frenetic energy of those singles to present itself as the greatest 'morning after the trip' albums ever - Martin and Una's wonderful explanations of the experiential backdrop to "Sun Connection" take up nearly as much space as those of all the other songs combined! Its possible that more covers of songs from 'The Greatest Hit' have been recorded by bands of credibility and renown than from any single Fall LP (although we're counting!), with near-contemporaneous versions arising from Fish & Roses, Slovenly, Dustdevils and Aztec Camera and many others since. Never reissued on vinyl since its 1982 release, due to objections from the WB Yeats estate for the album's musical interpretation of the author's "Mad As The Mist And Snow", this deluxe edition includes a bonus album with two unreleased pre-album demos, two further demos released only on long out-of-print cassette compilations from more than forty years ago, and scorching live set featuring several of their early songs, extensive liner notes from Martin Bramah and Una Baines, a reproduction of the original lyric fold-over booklet and (with the 2LP version), a download card.

1. Sun Connection 2. Dumb Magician 3. Tighten My Belt 4. A Year With No Head 5. Hanging Man 6. Bad Education 7. Wait 8. No Looking Back 9. Low Profile 10. Mad As The Mist And Snow 11. Disney Boys (demo) 12. The Flood (demo) 13. Low Profile (C81 Cassette Version) 14. Thirst (Pleasantly Surprised Cassette Version) 15. Live In Manchester, 2014: Motorway 16. Hanging Man 17. Olympian 18. Work 19. A Year With No Head 20. The Unknown

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• Format Detail: 2CD
• Format: CD
• Internal ID: JITRE
• Genre: Indie & Alternative
• Released: 2/23/24
• Format: CD