POSTCARD
RECORDS
Independent label: Postcard
Records is a Glasgow-based independent record label founded by Alan Horne in
1979, as a vehicle for Orange Juice and Josef K releases. The label's motto was
"The Sound of Young Scotland", a parody/tribute to the Motown motto; its logo
featured a cartoon cat beating a drum. Although short-lived. The label's first
release was Orange Juice's, Falling and Laughing, which was jointly financed by
Horne and band members Edwyn Collins and bassist David McClymont, and was
released in the spring of 1980. The label went on to sign such bands as Aztec
Camera and The Go-Betweens, before becoming bankrupt in 1981. Horne resuscitated
Postcard in 1992,. Orange Juice was a Scottish
post-punk band founded in the middle class Glasgow suburb of Bearsden as the
Nu-Sonics in 1976. Edwyn Collins formed the Nu-Sonics (named after a cheap brand
of guitar) with his school-mate Alan Duncan and was subsequently joined by James
Kirk and Steven Daly, who left a band called The Machetes. The band became
Orange Juice in 1979. Josef K were a Scottish post-punk band, active between
1979 and 1982. The band was named after the protagonist of Franz Kafka's novel
The Trial. Originally as TV Art by Paul Haig (vocals, guitar) and Ronnie
Torrance (drums), later joined by Malcolm Ross (guitar, keyboards), with Gary
McCormack added on bass guitar, who soon left (later joining The Exploited) with
David Weddell replacing him. Aztec Camera was a Scottish New wave band
formed by Roddy Frame. Formed in 1980. Postcard Records Former Address: 185 West
Princess Street P.O. Box 546 Glasgow, Scotland G12 8NY. Distributed By Rough
Trade.
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Juice |
Falling And
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Orange Juice |
Blue Boys |
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Josef K |
Radio Drill
Time |
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Go-Betweens |
I Need Two
Heads |
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Josef K |
It'S Kinda
Funny |
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Orange Juice |
Simply Thrilled
Honey |
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Josef
K |
Sorry For Laughing
(Album) |
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Orange Juice |
Poor Old
Soul |
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Aztec Camera |
Just Like
God |
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Josef K |
Sorry For
Laughing |
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Josef K |
Chance
Meeting |
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Orange Juice |
Wan Light
(Unreleased) |
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Josef K |
The Only Fun In Town
(Album) |
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Aztec Camera |
Mattress Of
Wire |
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Go
Betweens |
Your Turn My Turn (unreleased) |
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Orange Juice |
Ostrich Churchyard (Album)
(unreleased) |
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Secret
Goldfish |
Hey Mister
(unreleased) |
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The
Bluebells |
Everybody's Somebody's Fool
(unreleased) |
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Aztec Camera |
Green Jacket Grey (Album)
(unreleased) |
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Jazzateers |
Wasted
(unreleased) |
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