Orange Juice: Coals to Newcastle – review

(Domino)Tucked away on this six CD and one DVD boxset, there's a brief radio interview with Edwyn Collins. It hails from just after Orange Juice's greatest commercial success, when Rip It Up reached the top 10. The group's frontman seems weary and cynical, his conversation punctuated with awkward laughter. Mention of the music press-boosted New Pop movement of which Rip It Up was supposed to be a perfect exemplar – clever, radio-friendly, powered by the modern-sounding squelch of the Roland 30...

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