Orboretum The Orb Collection Cofanetto 4 Vinili Lp Colorati
€115,90
A career-spanning, 2CD & limited-edition quadruple vinyl octagonal set including new and rare mixes, compiled by Dr. Alex Paterson
‘Orboretum: The Orb Collection’ goes way back, but also focusses on recent highlights from albums such as ‘Abolition Of The Royal Familia’ (2020) and ‘Prism’ (2023) – which were cited by the media as some of their greatest work – up there with the bonafide gold of yesteryear.
The limited edition 4lp set is uniquely packaged in a beautiful octagon-shaped set, which folds out into a huge flower. Each disc will be pressed on a different colour, green, lilac, orange and blue, with sleeve notes by Kris Needs. Each side of vinyl is grouped by Alex to represent the 4 seasons, hence its botanical title. The comp’s “roots and more recent shoots” traverses their work for Universal across discs A and B, whilst discs C and D explore their music for indie labels Cooking Vinyl, Kompakt, Malicious Damage, and Liquid Sound Design. In addition, ‘Orboretum’ will also be available on a 6 panel 2CD with 24 page booklet.
“I don’t want The Orb to end up milking it like Roxy Music, who were always cranking out another best-of, although we did release the ‘History Of The Future’ best-of in 2013, and its part 2 in 2015 to be fair. We have such a gigantic catalogue though, that sometimes even I need a reminder of what I’ve done, especially these days. This is a sort of director’s cut, reframing our output, making new neuro pathways, and new juxtapositions. Some of these tracks are 30 years apart, but there are clear through lines, a continuum.” Alex Paterson
Side A
1.
A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Orbital Dance Mix)
[00:08:11]
2.
Little Fluffy Clouds (Ambient Mix 1)
[00:04:29]
3.
Perpetual Dawn (2024 Version)
[00:04:59]
4.
Blue Room (7″ Radio Mix)
[00:04:03]
Side B
1.
Pomme Fritz (Meat ‘N Veg)
[00:09:00]
2.
Asylum (7″ Edit)
[00:03:58]
3.
Oxbow Lakes (Sabres No. 1 Mix)
[00:07:22]
4.
Once More (Scourge Of The Earth Long Mix)
[00:04:52]
Side C
1.
Toxygene
[00:05:20
2.
Gee Strings
[00:05:14]
3.
Aftermath (LP Version)
[00:04:43]
4.
Lunik (Komplott E.P. Version)
[00:05:24]
5.
Dilmun
[00:03:57]
Side D
1.
Captain Korma
[00:05:19]
2.
From a Distance (Blast Master v The Corpral)
[00:03:56]
3.
Appletree In My Back Yard (Abakus Remix)
[00:08:48]
4.
Ghostdancing (Version)
[00:06:44]
Side E
1.
Vuja De (Gaudi Remix)
[00:06:40]
2.
DDD (Dirty Disco Dub) (Belka & Strelka Remix)
[00:05:04]
3.
Golden Clouds (feat. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry)
[00:05:46]
4.
Fussball (feat. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry)
[00:04:30]
Side F
1.
Metallic Spheres In Colour – Round Side (2024 Edit) [with David Gilmour]
[00:08:20]
2.
Alpine Morning
[00:06:57]
3.
Doughnuts Forever
[00:03:30]
4.
Rush Hill Road
[00:05:55]
Side G
1.
Pillow Fight @ Shag Mountain (Radio Edit)
[00:03:45]
2.
Wish I Had a Pretty Dog
[00:05:04]
3.
Daze In Dub (98.7 Kiss FM Mix)
[00:03:58]
4.
Hawk Kings (Oseberg Buddhas Buttonhole)
[00:04:56]
5.
Say Cheese (Siberian Tiger Cookie Mix)
[00:05:32]
Side H
1.
AAA (Violeta Vicci Remix Hung, Drawn & Quartered)
[00:06:06]
2.
Why Can You Be In Two Places At Once, When You Can’t Be Anywhere At All
[00:07:40]
3.
H.O.M.E. (High Orbs Mini Earth)
[00:10:34]
