Sold Date: July 4, 2017
Start Date: June 24, 2017
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THE ORCHIDS

One of the most prolific bands on Bristol, England's legendary indie pop label Sarah Records, the Orchids 

were also one of the label's most press-shy outfits. Formed in 1986 in Penilee, Scotland, a suburb of Glasgow, 

the Orchids took their initial inspiration from some of the city's better-known acts of the time, 

particularly Lloyd Cole and the Commotions (singer James Hackett sounded more than a little like 

Cole and was often derided in the U.K. press for that resemblance) and Primal Scream during that band's 

original '60s pop phase. Hackett, rhythm guitarist Matthew Drummond, lead guitarist John Scally, 

bassist James Moody, and drummer Chris Quinn fit neatly into the bowl haircut and anorak look 

of the British indie scene, and their songs, the sort of archetypal late-'80s U.K. guitar pop for 

which terms like "winsome," "jangly", and "twee" were invented, made them both new pop heroes f

or a certain audience and an easily dismissible target for others. 

Press reaction tended to be either laudatory or scathing, with very little in between

"UNDERNEATH THE WINDOW, UNDERNEATH THE SINK"

tracklist

Side A: DEFY THE LAW - UNDERNEATH THE WINDOW, UNDERNEATH THE SINK

Side B: TINY WORDS - WALTER

1988      7"     SARAH  RECORDS    SARAH 11

MADE IN ENGLAND     ORIGINAL COPY BUT 2ND PRESSING

[Initial copies came in a sleeve which had a light blue background across the whole 

sleeve (front and back); later copies (this version) had the blue only within the rectangle 

on the front of the sleeve (the rest of the sleeve having a white background). 

The poster that came with the blue-background sleeve copies was printed on slightly 

textured paper that was thicker than the paper used for later copies]

FOLDOUT SLEEVE + LITTLE POSTER + COMPANY CATALOG

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: SARAH - PINK/WHITE&BLUE LABEL - WHITE & BLUE TEXT (Side B)

Catalog on cover: sarah eleven

Catalog on label (Side B): sarah eleven

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SARAH 11 A1   FUCK THE POL-TAX   MPO

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SARAH 11 B1  MPO

On labels: (Side B only) artist+titles+catalog

On Back Cover: Recorded and produced by The Orchids and Ian Carmichael at Toad Hall, Glasgow

Distributed by Revolver/Cartel

grading

RECORD NEAR MINT but  (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)