Postcard Records

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Postcard Recordings 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, Postcard was to prove a key influence on the C81 and the later C86 indie-pop movements.

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.[1] The label went on to sign such bands as Aztec Camera and The Go-Betweens, before going bust in 1981. Horne resuscitated Postcard in 1992, and it continues to release records.

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Year Artist Title Type UK Indie Chart Position
Apr 1980 Orange Juice "Falling and Laughing" Single #48 80 1
Sep 1980 Orange Juice "Blue Boy" Single #15 80 2
Sep 1980 Josef K "Radio Drill Time" Single #15 80 3
Nov 1980 Go Betweens "I Need Two Heads" Single – 80 4
Dec 1980 Josef K "It's Kinda Funny" Single #12 80 5
Dec 1980 Orange Juice "Simply Thrilled Honey" Single #5 80 6
Mar 1981 Orange Juice "Poor Old Soul" Single #5 81 2
Apr 1981 Aztec Camera "Just Like Gold" Single #10 81 3
1981 Josef K "Sorry For Laughing" Single – 81 4
May 1981 Josef K "Chance Meeting" Single #5 81 5
1981 Orange Juice "Wan Light" Single – 81 6
Jul 1981 Josef K "The Only Fun In Town" Album #3 81 7
Aug 1981 Aztec Camera "Mattress Of Wire" Single #8 81 8

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1. Reynolds, S. (2005) Rip It And Start Again: Post-Punk 1978-1984, page 353, (London: Faber and Faber); ISBN 0-571-21570-X

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