05: Centuries  Wine, Woman & King mix - 4.01 This was played by LX during a TeaTime session. Fookin' brilliant! Can't wait, thanks for the info! :) R The Orb <theorb@shaw.ca> wrote: I received a press release this morning about the 4 new release. Edited down, here's what I posted on today on The Orb Facebook Group and Fan Site: ...and join The Orb Group & Fan Site on Facebook ! :) ~~~~ COMING JULY 28, 2008: Re-mastered & Expanded versions of Island Records albums July 28th sees the re-release of a salvo of Orb albums through Universal Catalogue. All four albums, Pomme Fritz, Orbus Terrarum, Orblivion & Cydonia were all originally released on Island Records. All four albums come as 2-CD packages and include fully re-mastered versions of the original albums, deluxe, expanded packaging with sleeve notes from Kris Needs plus rare and previously unreleased mixes from the period of the original album releases. ...::: Pomme Fritz :::... Disc 1 (original album) 01: Pomme Fritz (Meat Ân Veg) - 9.02 02: More Gills Less Fish Cakes - 8.03 03: WeÂre Pastie To Be Grill You - 7.11 04: Bang ÂEr ÂN Chips - 7.44 05: Alles Ist Schoen - 7.26 06: His Immortal Logness - 2.05 Disc 2 (Remixes) 01: Sausage Tats Mit Gravy  Dom mix #1 - 11.35 02: Star Twister  Pomme Fritz & Apple Sauce mix - 6.39 03: Potato Fields of Electric Gliding Blue  Ambient mix - 10.57 04: Eastern Hot Dogs in Gardens of Dub  Lx mix - 11.31 05: Wrapped With Salt & Vinegar  Thomas Fehlmann mix - 10.08 Released in July 1994, Pomme Fritz was the bands first album for Island Records having released their first two albums for Big Life. By now something of a Âhousehold name thanks to the success of 2nd album U.F.Orb, Pomme Fritz, sub-titled The OrbÂs Little Album, came as something of a shock to fans and critics alike. At 41 minutes it was, in Orb terms, something of a sprint and following the almost Âpop sensibility of tracks such as Perpetual Dawn & Little Fluffy Clouds the disjointed, dissonance of Pomme Fritz was at odds to what had gone before, yet with hindsight Orb leader Alex Paterson see the album in terms of wiping the slate clean in order to begin again. ...::: Orbus Terrarum :::... Disc 1 (original album) 01: Valley - 7.36 02: Plateau - 12.49 03: Oxbow Lakes - 7.28 04: Montagne DÂor ( Der Gute Berg ) - 10.41 05: White River Junction - 9.36 06: Occidental - 13.54 07: Slug Dub - 15.49 Disc 2 (Remixes) 01: Plateau  All Hands On Deck mix  2AM - 15.45 02: Slug Dub  Dumpy Dub - 12.29 03: Valley  Mix 3 Dubby - 10.54 04: White River Junction  Zoom Vinegar mix - 13.09 05: Oxbow Lakes  AndyÂs Space mix - 8.45 06: Peace Pudding ( Occidental ) - 13.30 1995 saw the release of Orbus Terrarum, an album many Orb officianados see as something of a lost classic. The last album to feature Kris ÂThrash Weston (who would be replaced with Andy Hughes), it still baffled many UK critics who were, at the time, in thrall to the prevailing flavour du jour of Britpop, yet it proved to be the bands biggest success in the U.S. More organic and straight-forward than its predecessor only one single, Oxbox Lakes was lifted from the album. ...::: Orblivion :::... Disc 1 (original album) 01: Delta Mk II - 7.00 02: Ubiquity - 6.13 03: Asylum - 5.19 04: Bedouin - 4.31 05: Molten Love - 6.39 06: Pi  Part One - 1.05 07: S.A.L.T. - 7.54 08: Toxygene - 5.19 09: Log of Deadwood - 1.13 10: Secrets - 5.32 11: Passing of Time - 9.27 12: 72 - 11.23 Disc 2 (remixes) 01: Delta Mk II  Love Bites mix - 14.21 02: Bedouin  The SheikÂs Film mix - 10.03 03: Log of Deadwood  Implanting Machines mix - 1.23 04: Secrets  I Love A Woman In Uniform mix - 8.25 05: Passing of Time  Ambient mix - 9.05 06: Molten Love  Orbits of Venus mix - 12.24 07: S.A.L.T  Snow mix - 9.12 08: Asylum  Soul Catcher mix 09: Toxygene  Kris Needs Up For A Fortnight mix - 7.59 10: Asylum  Soul Catcher mix - 7.27 2 years later in 1996 the Orb would return with Orbilivion, an album that would see them return to the commercial success they had achieved with their first two albums and spawn what was to be their biggest single to date. Now primarily Paterson & Hughes, the Orb scored their 1st top 5 single with Toxygene the first single to be lifted from the album. Starting life as a rejected remix of the Jean Michel Jarre track Oxygene (turned down as it bore no resemblance to the original) the single reached number 4 in January of 1996. The album saw the band re-capture some critical ground as reviews celebrated the long-player as something of a Âreturn to formÂ. ...::: Cydonia :::... Disc 1 (original album) 01: Once More - 4.18 02: Promis - 5.27 03: Ghostdancing - 7.29 04: Turn It Down - 8.29 05: Egnable - 1.58 06: Firestar - 0.46 07: A Mile Long Lump of Lard - 6.21 08: Centuries - 4.22 09: Plum Island - 5.22 10: Hamlet of Kings - 7.56 11: 1,1,1 - 0.36 12: Edm  The Blackhole mix - 4.12 13: ThursdayÂs Keeper - 4.09 14: Terminus - 11.16 Disc 2 (remixes) 01: Centuries  Eurofen mix - 4.45 02: Ghostdancing  Version - 6.45 03: Hamlet of Kings  Version - 7.58 04: Firestar  Front Bits - 1.14 05: Centuries  Wine, Woman & King mix - 4.01 06: Once More  Scourge of the Earth mix - 4.53 07: Plum Island  Flat mix - 5.21 08: Promis  Version - 5.46 09: Once More  Bedrock Edit 2 - 8.04 10: Turn It Down  Long Version - 9.08 11: Terminus  AndyÂs mix - 13.30 Despite the various corporate reshuffles at the OrbÂs label, Cydonia, the final album for Island, finally emerged in 2001. Recorded in 1999, the album played to the OrbÂs strengths. Moments of bass heavy ambience, recalling the heady days of the early 90Âs sat alongside Âpop moments such as the first single from the album, Once More. Soon after its release the band parted company with the label, following a final Âgreatest hits compilation U.F.Off and a legendary show at the Royal Albert Hall. -- Dan Motut orblist member for 10+ years...w00t! _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com