the orange peels podcasts: the story behind the music. . . home demos and storytelling

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Chapter 1: Let's Make an Album in the Garage

>>> Riding high on the success of their sophomore album, the Orange Peels embark on new recordings in their garage, only to be derailed when the band breaks up on a tour of the East Coast. High expectations, sadness, drama. Includes clips of home demos of Circling the Sun, I Don't Wanna Shine, How Green the Grass, and Long Cold Summer.

Chapter 2: The Long, Cold Summer

>>> Embarking on their delayed tour, tension builds and the band isn't communicating. The band breaks up, but only after playing a great show with the Minus 5. Left with half a band, Allen and Jill recruit two members from the Ocean blue for some autumn shows. Everything clicks, and the four agree to meet in Minneapolis over Christmas to record the third Orange Peels Album. Narrated by Allen Clapp. Includes a home demo of Something in You from the new album. Also features audio clips from Allen's 2002 solo album, Available Light.

Chapter 3: Square. . . an Alternate Universe

>>> Square Home Demos. This is how our debut record would have sounded if we hadn't signed with Minty Fresh. During our transition from Allen Clapp and his Orchestra into the Orange Peels, Allen Clapp (vocals, guitar), Larry Winther (drums) and Jilll Pries (bass) recorded an almost-complete version of Square on a four-track cassette recorder. Performed with reckless abandon. Recorded with questionable fidelity. No narration. Includes full demos of: She is Like a Rose, On the Way to Somewhere, I Don't Mind the Rain, Everybody's Gone, All the World Could Pass Me By, and Take Me Over. Also includes a partial demo of Spaghetti-O Western and a live, on-air performance on KFJC of a mid-60s Charlatans song, No. 1, which we were going to cover on the album but didn't.




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	• • • • • Chapter 1: Let's Make an Album in the Garage >>> Riding high on the success of their sophomore album, the Orange Peels embark on new recordings in their garage, only to be derailed when the band breaks up on a tour of the East Coast. High expectations, sadness, drama. Includes clips of home demos of Circling the Sun, I Don't Wanna Shine, How Green the Grass, and Long Cold Summer. Chapter 2: The Long, Cold Summer >>> Embarking on their delayed tour, tension builds and the band isn't communicating. The band breaks up, but only after playing a great show with the Minus 5. Left with half a band, Allen and Jill recruit two members from the Ocean blue for some autumn shows. Everything clicks, and the four agree to meet in Minneapolis over Christmas to record the third Orange Peels Album. Narrated by Allen Clapp. Includes a home demo of Something in You from the new album. Also features audio clips from Allen's 2002 solo album, Available Light. Chapter 3: Square. . . an Alternate Universe >>> Square Home Demos. This is how our debut record would have sounded if we hadn't signed with Minty Fresh. During our transition from Allen Clapp and his Orchestra into the Orange Peels, Allen Clapp (vocals, guitar), Larry Winther (drums) and Jilll Pries (bass) recorded an almost-complete version of Square on a four-track cassette recorder. Performed with reckless abandon. Recorded with questionable fidelity. No narration. Includes full demos of: She is Like a Rose, On the Way to Somewhere, I Don't Mind the Rain, Everybody's Gone, All the World Could Pass Me By, and Take Me Over. Also includes a partial demo of Spaghetti-O Western and a live, on-air performance on KFJC of a mid-60s Charlatans song, No. 1, which we were going to cover on the album but didn't.