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Orange Juice

Orange Juice was a Scottish jangle pop band founded in the Glasgow by Edwyn Collins formed the Nu-Sonics with his school-mate Alan Duncan, and was subsequently joined by James Kirk and Steven Daly, 

They became Orange Juice in 1979, best known for their only UK Top 40 hit hit "Rip It Up," which reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart in early1983.


The band released their first singles on the independent Postcard Records label founded by Alan Horne, along with fellow Scottish bands Josef K and Aztec Camera. 

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