ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MONDAY 16 JUNE 2008
(and again on 6 November 2013)
From January 1982.
It reached the giddy heights of #63 in the UK pop charts.
This is the sound of happiness. On a double A side 7″ single.
I really don’t think I need say anymore….
mp3 : Orange Juice – Felicity
mp3 : Orange Juice – In A Nutshell
PS
The irony here is that my favourite Orange Juice single, while sung by Edwyn Collins was in fact written by fellow band-member James Kirk.
Hence the William Shatner reference in this cover version:-
mp3 : The Wedding Present – Felicity
Many years later, James did his own great version of the song:-
mp3 : James Kirk – Felicity
PPS
Little did I know, when I originally penned this post in 2008 that I would later be contacted by Domino Records and asked to fill in a few gaps as part of their background work as to what should and shouldn’t be included in the Coals To Newcastle boxset, the result of which I was one of a number of people thanked in the sleevenotes. That’s the most rock’n’roll thing that’ll ever likely happen in my life…….
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
I’ll never tire of that story, JC. It really is the coolest.