THE ORB - Orboretum: The Orb Collection - 4LP - Green, Lilac, Orange and Blue Vinyl Octagonal Set [OCT 25]

4LP - Limited Edition Quadruple Coloured Vinyl (Green, Lilac, Orange and Blue) octagonal set including new and rare mixes, compiled by Dr. Alex Paterson.

A career-spanning set including new and rare mixes, compiled by Dr. Alex Paterson.

Orboretum: The Orb Collection goes way back, but also focusses on recent highlights from albums such as Abolition Of The Royal Familia (2020) and Prism (2023) – which were cited by the media as some of their greatest work – up there with the bonafide gold of yesteryear.

4LP - Uniquely packaged in a beautiful octagon-shaped set, which folds out into a huge flower. Each disc is pressed on a different colour, green, lilac, orange and blue, with sleeve notes by Kris Needs. Each side of vinyl is grouped by Alex to represent the 4 seasons, hence its botanical title. The comp’s “roots and more recent shoots” traverses their work for Universal across discs A and B, whilst discs C and D explore their music for indie labels Cooking Vinyl, Kompakt, Malicious Damage, and Liquid Sound Design.

Tracklist: 

Side A
1.      ‘A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld’ (Orbital Dance Mix)
2.      ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’ (Ambient Mix 1)
3.      ‘Perpetual Dawn’ (2024 version)
4.      ‘Blue Room (7" Radio Mix)

Side B
1.      ‘Pomme Fritz’ (Meat 'N Veg)
2.      ‘Asylum’ (7" Edit)
3.      ‘Oxbow Lakes’ (Sabres No. 1 Mix)
4.      ‘Once More’ (Scourge Of The Earth Long Mix)

Side C
1.      ‘Toxygene’
2.      ‘Gee Strings’
3.      ‘Aftermath’ (LP Version)
4.      ‘Lunik’ (Komplott E.P. Version)
5.      ‘Dilmun’

Side D
1.      ‘Captain Korma’
2.      ‘From a Distance’ (Blast Master v The Corpral)
3.      ‘Appletree In My Back Yard’ (Abakus Remix)
4.      ‘Ghostdancing’ (Version)

Side E
1.      ‘Vuja De’ (Gaudi Remix)
2.      ‘DDD’ (Dirty Disco Dub) (Belka & Strelka Remix)
3.      ‘Golden Clouds’
4.      ‘Fussball’

Side F
1.      ‘Metallic Spheres In Colour’ - Round Side (2024 Edit)
2.      ‘Alpine Morning’
3.      ‘Doughnuts Forever’
4.      ‘Rush Hill Road’

Side G
1.      ‘Pillow Fight @ Shag Mountain’ (Radio Edit)
2.      ‘Wish I Had a Pretty Dog’
3.      ‘Daze In Dub’ (98.7 Kiss FM Mix)
4.      ‘Hawk Kings’ (Oseberg Buddhas Buttonhole)
5.      ‘Say Cheese’ (Siberian Tiger Cookie Mix)

Side H
1.      ‘AAA’ (Violeta Vicci Remix Hung, Drawn & Quartered)
2.      ‘Why Can You Be In Two Places At Once, When You Can’t Be Anywhere At All’
3.      ‘H.O.M.E.’ (High Orbs Mini Earth)