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Orange & Blue

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Contrary to what the other "reviewer" wrote, this is a collection of previously unreleased tracks by the British Nirvana, with their cover of the Seattle Nirvana's "Lithium" thrown in for fun. Some of these tracks have benefitted from 90's "remxing" and the difference between these and the original demo-ish 60's material is somewhat obvious. Worth it for "Do You Dream" alone, but patchy in parts.

The British Nirvana were about to sue Kurt Cobain's Nirvana because of the group's name (yes, the British Nirvana came first, face it, if you don't believe it, inform yourself before saying the opposite, Cobain said so, not me), but they got to an agreement and the British Nirvana decided to cover "Lithium" just to prove that everything was ok between the 2 bands. If you like grunge, don't buy it. If you like good oldie style music, I definitively recommend you this album.

Folks familiar with the two or three fairly well known Nirvana UK releases will probably be surprised to see so much available from the band in CD form. After "Simon Simopath" and "All of Us," I see they had considerably more output than I knew about. "To Markos III" (see the listing for that CD) received only a very limited release, since the label Metromedia went out of business just as it was headed to US shelves. "Orange and Blue" is a collection of out-takes from the bands' early period. The presentation is uneven, some of the songs are demo-quality, some are well produced. As stated in the liner notes, this material did not see the light of day at the time because it conceptually did not fit their predominate musical style. These songs are a little weightier than their toytown baroque modus, although not extremely so. The interesting thing is this: you will hear music akin to Erasure and Lightning Seeds. I doubt those bands derived their styles from listening to this material, but the accidental parallel is interesting.

Ok, most Nirvana US fans are stupid for doing this. Why are you guys comparing a totally diffrent band and totally diffrent genre of music. Yes, I'm a long time Nirvana(US) fan and I agree Nirvana (UK) sucks, but that dosent mean you have to come by posting negative reviews about some type of music you hate just because their name is the same as Nirvana (US). I'm also going to make it clear that Nirvana (UK) did a cover of Nirvana (US)'s Lithium. Kurt Cobain wrote that and the lyrics were inspired by him. This CD was made after Kurt Cobain's dead. And sorry to break it to you, but Kurt Cobain took the name "Nirvana" way before Nirvana was created. Their was going to be a lawsuit between them, but after Nirvana hit the mainstream it was dropped.

A fine piece of psychedelic pop music from the late 60's. As well, it was interesting to hear the original "Lithium", a song later covered by another Nirvana, the grunge band from the 90's.

This CD is very good. The songs are perfect for all the grungies out there and if you are looking for the perfect gift for any occasion, this is it. This only applies to young people who haven a real sense of musical taste.

my cousin recently bought me this for a birthday present and he didnt realise that it was not the nirvana that can actually play good music! the cover of lithium was really bad also!!!!!!!! to everyone that is meaning to look up that nirvana, this isnt it!!!!!!

This is bad. Really bad. If you like the Seattle Nirvana, don't buy this. I listened to a few tracks on here thru Real audio, and the "lithium" cover is a joke. Its like sub-muzak. The other stuff is even more tuneless. I would hope they were better in the 60s. But who knows. This is a slight on the good Nirvana.
I'm sure they're nice folks over there in england, but uh, don't quit your day job.

I would like to state that Nirvana from seattle did not cover lithium. Kurt Cobain wrote that song this UK band covered it.