Over the Rainbow (A Compilation of Rarities 1981–1983)

Over the Rainbow (A Compilation of Rarities 1981–1983)
Compilation album by Virgin Prunes
Released April 1985 (1985-04)
Recorded August 1980 – April 1983
Genre Post-punk, gothic rock
Length 58:20
Label Baby
Producer Virgin Prunes
Virgin Prunes chronology
A New Form of Beauty Parts 1–4
(1983)A New Form of Beauty Parts 1–41983		 Over the Rainbow (A Compilation of Rarities 1981–1983)
(1985)		 The Moon Looked Down and Laughed
(1986)The Moon Looked Down and Laughed1986

Over the Rainbow (A Compilation of Rarities 1981–1983) is a compilation album by the Irish post-punk band Virgin Prunes. It was issued by Baby Records in April 1985.[1][2] In 1986, the album was issued on CD augmented with the studio recordings from Hérésie.

Track listing

All tracks written by Virgin Prunes.

Side one
No.TitleOriginal album (date)Length
1."Down the Memory Lane"Hérésie EP (1982)3:17
2."Red Nettle"C81 compilation (1981)2:19
3."Mad Bird in the Wood"Dokument: Ten Highlights in the History of Popular Music 1981>1982 (1982)4:22
4."Jigsawmentallama"previously unreleased6:25
5."The King of Junk"previously unreleased2:52
Side two
No.TitleOriginal album (date)Length
1."Just a Love Song"previously unreleased3:02
2."The Happy Dead"previously unreleased13:46
3."Third Secret"Perspectives and Distortion compilation (1981)4:31

Charts

Charts (1985) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[3] 22

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
France 1985 Baby LP Baby 002
France 1986 Baby CD Baby 002 CD

References

  1. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate U.S. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Virgin Prunes / Discography". virginprunes.com. 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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