Postcard Records is a Scottish, Glasgow-based independent record label founded by Alan Horne in 1979, as a vehicle for releases by Orange Juice and Josef K. which was jointly financed by Horne and band members Edwyn Collins and bass guitarist David McClymont. The label went on to sign such bands as Aztec Camera and The Go-Betweens, before winding down in 1981 shortly after Orange Juice left to sign a major deal with Polydor. Tweets referencing "some kind of reboot", and various archival footage in a series of GIFs hinting at further releases.

In December 2020, it was announced that the label was being reactivated as "Postcard Recordings Of Scotland Extra Terrestrial" to release a deluxe anthology vinyl boxset of recordings by Paul Quinn & The Independent Group, including a 144 page hard backed book.

Postcard Records discography (1980–1981)

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!width="120"|Date

!width="150"|Artist

!width="190"|Title

!width="30"|Type

!width="70"|<small>UK Indie Chart position</small>

!width="70"|Catalogue ref

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|February 1980

|Orange Juice

|"Falling and Laughing"

|Single

|align="center"|No. 48

|80 1

|-

|August 1980

|Orange Juice

|"Blue Boy"

|Single

|align="center"|No. 15

|80 2

|-

|August 1980

|Josef K

|"Radio Drill Time"

|Single

|align="center"|No. 15

|80 3

|-

|November 1980

|The Go-Betweens

|"I Need Two Heads"

|Single

|align="center"|No. 6

|80 4

|-

|December 1980

|Josef K

|"It's Kinda Funny"

|Single

|align="center"|No. 12

|80 5

|-

|December 1980

|Orange Juice

|"Simply Thrilled Honey"

|Single

|align="center"|No. 5

|80 6

|-

|March 1981

|Orange Juice

|"Poor Old Soul"

|Single

|align="center"|No. 5

|81 2

|-

|March 1981

|Aztec Camera

|"Just Like Gold"

|Single

|align="center"|No. 10

|81 3

|-

|March 1981

|Josef K

|"Sorry For Laughing"

|Single

|align="center"|&ndash;

|81 4

|-

|May 1981

|Josef K

|"Chance Meeting"

|Single

|align="center"|No. 5

|81 5

|-

| 1981

|Orange Juice

|"Wan Light" (assigned serial number but never issued)

|Single

|align="center"|&ndash;

|81 6

|-

|July 1981

|Josef K

|"The Only Fun in Town"

|Album

|align="center"|No. 3

|81 7

|-

|August 1981

|Aztec Camera

|"Mattress Of Wire"

|Single

|align="center"|No. 8

|81 8

|-

|}

Swamplands discography (1984–1985)

  • SWP 1 Paul Quinn and Edwyn Collins – "Pale Blue Eyes" 7" (1984)
  • SWP 2 Patti Palladin and Johnny Thunders – "Crawfish" 7" (1984) (unreleased)
  • SWP 3 James King and The Lonewolves - "The Angels Know" 7" (1985)
  • SWP 4 Memphis – "You Supply The Roses" 7" (1985)
  • SWP 5 Win – "Unamerican Broadcasting" 7" (1985)
  • SWP 6 Paul Quinn – "Ain't That Always The Way" 7" (1985)
  • SWP 7 James King and The Lonewolves – "Flyaway" 7" (1985) (unreleased)
  • SWP 8 Win – "You've Got The Power" 7" (1985)

Postcard Records discography (1992–1997)

  • DUBH 921 Paul Quinn And The Independent Group – "The Phantoms & the Archetypes" LP (1992)
  • DUBH 922 Orange Juice – "Ostrich Churchyard" LP (1992)
  • DUBH 931 The Nectarine No. 9 – "A Sea With Three Stars" LP (1993)
  • DUBH 932 Orange Juice – "The Heather's on Fire" LP (1993)
  • DUBH 933 Paul Quinn And The Independent Group – "Stupid Thing" EP (1993)
  • DUBH 934 Orange Juice – "Blue Boy" EP (1993)
  • DUBH 935 Paul Quinn And The Independent Group – "Road Song, Road Movie, Road Song" EP (1993) (Unreleased)
  • DUBH 936 Vic Godard – "End Of The Surrey People" LP (1993)
  • DUBH 937 Vic Godard – "Won't Turn Back" EP (1993)
  • DUBH 939 The Nectarine No. 9 – "Un-Loaded For You" EP (1993)
  • DUBH 9315 Various – "D'Un Échantillon De Marchandises" EP (1993)
  • DUBH 941 The Nectarine No. 9 – "Guitar Thieves" LP (1994)
  • DUBH 942 The Nectarine No. 9 – "This Arsehole's Been Burned Too Many Times Before" 7" (1994)
  • DUBH 945 Paul Quinn And The Independent Group – "Will I Ever Be Inside of You" LP (1994)
  • DUBH 951 The Nectarine No. 9 – "Saint Jack" LP (1995)
  • DUBH 952 Paul Quinn, The Nectarine No 9, Jock Scot – "Pregnant With Possibilities (Volume One)" EP (1995)
  • DUBH 972 Jock Scot – "My Personal Culloden" LP (1997)

Postcard Records discography (2021)

  • DUBH 18.5 Paul Quinn And The Independent Group – "Unadulterated/Unincorporated" Vinyl Boxset (2021)

Postcard Records miscellaneous

  • POSP 357 Orange Juice – "L.O.V.E. Love" 7" (1981)
  • POLS 1057 Orange Juice – "You Can't Hide Your Love Forever" LP (1982)
  • POSP 386 Orange Juice – "Felicity" 7" (1982)

The above releases all had the Postcard drumming kitten logo on sleeve and label. The 7" catalogue numbers were prefixed POS(tcard)P(olydor)

See also

  • List of record labels
  • List of independent UK record labels

References

  • Official Postcard Records Website
  • Stylus article
  • TweeNet article