Re-issue of compilation released in 1991, with partly new content. All tracks were recorded between 1980 and 1985. None of these songs ever appeared on Eyeless in Gaza's regular albums.
Orange Ice & Wax Crayons | ... the title "Orange Ice And Wax Crayons" was chosen 'cause it conjures up that sense of play and experimentation, kind of like the 'innocence of the child idea' - that was exactly the kind of spirit with which we entered into the initial idea of Eyeless In Gaza, way back when... – Martyn Bates
- Great- an opportunity to exorcise some old demons and much loved songs... My God, there are so many as yet unearthed gems... One thing about Eyeless, no one ever understood the fun we had doing it... that fun quality was never visible on the surface... but Pete’n’me laughed bucketfuls throughout it... which was, i guess, odd, ’cause we were always completly serious about what we did... I think the main reason was how we felt like a pair of kids finally being allowed to run riot... small wonder we named our first primitive recording studio The Wendy House - Eyeless always, only ever worked for love and fun of the thing itself, other aspects didn’t come into center stage, not until the latter days. By that time we were feeling frustrated at the way we didn’t seem to be getting across to a larger audience (as if EIG’s attitude to music-making encouraged a bloody larger audience!) which was
stupid really ’cause we could see that our untypical approach and working methods were having a direct effect on the audience in terms of inspiration and stuff - and we got so impatient... thought that we’d focus on our pop-stuff in order to 'break through' (whatever that meant)... but, we had too much of a truly 'butterfly spirit' about us to stay in any one place for too long and, ended up (typically and perversely) stuffing a bunch of acapella things and odd impressionistic folky pieces....... more
Reedycja składanki z 1991 roku, uzupełniona niepublikowanymi nagraniami. Wszystkie utwory powstały w latach 1980-85. Żaden z nich nigdy nie pojawił się na oficjalnych płytach zespołu.
Orange Ice & Wax Crayons | ... the title "Orange Ice And Wax Crayons" was chosen 'cause it conjures up that sense of play and experimentation, kind of like the 'innocence of the child idea' - that was exactly the kind of spirit with which we entered into the initial idea of Eyeless In Gaza, way back when... – Martyn Bates
- Great- an opportunity to exorcise some old demons and much loved songs... My God, there are so many as yet unearthed gems... One thing about Eyeless, no one ever understood the fun we had doing it... that fun quality was never visible on the surface... but Pete’n’me laughed bucketfuls throughout it... which was, i guess, odd, ’cause we were always completly serious about what we did... I think the main reason was how we felt like a pair of kids finally being allowed to run riot... small wonder we named our first primitive recording studio The Wendy House - Eyeless always, only ever worked for love and fun of the thing itself, other aspects didn’t come into center stage, not until the latter days. By that time we were feeling frustrated at the way we didn’t seem to be getting across to a larger audience (as if EIG’s attitude to music-making encouraged a bloody larger audience!) which was
stupid really ’cause we could see that our untypical approach and working methods were having a direct effect on the audience in terms of inspiration and stuff - and we got so impatient... thought that we’d focus on our pop-stuff in order to 'break through' (whatever that meant)... but, we had too much of a truly 'butterfly spirit' about us to stay in any one place for too long and, ended up (typically and perversely) stuffing a bunch of acapella things and odd impressionistic folky pieces on....... more