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KERRANG! AWARDS 2010.. ANOTHER YEAR OF MASSIVE SUCCESS FOR ORANGE BANDS!!

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ORANGE GOES TO THE BIG FESTIVALS !! SEE VIDEOS FROM SXSW 2010 IN TEXAS.................. &....... 2010 HARVEST OF HOPE IN FLORIDA.

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TERROR BASS 500 & SMART POWER CABS..... READ THE 'BASS PLAYER' REVIEW..

APRIL 2010 ISSUE: "The TERROR BASS and SP cabs make for a fantastic rock rig. Not only do they expand preconceived notions a...

VIEW PREMIER GUITAR's NAMM 2010 / ORANGE BOOTH VIDEO............. ORANGE's DAVE VAN EPP demos the RV50 MKII & THUNDER 30 HEADS !!

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2000s - A Dynamic New Direction
1990s - Orange & Britpop
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1960s - A Beginning
1968: Orange - the first 40 years of a Brit-brand

From The Voice of the World to the brand On Which the Sun Never Sets has been a journey which has taken founder Cliff Cooper from an almost-derelict shop in London’s West End to an Enterprise Awards ceremony at Buckingham Palace hosted by Her Majesty The Queen.

It all began for Cliff back in 1960s’ Swinging London when he opened the Orange musical instrument shop and recording studio during the summer of 1968. Legend has it that in the very beginning not only did Cliff work all hours to make his business successful, but any sleep that he did manage to get took place in the shop itself and with the luxury of a plastic Vox speaker column cover used as a sleeping bag…

Fast-forward nearly forty years to the summer of 2006 and, as C.E.O. of the Orange Music Electronic Company Ltd, Cliff was invited to Buckingham Palace to receive the Queen’s Award for Enterprise given to Orange for its contribution to international trade.