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Both bands recorded different versions of "Read It in Books" in the future, and Cope also re-recorded the track as a solo artist. In the summer of 1980, The Teardrop Explodes began recording their debut album, Kilimanjaro, at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire.
Aug 6, 2012 · Seldom has a band name been quite so evocative as that of Liverpool's The Teardrop Explodes. Here, band members and associates recall how that name's "psychedelic brilliance" was first unearthed from the pages of an old Marvel comic book. Aug Stone Published 9:13am 6 August 2012.
The B-side of the original 1980 7" release was "Read It In Books", the Teardrop Explodes' own version of a song originally co-written by Julian Cope and Ian McCulloch, previously recorded and released by McCulloch's band Echo & the Bunnymen in 1979 as the B-side to their debut single "The Pictures on My Wall". [5]
Apr 6, 2023 · The 6CD set features a staggering 57 previously unreleased tracks and is packaged in a 10-inch slipcase with a 64-page hardcover book which features a 12,000 word essay from Mick Houghton (drawing from new, recent conversations with Julian Cope).
Nov 21, 2014 · The Teardrop Explodes’ small back catalogue of two albums and almost a dozen singles has been recycled and reissued numerous times, including almost all their BBC sessions which show a lot of their work in progress. Even the unfinished third album was issued in 1990, albeit remixed and not as good as the bootlegs I collected back in the day.
- Kilimanjaro
- Zoo CAGE 008
- Zoo CAGE 003
- Mercury TEAR 1 / Kilimanjaro
The songs that The Teardrop Explodes performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the June 05, 1982 concert at Milton Keynes Bowl in Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom: Books
Treason (It's Just a Story) / Read It in Books, a Single by The Teardrop Explodes. Released in February 1980 on Zoo (catalog no. CAGE-008; Vinyl 7"). Genres: New Wave, Post-Punk.
