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Released 40 years ago today ...
Which version of the LP did you buy? ...

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Here is the original photo for the American Sleeve of Wilder, by Chalkie Davies

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Julian Cope
69 today !

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David Balfe: Big in Japan, The Teardrop Explodes & Zoo Records | Podcast... https://t.co/wEvfNT0pPE via @YouTube

Great interview with Dave Balfe

Part 1

Part 2 coming soon

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@T2TraceyT Yes it’s the same set/stage that John Foxx played on a couple of songs earlier in the show

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Top of the Pops 17th September 1981 is a repeat of the infamous 3rd September LSD induced performance of a barefoot Julian on top of a piano, wishing he was in Bucks Fizz - all documented in Head On
The band will be back on a couple of weeks later with a new line up …

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@ChrisDean534038 😂😂

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@T2TraceyT Wow - tell us more about it 👍

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@alisondrury Yes - from the Columbia Hotel

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@lfttchelt @TheFarm_Peter @thefarm_carl Joe Musker posted this on FB a few years ago
Will find my copy ofThe End (from summer 83) and post a clearer copy

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A sad day for all the bubblegum trance music kids

The last time I saw Julian at The Arts Club in February 2020, he dedicated this song to Gary Dwyer

…carry my soul away…

Julian Cope - Passionate Friend at the Liquid Rooms https://t.co/PUfXznGpYd via @YouTube

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@lfttchelt Here they are as The Sex Gods

The Tube filmed them in the Gladray Club

https://t.co/cJz3abj5SW

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RIP Gary Dwyer

Sad news …

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@TBlue66 Callans cleaned up in 80 /81
The Buunymens camo phase
The Teardrops also had a penchant for the military look
The camo t shirt was a big seller in spring summer 81 with young scallies after this pic of Julian wearing one in Smash Hits in Jan 81
Bought one from there myself !

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Single of the week
January 1981
NME

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@harryhpalmer Check out Paul’s nook - “Liverpool Wondrous Place” - all about the city mudic scenes over the decades

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@hpsource01 Strange House in the Snow was the B side

- young scallies putting this weird b side on the jukebox in Liverpool pubs to much head scratching and muttering by mild drinking arl fellas

Use Me was the b side of the re-release of Treason

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I had this on VHS but now long lost.

Filmed in Nottingham in August 81.
A few band performances including Dexys were also filmed.

It was also shown on regional late night TV and hit Granadaland in August 82 - I taped the audio from the telly

https://t.co/SdCI97joB2

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The Teardrop Explodes

Seaview Ballroom - Melbourne
27th March 1982

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The Teardrop Explodes | Australia TV | 1982 https://t.co/iFi0u5bmeJ via @YouTube

Gary and Dave interviewed by a slightly un-hip TV presenter
Julian MIA

The infamous Australia/New Zealand tour /March and April 1982

All the intrigue and jeopardy is documented in Head On …