The Teardrop Explodes originated as a critical band in the emerging Liverpool post-punk scene of the late 1970s, which included Echo & The Bunnymen, their former manager Bill Drummond of The JAMS/KLF, The Mighty WAH! and future pop stars Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes To Hollywood and The Lightning Seeds Ian Broudie, who would also produce many bands from the scene. The group also launched the career of group frontman Julian Cope and keyboard player David Balfe, who later founded Food Records and signed and mentored Blur.
Culture Bunker 1978-82 compiles all the band’s singles and B-sides as well as four CDs / five LPs of unreleased studio outtakes, a wealth of unheard live recordings and several tracks taken from ‘Zoology’, the Teardrop Explodes compilation that Cope released himself in 2004. Writer and long-time band publicist Mick Houghton has curated Culture Bunker and has gained exclusive access to Julian Cope’s archive. These early and later recordings show the evolution of one of the era’s most influential bands from their inception to their finale.
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). That same story is told via the seven printed inner-sleeves on the 7LP vinyl box set which features 43 previously unreleased tracks (the CD box has 95 tracks in total, the vinyl box, which comes with a poster, has 82).
The audio for this new box set has been remastered by Andy Pearce wherever possible from original tapes and cassettes.
Culture Bunker 1978-1982 is probably the last word on The Teardrop Explodes and both editions are described as “very limited” by the record label. These boxes are not available via normal retail channels are can only be ordered via Universal direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites.
Tracklist: CD1
1. Sleeping Gas (Zoo Single Version) (4:40)
2. Camera Camera (2:40)
3. Kirby Workers Dream Fades (2:02)
4. Bouncing Babies (Zoo Single Version) (2:49)
5. All I Am Is Loving You (4:28)
6. Treason (Zoo Single Version) (3:05)
7. Read It In Books (2:18)
8. When I Dream (Single Version) (3:22)
9. Kilimanjaro (4:29)
10. Reward (Single Version) (2:43)
11. Strange House In The Snow (Single Version) (4:44)
12. Treason (It’s Just A Story) (2:58)
13. Use Me (5:49)
14. Traison (C’est juste une histoire) (2:54)
15. Ha Ha I’m Drowning (2:55)
16. Poppies In The Field (5:06)
CD2
1. Passionate Friend (3:30)
2. Christ Versus Warhol (3:57)
3. Colours Fly Away (2:55)
4. East Of The Equator (6:17)
5. Window Shopping For A New Crown Of Thorns (3:49)
6. Tiny Children (3:51)
7. Rachael Built A Steamboat (4:16)
8. You Disappear From View (Single Version) (2:58)
9. Suffocate (No Strings Version / US Version Of Kilimanjaro) (3:45)
10. Ouch Monkeys (5:17)
11. Soft Enough For You (Single Version) (3:57)
12. In-Psychlopaedia (4:04)
CD3
1. Camera Camera (Live On What’s On, Granada TV / 15 February 1979) (2:49)
2. Instro (Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK / February 1979) (2:38)
3. Sleeping Gas (Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK / February 1979) (4:00)
4. Seeing Through You (Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK / February 1979) (2:29)
5. Straight Rain (Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK / February 1979) (2:47)
6. All I Am Is Loving You (Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK / February 1979) (3:05)
7. Read It In Books (Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK / 5th March 1979) (2:57)
8. Jury Service (Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK / 5th March 1979) (2:21)
9. Take A Chance (Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK / 5th March 1979) (3:31)
10. The Tunnel (Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK / 5th March 1979) (3:49)
11. Camera Camera (Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK / 5th March 1979) (2:57)
12. Outstro (Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK / 5th March 1979) (4:31)
13. Sleeping Gas (Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK / 5th March 1979) (4:56)
14. Beauty Come Second (Live At The Trinity Centre, Bristol, UK / 6th October 1979) (3:06)
15. Take A Chance (Cargo Demos / November 1979 / To The Shores Of Lake Placid Version) (2:09)
16. Poppies In The Field (Cargo Studios, Rochdale / November 1979) (5:18)
17. Brave Boys Keep Promises (Cargo Studios, Rochdale / November 1979) (2:27)
18. Bouncing Babies (Cargo Studios, Rochdale / November 1979) (2:49)
19. Ha Ha I’m Drowning (Live At Studio Y, London, UK / 30th May 1980) (3:25)
20. Second Head (Live At Studio Y, London, UK / 30th May 1980) (3:30)
21. Went Crazy (Live At Studio Y, London, UK / 30th May 1980) (2:45)
22. Thief Of Bagdad (Live At Studio Y, London, UK / 30th May 1980) (3:23)
23. Save Me (Live At Studio Y, London, UK / 30th May 1980) (3:26)
24. When I Dream (To The Shores Of Lake Placid Version / Rockfield Studios / March 1980) (4:16)
CD4
1. Dialogue Between (Window Shopping For A New Crown Of Thorns) (Rockfield Studios / March 1980) (3:39)
2. For Years AKA Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere (Zoology Version / Alan Gill’s Studio / 1980) (4:07)
3. Suffocate (With Strings) (Baroque Version / Hugh Jones / Spring 1982) (3:38)
4. Bent Out Of Shape (Skinner Session / 17th August 1981) (2:58)
5. Colours Fly Away (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 25th November 1981) (4:07)
6. Pure Joy (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 25th November 1981) (1:59)
7. Falling Down Around Me (Bearshank Lodge / April 1981) (3:48)
8. Passionate Friend (Bearshank Lodge / April 1981) (2:56)
9. Tiny Children (Air Studios Rough Mix) (2:50)
10. …And The Fighting Takes Over (Warner Brothers Demo / 1981 / Zoology Version) (4:07)
11. The Culture Bunker (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 25th November 1981) (8:01)
12. The Great Dominions (Live At The Guildford Civic, UK / 18th June 1981) (4:43)
13. Butchers Tale (Air Studios Rough Mix / Wilder Sessions) (3:13)
14. Screaming Secrets (Copes Notes Version) (2:47)
15. Not My Only Friend (Bearshank Lodge / April 1981) (2:19)
16. I’m Not The Loving Kind (Producers Workshop / Zoology Version) (2:51)
17. World Shut Your Mouth (Instrumental Demo #1 / Porta Studio, Liverpool / February 1981) (3:24)
CD5
1. Log Cabin (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 22th December 1981) (3:23)
2. Tiny Children (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 22th December 1981) (4:02)
3. Passionate Friend (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 22th December 1981) (3:33)
4. Bouncing Babies (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 22th December 1981) (2:29)
5. You Disappear From View (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 22th December 1981) (3:02)
6. Ha Ha I’m Drowning (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 22th December 1981) (3:12)
7. Reward (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 22th December 1981) (4:30)
8. Culture Bunker (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 22th December 1981) (8:38)
9. Sleeping Gas (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 22th December 1981) (10:51)
10. Like Leila Khaled Said (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 25th November 1981) (4:10)
11. Treason (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 25th November 1981) (2:58)
12. Bouncing Babies (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 25th November 1981) (2:31)
13. Vox Clamentis In Deserto (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 25th November 1981) (5:39)
14. Sleeping Gas (Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 25th November 1981) (9:31)
CD6
1. Whopper Kwalo Klobinsky’s Lullaby (To The Shores Of Lake Placid Version / January 1981) (4:02)
2. You Disappear From View (Zoology Version / Producers Workshop / 1982) (3:06)
3. Log Cabin (Zoology Version) (feat. Kate St. John & Nicky Holland) (3:10)
4. Serious Danger (Julian Cope And David Balfe Demo Version / May 1982 / Take 2 Of 3) (4:50)
5. Count To Ten And Run For Cover (Julian Cope And David Balfe Demo Version / May 1982) (3:56)
6. Ouch Monkeys (Julian Cope And David Balfe Demo Version / May 1982) (4:46)
7. Icarus #1 (Julian Cope And David Balfe Demo Version / May 1982) (4:07)
8. Terrorist (Julian Cope And David Balfe Demo Version / May 1982) (4:17)
9. Pussyface (Instrumental / Spring 1982) (4:22)
10. Flipped Out On LSD (Rockfield Studios / Summer 1982) (4:03)
11. Your Big Lies (Recorded At Tamworth / May 1982) (11:16)
12. Camera Camera (Recorded With Steve Lovell / 1984) (3:21)
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