The Teardrop Explodes Releases “The Culture Bunker 1978-82” 6CD & 7LP Edition Featuring All Singles & B-Sides Plus 57 Unreleased Tracks.
THE TEARDROP EXPLODES - ‘CULTURE BUNKER 1978-82’
6CD/7LP DELUXE EDITIONS FEATURING ALL THE BAND’S SINGLES & B-SIDES
AND 57 UNRELEASED TRACKS*
RELEASED 2nd JUNE 2023
‘CULTURE BUNKER 1978-82’ AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
“What I'm trying to do is strike a balance between triteness and greatness. People nowadays seem too embarrassed to show emotion, which is what I want” Julian Cope 1980
The Teardrop Explodes formed in Liverpool in 1978 and were one of the most revered British bands of the early 1980s. In their short career of two albums and 11, singles they pioneered a post-punk neo-psychedelic sound that can still be heard in bands such as The Coral, The Flaming Lips, Tears For Fears, U2 and Blur.
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.
Along with their contemporary Liverpudlian groups, The Teardrop Explodes played a huge role in returning the psychedelic elements to mainstream British pop and then later exploring more experimental areas. In addition to their musical prowess, the band, and Julian Cope in particular, had a reputation for drug fuelled erratic and eccentric behaviour, sometimes verging on the self-destructive.
The 6CD & 7LP Culture Bunker 1978-1982 sets compile all the band’s singles and B-Sides as well as 4 discs/5 LPs of unreleased studio out-takes, 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.
Mick Houghton has also written the 12,000-word sleevenotes for the set which draws from new, recent conversations with Julian. The book contains rare memorabilia, an essay and a timeline detailing the moment the band had the world at their feet through to the band’s abandoned third album and demise in November 1982. The tracks have been re-mastered by Andy Pearce wherever possible from original tapes and cassettes.
These very limited CD and Vinyl direct-to-consumer exclusive boxsets are the last word on one of the UK’s most influential and important bands
CULTURE BUNKER 1987-1982 6-CD SET
Featuring 57 Unreleased Tracks.
CULTURE BUNKER CD SET
DISC ONE: IT'S SO ETHEREAL - THE SINGLES
Sleeping Gas - Zoo Single
Camera Camera - Single B-Side
Kirby Workers Dream Fades - Single B-Side
Bouncing Babies - Zoo Single
All I Am Is Loving You - Single B-Side
Treason - Zoo Single
Read It in Books - Single B-Side
When I Dream - First Mercury Single
Kilimanjaro - B-Side
Reward - Single
Strange House in the Snow - B-Side
Treason (It's Just a Story) (Remixed Version) - Single
Use Me - B-Side
Traison (C'est Juste Une Histoire) - B-Side
Ha Ha I'm Drowning - Single
Poppies In the Field - B-Side
DISC TWO: CHRIST VERSUS WARHOL - THE SINGLES
Passionate Friend - Single
Christ Versus Warhol - B-Side
Colours Fly Away - Single
East of the Equator - B-Side
Window Shopping for a New Crown of Thorns - B-Side
Tiny Children - Single
Rachel Built a Steamboat - B-Side
You Disappear from View - Single
Suffocate - No Strings from US LP of version of Kilimanjaro
Ouch Monkeys - B-Side
Soft Enough for You - B-Side
The In-Psychlopedia - B-Side
DISC THREE: FROM DRUG PURITAN TO ACID KING
Camera Camera - Granada TV, February 1979
Band on The Wall – Live, Manchester, 05 March 1979
Instro
Sleeping Gas
Seeing Through You
Straight Rain
All I Am is Loving You
Read It In Books
Jury Service
Take A Chance
The Tunnel
Camera Camera
Outstro
Sleeping Gas (Encore)
Beauty Come Second - Live Bristol 06 October 1979, unrecorded song
Take A Chance - Cargo Demos / To the Shores of Lake Placid Version
Poppies In the Field - Cargo Demos
Brave Boys Keep Promises - Cargo Demos
Bouncing Babies - Cargo Demos, all November 1979
Ha Ha I'm Drowning - Live at Studio Y 30/05/1980
Second Head - Live at Studio Y 30/05/1980
Went Crazy - Live at Studio Y 30/05/1980
Thief of Bagdad - Live at Studio Y 30/05/1980
Save Me - Live Y Club - London 30/05/1980
When I Dream - To the Shores of Lake Placid Version, Rockfield, 1980
DISC FOUR: THE GREAT DOMINIONS
Dialogue Between (Window Shopping for a New Crown of Thorns) – Rockfield, 1980
For Years aka Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere - Zoology Version, 1980
Suffocate (With Strings) – Baroque Version, Rockfield, Spring 1982
Bent Out of Shape – Skinner Session - 17 August 1981
Colours Fly Away - Club Zoo - 25 November 1981
Pure Joy - Club Zoo - 25 November 1981
Falling Down Around Me – Bearshank Lodge, April 1981
Passionate Friend – also Bearshank Lodge
Tiny Children - Zoology / Air Rough Mixes, Summer 1981
…And The Fighting Takes Over – Zoology, 1981
The Culture Bunker - Club Zoo - 25 November 1981
The Great Dominions - Soundboard Tape Guildford June 1981
Butchers Tale - Air Studios Rough Mixes, summer 1981; credited on the original Wilder inners but not included on the LP. Cover from the Zombies Odyssey and Oracle
Screaming Secrets – from Copes Notes: TheTeardrtop Explodes , 1981
Not My Only Friend – also Bearshank Lodge
I'm Not the Loving Kind - Zoology Version, 1981, John Cale cover from Slow Dazzle
World Shut Your Mouth - Instrumental Demo #1 - Liverpool Feb 1981 / Portastudio
DISC FIVE: CLUB ZOO
Club Zoo – December 22 1981
Log Cabin
Tiny Children
Passionate Friend
Bouncing Babies
You Disappear from View
Ha Ha I'm Drowning
Reward
Culture Bunker
Sleeping Gas - also b-side Tiny Chidren
Bonus tracks from Club Zoo, 25 November 1981
Like Leila Khaled Said
Treason
Bouncing Babies
Vox Clemantis in Deserto
Sleeping Gas
DISC SIX: DEATH RATTLE
Whopper Kwalo Koblinsky's Lullaby – from To the Shores of Lake Placid, January 1981
You Disappear from View – from Zoology. Demo, Producers Workshop, 1982
Log Cabin – from Zoology, 1982
Serious Danger – Julian Cope And Dave Balfe Cassette – demos, May 1982 (Take 2 of 3)
Count To Ten and Run for Cover - JC And DB Cassette
Ouch Monkeys - JC And DB Cassette
Icarus #1 - JC And DB Cassette
Terrorist - JC And DB Cassette
Pussyface - Instrumental backing track, Spring 1982
Flipped Out on LSD – Excerpt, 1982, featuring rare Dave Balfe vocal
Your Big Lies – Julian Cope home demo, Tamworth May 1982
Camera Camera - With World Shut Your Mouth producer Steve Lovell, 1984
CULTURE BUNKER 1987-1982 7-LP SET*
Featuring 43 Unreleased Tracks
LP ONE: IT’S SO ETHEREAL
SIDE ONE
Sleeping Gas - Zoo Single
Camera Camera - B-Side
Kirby Workers Dream Fades - B-Side
Bouncing Babies - Zoo Single
All I Am Is Loving You - B-Side
Treason - Zoo Single
Read It in Books - B-Side
When I Dream - First Mercury Single
SIDE TWO
Kilimanjaro - B-Side
Reward - Single
Strange House in the Snow - B-Side
Treason (It's Just a Story) (Remixed Version) - Single
Use Me - B-Side
Traison (C'est Juste Une Histoire) - B-Side
LP TWO: CHRIST VERSUS WARHOL
SIDE ONE
Ha Ha I'm Drowning - Single
Poppies In the Field - B-Side
Passionate Friend - Single
Christ Versus Warhol - B-Side
Colours Fly Away - Single
East of the Equator - B-Side
SIDE TWO
Window Shopping for A New Crown of Thorns - B-Side
Tiny Children - Single
Rachel Built a Steamboat - B-Side
You Disappear from View - Single
Suffocate - No Strings - from US LP version of Kilimanjaro
Ouch Monkeys - B-Side
LP THREE: BAND ON THE WALL
SIDE ONE
Camera Camera - Live on What’s On - Granada TV - Feb 1979
Instro - Band on The Wall – Live, Manchester 05 March 1979
Sleeping Gas - Band on The Wall - Manchester 05 March 1979
Seeing Through You - Band on The Wall - Manchester 05 March 1979
Straight Rain - Band on The Wall - Manchester 05 March 1979
All I Am is Loving You - Band on The Wall - Manchester 05 March 1979
SIDE TWO
Read It in Books - Band on The Wall - Manchester 05 March 1979
Jury Service - Band on The Wall - Manchester 05 March 1979
Take A Chance - Band on The Wall - Manchester 05 March 1979
The Tunnel - Band on The Wall - Manchester 05 March 1979
Camera Camera - Band on The Wall - Manchester 05 March 1979
Outstro - Band on The Wall - Manchester 05 March 1979
Sleeping Gas - Band on The Wall - Manchester 05 March 1979 (Encore)
LP FOUR: FROM DRUG PURITAN TO ACID KING
SIDE ONE
Beauty Come Second - Live Trinity Centre - Bristol 06 October 1979 (Un-Recorded Song)
Take a Chance - Cargo Demos, November 1979 / To the Shores of Lake Placid Track
Poppies in the Field - Cargo Studios, Rochdale - November 1979
Brave Boys Keep Promises - Cargo Studios, Rochdale - November 1979
Bouncing Babies - Cargo Studios, Rochdale - November 1979
For Years aka Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere - Zoology Version - Alan Gill's Studio 1980
SIDE TWO
Ha Ha I'm Drowning - Live at Studio Y (YMCA London) 30/05/1980
Second Head - Live at Studio Y (YMCA London) 30/05/1980
Went Crazy - Live at Studio Y (YMCA London) 30/05/1980
Thief Of Bagdad - Live at Studio Y (YMCA London) 30/05/1980
Save Me - Live at Studio Y (YMCA London) 30/05/1980
When I Dream - To the Shores of Lake Placid Version - Rockfield Studios March 1980
LP FIVE: OUT OF THE CULTURE BUNKER
SIDE ONE
Dialogue Between (Window Shopping for a New Crown of Thorns) – Rockfield, March 1980
Suffocate (With Strings) - Baroque Version - Hugh Jones 1982
Reward - US LP Version of Kilimanjaro
Bent Out of Shape - Skinner Session - 17 August 1981
Colours Fly Away - Club Zoo Liverpool - 25 November 1981
Falling Down Around Me - Bearshank Lodge April 1981
SIDE TWO
Pure Joy - Club Zoo Liverpool - 25 November 1981
Passionate Friend - Bearshank Lodge April 1981
Tiny Children - Air Studios Rough Mixes, Summer 1981
…And The Fighting Takes Over - Warner Brothers Demo 1981 - Zoology Version
The Culture Bunker - Club Zoo Liverpool - 25 November 1981
LP SIX: FALLING DOWN AROUND ME
SIDE ONE
The Great Dominions - Guildford Civic Hall, 18 June 1981
Butchers Tale - Air Studios Rough Mixes - Wilder Sessions, credited on the original Wilder inners but not included. Cover from the Zombies Odyssey and Oracale
Screaming Secrets – 1981, from The Teardrop Explodes Copes Notes
Not My Only Friend - Bearshank Lodge April 1981
I'm Not the Loving Kind - Producers Workshop - Zoology Version, 1981. John Cale cover from Slow Dazzle
World Shut Your Mouth - Instrumental Demo #1 - Liverpool Feb 1981 / Porta Studio
SIDE TWO
Whopper Kwalo Koblinsky's Lullaby – from To the Shores of Lake Placid Version - Jan 1981
You Disappear from View – From Zoology. Producers Workshop 1982 demo.
Log Cabin - Demo 1982 (Ft. Kate St John and Nicky Holland) – from Zoology
The In-Psychlopedia - B-Side of ‘You Disappear From View’, Spring 1982
Serious Danger - Julian Cope and Dave Balfe Demos May 1982 (Take 2 of 3)
LP SEVEN: DEATH RATTLE
SIDE ONE
Count To Ten and Run for Cover - Julian Cope and Dave Balfe Demos May 1982
Ouch Monkeys - Julian Cope and Dave Balfe Demos May 1982
Icarus #1 - Julian Cope and Dave Balfe Demos May 1982
Terrorist - Julian Cope and Dave Balfe Demos May 1982
Soft Enough for You - B-Side of ‘You Disappear from View’
SIDE TWO
Pussyface - Instrumental backing track 1982, Spring 1982
Your Big Lies – Julian Cope home demo, Tamworth May 1982
Camera Camera - Recorded with World Shut Your Mouth producer Steve Lovell 1984
THE TEARDROP EXPLODES
‘CULTURE BUNKER 1978-82’
6CD/7LP DELUXE EDITIONS
FEATURING ALL THE BAND’S SINGLES & B-SIDES
AND 57 UNRELEASED TRACKS*
RELEASED 2nd JUNE 2023
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