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GUEST SPOTS

  • ANTHRONY - CICAKE ZI PUTIHI (CD-r) - 4-track ep, also available as Bandcamp download. Black Sheep spin-off featuring Cope.

  • CHRISTOPHE F / BLACK SHEEP - HEATHEN FRONTIERS IN SOUND (CD) - Cope plays on this album, is also credited as 'Chairman', and painted the shed which features in a couple of photos in the CD packaging!

  • DAVID WRENCH - BLACK SHEEP E.P. (CD-r)  - produced by Cope, who also plays Mellotron on both tracks (one of which, 'A Radical Song', is on Wrench's 'Spades & Hoes & Plows' CD; the other, 'La Pasionaria', is exclusive to this extremely limited release)

  • DAVID WRENCH / BLACK SHEEP - SPADES & HOES & PLOWS (CD) - Cope produced,  does vocals and co-wrote one track

  • DOGNTANK - DOGNTANK (CD). Cope plays on three tracks on Doggen's solo album, on 'Brain Donor' label.

  • ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - CRYSTAL DAYS (CD box set). Features Cope on keyboards on 'Monkeys'

  • HOLY McGRAIL - COLLECTING EARTHQUAKES (CD) - Cope on guitar on 'Quake Appeal'

  • SLOMO - BOG (CD). Holy McGrail and Howard Marsden. Features Cope vocal poem on epilogue. 

  • SONS OF T.C. LETHBRIDGE - A GIANT (CD) features Cope on a couple of tracks

  • SPACESHIP - SPACESHIP (CD-r). Cope plays bass on 17-minute opening track (of two), 'The Drowning of Ys'

  • STREET TO STREET: A LIVERPOOL ALBUM - Various Artists compilation (LP), also includes Echo & The Bunnymen's 'Monkeys' with Cope

  • SUNN O))) - WHITE 1 (CD). Julian performs occult druidic poetry on the track 'My Wall'

  • THIGHPAULSANDRA - I, THIGHPAULSANDRA (CD) - many guests including Cope.

  • URTHONA - URTHONA PLAYS ATLANTIS? (CD) - Cope plays drums and cymbal on this

  • URTHONA - SUPER HEAVY HAMOAZIAN REVERIE (CD). Cope plays drums on this

  • URTHONA - DESTRUCTION RULES (CD). 'with Julian Cope', for sale via Bandcamp

POSSIBLE BUT UNCONFIRMED SIGHTINGS

  • CHILDREN OF THE SUN - WE ARE THE CHILDREN (CD) - some speculation among Cope fans that this album, released on the Environmental Studies label, might be another Julian side project. 

  • THE LAND OF NOD - TRANSLUCENT (CD) - members of The Serpents (see below) were involved in this limited edition album. 'Merlin Zol' (Julian?) plays harmonium on the track 'Objective Reality', accompanied by David Wrench on cello.

  • ROGER - THIS IS THE SHIT (CD) on 'Head Heritage'. Randy Apostle. Strong rumours abounded that Cope and Doggen play on this, though it has been stated that Julian isn't present. Judge for yourselves. Authentically ass-shaking grooves in a Funkadelic/Prince style.

  • ROGER - BACKING OFF IS FOR THE OTHER BAND (CD) - second album by Roger. 

  • ROGER - CHAMPAGNE AND HORNS (Internet) - third album by Roger.

  • THE SERPENTS - YOU HAVE JUST BEEN POISONED BY (CD) - David Wrench and Paul Simpson were among the band members on this 1999 album - Will Sergeant is among the guest artists, and there has been some online speculation that someone credited as 'Merlin Zol' may be Julian. Merlin also plays on 'Mondrian Police Car' (Serpents track on the Ochre label CD compilation INFRASONIC WAVES) 

  • UNIVERSAL PANZIES - TRANSCENDENTAL FLOSS (CD) - Christophe F's band, on 'Head Heritage' label. Suspicious pseudonyms! Cope? ('Citizensmurf' at the Head Heritage message board insists not). Band line-up includes Rock Stuart X-Mass on bass/sexyphone/stylophone, Boy Fried on drums, and Mandy Neu Snee on keyboards...

 

 

 

 

COMPILATIONS OF OTHER ARTISTS' MATERIAL

  • BLACK TO COMMUNIST (CD-r)

  • BLACK TO COMMUNIST 2 (CD-r)

  • COPENDIUM (CD)

  • DANSKROCKSAMPLER (internet)

  • FIRE ESCAPE IN THE SKY: THE GODLIKE GENIUS OF SCOTT WALKER (LP)

  • HARDROCKSAMPLER (internet)

  • INTERNATIONAL TIMES (1967-1974) (CD-r)

  • NIHON NIHILIST (HERE'S SOME EXTREME JAPANOISE, 1970-1987) (CD-r)

  • RADIO ROME WASN'T BURNED IN A DAY VOL. 1 (Internet) - includes STUPORMODEL by Brain Donor

  • RADIO ROME WASN'T BURNED IN A DAY VOL. 2 (Internet) - includes SOCRATES MINE ENEMY and SOLDIER BLUE Hiphoprisy remix

  • RADIO ROME WASN'T BURNED IN A DAY VOL. 3 (Internet). The three 'Radio Rome' broadcasts were also briefly available as extremely limited edition CDs or CD-rs; forming part of a special 5-disc set of the ROME WASN'T BURNED IN A DAY album?

  • THE SYDARTHUR FESTIVAL - SUMMER OF LOVE EDITION (programme for the 2017 SydArthur celebrations, accompanied by a compilation various artists CD with commentary between the tracks by Lord Yatesbury)

PHOTOGRAPHY, SLEEVE NOTES, AND GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR OTHER ARTISTS

  • CARMEN MAKI - ADAM AND EVE (CD) - liner notes for 2010 Erebus reissue

  • FACTRIX - SCHEINTOT (CD) - liner notes for 2012 Superior Viaduct reissue

  • FAT PAUL - BLAKK METAL (CD-r) - artwork by Julian Cope, design by Holy McGrail

  • HAPPENINGS FOUR + 1 - THE LONG TRIP (CD) - liner notes for 2008 Erebus reissue

  • ISAO TOMITA & THE HELPFUL SOUL - A THOUSAND & ONE NIGHTS (LP) - liner notes for 2016 Mushi reissue

  • JOJI YUASA - MUSIC OF JOJI YUASA (CD-r) - released on Fuck Off & Di label with booklet notes by Cope

  • KUNI KAWACHI & FRIENDS - KIRIKYOGEN (CD) - liner notes for 2008 Erebus reissue

  • TANGERINE DREAM - ALPHA CENTAURI (CD) - liner notes for 1996 Essential/Castle Communications reissue

  • TANGERINE DREAM - ELECTRONIC MEDITATION (CD) - liner notes for 1996 Essential/Castle Communications reissue

  • TANGERINE DREAM - ZEIT (CD) - liner notes for 1996 Essential/Castle Communications reissue

SIGNIFICANT BOOTLEGS etc.

  • ASTORIA, LONDON 14TH FEBRUARY 1998 - cassette bootleg of live Julian solo gig, listed on Discogs

  • BBC COLLEGE CONCERT - US vinyl LP listed on Discogs. The Teardrop Explodes 'BBC College Concert for the week of November 21, 1982. Hosted by Pete Larkin'. Transcription album for Radio One broadcast? Setlist is very similar to the Guildford show from 1981 (see below) - this may be a truncated edit of that recording.

  • BBC COLLEGE CONCERT #34 - various artists transcription LP on the London Wavelength label. Includes 'When I Dream' by The Teardrop Explodes

  • BUTTERFLY ZOO (LIVE IN NEW YORK plus Peel Sessions) - CD bootleg, The Teardrop Explodes live in New York, 5th March 1981

  • GLASGOW PAVILLION 15.10.88 - bootleg DVD-r of a Cope solo show from 1988. Listed on Discogs

  • IN CONCERT FEATURING THE TEARDROP EXPLODES - vinyl transcription LP for BBC broadcast. Recorded live at the Civic Hall, Guildford, June 18th 1981. A copy was sold on Popsike for £250 in 2016, and this item has also been spotted for sale on Discogs.

  • JULIAN WEIRDS OUT - Discogs' entry states 'recorded live in Sidney 19 May 1986 with studio mobile denver music ltd'; but 'common era', posting at the Head Heritage message board, says 'It is actually taken from a very good quality recording of the 15th August 1996* gig at The Boston Arms, London' (* should this be '1986'?)

  • LEIGH FESTIVAL '79 (live sets by The Teardrop Explodes, Orchestral Manouevres, Joy Division, A Certain Ratio)

  • MY FATHER'S PLACE - The Teardrop Explodes cassette bootleg - same gig as featured on BUTTERFLY ZOO

  • RARITIES - unofficial 1994 Japanese CD compilation of Cope solo tracks on The Music's Over label. Various demos, remixes, etc.

  • SCREAMING SECRETS (Teardrop Explodes bootleg containing non-Peel BBC session tracks etc)

  • 22.1.87 NORWICH U.E.A. - cassette bootleg of live Julian solo gig, listed on Discogs, "Recorded At The University Of East Anglia, Norwich"

  • EPOC ACTION - 1997 bootleg CD from Argentina. Content unknown.

  • JULIAN COPE DEMOS '90 - in 2005 an Island promo cassette appeared for sale on the Popsike website, featuring PEGGY SUICIDE era tracks and demos. It has never subsequently been bootlegged - three tracks are of particular interest, namely LITTLE DONKEY (which it has been speculated may be the same as the version released as part of the EAST EASY RIDER single), WESTERN FRONT 1992 (which has Julian on vocals, rather than Lulu Chivers, Edwina Vernon, and Camilla Mayer), and JUNG'KIE which is described as "particularly important, as not only is it unreleased, but is in fact the 'title' track of the Peggy Suicide story, and is one of his best tracks ever, which makes its non-appearance quite surprising". This may be an early version of PEGGY SUICIDE IS A JUNKIE.

MISCELLANEOUS 'various artists' compilation appearances, non-playing credits, Cope friends and associates, etc:

  • THE BIG ISSUE ALBUM NO ONE (CD) - Various Artists compilation includes 'Highway Blues' (original demo) - also on FLOORED GENIUS 3

  • CLASS OF 94 (cassette) given away with Vox magazine contains 'I Gotta Walk' remix 2.33

  • CORNUCOPEA Various Artists live compilation (CD) , "two South Bank evenings with Julian Cope". Includes 'Ver' by Cope, plus an exclusive Queen Elizabeth track 'Temple of Diana'. Also features Anal, Thighpaulsandra, Universal Panzies

  • DANCIN' MASTERS (cassette) - sold mail order by NME - includes 'Traison - c'est juste un histoire' by The Teardrop Explodes

  • DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST TOMORROW HAS BEEN CANCELLED - (CD) Head Heritage sampler, later reissued on the Lord Yatesbury label. Features various familiar HH acts plus two tracks by Cope, 'Due to Lack of Interest' and 'Saturday Night with the Lord'

  • REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT: THE SOUND OF LIVERPOOL 1976-1988 - 5-CD box set includes a couple of Teardrop Explodes tracks, 'Sleeping Gas' and 'When I Dream'.

  • TO THE SHORES OF LAKE PLACID (LP) - Zoo artists compilation, includes three Teardrop Explodes tracks 'When I Dream', 'Camera, Camera', 'Take a Chance', plus 'Kwalo Koblinsky's Lullaby' by Whopper (Cope as 'Kevin Stapleton' and Gary Dwyer as 'Buzz Manilla')
  • 2 METER SESSIES VOLUME 3 (CD) - Dutch various artists compilation featuring 6.25 version of 'East Easy Rider'
  • UNEARTHED LIVERPOOL CULT CLASSICS VOL. 1 (CD) - compilation including the Shallow Madness track 'Straight Rain'

  • UNEARTHED LIVERPOOL CULT CLASSICS VOL. 2 (CD) - compilation including a live version of The Teardrop Explodes' 'Camera, Camera' 

  • ACOUSTIKA - A LETTER TO MY ROSE (CD-r) - 'Orchestration by Julian Cope'

  • ACOUSTIKA - E.P. (CD-r) - 'Orchestration by Julian Cope'

  • ANAL - ZERO BEATS PER MINUTE (CD) - 'Directed by Julian Cope'

  • BLACK SHEEP VC - ORCADIA (CD) - album by Black Sheep spin-off project featuring Vybik Jon and Common Era. First track 'edited' by Cope.

  • BLACK SHEEP VC - GRAIN HOUSE EP - available as mp3 download. Black Sheep spin-off project featuring Vybik Jon and Common Era

  • BLAKK METAL - BLACK JAZZ (CD) - Cope collaborator Fat Paul. live in Bristol 1/2/2015. Sleeve states 'blown off stage by Julian Cope'

  • SYNUS - RYTHUM (CD) - Rooster Cosby and Mark Swift's album. Executive produced by Cope

  • T.C. LETHBRIDGE - MOON EQUIPPED (LP) - 'Directed by Julian Cope'

  • JEZEBELL - PAISLEY DARK EDITS BOX 3 (Bandcamp download) - two 2001 remixes of Cope's 'Safesurfer'

  • 30 CENTURY MAN - Julian is interviewed in this 2007 documentary film about Scott Walker

  • WHERE THE PYRAMID MEETS THE EYE (CD) - various artists' tribute to Roky Erickson. Includes Cope's cover version of 'I Have Always Been Here Before', later to appear on the 2-CD reissue of JEHOVAHKILL

  • WHITE HILLS - ODDITY II: NIGHT SCENE ON MILL MOUNTAIN (CD-r) - track 'No Game To Play' was mixed by Cope.

  • ZOO: THE COMPLETE WORKS (LP) - two vinyl LPs and two 12" singles make up this release from 1991, limited to 1000 copies, Includes several early tracks from singles by The Teardrop Explodes plus one album containing the PIANO compilation

  • THE ZOO UNCAGED (LP/CD) - compilation of early Zoo label singles including several tracks by The Teardrop Explodes.

FELLOW TRAVELLERS - a few of the artists associated with Julian, worthy of any Cope fan's attention for their sounds, beliefs, record covers/general iconography/graphic design. Any work directly involving Julian is included in the main discography, but these non-Cope acts and releases are likely to be of great interest if you're reading this 

  • DOGNTANK - Doggen Foster and band, various releases including E.P. and EDGE OF DOOM; a free bandcamp download album, LIVE: 2004, was released in 2021.

  • DUIR - led by Welbourn Tekh (formerly Terry Welbourn of Sinking Ships, and a member of The Sons of T.C.-Lethbridge). Albums THE STOUT GUARDIAN OF THE DOOR and SODDEN DOGS & BLIND, WINGED HORSES.

  • ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - spearheads of the new Mersey psych scene 1979-80 alongside The Teardrop Explodes. Julian featured in short-lived band The Crucial Three with Bunnymen vocalist Ian McCulloch, and co-wrote Bunnymen track 'Books'/'Read It In Books'

  • FUCK ME USA - Chris Olley and James Flower's short-lived duo project. Released a self-titled LP and single, plus a compilation called ANTHOLOGY, and CD-rs CRIMEWAVE and THE LOST MASTERS. Julian helped develop this whole project but is only believed to have aided in conceptualizing rather than performing.

  • HOLY McGRAIL - BURNING HOLY ROME CD - on 'Southern Cross' label. No direct Cope involvement?    

  • HOLY McGRAIL - RAW POWER SUITE' CD - on 'Brain Donor' label. Iggy covers. No direct Cope involvement?

  • SLOMO - Holy McGrail and Howard Marsden, various releases including THE CREEP, THE BOG, THE GRAIN, TRANSITS, SUPER-INDIVIDUAL: COLLECTIVE RITUAL.

  • SPACESHIP - Mark Williamson recorded the SPACESHIP CD-r featuring Julian and has gone on to record lots more! https://forged-river.com/ 

  • T.C. LETHBRIDGE - Doggen and Kevlar of Brain Donor, plus Flinton Chalk. Limited edition releases include MOON EQUIPPED ('Directed by Julian Cope'), MINA, and 2000 T.C.

  • THIGHPAULSANDRA - frequent Cope collaborator in the 1990s, lots of solo work since. Also a member of Spiritualized and Coil.

  • URTHONA - I REFUTE IT THUS CD - on 'Head Heritage'. No direct Cope involvement?

  • THE ARC COLLECTIVE - MAYDAY! MAYDAY! THE STAN GOOCH EP (CD) - Welbourn Tekh and Doggen, a Sons of T.C. Lethbridge side project

This section of the site may or may not be the most appropriate place to also mention:

  • THE FRESHIES - I CAN'T GET BOUNCING BABIES BY THE TEARDROP EXPLODES (1981 Single)

  • FAT TULIPS - THE TULIP EXPLODES E.P. (1981 E.P.) - cover versions of three tracks by The Teardrop Explodes, 'Passionate Friend', 'Treason', and 'Reward' on 7"

  • BILL DRUMMOND - JULIAN COPE IS DEAD (track from the 1986 LP THE MAN)

  • ANTON BARBEAU - solo artist whose work can be found via Bandcamp or YouTube. Has recorded a cover of OUT OF MY MIND ON DOPE AND SPEED and a track entitled JULIAN COPE

  • GO HOME PRODUCTIONS - GHP COMPLETE CD7 "THE BOOTLEGS" 2005 - 25-track mp3 mash-up which includes SAFESURFING FOR NO ONE (mixing Julian Cope and The Beatles) and WORLD, SHUT YOUR REVOLUTION (Daft Punk and Julian Cope mixed)

  • DJ MORGOTH - MASH-UP YOUR BOOTZ PARTY SAMPLER VOL. 62 - prolific mash-up artist/compiler included the Go Home Productions mash-up (I AM THE) TRAMPOLENE (TO THE OTHER SIDE) as the final track on this mp3 collection, mixing Julian Cope, The Verve, The Beatles and The Doors

  • INTERPRETERS VOLS 1-4 - 'Trav's Julian Cope Site' has been running online for many years, and four downloadable mp3 'INTERPRETERS' compilation albums have been created by Cope fans since 1998: Volume 1, TINY CHILDREN, Volume 2, SECOND HEADS, Volume 3, TRIPLE VEGETATION, and an untitled fourth volume, plus an odds-and-sods fifth compilation made up of alternate takes, tracks which the participants have requested not to be included on the official volumes, etc. So if you're in the mood to hear a few dozen Cope/Teardrop Explodes cover versions, you know where to head.

LABEL DISCOGRAPHIES - the various Cope-run/related imprints, often featuring extremely limited edition releases.

Note that some titles were released on more than one Cope imprint; many of the titles listed here will also be found in the site's main discography; and occasionally, a unique/altered version would be released (example, RITE AT YA or the slightly remixed/sound-balanced reissue of ODIN)

HEAD HERITAGE:

HH1 - Rite² - Julian Cope

HH2 - Queen Elizabeth Vagina - Queen Elizabeth

HH3 - The Modern Antiquarian (promo) - Julian Cope

HH4 - Transcendental Floss - Universal Panzies

HH5 - The Jehovahcoat Demos - Julian Cope

HH6 - Odin - Julian Cope

HH7 - Ye Skellington Chronicles - Julian Cope

HH8 - Floored Genius 3 - Julian Cope

HH9 - Cornucopea: Two South Bank Evenings With Julian Cope - Various Artists

HH10 - An Audience With The Cope - Julian Cope

HH11 - Ambient Metal - L.A.M.F.

HH12 - Discover Odin - Julian Cope

HH13 - Rite Now - Julian Cope

HH14 - Rome Wasn't Burned In A Day - Julian Cope

HH15 - This Is The Shit - Roger

HH16 - Zoology - The Teardrop Explodes

HH17 - Collecting Earthquakes - Holy McGrail

HH18 - Citizen Cain'd - Julian Cope

HH19 - Due To Lack Of Interest Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled - Various Artists

HH20 - Dark Orgasm - Julian Cope

HH21 - You Gotta Problem With Me - Julian Cope

HH22 - I Refute It Thus - Urthona

HH23 - Black Sheep - Julian Cope

HH24 - The Unruly Imagination - Julian Cope

HH25 - Psychedelic Revolution - Julian Cope

HH26 - Woden - Julian Cope

HH27 - Revolutionary Suicide - Julian Cope

HH28 - Rite At Ya - Julian Cope

HH28 - Juan Fluorescent - Mick Goodby (this was a poetry book sold at Cope gigs in 2015)

HH29 - Drunken Songs - Julian Cope

HH29 - Trip Advizer - Julian Cope (three track mp3 download e.p.)

HH30 - Guerilla Grow - Dope

HH31 - Dope On Drugs - Dope (also HH104)

HH32 - Skellington 3 - Julian Cope

HH33 - Village Idiot Dope - Dope

HH34 - John Balance Enters Valhalla - Julian Cope

HH36 - Odin On Acid - Dope

HH37 - Self Civil War - Julian Cope

HH38 - England Expectorates - Julian Cope

HH100 - Queen Elizabeth Vagina (reissue) - Queen Elizabeth

HH103 - Queen Elizabeth Hall - Queen Elizabeth (download only) 

HH104 - Dope On Drugs - Dope

HH733 - Preaching Revolution e.p. - Julian Cope & Black Sheep

HHFuck Off 1 - Cunts Can Fuck Off - Julian Cope (CD single and download)

LORD YATESBURY

LY1 - Last Tango In Paris - Brits Abroad

LY2 - The Daemon Ms20 Remix - Spackhouse Tottu

LY3 - Kick - Mick Goodby

LY4 - Das Boot - Spion Kop

LY5 - Rock Section - Dayglo Maradona

LY10 - Trip Advizer - Julian Cope

LY17A - We Apologise For Nothing - Nurse With Mound

LY20 - Odin - Julian Cope

LY21 - Due To Lack Of Interest Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled - Various Artists

LY22 - Raw Power Suite - Holy McGrail

LY23 - Rite At Ya - Julian Cope

LY200 - Zoology - The Teardrop Explodes

no catalogue number - Hydroponic / John Balance Enters Valhalla - Dope

no catalogue number - Spackhouse Tottu e.p. - Spackhouse Tottu

unconfirmed - Positive Drugs Test - Dope (Stuart Maconie played this track on BBC radio in June 2016 and announced the artist's name as 'Lord Yatesbury'. Speculation is that Julian Cope had given him a Lord Yatesbury-label CD-r. ) 

BRAIN DONOR

9918-1 - Too Freud To Rock'n'Roll, Too Jung To Die - Brain Donor

9918-2 - Raw Power Suite - Holy McGrail

9918-3 - Dogntank - Dogntank

9918-4 - Wasted Fuzz Excessive - Brain Donor

9918-5 - Floored Genius 4 - Julian Cope

FUCK OFF & DI

300149-1 - Spaceship - Spaceship

300149-2 - Black Sheep At The BBC - Black Sheep

300149-3 - A Letter To My Rose e.p. - Acoustika

300149-4 - Black Sheep e.p. - David Wrench

300149-5 - E.P. - 5-Track

300149-7 - Orcadia - Black Sheep VC

300149-8 - Not I - Lucifer N.Y.C.

300149-9 - Blakk Metal - Fat Paul

300897-1 - Can Anyone Here Use Their Hands? - Gapamari

300897-2 - Live On W.F.M.U. - Comets On Fire

300897-3 - Zero Beats Per Minute - Anal

300897-4 - Smashed Amps And Sunn Guitars - Holy McGrail

300897-5 - They've Got Blood Like We've Got Blood - White Hills

300897-6 - The Creep - Slomo

300897-7 - Fried-X  - Fried-X

300897-8 - Rite Bastard - Julian Cope

300897-9 - E.P. - Avatars Of The Bad Man

300149-10 - S’Akkabadòra-Hèmina - Neon Sardinia

300149-11 - Barrowlands - Julian Cope

300897-10 - Music Of Joji Yuasa - Joji Yuasa

300897-11 - Vermichte Die Götter - Kabalist

300897-12 - E.P. - Acoustika

300897-13 - Songs For The Crooked Path - Cadaverous Condition

MA-GOG

Ma-Gog 1 - Rite - Julian Cope & Donald Ross Skinner

Ma-Gog 2 - The Skellington Chronicles - Julian Cope

Ma-Gog 3 - Ur-Pagan (24-page magazine containing articles and poetry by Julian Cope, Dorian Cope and others)

COPECO

JU89 - Skellington - Julian Cope

MoFoCo

MoFoCo90 - Droolian - Julian Cope

MoFoCo2012 - Propheteering - Julian Cope

K.A.K.

(catalogue number not known) - Zero Beats Per Minute - Anal

HEATHEN FRONTIERS IN SOUND

HFS2 - Grain House e.p. - Black Sheep VC

HFS3 - Rave-o-Lution - Julian Cope


 

THE ONE THREE ONE DOORWAY

Cope's Sardinian road trip/1990 World Cup/Scally hooligan/chart-toppers novel 'One Three One' was published by Faber & Faber in 2014. To accompany the book, Julian and co-conspirators got busy in the studio, recording hours of music that they attributed to the fictional artists mentioned throughout the story. An Internet portal on to this strange Mediterranean world appeared, labelled 'The One Three One Doorway'. Take a look here: http://www.131doorway.com/the-present-day

Naturally, this only served to confuse matters, as some of the material mentioned did eventually make it to release (via Bandcamp, on Lord Yatesbury ultra-limited CD-rs, or elsewhere), and some of it may never have been recorded at all. Here's what we know:

ATLANTIS? - ATLANTIS? 12" LP.

There is no link to this at the Doorway. However, Urthona recorded a CD album entitled URTHONA PLAYS ATLANTIS?. with the same cover art. The Head Heritage website states: "purports to be the work of Sardinian cave anarchists led by a 15-year-old sub-Hendrix"

BRITS ABROAD - LAST TANGO IN PARIS 7" SINGLE, LIVE AT DEHYDRATED 12" E.P. 

There is no link to either of these at the Doorway, and 'Live at Dehydrated' may never have been actually recorded. There is, however, a Brits Abroad e.p. available on a limited edition CD featuring 'Last Tango in Paris' as its lead track.

DAYGLO MARADONA - AMERICAN WERWOLF 12" SINGLE, ROCK SECTION WHITE VINYL 12" SINGLE

The Doorway link offers a free Bandcamp download of 'Rock Section'. The white vinyl 12" does exist. 'American Werwolf' is an extra track on the CD-r release of 'Rock Section'

MICK GOODBY / EXERCISE CLUB - KICK / BIG CHEESE 7" SINGLE

In the world of the novel, this 'Light My Fire'-sampling novelty record was a number one smash hit. The Doorway link offers a free Bandcamp download of 'Kick'. 'Kick' was also released on a very limited edition (10 copies has been reported) on CD-r. 'Big Cheese' seems unavailable and may not have ever been recorded

FOREST OF DEAN - TRIPPING 10" E.P. & CASSETTE

Fictional releases, although the Doorway leads to a Bandcamp free download of a track titled 'Black Forest of Dean'

JUDGE BARRY HERZOG - NIHILISM V. DENIALISM LP & CASSETTE, THE BEST OF SLAG VAN BLOWDRIVER LP & CASSETTE, PURIFYING / PUTRIFYING LP & CASSETTE (collaboration with Tiny)

'The Best of Slag Van Blowdriver' was released on CD (but not on LP or cassette!). The Doorway offers a free Bandcamp download entitled 'The Border Rebel'. The other LPs mentioned do not seem to exist and may not have been recorded. No evidence of Tiny, either!

KIT KAT RAPPERS - SECOND CLASS TO DOTTINGHAM 7" SINGLE, HER MAJESTY'S PLEASURE 7" SINGLE

Seemingly a non-existent act whose 7" singles are yet to materialise in vinyl or any other format, and may not have been recorded. Fictional band members include Gary Have-a-laugh, Stu, and Yeh-Yeh, plus occasional guest rapper Full English Breakfast. No Doorway link

LOW COUNTRIES - ANASTASIA ANAESTHESIA 7" SINGLE, EWERTHON 7" SINGLE

No Doorway link. Records not released and possibly never recorded. Low Countries' blurb reads "This Liverpool Post-Punk outfit was the place where One Three One hero Rock Section cut his music business teeth, being ‘installed’ in the band as lead singer at age seventeen by their manager/svengali Arthur Tadgell"

MAKE FUCK - MAKE FUCK LP

No Doorway link. No actual release and possibly no genuine recordings. Supposedly a power trio "Formed in the southern Sardu foothills of Mt Línas by cave anarchists from nearby Gonnosfanadiga"

NEON SARDINIA - S'AKKABADORA HEMINA LP/CASSETTE

Not released on LP or cassette, but this one did make it to a real-world CD. The Doorway link offers a shortened version of one of the 20-minute-plus tracks from the album, the 7.23 'S’akkabadòra​-​Hèmina (edit)'

NURSE WITH MOUND - MIXING CONCRETE ONE-SIDED ETCHED 12" LP/CASSETTE

'MIxing Concrete' is available for £5 as a Bandcamp download via the Doorway link, and several individual tracks ('Aum A Sahara', 'Ken Kesey', 'Syd Vicious') can be purchased as downloads from the same link for £1 each. Those three tracks and half-a-dozen others appeared on the genuine CD-r release 'We Apologise For Nothing'

SPACKHOUSE TOTTU - THE DAEMON 7" SINGLE, THE WIG 7" SINGLE, SPACKHOUSE TOTTU LP/CASSETTE, LOVELY HOTEL BUT NO ROOM FOR ME, SHIT LP/CASSETTE

'The Daemon' is available as a free Bandcamp download via the Doorway link. None of the above-named records exist, but Spackhouse Tottu did release a four-track CD-r e.p. (with five tracks listed on the cover!)

SPION KOP - DAS BOOT / WIRRALWORK 7" SINGLE

Although the 7" single doesn't exist, there was an ultra-limited edition (5 copies) of 'Das Boot' released on the Lord Yatesbury label. 'Das Boot' is also available for free Bandcamp download via the Doorway link. 'Wirralwork' may be completely fictional and unrecorded.

VESUVIO - VESUVIO LP/CASSETTE

There is a Doorway link but nothing is shown when this is accessed. The 'Vesuvio' album did receive a proper real-world CD release, but is not available on LP or cassette as stated here.

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