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JULIAN COPE: DISCOGRAPHY

The Teardrop Explodes​

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SINGLES

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SLEEPING GAS

     b-sides CAMERA, CAMERA; KIRKBY WORKER'S DREAM FADES

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BOUNCING BABIES

     b-side ALL I AM IS LOVING YOU

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TREASON (IT'S JUST A STORY)

     b-sides READ IT IN BOOKS; USE ME; TRAISON (C'EST JUSTE UNE HISTOIRE)

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WHEN I DREAM

     b-side KILIMANJARO

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HA HA I'M DROWNING

     b-sides POPPIES IN THE FIELD, TREASON, BOOKS

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REWARD

     b-side STRANGE HOUSE IN THE SNOW

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PASSIONATE FRIEND

     b-side CHRIST VS WARHOL

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COLOURS FLY AWAY

     b-sides WINDOW SHOPPING FOR A NEW CROWN OF THORNS; EAST OF THE EQUATOR

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SEVEN VIEWS OF JERUSALEM

     b-side FALLING DOWN AROUND ME

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TINY CHILDREN

     b-sides RACHAEL BUILT A STEAMBOAT; SLEEPING GAS (LIVE)

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YOU DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW

     b-sides SUFFOCATE; OUCH MONKEYS; SOFT ENOUGH FOR YOU; IN-PSYCHLOPAEDIA

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COUNT TO TEN AND RUN FOR COVER

     b-sides POPPIES; LIKE LEILA KHALED SAID; REWARD

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SERIOUS DANGER

     b-sides SLEEPING GAS; SEVEN VIEWS OF JERUSALEM

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LPs

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KILIMANJARO

  1. Ha Ha I'm Drowning

  2. Sleeping Gas

  3. Treason

  4. Second Head

  5. Reward

  6. Poppies

  7. Went Crazy

  8. Brave Boys Keep Their Promises

  9. Bouncing Babies

  10. Books

  11. Thief Of Baghdad

  12. When I Dream

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3-CD reissue contained the above, plus disc 2 'Bates Motel' and disc 3 'BBC Sessions)

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Bates Motel:

  1. Reward

  2. Sleeping Gas (single version) 

  3. Camera Camera (Goddamn Camera) 

  4. Kirby Workers Dream Fades

  5. Bouncing Babies (single version) 

  6. All I am Is Loving You

  7. Treason (Zoo single version)

  8. Read It in Books

  9. Kilimanjaro

  10. Strange House in the Snow

  11. Use Me 

  12. Traison (C'est Juste Une Histoire)

  13. Sleeping Gas (live version) 

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BBC Sessions

  1. Brave Boys Keep Their Promises (Peel Session, 15 October 1979)

  2. Ha Ha I'm Drowning (Peel Session, 15 October 1979)

  3. Went Crazy (Peel Session, 15 October 1979)

  4. Chance (Peel Session, 15 October 1979)

  5. Thief of Baghdad (Peel Session, 24 April 1980)

  6. When I Dream (Peel Session, 24 April 1980)

  7. Poppies in the Field (Peel Session, 24 April 1980)

  8. Reward (Mike Read Session, 27 October 1980)

  9. Suffocate (Mike Read Session, 27 October 1980)

  10. For Years (Mike Read Session, 27 October 1980)

  11. The Great Dominions (Mike Read Session, 27 October 1980)

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WILDER

  1. Bent Out Of Shape

  2. Colours Fly Away

  3. Seven Views Of Jerusalem

  4. Pure Joy

  5. Falling Down Around Me

  6. The Culture Bunker

  7. Passionate Friend

  8. Tiny Children

  9. Like Leila Khaled Said

  10. .....and The Fighting Takes Over

  11. The Great Dominions

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A 2000 reissue featured 'extra tracks from the American mini album Buff Manilla'

  12. Window Shopping for a New Crown of Thorns

  13.  East of the Equator

  14.  Rachael Built a Steamboat

  15. You Disappear from View

  16.  Suffocate

  17. Ouch Monkeys

  18. Soft Enough for You

  19. The In-Psychlopedia

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A 2013 reissue featured ten bonus tracks and eight BBC sessions tracks

   1. Christ Vs Warhol

   2. Rachael Built a Steamboat

   3. Suffocate

   4. Window Shopping For a New Crown of Thorns

   5. Ouch Monkeys

   6. East of the Equator

   7. Sleeping Gas (Live at Club Zoo)

   8. The In-Psychlopedia

   9. You Disappear from View

  10. Soft Enough for You

  11. Pure Joy (BBC Session, Peel Plus, 1981) 

  12. Like Leila Khaled Said (BBC Session, Peel Plus, 1981) 

  13. I'm Not The Loving Kind (BBC Session, Richard Skinner, 16 May 1981) 

  14. The Culture Bunker (BBC Session, Peel Plus, 1981) 

  15. And The Fighting Takes Over (BBC Session, Richard Skinner, 17 August 1981) 

  16. Better Scream / Make That Move (BBC Session, Richard Skinner, 17 August 1981)

  17. Bent Out of Shape (BBC Session, Richard Skinner, 17 August 1981) 

  18. Screaming Secrets (BBC Session, Richard Skinner, 17 August 1981)

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EVERYBODY WANTS TO SHAG...

  1. Ouch Monkeys

  2. Serious Danger

  3. Metranil Vavin

  4. Count to Ten and Run for Cover

  5. In-Psychlopaedia 

  6. Soft Enough for You

  7. You Disappear from View 

  8. The Challenger

  9. Not My Only Friend 

  10. Sex (Pussyface) 

  11. Terrorist 

  12. Strange House in the Snow

   

PIANO

  1.  Sleeping Gas

  2.  Camera Camera

  3.  Kirkby Workers Dream Fades

  4.  Bouncing Babies

  5.  All I Am Is Loving You

  6.  Treason

  7.  Books

  8.  Take A Chance

  9.  When I Dream

  10.  Kwalo Klobinsky's Lullaby

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ZOOLOGY

  1. From Five Miles Up

  2. Camera Camera

  3. Brave Boys Keep Their Promises

  4. Nobody Knows This is Everywhere

  5. When I Dream

  6. Screaming Secrets

  7. Books

  8. The Culture Bunker

  9. I'm Not the Loving Kind

  10. Log Cabin

  11. Tiny Children

  12. You Disappear From View

  13. ...And the Fighting Takes Over

  14. Sleeping Gas

  15. The Tunnel

  16. Ritchie Blofeld

  17. Columbia Hotel

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PEEL SESSIONS PLUS

  1. Ha-Ha I'm Drowning

  2. Went Crazy

  3. Brave Boys Keep Their Promises

  4. Chance

  5. Reward

  6. Thief of Baghdad

  7. When I Dream

  8. The Poppies in the Field

  9. Like Leila Khaled Said

  10. The Culture Bunker

  11. Pure Joy Wins Out Again

  12. Better Scream / Make That Move

  13. Bent Out of Shape

  14. Log Cabin

  15. Buchanan

  16. You Disappear From View

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THE GREATEST HIT

  1. Reward

  2. Passionate Friend

  3. Treason (It's Just a Story)

  4. Ha Ha I'm Drowning

  5. The Culture Bunker

  6. Colours Fly Away

  7. Sleeping Gas

  8. Suffocate

  9. When I Dream

  10. Tiny Children

  11. ...And the Fighting Takes Over

  12. The In-Psychlopedia

  13. Christ Versus Warhol

  14. You Disappear From View

  15. The Great Dominions

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THE COLLECTION

  1. Reward

  2. Colours Fly Away 

  3. Bent Out of Shape

  4. Brave Boys Keep Their Promises

  5. Treason (It's Just a Story)

  6. Bouncing Babies

  7. Serious Danger

  8. Rachael Built a Steamboat

  9. Poppies (in the Field)

  10. Like Leila Khaled Said

  11. Window Shopping for a New Crown of Thorns

  12. Books

  13. Seven Views of Jerusalem

  14. Strange House in the Snow

  15. Kilimanjaro

  16. Count to Ten and Run for Cover

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LIVE AT TRINITY HALL, BRISTOL

    (A free download available for a limited period at the Head Heritage website)

  1. Richard Skinner's introduction

  2. Poppies in the Field

  3. Went Crazy

  4. Bouncing Babies

  5. Books

  6. Brave Boys Keep Their Promises

  7. Beauty Comes Second

  8. Ha Ha I'm Drowning

  9. Sleeping Gas

  10. Second Head

  11. Treason

  12. Thief of Baghdad

  13. Chance

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COPE'S NOTES #1

  1. Accept My Reward

  2. Bouncing Babies Dub

  3. East of the Equator 81

  4. Poppies in the Field (Super-90)

  5. The Love Call of J. Wentworth Crazy

  6. Another Kwalo Klobinsky

  7. Screaming Secrets (Original)

  8. Pre-Teardrop Medley

  9. It's Just Like Sleeping Gas

  10. Kwalo Klobinsky demo

  11. The Tingletangle Maiden

  12. This Falklands War 1982

  13. Leila Khaled (Super-89)

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COLD WAR PSYCHEDELIA

   1. That’s Where I’m Coming From

   2. Ned Kelly Dawn

   3. Straight Rain

   4 Krankenhaus: Joker’s Birthday Duck Hunt.

   5. Grow Your Hair

   6. Charles XII Of Sweden

   7. You Think It’s Love 82

   8. Unsafe At Any Speed

   9. The Emotional Jungle

  10. Tiny Children

  11, Dave Balfe, What’s Got Into You

  12. You Disappear From View

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CULTURE BUNKER: THE TEARDROP EXPLODES 1978-82

    •    CD 1: IT’S SO ETHEREAL – THE SINGLES

      1. Sleeping Gas – Zoo Single

      2. Camera Camera – Single B-Side

      3. Kirby Workers Dream Fades – Single B-Side

      4. Bouncing Babies – Zoo Single

      5. All I Am Is Loving You – Single B-Side

      6. Treason – Zoo Single

      7. Read It in Books – Single B-Side

      8. When I Dream – First Mercury Single

      9. Kilimanjaro – B-Side

      10. Reward – Single

      11. Strange House in the Snow – B-Side

      12. Treason (It’s Just a Story) (Remixed Version) – Single

      13. Use Me – B-Side

      14. Traison (C’est Juste Une Histoire) – B-Side

      15. Ha Ha I’m Drowning – Single

      16. Poppies In the Field – B-Side

    • CD 2: CHRIST VERSUS WARHOL – THE SINGLES

      1. Passionate Friend – Single

      2. Christ Versus Warhol – B-Side

      3. Colours Fly Away – Single

      4. East of the Equator – B-Side

      5. Window Shopping for a New Crown of Thorns – B-Side

      6. Tiny Children – Single

      7. Rachel Built a Steamboat – B-Side

      8. You Disappear from View – Single

      9. Suffocate – No Strings from US LP of version of Kilimanjaro

      10. Ouch Monkeys – B-Side

      11. Soft Enough for You – B-Side

      12. The In-Psychlopedia – B-Side

    • CD 3: FROM DRUG PURITAN TO ACID KING

      1.  Camera Camera – Granada TV, February 1979

      2. Band on The Wall – Live, Manchester, 05 March 1979

      3. Instro

      4. Sleeping Gas

      5. Seeing Through You

      6. Straight Rain

      7. All I Am is Loving You

      8. Read It In Books

      9. Jury Service

      10. Take A Chance

      11. The Tunnel

      12. Camera Camera

      13. Outstro

      14. Sleeping Gas (Encore)

      15. Beauty Come Second – Live Bristol 06 October 1979, unrecorded song

      16. Take A Chance – Cargo Demos / To the Shores of Lake Placid Version

      17. Poppies In the Field – Cargo Demos

      18. Brave Boys Keep Promises – Cargo Demos

      19. Bouncing Babies – Cargo Demos, all November 1979

      20. Ha Ha I’m Drowning – Live at Studio Y 30/05/1980

      21. Second Head – Live at Studio Y 30/05/1980

      22. Went Crazy – Live at Studio Y 30/05/1980

      23. Thief of Bagdad – Live at Studio Y 30/05/1980

      24. Save Me – Live Y Club – London 30/05/1980

      25. When I Dream – To the Shores of Lake Placid Version, Rockfield, 1980

    • CD 4: THE GREAT DOMINIONS

      1. Dialogue Between (Window Shopping for a New Crown of Thorns) – Rockfield, 1980

      2. For Years aka Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere – Zoology Version, 1980

      3. Suffocate (With Strings) – Baroque Version, Rockfield, Spring 1982

      4. Bent Out of Shape – Skinner Session – 17 August 1981

      5. Colours Fly Away – Club Zoo – 25 November 1981

      6. Pure Joy – Club Zoo – 25 November 1981

      7. Falling Down Around Me – Bearshank Lodge, April 1981

      8. Passionate Friend – also Bearshank Lodge

      9. Tiny Children – Zoology / Air Rough Mixes, Summer 1981

      10. …And The Fighting Takes Over – Zoology, 1981

      11. The Culture Bunker – Club Zoo – 25 November 1981

      12. The Great Dominions – Soundboard Tape Guildford June 1981

      13. 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

      14. Screaming Secrets – from Copes Notes: TheTeardrtop Explodes , 1981

      15. Not My Only Friend – also Bearshank Lodge

      16. I’m Not the Loving Kind – Zoology Version, 1981, John Cale cover from Slow Dazzle

      17. World Shut Your Mouth – Instrumental Demo #1 – Liverpool Feb 1981 / Portastudio

    • CD 5: CLUB ZOO

      Club Zoo – December 22 1981

      1. Log Cabin

      2. Tiny Children

      3. Passionate Friend

      4. Bouncing Babies

      5. You Disappear from View

      6. Ha Ha I’m Drowning

      7. Reward

      8. Culture Bunker

      9. Sleeping Gas  – also b-side Tiny Children

      Bonus tracks from Club Zoo, 25 November 1981 

      1. Like Leila Khaled Said

      2. Treason

      3. Bouncing Babies

      4. Vox Clemantis in Deserto

      5. Sleeping Gas

    • CD 6: DEATH RATTLE

      1. Whopper Kwalo Koblinsky’s Lullaby – from To the Shores of Lake Placid, January 1981

      2. You Disappear from View – from Zoology. Demo, Producers Workshop, 1982

      3. Log Cabin – from Zoology, 1982

      4. Serious Danger – Julian Cope And Dave Balfe Cassette – demos, May 1982  (Take 2 of 3)

      5. Count To Ten and Run for Cover – JC And DB Cassette

      6. Ouch Monkeys – JC And DB Cassette

      7. Icarus #1 – JC And DB Cassette

      8. Terrorist – JC And DB Cassette

      9. Pussyface – Instrumental backing track, Spring 1982

      10. Flipped Out on LSD – Excerpt, 1982, featuring rare Dave Balfe vocal

      11. Your Big Lies – Julian Cope home demo, Tamworth May 1982

      12. Camera Camera – With World Shut Your Mouth producer Steve Lovell, 1984

  • 7LP vinyl box set

    • LP 1: IT’S SO ETHEREAL

      Side One

      1. Sleeping Gas – Zoo Single

      2. Camera Camera – B-Side

      3. Kirby Workers Dream Fades – B-Side

      4. Bouncing Babies – Zoo Single

      5. All I Am Is Loving You – B-Side

      6. Treason – Zoo Single

      7. Read It in Books – B-Side

      8. When I Dream – First Mercury Single

      Side Two

      1. Kilimanjaro – B-Side

      2. Reward – Single

      3. Strange House in the Snow – B-Side

      4. Treason (It’s Just a Story) (Remixed Version) – Single

      5. Use Me – B-Side

      6. Traison (C’est Juste Une Histoire) – B-Side

    • LP 2: CHRIST VERSUS WARHOL     

      Side One

      1. Ha Ha I’m Drowning – Single

      2. Poppies In the Field – B-Side

      3. Passionate Friend – Single

      4. Christ Versus Warhol – B-Side

      5. Colours Fly Away – Single

      6. East of the Equator – B-Side

      Side Two

      1. Window Shopping for A New Crown of Thorns – B-Side

      2. Tiny Children – Single

      3. Rachel Built a Steamboat – B-Side

      4. You Disappear from View – Single

      5. Suffocate – No Strings  – from US LP version of Kilimanjaro

      6. Ouch Monkeys – B-Side

    • LP 3: BAND ON THE WALL

      Side One

      1. Camera Camera – Live on What’s On – Granada TV – Feb 1979

      2. Instro – Band on The Wall – Live, Manchester 05 March 1979

      3. Sleeping Gas – Band on The Wall – Manchester 05 March 1979

      4. Seeing Through You – Band on The Wall – Manchester 05 March 1979

      5. Straight Rain – Band on The Wall – Manchester 05 March 1979

      6. All I Am is Loving You – Band on The Wall – Manchester 05 March 1979

      Side Two

      1. Read It in Books – Band on The Wall – Manchester 05 March 1979

      2. Jury Service – Band on The Wall – Manchester 05 March 1979

      3. Take A Chance – Band on The Wall – Manchester 05 March 1979

      4. The Tunnel – Band on The Wall – Manchester 05 March 1979

      5. Camera Camera – Band on The Wall – Manchester 05 March 1979

      6. Outstro – Band on The Wall – Manchester 05 March 1979

      7. Sleeping Gas – Band on The Wall – Manchester 05 March 1979 (Encore)

    • LP 4: FROM DRUG PURITAN TO ACID KING

      Side One

      1. Beauty Come Second – Live Trinity Centre – Bristol 06 October 1979 (Un-Recorded Song)

      2. Take a Chance – Cargo Demos, November 1979 / To the Shores of Lake Placid Track

      3. Poppies in the Field – Cargo Studios, Rochdale – November 1979

      4. Brave Boys Keep Promises – Cargo Studios, Rochdale – November 1979

      5. Bouncing Babies – Cargo Studios, Rochdale – November 1979

      6. For Years aka Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere – Zoology Version – Alan Gill’s Studio 1980

      Side Two

      1. Ha Ha I’m Drowning – Live at Studio Y (YMCA London) 30/05/1980

      2. Second Head – Live at Studio Y (YMCA London) 30/05/1980

      3. Went Crazy – Live at Studio Y (YMCA London) 30/05/1980

      4. Thief Of Bagdad – Live at Studio Y (YMCA London) 30/05/1980

      5. Save Me – Live at Studio Y (YMCA London) 30/05/1980

      6. When I Dream – To the Shores of Lake Placid Version – Rockfield Studios March 1980

    • LP 5: OUT OF THE CULTURE BUNKER

      Side One

      1. Dialogue Between (Window Shopping for a New Crown of Thorns) – Rockfield, March 1980

      2. Suffocate (With Strings) – Baroque Version – Hugh Jones 1982

      3. Reward – US LP Version of Kilimanjaro 

      4. Bent Out of Shape – Skinner Session – 17 August 1981

      5. Colours Fly Away – Club Zoo Liverpool – 25 November 1981

      6. Falling Down Around Me – Bearshank Lodge April 1981

      Side Two

      1. Pure Joy – Club Zoo Liverpool – 25 November 1981

      2. Passionate Friend – Bearshank Lodge April 1981

      3. Tiny Children – Air Studios Rough Mixes, Summer 1981

      4. …And The Fighting Takes Over – Warner Brothers Demo 1981 – Zoology Version

      5. The Culture Bunker – Club Zoo Liverpool – 25 November 1981

    • LP 6: FALLING DOWN AROUND ME

      Side One

      1. The Great Dominions – Guildford Civic Hall, 18 June 1981

      2. Butchers Tale – Air Studios Rough Mixes – Wilder Sessions, credited on the original Wilder inners but not included. Cover from the Zombies Odyssey and Oracale

      3. Screaming Secrets – 1981, from The Teardrop Explodes Copes Notes 

      4. Not My Only Friend – Bearshank Lodge April 1981

      5. I’m Not the Loving Kind – Producers Workshop – Zoology Version, 1981. John Cale cover from Slow Dazzle

      6. World Shut Your Mouth – Instrumental Demo #1 – Liverpool Feb 1981 / Porta Studio

      Side Two

      1. Whopper Kwalo Koblinsky’s Lullaby – from To the Shores of  Lake Placid Version – Jan 1981

      2. You Disappear from View – From Zoology. Producers Workshop 1982 demo.

      3. Log Cabin – Demo 1982 (Ft. Kate St John and Nicky Holland) – from Zoology 

      4. The In-Psychlopedia – B-Side of ‘You Disappear From View’, Spring 1982

      5. Serious Danger – Julian Cope and Dave Balfe Demos May 1982 (Take 2 of 3)

    • LP 7: DEATH RATTLE

      Side One

      1. Count To Ten and Run for Cover – Julian Cope and Dave Balfe Demos May 1982

      2. Ouch Monkeys – Julian Cope and Dave Balfe Demos May 1982

      3. Icarus #1 – Julian Cope and Dave Balfe Demos May 1982

      4. Terrorist – Julian Cope and Dave Balfe Demos May 1982

      5. Soft Enough for You – B-Side of ‘You Disappear from View’

      Side Two

      1. Pussyface – Instrumental backing track 1982, Spring 1982

      2. Your Big Lies – Julian Cope home demo, Tamworth May 1982

      3. Camera Camera – Recorded with World Shut Your Mouth producer Steve Lovell 1984

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VIDEOS

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TEARDROP EXPLODES LIVE IN CONCERT

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TOP OF THE POPS - TRANSCRIPTION LPs

(several BBC vinyl transcription albums from 1980-1981 broadcasts included tracks by The Teardrop Explodes)

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TOP OF THE POPS - 830 included 'When I Dream'

TOP OF THE POPS - 849 included 'Reward'

TOP OF THE POPS - 854 included 'Reward'

TOP OF THE POPS - 863 included 'Treason'

TOP OF THE POPS - 878 included 'Passionate Friend'

TOP OF THE POPS - 890 included 'Colours Fly Away'

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