The Teardrop Explodes: Everybody Wants To Shag... 1990 + Piano 1990 + Zoology 2004 + Peel Sessions (1977-82) 2007

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.
                          

The Teardrop Explodes was formed by Cope and Simpson from the ashes of A Shallow Madness (a

band which also included Ian McCulloch, later in Echo & The Bunnymen). Together with Finkler and Dwyer they released their debut single Sleeping Gas / Camera Camera / Kirkby Workers Dream Fades 1979. After that Simpson left to form The Wild Swans, and was replaced by David Balfe (ex-Dalek I Love You and Big in Japan), who would leave/be sacked/come back several times during their lifetime.
                                

In 1980 they began to record their debut album Everybody Wants to Shag The Teardrop Explodes (yes, the title was recycled later) for Zoo. It was never released. Instead they got signed by Phonogram,

replaced Finkler with Alan Gill (also ex-Dalek I Love You), re-recorded some songs and released them as Kilimanjaro. They got their first Top Ten hit with Reward / Strange House in the Snow, but by then Gill had already left to be replaced by Troy Tate. Cope decided that he didn't want to play bass anymore and that Balfe had to go. In came Alfie Agius and Jeff Hammer, but before the release of their second album Wilder, they were replaced by Ronnie François (ex-The Sinceros) and Balfe (again).
                       

Stripped down to a trio they recorded their third and final album Everybody Wants to Shag... The Teardrop Explodes 1982, but split before it was finished. It was finally released in 1990.

THE TEARDROP EXPLODES - EVERYBODY WANTS TO SHAG... 1990

 
               

The Teardrop Explodes – Everybody Wants To Shag...The Teardrop Explodes
Label: Fontana – 842 439-2, Phonogram – 842 439-2
Format:    CD, Album
Country: UK & Europe
Released: Mar 1990
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Indie Rock

TRACKS

                               

01. Ouch Monkeys    5:29
02. Serious Danger    3:30
03. Metranil Vavin    3:06
04. Count To Ten And Run For Cover   3:20
Trumpet – Luke Tunney, Ted Emmett
05. In-Psychlopaedia   4:00
Written-By – Dwyer
06. Soft Enough For You    3:28
07. You Disappear From View   3:00
Guitar – Troy Tate/Trumpet – Luke Tunney, Ted Emmett
08. The Challenge    2:57
09. Not My Only Friend    2:54
Piano – Julian Cope
10. Sex (Pussyface)    4:09
Piano – Julian Cope
11. Terrorist    3:32
12. Strange House In The Snow   4:43
Guitar – Alan Gill/Violin – Julian Cope

Arranged By – David Balf
Bass Guitar – Ronnie Francois (tracks: 1, 7, 10)
Design [Artwork] – Pointblanc Design
Drums, Drum Programming [Drum Machine] – Gary Dwyer
Engineer – Hugh Jones
Mixed By – Chris Hughes, Chris Sheldon, Clive Langer, Hugh Jones, Ross Cullum
Organ, Piano, Synthesizer – David Balfe
Vocals [Singer] – Julian Cope
Written-By – Balfe (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 11, 12), Cope (tracks: 1 to 10, 12)

MP3 @ 320 Size: 105 MB
Flac  Size: 266 MB

THE TEARDROP EXPLODES - PIANO 1990

 
                 

The Teardrop Explodes – Piano
Label:Griffin Music – GCD-459-2
Format:    CD, Compilation, Reissue
Country:US
Released:1995
Genre:Rock
Style:New Wave, Indie Rock

TRACKS

                          

01. The Teardrop Explodes  –  Sleeping Gas    4:38
02. The Teardrop Explodes  –  Camera Camera    2:38
03. The Teardrop Explodes  –  Kirkby Workers Dream Fades    1:53
04. The Teardrop Explodes  –  Bouncing Babies   2:45
Producer – Mike Burson
05. The Teardrop Explodes  –  All I Am Is Loving You   4:26
Producer – Mike Burson
06. The Teardrop Explodes  –  Treason   3:05
Producer – Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
07. The Teardrop Explodes  –  Books   2:16
Producer – Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
08. The Teardrop Explodes  –  Take A Chance   2:00
Keyboards – Gerrard Quinn
09. The Teardrop Explodes  –  When I Dream    4:15
10. Whopper  –  Kwalo Klobinsky's Lullaby    4:20

Drums – Gary Dwyer
Guitar – Michael Finkler
Keyboards – David Balfe (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
Organ – Paul Simpson  (tracks: 1 to 3)
Producer – The Chameleons  (tracks: 1 to 3, 9)
Vocals, Bass – Julian Cope
Written-By – Gary Dwyer (tracks: 4 to 6, 8, 9), Ian McCulloch (tracks: 7), Julian Cope (tracks: 4 to 9), Kevin Stapleton (tracks: 10), Michael Finkler (tracks: 4 to 6, 8, 9), Milk (10) (tracks: 10), Paul Simpson (2) (tracks: 4, 5), The Teardrop Explodes (tracks: 1 to 3)

Tracks 1 - 3 from 7" EP released Feb. '79 (Cage 003)
Tracks 4 - 5 from 7" released May '79 (Cage 005)
Tracks 6 - 7 from 7" released March '80 (Cage 008)
Tracks 8 - 10: from the compilation LP "To The Shores Of Lake Placid" (ZOO Four)

Recorded from (vinyl) disc due to loss of the original tapes.

MP3 @ 320 Size: 76 MB
Flac  Size: 194 MB

THE TEARDROP EXPLODES - ZOOLOGY 2004 (Unreleased and Rareness)

 
               

The Teardrop Explodes – Zoology Unreleased and Rareness
Label: Head Heritage – HH 16
Format:    CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2004
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, New Wave, Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS

                          

01. From Five Miles Up   2:18
Written-By – Cope
02. Camera Camera   2:57
Written-By – Cope, Finkler
03. Brave Boys Keep Their Promises   2:11
Organ – Gerard Quinn
Written-By – Cope, Finkler
04. Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere   4:04
Guitar – Alan Gill
Written-By – Gill, Cope
05. When I Dream   4:10
Written-By – Dwyer, Cope, Finkler
06. Screaming Secrets   4:06
Written-By – Cope
07. Books   2:10
Drums – Dave Pickett/ Vocals – Ian McCulloch/Written-By – McCulloch, Cope
08. The Culture Bunker   7:52
Written-By – Cope
09. I'm Not The Loving Kind   2:47
Written-By – Cale
10. Log Cabin   3:07
Cello – Nicky Holland/Oboe – Kate St. John/Written-By – Balfe, Cope
11. Tiny Children   3:10
Written-By – Cope
12. You Disappear From View   3:03
Synthesizer [Prophet 5] – Joss Cope/Written-By – Cope
13. ...And The Fighting Takes Over   4:04
Trumpet – Ted Emmett/Written-By – Cope
14. Sleeping Gas   4:25
Written-By – Pickett, Cope, Finkler, Simpson
15. The Tunnel   3:09
Written-By – Dwyer, Cope, Finkler, Simpson
16. Ritchie Blofeld   3:50
Slide Guitar, Vocals – Chris Goodson/Written-By – Goodson, Cope
17. Untitled    13:35

Bass – Alfie Agius (tracks: 6, 8, 14), Julian Cope (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 15)
Compiled By – Julian Cope
Design [Jacket Design By] – Lunar Dot Movie
Drums – Rocky Dwyer (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 10, 14, 15)
Guitar – Julian Cope (tracks: 9 to 13), Mick Finkler (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 15), Troy Tate (tracks: 6, 8, 13, 14)
Keyboards – David Balfe (tracks: 4, 5, 10), Jeff Hammer (tracks: 6, 8, 14)
Lead Vocals, Compiled By – Julian Cope
Organ [Gemini] – Paul Simpson  (tracks: 1, 2, 7, 15)

Unreleased and Rareness
Track 17 Is the soundtrack from a documentary about the Columbia Hotel in Bayswater, London, used by many pop musicians in the 1980s including the Teardrop Explodes

MP3 @ 320 Size: 154 MB
Flac  Size: 512 MB

THE TEARDROP EXPLODES - PEEL SESSIONS (1979 - 82) 2007

 
                

The Teardrop Explodes – Peel Sessions Plus
Label: Mercury – 5303327
Format:    CD, Compilation, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 2007
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Pop Rock

TRACKS

                           

01. Ha-Ha I'm Drowning   3:43
Composed By – Dwyer, Cope, Finkler
Engineer – Mike Robinson
Guitar – Michael Finkler
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Ged Quinn
Producer – John Sparrow
02. Went Crazy   2:52
Composed By – Cope, Finkler
Engineer – Mike Robinson
Guitar – Michael Finkler
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Ged Quinn
Producer – John Sparrow
03. Brave Boys Keep Their Promises   2:23
Composed By – Dwyer, Cope, Finkler
Engineer – Mike Robinson
Guitar – Michael Finkler
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Ged Quinn
Producer – John Sparrow
04. Chance   2:02
Composed By – Dwyer, Cope
Engineer – Mike Robinson
Guitar – Michael Finkler
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Ged Quinn
Producer – John Sparrow
05. Reward   3:00
Composed By – Gill, Cope
Guitar – The Emotional Jungle
Keyboards – The Evil Wasp
Producer – Chris Lycett
Trumpet – The Legendary Eric Batchelor
06. Thief Of Baghdad   3:14
Composed By – Dwyer, Cope, Finkler
Engineer – Mike Robinson
Guitar – Michael Finkler
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – David Balfe
Producer – John Sparrow
07. When I Dream   4:21
Composed By – Dwyer, Cope, Finkler
Engineer – Mike Robinson
Guitar – Michael Finkler
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – David Balfe
Producer – John Sparrow
08. The Poppies In The Field   4:46
Composed By – Dwyer, Cope, Finkler
Engineer – Mike Robinson
Guitar – Michael Finkler
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – David Balfe
Producer – John Sparrow
09. Like Leila Khaled Said   3:01
Bass – Alfie Agius
Composed By – Cope
Electric Guitar [12 String] – Julian Cope
Guitar – Troy Tate
Synthesizer [String] – Jeff Hammer
Trumpet – Luke Tunney, Ted Emmett
10. The Culture Bunker   3:24
Bass – Alfie Agius
Composed By – Cope
Electric Guitar [12 String] – Julian Cope
Guitar – Troy Tate
Synthesizer [String] – Jeff Hammer
Trumpet – Luke Tunney, Ted Emmett
11. Pure Joy Wins Out Again   1:51
Bass – Alfie Agius
Composed By – Cope
Electric Guitar [12 String] – Julian Cope
Guitar – Troy Tate
Synthesizer [String] – Jeff Hammer
Trumpet – Luke Tunney, Ted Emmett
12. Better Scream/Make That Move   3:50
Bass – Alfie Agius
Composed By – Spencer, Wylie, Smith, Shelby
Engineer – Mike Robinson
Guitar – Troy Tate
Keyboards – Jeff Hammer
Producer – Dale Griffin
Trumpet – Ted Emmett
13. Bent Out Of Shape   2:58
Bass – Alfie Agius
Composed By – Cope
Engineer – Mike Robinson
Guitar – Troy Tate
Keyboards – Jeff Hammer
Producer – Dale Griffin
Trumpet – Ted Emmett
14. Log Cabin   3:10
Composed By – Cope
Engineer – Mike Engles
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – David Balfe
Producer – Dale Griffin
15. Buchanan   3:50
Composed By – Cope
Engineer – Mike Engles
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – David Balfe
Producer – Dale Griffin
16. You Disappear From View   2:56
Composed By – Cope
Engineer – Mike Engles
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – David Balfe
Producer – Dale Griffin

Drums, Backing Vocals – Gary Dwyer
Liner Notes – Julian
Vocals, Bass – Julian Cope

Tracks 1 to 4 from Peel Session 2.10.79
Track 5 from Read Session 16.10.80
Tracks 6 to 8 from Peel Session 16.04.80
Tracks 9 to 11 from BBC Session (Date Unknown)
Tracks 12 & 13 from Skinner Session 13.08.81
Tracks 14 to 16 from Jensen Session 27.06.82

MP3 @ 320 Size: 119 MB
Flac  Size: 354 MB

The Teardrop Explodes on Urban Aspirines HERE
Julian Cope on Urban Aspirines HERE