Thief Of Baghdad
Version one - BBC Session for John Peel, recorded 16th April 1980, available on "Peel Sessions Plus" and "Kilimanjaro" deluxe edition. Julian Cope - bass, vocals David Balfe - keyboards Mick Finkler - guitar Gary Dwyer - drums Version two - "Kilimanjaro" album (original issue and second "Zebra cover" issue), recorded Spring 1980 released October 1980. Julian Cope - vocals, bass David Balfe - keyboards Mick Finkler - guitar Gary Dwyer - drums Hurricane Smith, Ray Martinez - Trumpets Written by Cope / Dwyer / Finkler Following the leap forward in style and content that was "Treason" in the Autumn of 1979 the next batch of new Teardrop Explodes songs built on the ideas explored in that single. The three songs recorded for the second Peel session in April 1980 showed more progression in a number of directions. The era of songs based around four note riffs was definitely over. "Thief of Baghdad" doesn't appear to h