Exploding The Teardrops

Version one recorded October 15th 1980 for a Mike Read BBC Radio 1 session, broadcast 27th October 1980, available on "Kilimanjaro" 3CD Julian Cope - vocals Dave Balfe  - keyboards Version two recorded Autumn 1981, released on "Wilder" album, November 1981 Julian Cope - vocals, bass  Dave Balfe - keyboards Troy Tate - guitar Gary Dwyer - drums Written by Julian Cope There are two aspects of the Teardrop Explodes which made them an absolute godsend to sub editors and headline writers.  Aspect 1 - Explodes. "Teardrops Explode", "Teardrops Implode".etc Aspect 2 - Cope's surname. "Can Julian Cope?", "Coping with the Teardrops" etc If you're lucky you could even combine both into the same headline, such as this slight detour from Record Mirror All of which disguises the fact that The Teardrop Explodes were pretty combustible, especially the "Daktari" version of the band which toured in the autumn of 1980. (I apolo...

Version one recorded October 15th 1980 for a Mike Read BBC Radio 1 session, broadcast 27th October 1980, available on "Kilimanjaro" 3CD and "Peel Sessions Plus" CD Julian Cope - bass, vocals Dave Balfe (aka The Evil Wasp) - keyboards Alan Gill (aka The Emotional Jungle) - guitar Gary Dwyer (aka Rocky) - drums Luke Tunney, Ted Emmett - trumpets Version two, recorded November 1980, available on US edition of "Kilimanjaro". Julian Cope - bass, vocals Dave Balfe - keyboards Alan Gill - guitar Gary Dwyer - drums Luke Tunney, Ted Emmett - trumpets Version three recorded November 1980, remix of version two, available on "Reward" single, January 1981 and "Kilimanjaro" reissue, June 1981. Julian Cope - bass, vocals Dave Balfe - keyboards Alan Gill - guitar Gary Dwyer - drums Luke Tunney, Ted Emmett - trumpets Written by Alan Gill and Julian Cope When "Kilimanjaro" was released in October 1980, Julian Cope admitted to ...