Label: Ace Records
Release date: 01.12.2012
In 1979 Julian Cope appeared as lead singer with the deceptively pop Teardrop Explodes just as the first wave of punk rock washed over. They were part of a new wave of Liverpool bands that included Echo & the Bunnymen. Their debut album “Kilimanjaro” was their first breakthrough and was soon followed by the Top 10 single ‘Reward’ in 1981. The band split two years later. Cope ventured out on a solo career and had a string of single chart entries through to 1996, the best-known and biggest being 1986’s ‘World Shut Your Mouth’. His 1991 double album “Peggy Suicide” garnered many good notices and was a commercial success also. More recently, most of the music output has been collaborations as L.A.M.F, Brain Donor and Black Sheep and sufficiently extreme as to guarantee not to trouble the charts. Alongside his music career he also developed as a writer and in 1995 he published Krautrocksampler, the definitive book on German underground music from the late 60s. 2005’s Japrocksampler was similarly definitive on post-war to punk war Japan. He has also written outside the music world with two highly regarded books: The Modern Antiquarian, an exhaustive guide to Britain’s ancient sites, complete with maps, photographs and illustrations, and The Megalithic European, which explores the prehistoric wonders of Europe. The Independent described him as “writer, rocker, goddess-worshipper and self-styled shaman”. His Head Heritage website is a vehicle for writing about his idiosyncratic taste in the outer vistas of music old, new, psychedelic, uncompromising, highly personal and frequently uncomfortable. This year Faber & Faber published a Copendium of this writing and, with Ace handling the backroom functions, have produced a triple CD soundtrack to the book which is now available on Faber & Faber Records. Never less than real, the compilation is as refreshing as it is challenging. It launches from the opening riff of Lord Buckley into a chronological trip through the dawn of hard rock/psychedelia/soundscapes of the late 60s/early 70s, arriving in the outer limits of punk at the end of Disc 1. With a great leap across the 80s, Disc 2 is an intense destructo-guitar fest in the age of grunge. By Disc 3 anything goes acoustically or electrically driven, but the intensity does not abate. Not for the faint-hearted, it is held together by the Cope doctrine of music. The booklet features a note by Rob Young, author of the highly acclaimed Electric Eden. All of the music, sequencing and audio have been overseen by Julian Cope.
1-1 Lord Buckley– Supermarket 3:39
1-2 Pärson Sound– Tio Minuter = Ten Minutes
Bass – Torbjörn Abelli
Cello [Electric] – Arne Ericsson
Double Bass – Urban Yman
Drums, Vocals [Séance] – Bengt Berger, Thomas Mera Gartz*
Edited By [Digital Editing], Mastered By – Per 'Gud' Odeltorp*
Guitar, Organ, Vocals, Tape [Tape-Recorder] – BoAnders Persson*
Mastered By [Pre-Mastering] – Nils Reine Fiske*, Thomas Mera Gartz*
Producer – Folke Rabe, Pärson Sound
Vocals – Thomas Tidholm
Written-By – Pärson Sound
10:23
1-3 Blue Cheer– Feathers From Your Tree
Bass, Vocals – Dickie Peterson
Drums – Paul Whaley
Guitar – Leigh Stephens
Keyboards – Ralph Burns Kellogg
Producer – Abe "Voco" Kesh*
Written-By – Bruce Stephens, Dick Peterson*, Peter Wagner (4)
3:32
1-4 A.R. & Machines– Einladung = Invitation
Written-By, Producer – Achim Reichel
1:04
1-5 A.R. & Machines– Zu Neuen Abenteuern = To New Adventures
Written-By, Producer – Achim Reichel
4:24
1-6 A.R. & Machines– Im Zauber Der 7 Sinne = In The Magic Forest
Written-By, Producer – Achim Reichel
1:14
1-7 A.R. & Machines– Im Irrgarten Des Geistes = In The Labyrinth Of The Mind
Written-By, Producer – Achim Reichel
3:25
1-8 A.R. & Machines– Beim Walzer Der Triebe = At The Waltz Of The Inclinations
Written-By, Producer – Achim Reichel
1:56
1-9 A.R. & Machines– Unter Dem Schwarz-Grün-Roten Banner = Under The Black-Green-Red Banner
Written-By, Producer – Achim Reichel
6:49
1-10 A.R. & Machines– International Hymne = International Anthem
Written-By, Producer – Achim Reichel
1:47
1-11 Cold Sun– Fall
Autoharp, Harmonica, Vocals – Bill Miller (7)
Bass – Mike Ritchey, Mike Waugh
Drums – Hugh Patton
Engineer – Brian Risner
Guitar – Tom McGarrigle
Written-By – Bill Miller (7), Herman Nelson, Winston Taylor
7:08
1-12 Armand Schaubroeck*– King Of The Streets
Recorded By – Mick Guzauski
Vocals, Guitar, Written-By, Producer – Armand Schaubroeck
3:31
1-13 Mirrors– All My Life
Bass, Backing Vocals – Craig Bell
Drums – Michael Weldon
Engineer – Brian Risner
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jim Crook
Guitar, Vocals, Written-By – Jamie Klimek
Keyboards – Paul Marotta
3:59
1-14 Sand (2)– Helicopter
Bass – Ulrich Papenberg
Guitar – Ludwig Papenberg
Mastered By [With], Mixed By [With] – Manfred Schunke
Producer, Recorded By – Klaus Schulze
Reissue Producer – Christophe Louis
Remastered By – Hervé de Kéroullas
Vocals, Synthesizer – Johannes Vester
Written-By – Johannes Vester, Ulrich Papenberg
13:49
1-15 Simply Saucer– Electro Rock
Musician – Don Cramer, Edgar Breau, Kevin Christoff, Steve Park*
Producer – Simply Saucer
Written-By – Edgar Breau
4:13
1-16 Electric Eels– Tidal Wave
Producer – Paul Marotta
Written-By – John Morton
2:21
1-17 Chrome (8)– TV As Eyes
Producer – Damon Edge
Written-By – Damon Edge, Helios Creed
2:19
2-1 Monoshock– Crypto-Zoological Disaster
Mastered By – George Horn
Mixed By – David Havoc, Monoshock
Producer – Dave Maijka, Monoshock
Recorded By, Engineer – David Havoc
Written-By – Grady Runyan, Mitch Fogelman, Scott Derr
8:39
2-2 Von LMO– Mass Destruction
Bass Guitar – Robert Lee Oliver*
Drums – Howard 'Crash' Valentine*
Guitar – David Tamura
Mastered By – Kenneth Lee*
Producer – Peter Crowley
Recorded By – Greg Griffith, Ian Bryan
Vocals, Guitar – Von LMO
Written-By – Von LMO
9:41
2-3 Tight Bro's From Way Back When*– Hurricane
Written-By – Dave Harvey (10), Jared Warren, John Quitner*, Justin Olsen (2), Sean Kelly (8)
2:12
2-4 Thrones– Oso Malo
Written-By – Joe Preston
4:26
2-5 Sunburned Hand Of The Man– The Jaybird 16:52
2-6 Vibracathedral Orchestra– Baptism > Bar > Blues
Producer – Vibracathedral Orchestra
Recorded By – Richard Formby
Written-By, Musician – Adam Davenport, Bridget Hayden, Julian Bradley, Michael Flower, Neil Campbell
14:12
2-7 Comets On Fire– Return To Heaven
Written-By – Benjamin Chasny*, Benjamin Prauss*, Ethan Miller, Noel Von Harmonson, Utrillo Kushner
6:39
2-8 The New Lou Reeds– Stranded In Ashland
Bass – Nick Cross
Drums – Tony Cross
Guitar, Vocals, Written-By – Stephe DK*
Mastered By – Mark Klein
Producer – Jeff Ottenbacher
3:08
3-1 Haare– The Temple
Written-By, Musician – Ilkka Vekka
20:00
3-2 Vincent Black Shadow (2)– Child Of Orion
Mastered By – George Horn
Producer, Engineer – Rob Girardi
Written-By, Musician – Adam Savage, Dan Owen*, Dave Litz, Mike Romano, Rufus Platt
2:46
3-3 Orthodox (2)– Geryon's Throne
Musician – Borja Díaz Vera, Marco Serrato Gallardo, Ricardo Jiménez Lopez*
Producer – Orthodox (2)
Recorded By – Alfonso Espadero
Written-By – Borja Vera*, Marco Gallardo*, Ricardo Lopez*
27:27
3-4 Crow Tongue– Ghost Eye Gaze: Ghost Eye See
Producer – timeMOTHeye
Written-By – Timothy Renner
5:13
3-5 Matt Baldwin– Weissensee
Engineer – Josh Garcia
Mastered By – Gary Hobish
Musician – Matt Baldwin
Producer – Matt Baldwin, Sam Flax
Written-By – Klaus Dinger, Michael Rother
10:38
3-6 Gunslingers (3)– Lighter Slinger Festival 12:19