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Julian Cope - Copendium: An Expedition Into The Rock 'N' Roll Underwerld


CD: £22.99

Label: Ace Records

Release date: 01.12.2012

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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.

Track Listing


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

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