Teardrop Explodes - Culture Bunker 1978-82 (6 x CD)

TEARDROP EXPLODE

Teardrop Explodes - Culture Bunker 1978-82 (6 x CD)

The Teardrop Explodes were an English post-punk/neo-psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978. Best known for their Top Ten UK single "Reward", the group originated as a key band in the emerging Liverpool post-punk scene of the late 1970s. The group also launched the career of group frontman Julian Cope as well as that of keyboard player and co-manager David Balfe (later a record producer, A&R man and founder of Food Records). Other members included early Smiths producer Troy Tate.

Along with other contemporary Liverpudlian groups, The Teardrop Explodes played a role in returning psychedelic elements to mainstream British rock and pop, initially favouring a modernised version of lightly psychedelic late 1960s-influenced beat-group sound (sometimes described as "bubblegum trance") and later exploring more experimental areas. In addition to their musical reputation, the band (and Cope in particular) had a reputation for eccentric pronouncements and behaviour, sometimes verging on the self-destructive, resulting in the band's breakup in 1982.

Teardrop Explodes - Culture Bunker 1978-82 is a comprehensive and fascinating collection of their music, spanning their entire career from their debut single Sleeping Gas in 1978 to their final album Wilder in 1981, as well as some live recordings and demos from 1982. The box set contains six CDs of previously unreleased tracks by the band, including alternate versions, remixes, radio sessions, and studio outtakes. The box set showcases the band’s evolution from their early days as a raw and energetic quartet to their commercial peak with hits like Reward and Treason to their creative dissolution with the ambitious but flawed Wilder. The audio quality of the box set is excellent, as the tracks have been remastered by Andy Pearce from original tapes and cassettes. The box set is a must-have for fans of the Teardrop Explodes and anyone interested in the history of British alternative music. Culture Bunker 1978-82 is a limited-edition release. (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas 4:40

02 Teardrop Explodes - Camera Camera 2:39

03 Teardrop Explodes - Kirby Workers Dream Fades 2:02

04 Teardrop Explodes - Bouncing Babies 2:48

05 Teardrop Explodes - All I Am Is Loving You 4:28

06 Teardrop Explodes - Treason 3:05

07 Teardrop Explodes - Read It In Books 2:18

08 Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream 3:22

09 Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro 4:29

10 Teardrop Explodes - Reward 2:43

11 Teardrop Explodes - Strange House In The Snow 4:44

12 Teardrop Explodes - Treason (It's Just A Story) 2:57

13 Teardrop Explodes - Use Me 5:49

14 Teardrop Explodes - Traison (C'est Juste Une Histoire) 2:54

15 Teardrop Explodes - Ha Ha I'm Drowning 2:54

16 Teardrop Explodes - Poppies In The Field 5:06

CD2

01 Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend 3:30

02 Teardrop Explodes - Christ Versus Warhol 3:57

03 Teardrop Explodes - Colours Fly Away 2:55

04 Teardrop Explodes - East Of The Equator 6:17

05 Teardrop Explodes - Window Shopping For A New Crown Of Thorns 3:49

06 Teardrop Explodes - Tiny Children 3:50

07 Teardrop Explodes - Rachael Built A Steamboat 4:16

08 Teardrop Explodes - You Disappear From View 2:58

09 Teardrop Explodes - Suffocate 3:44

10 Teardrop Explodes - Ouch Monkeys 5:17

11 Teardrop Explodes - Soft Enough For You 3:56

12 Teardrop Explodes - In-Psychlopaedia 4:04

CD3

01 Teardrop Explodes - Camera Camera 2:49

02 Teardrop Explodes - Instro 2:38

03 Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas 4:00

04 Teardrop Explodes - Seeing Through You 2:29

05 Teardrop Explodes - Straight Rain 2:47

06 Teardrop Explodes - All I Am Is Loving You 3:04

07 Teardrop Explodes - Read It In Books 2:56

08 Teardrop Explodes - Jury Service 2:20

09 Teardrop Explodes - Take A Chance 3:31

10 Teardrop Explodes - The Tunnel 3:49

11 Teardrop Explodes - Camera Camera 2:57

12 Teardrop Explodes - Outstro 4:30

13 Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas 4:56

14 Teardrop Explodes - Beauty Come Second 3:06

15 Teardrop Explodes - Take A Chance 2:09

16 Teardrop Explodes - Poppies In The Field 5:18

17 Teardrop Explodes - Brave Boys Keep Promises 2:27

18 Teardrop Explodes - Bouncing Babies 2:49

19 Teardrop Explodes - Ha Ha I'm Drowning 3:25

20 Teardrop Explodes - Second Head 3:30

21 Teardrop Explodes - Went Crazy 2:44

22 Teardrop Explodes - Thief Of Bagdad 3:23

23 Teardrop Explodes - Save Me 3:26

24 Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream 4:15

CD4

01 Teardrop Explodes - Dialogue Between (Window Shopping For A New Crown Of Thorns) 3:38

02 Teardrop Explodes - For Years Aka Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere 4:06

03 Teardrop Explodes - Suffocate (With Strings) 3:37

04 Teardrop Explodes - Bent Out Of Shape 2:58

05 Teardrop Explodes - Colours Fly Away 4:06

06 Teardrop Explodes - Pure Joy 1:58

07 Teardrop Explodes - Falling Down Around Me 3:47

08 Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend 2:55

09 Teardrop Explodes - Tiny Children 2:49

10 Teardrop Explodes - …and The Fighting Takes Over 4:07

11 Teardrop Explodes - The Culture Bunker 8:00

12 Teardrop Explodes - The Great Dominions 4:43

13 Teardrop Explodes - Butchers Tale 3:13

14 Teardrop Explodes - Screaming Secrets 2:47

15 Teardrop Explodes - Not My Only Friend 2:19

16 Teardrop Explodes - I'm Not The Loving Kind 2:51

17 Teardrop Explodes - World Shut Your Mouth 3:24

CD5

01 Teardrop Explodes - Log Cabin 3:23

02 Teardrop Explodes - Tiny Children 4:02

03 Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend 3:33

04 Teardrop Explodes - Bouncing Babies 2:29

05 Teardrop Explodes - You Disappear From View 3:02

06 Teardrop Explodes - Ha Ha I'm Drowning 3:12

07 Teardrop Explodes - Reward 4:29

08 Teardrop Explodes - Culture Bunker 8:38

09 Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas 10:51

10 Teardrop Explodes - Like Leila Khaled Said 4:10

11 Teardrop Explodes - Treason 2:58

12 Teardrop Explodes - Bouncing Babies 2:31

13 Teardrop Explodes - Vox Clamentis In Deserto 5:38

14 Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas 9:31

CD6

01 Whopper - Kwalo Klobinsky's Lullaby 4:02

02 Julian Cope - You Disappear From View 3:06

03 Julian Cope Feat. Kate St. John And Nicky Holland - Log Cabin 3:10

04 Julian Cope And David Balfe - Serious Danger 4:50

05 Julian Cope And David Balfe - Count To Ten And Run For Cover 3:55

06 Julian Cope And David Balfe - Ouch Monkeys 4:46

07 Julian Cope And David Balfe - Icarus #1 4:06

08 Julian Cope And David Balfe - Terrorist 4:16

09 Julian Cope - Pussyface 4:22

10 Julian Cope - Flipped Out On LSD 4:03

11 Julian Cope - Your Big Lies 11:15

12 Teardrop Explodes - Camera Camera 3:21

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