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Seit 15. Oktober z.B. bei Amazon oder Music Wow als UK-Import erhältlich:
01. Ha Ha I’m Drowning
02. Went Crazy
03. Brave Boys Keep Their Promises
04. Chance
05. Reward
06. Thief Of Baghdad
07. When I Dream
08. Poppies In The Field
09. Like Leila Khaled Said
10. Culture Bunker
11. Pure Joy Wins Out Again
12. Better Scream/Make That Move
13. Bent Out Of Shape
14. Log Cabin
15. Buchanan
16. You Disappear From View‚Peel Sessions Plus (1979-82)‘ is a very welcome addition to the brief oeuvre of the Teardrop Explodes, a band who only officially released two albums in their lifetime (a third, ‚Everybody Wants to Shag the Teardrop Explodes‘ was released posthumously in 1990, while there have been several compilations: ‚The Collection‘, ‚The Greatest Hit‘, ‚Piano‘, & ‚Zoo-Ology‘). ‚Peel Sessions Plus‘ comprises two Peel Sessions and sessions for David Jensen, Mike Read & Richard Skinner (plus one mystery BBC Session) – the versions here are less like those on ‚Kilimanjaro‘ (1980) or ‚Wilder‘ (1981) and feel analogous to the Teardrops compilation via Head Heritage or parts of ‚Piano‘ (e.g. ‚Camera Camera‘, the original single version of ‚Sleeping Gas‘). For biographical information, probably best consult Julian Cope’s ‚Head On’…though the Arch Drude does offer brief and very positive sleevenotes on the back cover. He’s right about the collection and right to never consider reforming the band!
Julian Cope lead the merry bunch that were the Teadrop Explodes, whose membership flowed somewhat, also present for the trip are Gary Dwyer, Michael Finkler, Ged Quinn, David Balfe, Alife (Alfie?) Agius, Troy Tate, Jeff Hammer, Ted Emmett, The Emotional Jungle, The Evil Wasp, The Legendary Eric Batchelor, & Luke Tunney. Being a longtime fan of Cope, I tend to buy most of his stuff old and new sooner or later, I heard about this release and thought I’d get it when it reached a suitable price – hearing it in a record shop it does sound as fresh as Cope’s sleevenotes say and I had to have it there and then! While the Teardrops‘ trademark brass is present and correct for several tracks, I found that the sound was much more keyboard heavy – from garage rock markers found on Nuggets to being analogous with ‚Witch Trials‘-Fall and the mighty Blue Orchids. There’s also an angular feel here that reminds you they were post-punkers too…
The first session comprises ‚Ha-Ha I’m Drowning‘, ‚Went Crazy‘, ‚Brave Boys Keep Their Promises‘ & ‚Chance‘ – the latter also known as ‚Take a Chance on Me‘ – a song that found its way onto a few Teardrops compilations. The songs are nothing like those found on ‚Kilimanjaro‘, again I would point to the deleted Zoo-compilation ‚Piano‘ – my tape of that is a bit dead, so I hadn’t heard that sound in sometme. Impressed I was – especially with the great ‚Chance‘ – as lovely as Apples in Stereo or Super Furry Animals. The second session is a version of ‚Reward‘ with a mysterious supporting cast, the keyboards by The Evil Wasp are fantastic, while the trumpet is very different to that in the foreground of the huge hit single. I think that I might prefer it to the original!
The third session consists of ‚Thief of Baghdad‘, Zoo single ‚When I Dream‘ (not about Courtney Love), & ‚The Poppies in the Field‘ – the much maligned David Balfe offers some charming keyboards throughout – interesting to compare to the versions from ‚Kilimanjaro‘ (still a shockingly great debut, even if I am a ‚Wilder‘-man myself). ‚When I Dream‘ has some bass on it that sounds like a Birthday Party song – ‚Big Jesus Trash Can‘ I think – weird! The fourth session, details unknown, has an extended line up and must be around the ‚Wilder‘-era – considering the Teardrops were seen as a tad chaotic and extremely chemical, it’s amazing how honed and to the point these versions are. The version of ‚Like Leila Khaled Said‘ has slightly different keyboards and is a bit slower than the LP version, stunning all the same – though the ‚Wilder‘ version is another source that Franz Ferdinand have mined! The version of ‚The Culture Bunker‘ is fairly close to the LP version, still it is ‚The Culture Bunker‘ and always great to hear. The final track is ‚Wilder’s ‚Pure Joy‘ with a slightly longer title – again, fairly similar to the LP version, though a little bit faster and lacking the backing vocals (reminds me of the alternate version of ‚You‘ – ‚You Think It’s Love‘ on the second ‚Floored Genius‘ compilation).
One of the greatest songs to feature Cope that too few people have heard is ‚Better Scream‘ by the Mighty Wah!, why is their lovely compilation deleted at present? Cope played organ on that one, but hear sings ‚Better Scream‘ in a medley with ‚Make That Move‘ in the new non-Balfe version of the band. The other track from the same Skinner session is ‚Bent Out of Shape‘, the opener from ‚Wilder‘ – its opening sounds more like Silver Apples/Spacemen 3, with a spy theme style element drifting in before the song becomes more recognisable (not as synthy/drum machiney as the LP take).
The final session comes from the doomed three-piece line up of Cope, Dwyer & a returning Balfe – ‚Log Cabin‘ and ‚Buchanan‘ are rarities and didn’t turn up on the lost third album. Despite the drum machine/period synth sound, these tracks are rather wonderful – especially ‚Log Cabin‘. Despite the sleevenotes for this session, it does feature some guitar on a closing version of ‚You Disappear from View‘ – I’m guessing Balfe and Dwyer were in the easy chair and Cope started his solo career here? (there is a string type noise, so that’s probably Balfe). The single version is very odd, sounding like Haircut 100/Chant No 1 Spandoo, and Cope has taken to doing a solo mellotron version the last few years with a brief explanation that the song was completely ruined by the production. This minimal version here is superb and you probably should buy this compilation for that.
So…2007 has brought us not only the fine Cope solo album ‚You Gotta Problem with Me‘, but this joy from the Vault – ‚Peel Sessions Plus‘ is certainly going to feature in my favourite retro releases of this year. I think it’s as obligatory a purchase as ‚Kilimanjaro‘ or ‚Wilder‘ and evidence that the Teardrop Explodes were far greater than many may have thought…
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Peel-Sessions-Plus-Teardrop-Explodes/dp/B000VWYEY0
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WerbungKlingt vielversprechend.
Ich hab die CD am 15.10. bei music-wow bestellt und werde seitdem vertröstet, obwohl auf der Website steht, die CD könne binnen 24 Stunden verschickt werden.--
katscheKlingt vielversprechend.
Ich hab die CD am 15.10. bei music-wow bestellt und werde seitdem vertröstet, obwohl auf der Website steht, die CD könne binnen 24 Stunden verschickt werden.Dann hoffe ich auch mal im eigenen Interesse, dass diese Lieferschwierigkeit schnell beseitigt wird.
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Ich habe schon seit einigen Jahren ein Bootleg ihrer Peel Sessions, allerdings in sehr bescheidener Soundqualität. Jetzt endlich die offizielle Veröffentlichung.
Die ersten vier Songs ihrer 1. Peel Session sind alle großartig, wobei mir zugegebenermaßen die „Kilimanjaro“-Version von Ha Ha, I’m Drowning… besser gefällt. Mit „Reward“ folgt sofort das nächste Highlight, das letzte Stück auf der cd, „You Disappear From View“, erscheint im völlig neuen Gewand und ist um Längen besser als die Studioversion.
Alles in allem also ein absolut runde Sache, das Warten hat sich gelohnt.
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