Les Pattinson (Echo & the Bunnymen) collection up for auction Nov. 15

Former Echo & The Bunnymen bassist, Les Pattinson, is auctioning off a bevy of things, and bidding begins November 15. Items include ephemera, photographs, clothing and plenty of musical gear. See the list here, and watch the video below.

Julian Cope Live at The Ritz, NYC, 01.28.87

While putting up last night's post with the Teardrop Explodes live set from 1981, I came across this solo Julian show, shot at the Ritz in NYC by MTV, in January of 1987. He was on tour at the time for his third solo album, Saint Julian. I was at this show and don't recall any cameras, but then again it was a very long time ago, and who knows where my head was at this particular evening?

Setlist

01. Trampolene
02. Pulsar
03. Eve's Volcano
04. Strasbourg
05. St. Julian
06. Sunspots
07. Non Alignment Pact
08. Bouncing Babies
09. The Greatness And Perfection Of Love
10. Bandy's First Jump
11. Shot Down
12. Spacehopper
13. Zabriskie Point
14. World Shut Your Mouth
15. Levitation

The Teardrop Explodes Live at Left Bank, Mt. Vernon, NY, 03.07.81

Here's a treat I just stumbled upon - a 1981 FM radio broadcast of the Teardrop Explodes at the Left Bank in Mount Vernon, NY. As the uploader says, '...recorded on their first American trek. Kilimanjaro had been out for a good year or so, and as such many classics-to-be make an obligatory appearance in the set, but the Mt. Vernon crowd also got a preview of the band's next album, Wilder. "Treason," "Sleeping Gas," and "When I Dream" are all present and accounted for, and save for some slight radio static here and there the sound is impeccable.'

Setlist

01. Like Leika Khaled Said

02. Reward
03. The Thief of Baghdad
04. Sleeping Gas
05. Passionate Friend
06. Suffocate
07. Poppies in the Field
08. Ha Ha I'm Drowning
09. Treason
10. Screaming Secrets
11. When I Dream
(Encore Break)
12. The Great Dominions

Movie of the Week: Echo and the Bunnymen Play At Home (1984)

By Phil Nicholls

Here's the Play At Home contribution by Echo & the Bunnymen...
Enjoy that distinctive Liverpudlian accent!

Poltergeist: a new project by some Bunnymen

Poltergeist is a new instrumental project between Will Sergeant (guitar), Les Pattinson (bass), and Nick Kilroe (drums). God, its good to hear Will and Les play together again. The only let down is Ian's vocals never come in. Anyway, below is "Cathedral," a taster of their upcoming album which can be ordered via Pledge Music here.

March UK tour dates

13th Glasgow – Oran Mor – www.gigsinscotland.com

14th London – Hoxton Bar & Grill - www.gigsandtours.com

16th Liverpool – The Kazimier - www.seetickets.com/

22nd Manchester – Sound Control - www.soundcontrolmanchester.co.uk/events/p…ergeist/

23rd York - Fibbers - www.seetickets.com

Website - here

Facebook - here

Movie of the Week: You'll Never Walk Alone (1992)

Hat tip to Mojo for pointing this one out. You'll Never Walk Alone, from 1992, is a French documentary about the Liverpool scene, and includes the likes of Echo and the Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch, Pale Fountains' and Shack Michael Head, Edgar Jones (The Stairs), Pete Wylie, Jayne Casey.