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

Friday Ephemera - Teardrop Explodes

Courtesy of my buddy Dave over at Fruitier Than Thou comes this entire 1981 tour booklet from the Teardrop Explodes. Dave saw the Teardrops at the Guildford Civic Hall on June 18, 1981.

Ephemera Friday - UK post punk gigs Pt. 2

1981

Following last week's Ephemera Friday post, here are some more amazing images from Dave at Fruitier Than Thou. I especially love the Wah! poster, and the Teardrop Explodes tour booklet cover for which Dave has been kind enough to scan in it's entirety. I may need to run that sometime in the near future.


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Ephemera Friday - UK post punk gigs

Courtesy of our buddy Dave over at Fruitier Than Thou comes this wonderful collection of gig posters & ads for some special shows, circa early 80's. Above - AZTEC CAMERA, THE FARMERS BOYS, THE DAINTEES The Lyceum, London 15th March 1983.

Incredible triple bill - FELT, THE GO-BETWEENS, THE SMITHS The Venue, London 15th September 1983:



SWELL MAPS, PINK MILITARY The University Of London Union, 1st February 1980:



Inappropriate booking of the decade - AZTEC CAMERA supporting KILLING JOKE & UK DECAY Hammersmith Palais 23rd February 1982:



As Dave says - 5th August 1981...When £2 could buy you a whole new world:



U2 supporting the Bunnymen. Imagine that?:



Another amazing bill - THE TEARDROP EXPLODES w/Delta 5, Josef K, Fire Engines, and erm, the Thompson Twins - The Lyceum 16th November 1980

Teardrop Explodes - Reward

Is there ever a bad time to hear this song? The answer would be no.