Julian Cope World Shut Your Mouth & Fried deluxe reissues

[Sensoria]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B010 ... eluxeed-21

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fried-Julian-Co ... ulian+cope

The former Teardrop Explodes frontman's first two solo studio albums "World Shut Your Mouth" and "Fried", both released in 1984, will get their 2-CD deluxe edition treatments on August 14th 2015.
The first peaked at #40 in the UK album charts and gave two singles - "Sunshine Playroom EP" (UK#64) and "The Greatness And Perfection Of Love" (UK#52), whereas the latter ended up its journey at #87 in the UK album charts and spawned the single "Sunspots EP" (UK#76).

[Last Film Star]

"The Greatness And Perfection Of Love"

One of my favorite tracks from the 80's. Great memories. The rest of the albums is so-so. For me Julian Cope is one of those artists that have sporadic moments of genius.

[Rubellan]

I can't believe these are going to be released in days and I can't find a track listing.

[schwenko]

World Shut Your Mouth wasn't a single???

[Rubellan]

This is the acclaimed debut by Julian Cope his first solo effort after leaving the Teardrop Explodes and was originally released on Mercury records in 1984. It was written and recorded in 1983 at Julian's retreat in the village of Drayton Bassett, 2 of the songs featured were meant for the next Teardrop Explodes album (the original versions can be found on the aborted 3rd album Everybody Wants to Shag The Teardrop Explodes).

Although World Shut Your Mouth retained the up-tempo pop of The Teardrop Explodes, it was also an introspective and surreal work. Cope's contemporary vulnerability and childhood preoccupations informed the songs on the album, most notably on songs like "Head Hang Low" and "Sunshine Playroom".

Most of the album's tracks featured former Teardrops drummer Gary Dwyer, other contributors included lead guitarist/producer Steve Lovell , late-period Teardrops bass guitarist Ronnie François and the Dream Academy oboist Kate St. John.

This version contains a bonus disc of B-sides and sessions as well a new note by long time cope publicist Mick Houghton all contained in a 24 page booklet with rare photos and memorabilia

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1
1. Bandy's First Jump
2. Metranil Vavin
3. Strasbourg
4. An Elegant Chaos
5. Quizmaster
6. Kolly Kibber's Birthday
7. Sunshine Playroom
8. Head Hang Low
9. Pussyface
10. The Greatness And Perfection Of Love
11. Lunatic And Fire-Pistol

Disc 2
1. Wreck My Car
2. High Class Butcher
3. Eat The Poor
4. The Greatness And Perfection Of Love
5. 24a Velocity Crescent
6. Pussyface
7. Head Hang Low
8. Lunatic And Fire-Pistol
9. High Class Butcher
10. The Greatness And Perfection Of Love
11. Reynard The Fox
12. King Of Chaos
13. Laughing Boy



Fried was the second solo album by Julian Cope, released in 1984 by Mercury records (he would sign to Island shortly after this album was released). Cope retained guitarist Steve Lovell (and guest oboe player Kate St. John) from the previous album, but added Donald Ross Skinner on rhythm and slide guitars, former Waterboys drummer Chris Whitten and former Mighty Wah! Guitarist Steve "Brother Johnno" Johnson.

Notoriously, the sleeve featured a naked Cope crouched on top of the Alvecote Mound slag heap clad only in a large turtle shell.

Song topics and approaches included early examples of Cope's tendency to mythologise his own life and connect it to legend and ritual, "Reynard the Fox" combined English folktales with reference to Cope's notorious onstage stomach-slashing incident of the previous year; while "Bill Drummond Said" was a fable about Cope's former manager.

This version contains a bonus disc of B-sides and sessions as well a new note by long time cope publicist Mick Houghton all contained in a 24 page booklet with rare photos and memorabilia

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1
1. Reynard The Fox
2. Bill Drummond Said
3. Laughing Boy
4. Me Singing
5. Sunspots
6. The Bloody Assizes
7. Search Party
8. King Of Chaos
9. Holy Love
10. Torpedo

Disc 2
1. Land Of Fear
2. Christmas Morning
3. Disaster
4. Mic Mak Mok
5. Pulsar
6. Sunspots
7. Me Singing
8. Search Party
9. Crazy Farm Animal
10. I Went On A Chourney
11. Hobby

[Sensoria]

World Shut Your Mouth wasn't a single???

"World Shut Your Mouth" was a single off the 1987 album "Saint Julian" which was his third studio solo offer.
The single was released in 1986 and reached #19 in the UK and #84 in the US.
That album, which was his most successful longplay solo release, saw its 2-CD deluxe edition treatment in 2013: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Saint-Julian-Co ... int+Julian .

[moni]

Both Fried and World Shut Your Mouth are showing as Currently unavailable on Amazon. I ordered both from base.com and World Shut Your Mouth was shipped yesterday Fried is still showing as pending. Strangely when i looked at World Shut Your Mouth afterwards it's now saying Sorry, this product is currently unavailable so it looks like i got one of the very few copies they had in stock. Amazon are doing that a lot now with a lot of new releases claiming they are Currently unavailable.

[pinkyblue82]

I'm in the US and both titles shipped from Amazon UK today.

[Rubellan]

Well hell, I didn't order them yet and now they're listed as 'currently unavailable'. Guess I'm stuck waiting. But then I did just cave in and drop $109 for that Missing Persons box from Japan, so that should tide me over until JC becomes available again.

[pinkyblue82]

Well I guess you will have to wait, sweetie.