Books;
The Thief of Baghdad; Sleeping Gas; Passionate Friend ; Just Like Leila Khaled
Said; Suffocate; Poppies in the Field; The Culture Bunker; Reward; Went Crazy;
Screaming Secrets; When I Dream; The Great Dominions; Treason
band line up
The
Teardrop Explodes
Julian Cope (vocs Ron Francois (bass)
Gary Dwyer (drums) Troy Tate (guitar) Dave Balfe (keys)
The
Delmontes
Mike Berry (guitar), Gordon
Simpson (bass), Bernice Simpson (drums) Julie Hepburn (vocs) Gillian Miller (keys)
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gig poster and flyer (click to
enlarge flyer)
ticket
memories
The webmaster, north Bucks
This was one of those gigs that was
difficult to comprehend – they were in great form (unlike the next
appearance six months later) and the audience reaction bordered on
hysterical. The “Reward” for the Cope effect you see. Must have been
something about Aylesbury, it was the first to sell out on the tour
and an extra date was almost added, which Jam matinee aside and
cockney rebel in 1974, was unheard of
press cuttings
what
happened next
The Teardrop Explodes
Acrimoniously fell
apart a year later. Almost reunited at the 2010 Mojo Awards but whilst the rest of the band turned
up, Cope didn’t
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