JULIAN COPE Fried 1984 UK Mercury ORIGINAL 1st PRESS NEAR MINT
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JULIAN COPE Fried 1984 UK Mercury ORIGINAL 1st PRESS NEAR MINT
JULIAN COPEFried
1984 UK Mercury (MERL 48) FIRST PRESSING
GREAT COPY WHICH LOOKS UNPLAYED AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW
MATRIX: MERL 48 A//1▽420 T 1 2 1 BILBO TAPE ONE / MERL 48 B//1▽420 T 1 1 4 BILBO TAPE ONE
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE WHICH IS STILL IN SHRINK (opened)
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL "IMPORTANT NOTICE" INNER
In contrast to the crisp, clean sound of World, Fried often sounds rougher, a bit more shut in. Combine that with Cope's generally successful attempts to project an image of barely stable sanity, helped in large part by the notorious wearing-nothing-but-a-turtle-shell cover photos, and the idea of Fried as his album of crazed musical collapse understandably is a strong one. However, World producer Steve Lovell once again handles things here, along with playing guitar, while even more importantly, key Cope collaborator Donald Ross Skinner, a young musician from Cope's hometown, makes his debut. Kate St. John again contributes cor anglais throughout, adding a haunting atmosphere on many cuts. If anything, the album shows that Cope may be completely musical tripping out as he chooses but he knows exactly what he's doing throughout. Certainly the first cut, "Reynard the Fox," shows him balancing inspiration and arrangement perfectly -- one of his strongest, catchiest choruses eventually bleeds into a freaked-out spoken word bit followed by a total rave-up. Other songs range from further on-the-edge efforts -- the frenetic "O King of Chaos" and more generally weird "Sunspots" -- to gentler, wistful numbers like "Laughing Boy" and "Search Party" that effectively capture a rural psych feeling.
In all, Fried shows Cope at his dramatic best -- he's not disintegrating by inches, but he knows how to project that impression with vigour and skill, all while sounding like himself most of all. He gets in a hilarious slam along the way -- "Bill Drummond Said" trashes, by means of an energetic enough folk/rock combination, his former manager from Teardrop Explodes days. Drummond got his revenge years later -- while most well-known for his work in the KLF, his solo album The Man featured a ditty called "Julian Cope Is Dead."
Side 1:
Reynard The Fox
Bill Drummond Said
Laughing Boy
Me Singing
Sunspots
Side 2:
The Bloody Assizes
Search Party
O King Of Chaos
Holy Love
Torpedo
LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of labels with no spindle traces or any sign the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT (MINT)
Both surfaces shine like new.
Side two has a tiny pressing bubble which is harmless and a small mark.
Side One is pristine
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT (MINT)
Plays as-new throughout with nothing but an occasional one-off ticks
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Still in shrink which is loose on the spine.
Like-new
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way 1251 (GS 8.2.1 (1251))
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