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Julian Cope: 20 Mothers

On August 28, 1995, “Echo” label released “20 Mothers” the twelfth Julian Cope album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Julian Cope and Ed Stasium.

Personnel:

  • Julian Cope – vocals, guitar, bass, mellotron
  • Michael “Moon Eye” Watts – guitar
  • Ed Stasium – 12-string guitar, mixing
  • Thighpaulsandra – synthesizer,  piano,  string arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Danny Thompson – double bass 
  • James Eller – bass, Moog synthesizer 
  • Dorian Cope (credited asMavis Grind) – second lead vocals
  • Donald Ross Skinner – omnichord 
  • Mark “Rooster” Cosby – drums, percussion
  • Steve Ferrera – drums, bongos 
  • Terry Edwards – saxophones, trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Martin Schellard – conductor
  • Shaun Harvey – additional recording
  • Jill Furmanovsky – photography
  • Bruce and Mark @ Design by Green Ink – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Cope, except where noted.

  1. Wheelbarrow Man
  2. I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud
  3. Try Try Try
  4. Stone Circles ‘n’ You
  5. Queen Mother
  6. I’m Your Daddy
  7. Highway to the Sun
  8. 1995
  9. By the Light of the Silbury Moon
  10. Adam and Eve Hit the Road
  11. Just Like Poor Bear
  12. Girl Call
  13. Greedhead Detector
  14. Don’t Take Roots
  15. Senile Get
  16. The Lonely Guy
  17. Cryingbabiessleeplesnights
  18. Leli B
  19. Road of Dreams
  20. When I Walk through the Land of Fear

Julian Cope: Interpreter

On October 14, 1996, “Echo” label released “Interpreter”, the thirteenth Julian Cope studio album. It was recorded in 1996 and was produced by Julian Cope.

Personnel:

  • Julian H – vocals, “furnished” “wa-guitars”, bass guitar, Mellotrons
  • Thighpaulsandra – preened vocals, ARP & VCS3 synthesizers, string orchestrations, piano, organ
  • Flinton Chalk a.k.a. Sid Mooneye – vocals, lead guitars
  • Rooster Mark Cosby – drummer, cymbalist
  • Stee-Vroom Ferrera – drums
  • Doggen – vocals
  • Mavis Grind – vocals
  • Lynn Davis – diva vocals
  • Jody Evans – piano
  • Raymond Lovesong – drunken sax, high-note trumpets
  • Merrick Godhaven & O.K Simon – chanted vocals
  • Craig J. Stratton, EOS Counsel, Jason Glover, Amanda Tomlinson – strings
  • Martin Schellard – conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Cope.

  1. I Come from Another Planet, Baby
  2. I’ve Got My TV & My Pills
  3. Planetary Sit-In
  4. Since I Lost My Head, It’s Awl-Right
  5. Cheap New-Age Fix
  6. The Battle for the Trees
  7. Arthur Drugstore
  8. s.p.a.c.e.r.o.c.k. with Me
  9. Re-Directed Male
  10. Maid of Constant Sorrow
  11. The Loveboat
  12. Dust

Spiritualized: Let It Come Down

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On September 17, 2001, “Arista” label released “Let It Come Down”, the fourth Spiritualized album. It was recorded 1999 – 2001, at “Abbey Road Studios” and “AIR Studios”, in London, and was produced by J Spaceman.

Personnel:

  • J Spaceman– vocals, Fender Thinline, Fender Jaguar, Epiphone Olympic, Vox Starstreamer XII, Martin acoustic, banjo, Vox Continental, Farfisa Compact, piano, harmonica
  • Thighpaulsandra– Hammond C3, Vox Continental, Farfisa Compact, VK7, Kurzweil K2000, Minimoog, Fender Rhodes, piano
  • Doggen Foster – Gibson Les Paul Gold Top, Gibson Les Paul Custom, Fender Telecaster, Vox Bulldog, Martin acoustic, harmonica
  • John Coxon– Fender Telecaster, Fender Jaguar, Gibson Firebird, Vox Continental, Farfisa Compact, piano, Juno 106, Martin acoustic
  • Martin Schellard – Fender Jazz Bass, Fender Musicmaster, Fender Bass VI, Burns Bass, Fender Telecaster, banjo, piano
  • Chris Clark – piano
  • Tom Edwards– vibraphone, marimba, timpani, tubular bells, percussion
  • Kevin Bales– Gretsch drum kit
  • Mimi Parker – vocals
  • Jacqueline Barron – soprano saxophone
  • Sarah Eyden – soprano saxophone
  • Emer McParland – alto saxophone
  • Heather Cairncross – alto saxophone
  • Rachel Weston – alto saxophone
  • Andrew Busher – tenor saxophone
  • Andrew Gray – tenor saxophone
  • Gerard O’Beirne – tenor saxophone
  • Nigel Short – counter tenor saxophone
  • Raymond Dickaty – soprano and baritone saxophone
  • Pete Whyman – saxophones, clarinet
  • Tamar Osborn – saxophone, clarinet
  • David Temple – saxophone, clarinet
  • Ben Edwards – trumpet
  • Nick Smart – trumpet
  • Andy Crowley, Ian Balmain, Bob Farley, Paul Archibald, Paul Beniston – trumpet
  • Graham Lee, Colin Sheen, Peter Davies, Mike Hext, Roger Brenner – trombone
  • James Adams – trombone
  • David Stewart, Roger Argente, Andy Waddicor – bass trombone
  • Dave Health, Andy Findon – flute
  • Chris Cowie, Margaret Tindal – oboe
  • Anthony Pike, Richard Addison – clarinet
  • David Fuest – bass clarinet
  • David O’Carroll – tuba
  • Jane Marshall – cor Anglais
  • Gavin McNaughton, Celia Birkenshaw – bassoon
  • Hugh Seenan, Richard Bissel, Nigel Black, Paul Gardham, Dave Lee, Martin Owen, Richard Ashton, Michaela Betts – French horn
  • Edmund Coxon (leader), Cathy Thompson, Jackie Shave, Everton Nelson, Patrick Kiernan, Steve Morris, Ian Humphries, Christina Emanuel, Laura Malhuish – first violin
  • Jonathan Rees, Dai Emanuel, Sonia Slaney, Perry Montague-Mason, Miffy Hirsch, Jeremy Morris, Ann Morfee – second violin
  • Roger Chase, Philip Dukes, Bruce White, Kate Musker – viola
  • David Daniels, Tony Pleeth, Cathy Giles, Jonathan Tunnell – cello
  • Mary Scully, Diane Clarke – double bass
  • Helen Tunstall – harp
  • Simon Grant – bass
  • Michael Dore – bass
  • London Community Gospel Choir: Wendi Rose, Wayne Hernandez, Jenny Graham, Donovan Keith Lawrence, Vernetta Meade, Jenny La Touche, Aaron Paul Sokell, Travis Jae Cole, Vimbai Shire, Samantha Smith, Irene Forrester, Carmen Smart, Michelle John-Douglas, Jasette Barratt
  • Daniel Thomas – choir director

Track listing:

All tracks by J Spaceman.

  1. On Fire
  2. Do It All Over Again
  3. Don’t Just Do Something
  4. Out of Sight
  5. The Twelve Steps
  6. The Straight and the Narrow
  7. I Didn’t Mean to Hurt You
  8. Stop Your Crying
  9. Anything More
  10. Won’t Get to Heaven (The State I’m In)
  11. Lord Can You Hear Me