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12 unusual facts about Julian Cope


Anton Barbeau

Barbeau supported Julian Cope on several dates on Cope's 2011 and 2012 UK tours.

Charlotte Anne

"Charlotte Anne" is a song by English singer Julian Cope released as the first single from his album My Nation Underground in 1988.

Crooked Teeth

"World Shut Your Mouth" is a Julian Cope cover originally released as a B-side on the Internet-only "Title and Registration" single.

I, Thighpaulsandra

#"Beneath the Frozen Lake of Stars" – 32:16 (Thighpaulsandra/Julian Cope)

Closing song "Beneath the Frozen Lake of Stars" was originally recorded for a third album by Queen Elizabeth, which featured Thighpaulsandra and Julian Cope, but was revised and expanded for inclusion on this album.

Takehisa Kosugi

The book also features a detailed 12-page biography of Kosugi's Taj Mahal Travellers, the music of which Julian Cope describes as being "reminiscent of the creaking rigging of the un-manned Mary Celeste".

His 1960s career with Group Ongaku is extensively explained in the 32-page essay "Experimental Japan," which appears in the book Japrocksampler (Bloomsbury, 2007), by author/musician/occultist Julian Cope.

The Megalithic European

The Megalithic European : The 21st Century Traveller in Prehistoric Europe is Julian Cope's second book on historic sites, this time looking at continental Europe and Ireland.

The Modern Antiquarian

The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-Millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain is a book written by Julian Cope, published in 1998.

Thomas Charles Lethbridge

In 2003, a group of admirers of his work calling themselves "The Sons of T.C. Lethbridge" (Doggen Foster, Kevlar Bales and Welbourn Tekh), with the aid of Julian Cope and Colin Wilson, released A Giant: The Definitive T.C. Lethbridge, a set containing a booklet and two CDs containing music accompanying discussions of Lethbridge's work.

Wayland's Smithy

Julian Cope included a song called ""Wayland's Smithy Has Wings"" on his 1992 album The Skellington Chronicles.

Wéris

There is a three mile alignment of standing stones and chambered tombs that Julian Cope noted as including the Tour Menhir (destroyed), Grand Dolmen de Wéris, the Menhir Danthine, Dolmen d'Oppagne and Trois Menhirs d'Oppagne.


Better Scream

The single first appeared in March 1980, and was released and reviewed the same week as Wylie's former colleague Julian Cope released his third single 'Treason' with The Teardrop Explodes.

Curtis Whitefinger

Some of Whitefinger's recordings (Drunk For A Penny Dead For A Pound, Rockets Of Persistence) were engineered by Spiritualized / Julian Cope guitarist Tony 'Doggen' Foster.

Fire Escape in the Sky: The Godlike Genius of Scott Walker

Fire Escape in the Sky: The Godlike Genius of Scott Walker is a compilation album of previously released Scott Walker material, compiled by Julian Cope and released by Zoo Records (catalogue no. Zoo Two) in 1981.