I was attracted to this record for two reasons. Firstly: the beautiful cover photo and secondly: the tiny review written in minuscule handwriting, on a sticker in the top right hand corner.
“Hopeless. Only the singles ____ ½ do the job, + who needs ‘The Back of Love’ when you’ve got Teardrop Explodes? Great cover though.”
This person obviously didn’t think much of Porcupine and went out of their way to let everyone else know about it. The Teardrop Explodes turns out to be another post-punk/neo-pyschedelic 70s band. Singer Ian McCulloch of Echo & The Bunnymen, before forming Echo, was in many bands with original Teardrops member Julian Cope. However due to their ego clashes both formed separate bands that were probably very similar.
The record is also labelled E1, which means it’s probably the first ‘E’ record the Union Music Library ever bought. Just a shame they couldn’t have got a better one.
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