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The Teardrop Explodes: Club Zoo, Liverpool

Dave Rimmer, Smash Hits, 24 December 1981

LOOK! OVER by the bar, there's someone in a Julian Cope leather flying jacket! As the opening chords of 'Passionate Friend' ring through from the stage he heads for the stairs. So does everyone else, and the entrance quickly clogs up. "Fancy queueing up for the stairs!" a girl remarks, giggling. "And just to see Julian Cope!"

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