Notoriously, the sleeve featured a naked Cope crouched on top of the Alvecote Mound slag heap clad only in a large turtle shell. The commercial failure of Fried led to Polygram dropping Cope; he subsequently engaged a new manager, and signed a deal with Island Records.
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Cope was staying with his grandmother near Aberfan on his ninth birthday, the day of the Aberfan disaster of , which he has described as a key event of his childhood. He grew up in Tamworth with his parents and his younger brother Joss. He quits the group following a disastrous and demeaning UK tour as a three piece. Lovell forsakes buskers' paradise to make music with such an erratic character. February Mercury release four of the songs salvaged from the aborted third album.
They receive average reviews. Cope holes up in Tamworth with his producer, re-christened Lovell the Dog. November Cope hangs out nearly all year, concentrating on his toy collection. Mercury hassle him to record an LP. Lovell, Cope and Dwyer record nine songs in as many days, then finish the album after Christmas. People hate it, ignore it or just plain adore it. Cope is expected to tour and, sure enough, does.
Cope freaks. How to follow that? During "Reynard The Fox" he breaks the mike stand and cuts his stomach repeatedly, quoting Kenneth Williams as Julius Caesar: "Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me". April "Sunshine Playroom" hits the Top 50 but the Palais show and Cope's image alienate many fans.
A video directed by David Bailey is a disaster. Bailey's images are bloody and hellish. The film is immediately banned. Cope finds a turtle shell in a junk shop and tests the acoustics. Steve Lovell develops a Brian Wilson complex. He moves his bed into the studio and tries to gain weight. The LP seems to reflect the state of mind of everyone involved.
They arrive in separate Cadillacs for a long Greek Orthodox service. February The "Sunspots" 45 is released but Cope finds it hard to be taken seriously by Mercury.
The turtle shell is considered far too gauche by the executives. A hit is lost. March Cope returns to seclusion in Tamworth. He retires into a closed world. His manager hates it; "too fried" he says, so Cope sulks. March Cope signs to Island Records. Cope finds an old friend James 'Blood' Eller working in a sandwich bar. August Cope plays several guerrilla shows around Britain. Queues stretch around the block to see this wildly misunderstood and very influential figure.
Richard Frost joins the group on organ when DeHarrison declines to play live. September The "World Shut Your Mouth" 45 is released and charts high thanks to a messianic Wogan performance and the garage groove of the song. January "Trampolene" is released to coincide with the recording of a TV special in London's Westminster. December Enter producer Ron Fair. An unprecedented move, Fair is an obsessive with a penchant for Bar-Mitzvah organ licks. He agrees Donald and Rooster Cosby percussion and strange vibes should form the rhythm basis.
Cope is nearly immediately disappointed and this remains his least favourite of his LPs. It was alien to them. I got utter denial. I could have semi-expected it from my mother because she wanted me to be Dickens. I want to go to my grave with a colossal index of first lines. Otherwise, I would have been some Walter Mitty character living out some fantasy life in Tamworth. My wife is a very beautiful woman and what I grew up wanting.
I substituted an accidentally famous rock band for the most sustaining love affair I could ever have imagined. What makes Dorian so wonderful is that she is so mysterious. We have had a very lucky relationship and built a sense of trust together.
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