John Cooper Clarke first anthology

Dr John Cooper Clarke has announced 'Anthologia' – the first anthology of his work and a unique 3CD/DVD bookset collection of his anarchic poetry, to be released on Sony 16 October 2015.

Including Evidently Chickentown, I Wanna Be Yours and live performances from the Manchester Ritz and Hulme Playhouse, the collection truly encompasses Cooper Clarke's wicked humour, originality and his mastery of the spoken word in a career spanning five decades.

The poet, who has recently provided inspiration to artists including The Arctic Monkeys and Plan B, makes his return with this extraordinary collection of his words, anthologised. The 3 CDs encapsulate Cooper Clarke's expansive archive of poems, performed in his inimitable style. The collection is a combination of original studio recordings with unique backing music produced by Martin Hannett and Invisible Girls, as well as spoken word performances. 'Anthologia' also comes complete with a DVD of rare and previously unseen footage dating back to the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978 through to the more recent Palace Theatre Manchester show from 2014.

Dr John Cooper Clarke puts it best; "Some of this stuff was recorded in a bugged room. Surreptitiously even. But not all of it. The more legitimate tracks, however, are worth checking if only for their piss-elegant trash antique value. Why did I go along with this? They said I'd be bigger than Sinatra. Who would argue? With my emphatically adenoidal pitch, who could have guessed I would develop into the high octane hot-shot that you have come to know – that's perspective for you."

'Anthologia', out on Sony, 16 October 2015, is not to be missed - a one-off collection from Dr John Cooper Clarke.


CD1 TRACKLISTING
1. Evidently Chickentown
2. I Wanna Be Yours
3. I Travel In Biscuits
4. Conditional Discharge
5. Valley Of The Lost Women
6. I Don't Want To Be Nice
7. Drive She Said
8. (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space
9. A Distant Relation
10. Midnight Shift
11. Post-War Glamour Girl
12. Beasley Street
13. Readers Wives
14. Teenage Werewolf
15. Health Fanatic
16. Night People
17. The Day My Pad Went Mad
18. A Heart Disease Called Love
19. Limbo (Baby Limbo)


CD2 TRACKLISTING
1. (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space (John Peel Session 1978)
2. Gimmix! Play Loud
3. Health Fanatic (John Peel Session 1978)
4. Mustn't Go Down To The Sea Again (Live at Hulme Playhouse 1983)
5. Spilt Beans (John Peel Session1978)
6. Twat Hulme (Live at Hulme Playhouse 1983)
7. Readers Wives (John Peel Session 1978)
8. The Barber (Live at Hulme Playhouse 1983)
9. Bronzed Adonis (Live at Hulme Playhouse 1983)
10. Drive She Said (Live at Hulme Playhouse 1983)
11. The Scarlet Snow
12. Never Seen A Nipple In The Daily Express (Live at Hulme Playhouse 1983)
13. Conditional Discharge (Alternative Mix)

CD3 TRACKLISTING
1. Midnight Shift (John Peel Session 1982)
2. Gaberdine Angus (Live)
3. Marjorca
4. The Day My Pad Went Mad (John Peel Session 1982)
5. Film Extra's Extra (Live at the Manchester Ritz 1978)
6. I Don't Wanna Be Nice (Alternative Take)
7. Nothing
8. Limbo (Baby Limbo) (Live)
9. Night People (John Peel Session 1982)
10. Intro and Salome Maloney (Live at the Manchester Ritz 1978)
11. The Pest (Live at the Manchester Ritz 1978)
12. Sperm Test (Live at the Manchester Ritz 1978)
13. (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space (Live at the Manchester Ritz 1978)
14. He Doesn't Try

DVD TRACKLISTING
1. See The World (Evidently John Cooper Clarke)
2. I Don't Want To Be Nice (Old Grey Whistle Test 1978)
3. Evidently Chickentown (BBC Something Else)
4. Glasgow Apollo (BBC documentary)
5. Readers Wives (Old Grey Whistle Test 1978)
7. Post-War Glamour Girl (Old Grey Whistle Test 1981)
8. The List Of Things That Don't Exist (Evidently John Cooper Clarke)
9. I Wanna Be Yours (Live at Palace Theatre Manchester 2014)
10. Evidently Chickentown (Live at Palace Theatre Manchester 2014)
11. Beasley Street (Live at Palace Theatre Manchester 2014)