Julian Cope is re-releasing World Shut Your Mouth and Fried.

The reissues gather together for the first time the b-sides of contemporaneous singles and associated BBC radio sessions, and both albums feature sleeve notes by Cope’s long-serving PR and Uncut contributor, Mick Houghton.

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Both albums are released by Caroline on August 14, 2015.

World Shut Your Mouth was originally released in February 1984 while Fried in November that same year.

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