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‘The DUKES’ say it's time. . . it's time to visit the planet smile. . . it's time the love bomb was dropped. . . it's time to eat music. . . it's time to kiss the sun. . . it's time to drown yourself in SOUNDGASM and it's time to dance through the mirror. ‘The DUKES’ declare it's 25 O'CLOCK.
Andy: “The Dukes were the band we all wanted to be in when we were at school. Purple, giggling, fuzztone, liquid and arriving. If you want to know where those cheap charlatans ‘The Beatles’, ‘Pink Floyd’, ‘The Byrds’, ‘The Hollies’ and ‘The Beach Boys’ stole their ideas from, well just listen to this and weep.”
Lyrics, Charts and More
2009 APE House reissues also include bonus tracks:
Recording Information
Captured gently at Chapel Lane Studios, Hereford, England, during two weeks
in December, 1984.
Produced with love by John Leckie, Swami Anand Nagara, and ‘The
Dukes’.
Originally released on 1 April 1985 as a mini-LP in the U.K.
Sir John Johns - singing, guitar, brain buds.
The Red Curtain - electric bass, song stuff.
Lord Cornelius Plum - mellotron, piano, organ, fuzz-tone guitar.
E.I.E.I. Owen - drum set.
Sir John Johns - Andy Partridge - Name taken from a '67 DC comic about a green Martian detective. Red Curtain - Colin Moulding - Name refers to the previous length of his hair which was like a curtain. Lord Cornelius Plum - Dave Gregory - Was going to call himself ‘US of Arthur’ but a 60's group had already done it. E.I.E.I. Owen - Ian Gregory - Dave's brother - the non-XTC member.
Singles
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Art
The Dukes Of Stratosphear: 25 O'Clock front cover |
UK 25 O'Clock cassette |
label from Side 1 of The Dukes Of Stratosphear: 25 O'Clock LP |
label from Side 2 of The Dukes Of Stratosphear: 25 O'Clock LP |
Virgin UK cassette of The Dukes Of Stratosphear: 25 O'Clock |
back cover of Virgin UK cassette of The Dukes Of Stratosphear: 25 O'Clock |
Korean copy of The Dukes Of Stratosphear: 25 O'Clock |
A-side label from European 25 O'Clock LP |
B-side label from European 25 O'Clock LP |
A-side label from Italian 25 O'Clock LP |
B-side label from Italian 25 O'Clock LP |
front of insert from Korean LP of The Dukes Of Stratosphear: 25 O'Clock |
back of insert from Korean LP of The Dukes Of Stratosphear: 25 O'Clock |
A-side label from Korean 25 O'Clock LP |
B-side label from Korean 25 O'Clock LP |
New Zealandish 25 O'Clock cassette |
disclaimer from the UK 25 O'Clock |
The Dukes' logo from 25 O'Clock (monochrome) |
The Dukes' logo from 25 O'Clock (grays) |
25 O'Clock reissue promotional cover |
The Dukes of Stratosphear promo photo |
The Dukes of Stratosphear promotional photograph circa 1987 |
masquerading as psychedelic minstrels The Dukes Of Stratosphear, Q, April 1989 |
The Dukes of Stratosphear |
The Dukes of Stratosphear |
promotional poster for The Dukes Of Stratosphear |
Dukes Of Stratosphear (XTC) 25 O'Clock 1985 Poster Type Advert Promo Ad Set |
promotional Dukes Of Stratosphear hippie bag (detail) |
Dukes Of Stratosphear promotional hippy bag |
Dukes Of Stratosphear promotional hippy bag |
A huge Dukes of Stratosphear Sweatshirt |
A Dukes of Stratosphear T-shirt |
a fully autographed copy of The Dukes Of Stratosphear 25 O'Clock |
extremely rare out-take from the animated film treatment of ‘25 O'Clock’. Here's "Red" and "John". |
"Tick and Tock", the mad "Minute Men" from Steve Somerset's animated film treatment for ‘25 O'Clock’ |
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