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The Teardrop Explodes – Reward (U.S. Version), still from the video as the record label
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The Teardrop Explodes

Reward (U.S. Version)

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Reward as America first heard it: the mix on the US Kilimanjaro (Mercury SRM-1-4016), with a twelve-second instrumental intro the British releases never had. Julian Cope chased a northern-soul rush, the trumpets nod to Love’s Forever Changes — and in January 1981 it became the band’s biggest hit.

US Kilimanjaro, 1980 · Mercury

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producersClive Langer & Alan Winstanley
writersJulian Cope, Alan Gill
bandJulian Cope, Alan Gill, David Balfe, Gary Dwyer
singleReward / Strange House in the Snow (Mercury, January 23, 1981) — UK no. 6
this mixKilimanjaro, US edition, Mercury SRM-1-4016
sourcevinyl rip, uploaded by Tony Mack
first on fileThe oldest record in the catalogue.
RDJ 830601 →David Bowie – Let’s Dance (Disconet Extended Edit)