Background

Droolian was recorded against the background of Cope's disagreement with Island Records

Island Records

Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

, the record label to which he was contracted at the time. During this time, Cope was discovering that the recordings he made on a low-budget, one-take approach were more pleasing to him than the slicker, densely-produced recordings which Island favoured. He had already recorded and released a lo-fi album - Skellington

Skellington

Skellington is the fifth solo album by Julian Cope.-Background:Skellington was recorded in just two days at the end of the sessions for Cope's 1988 album My Nation Underground. It was inspired by Cope's frustration with the work on My Nation Underground, which he had lost faith in even as he...

- which had led to problems with Island.

Following a similar recording ethic Droolian was recorded over a three day period, on a 4-track portastudio set up in the Liverpool living room of Cope's old friend and former Zoo Records

Zoo Records

Zoo Records was a British independent record label formed by Bill Drummond and David Balfe in 1978. Zoo was launched in order to release the work of the perennially struggling Liverpool band, Big in Japan...

 cohort Pam "Pammo" Young. Mastered from two used C90 cassettes, the record was cut at 45rpm. It was initially released in May 1990 in Texas only, as a fund-raising item to contribute towards the legal fees of one of Cope's heroes, the former 13th Floor Elevators

13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators were an American rock band from Austin, Texas formed by guitarist and vocalist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, and guitarist Stacy Sutherland, which existed from 1965 to 1969...

 frontman Roky Erikson.

The album's front cover features Cope's miniature Schnauzer

Schnauzer

A Schnauzer is a German dog type that originated in Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. The term comes from Schnauze , the German word for "snout", because of the dog's distinctively bearded snout. The word Schnauzer also means moustache in German; some authorities, such as Encyclopædia...

, Smelvin.

Track listing

1. "Sqwubbsy"
2. "Look After Your Leathers"
3. "Unisex Cathedral"
4. "Commin' Down"
5. "Safe Surfer"
6. "Yeah Yeah Yeah"
7. "Jellypop Perky Jean"
8. "When Will I Get to Hold You?"
9. "Louis 14th"
10. "...Atonment of Wasp"
11. "Gentleman Dude"
12. "Kelly"
13. "Church of England 1991"