XTC – Transistor Blast Label: Cooking Vinyl – COOKCD152 Format: 4 × CD Box Set Country: UK Released: 1998 Genre: Rock, Pop Style: New Wave Studio Sessions 1-1 Intro
Voice – Andy Partridge
0:49 1-2 Life Begins At The Hop 4:20 1-3 Scarecrow People 4:13 1-4 Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her 4:21 1-5 Ten Feet Tall 2:54 1-6 Garden Of Earthly Delights 5:34 1-7 Runaways 4:41 1-8 When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty 3:07 1-9 I'm Bugged 3:35 1-10 Another Satellite 4:21 1-11 You're The Wish You Are I Had 3:24 1-12 Crosswires 2:10 1-13 Roads Girdle The Globe 5:03 Studio Sessions 2-1 No Thugs In Our House 5:23 2-2 One Of The Millions 4:26 2-3 Real By Reel 3:49 2-4 The Meeting Place 3:08 2-5 Meccanic Dancing 2:36 2-6 Poor Skeleton Steps Out 3:27 2-7 Into The Atom Age 2:27 2-8 The Rhythm 2:55 2-9 This World Over 4:33 2-10 Snowman 4:42 2-11 Danceband 2:41 2-12 Making Plans For Nigel 4:07 2-13 Jason And The Argonauts 5:42 1978/79 Live In Concert Recordings 3-1 Radio's In Motion 3:21 3-2 Crosswires 2:06 3-3 Science Friction 3:34 3-4 Statue Of Liberty 2:58 3-5 The Rhythm 2:55 3-6 I'll Set Myself On Fire 3:27 3-7 Newtown Animal In A Furnished Cage 1:55 3-8 All Along The Watchtower
Written-By – Bob Dylan
5:58 3-9 Beatown 3:24 3-10 This Is Pop 2:37 3-11 Danceband 2:49 3-12 Neon Shuffle 4:33 Live In Concert Hammersmith Palais 22.12.80 4-1 Life Begins At The Hop 3:55 4-2 Burning With Optimism's Flames 4:29 4-3 Love At First Sight 3:03 4-4 Respectable Street 3:52 4-5 No Language In Our Lungs 4:58 4-6 This Is Pop 2:49 4-7 Scissor Man 4:58 4-8 Towers Of London 5:13 4-9 Battery Brides 7:21 4-10 Living Through Another Cuba 3:29 4-11 Generals And Majors 4:47 4-12 Making Plans For Nigel 4:21 4-13 Are You Receiving Me? 3:16
Artwork – Andrew Swainson, Andy Partridge Bass, Vocals – Colin Moulding Drums – Terry Chambers Engineer – Dave Dade (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-9, 1-12, 1-13, 2-3, 2-5, 2-7, 2-8, 2-11), Mike Robinson (tracks: 1-7, 2-1, 2-10, 2-13), Ted De Bono (tracks: 1-3, 1-6, 2-2, 2-6), Tim Durham (tracks: 1-3, 1-6, 2-2, 2-6) Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Dave Gregory Guitar, Vocals – Andy Partridge Liner Notes [CD1 & CD2] – Colin Moulding Liner Notes [CD3 & CD4] – Andy Partridge Mastered By – Ian Cooper Piano, Organ, Vocals – Barry Andrews Producer – Bill Aitken (tracks: 1-2, 1-8, 2-12), Chris Lycett (tracks: 3), Jeff Griffin (tracks: 4), John Sparrow (tracks: 1-7, 2-1, 2-10, 2-13), Malcolm Brown (tracks: 1-9, 1-12, 2-7, 2-11), Nick Gomm (tracks: 1-2, 1-8, 2-12), Pete Watts* (tracks: 1-3, 1-6, 2-2, 2-6), Phil Ross (2) (tracks: 1-10, 2-4), Ted De Bono (tracks: 1-4, 1-11, 2-9), Tony Wilson (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-13, 2-3, 2-5, 2-8) Written-By – Andy Partridge (tracks: 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-11, 1-13, 2-1, 2-3, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-13), Colin Moulding (tracks: 1-2, 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4, 2-8, 2-11, 2-12)
Notes: Subtitled "The Best Of The BBC Sessions" on the bottom of the box.
CD1 and CD2 contain studio-recordings made for & transmitted on various radio shows (recorded/transmitted) by the BBC: • John Peel Show: 1-12 (20.6.77/24.6.77); 1-9, 2-7, 2-11 (21.9.77/26.9.77); 2-5, 2-8 (13.11.78/23.11.78); 1-1, 1-5, 1-13, 2-3 (8.10.79/15.10.79). • Kid Jensen Show: 1-2, 1-8, 2-12 (21.5.79/31.5.79); 1-7, 2-1, 2-10, 2-13 (14.1.82/25.1.82). • Bruno Brookes Show Oct. 1984: 1-4, 1-11, 2-9 (-/19-22.11.84). • Sunday Live: 1-1, 2-4 (-/22.2.87). • Richard Skinner Show: 1-3, 2-6 (16.3.89/5.4.89). • Andy Kershaw Show: 1-6, 2-2 (16.3.89/11.6.89).
CD3 contains recordings from two live performances in 1978 and 1979: • recorded for Sight & Sound In Concert at The Hippodrome, Golders Green, London (9.3.78): 3-1, 3-2, 3-4, 3-6 to 3-8, 3-10 to 3-12. • recorded for In Concert at Paris Theatre, London (17.1.79): 3-3, 3-5, 3-9. CD4 was entirely recorded for In Concert at Hammersmith Odeon (22.12.80) and is identical to XTC - In Concert-246 Released as paper-laminated cardboard box with 4 printed slim jewel cases (4 colors of plastic: yellow, orange, green and pink) and a 12 page booklet with liner-notes by Colin Moulding and Andy Partridge.
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