XTC – Coat Of Many Cupboards Label: Virgin – XTCBOX1, Virgin – 07243 811900 29 Format: 4 × CD, Compilation, Digibook Country: Europe Released: 2002 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave, Indie Rock
1.1 –XTC Science Friction 3:32 1.2 –XTC Spinning Top 3:00 1.3 –XTC Traffic Light Rock 2:06 1.4 –XTC Radios In Motion 2:55 1.5 –XTC Let's Have Fun 1:20 1.6 –XTC Fireball XL5 / Fireball Dub 3:24 1.7 –XTC Heatwave Mark 2 Deluxe 1:48 1.8 –XTC This Is Pop 2:43 1.9 –XTC Are You Receiving Me? 3:23 1.10 –XTC Things Fall To Bits 2:26 1.11 –XTC Us Being Us 2:56 1.12 –XTC Life Begins At The Hop 1:09 1.13 –XTC Life Begins At The Hop 3:59 1.14 –XTC Making Plans For Nigel 4:16 1.15 –XTC Ten Feet Tall 3:14 1.16 –XTC Sleepyheads 4:53 2.0 –XTC Wanking Man (Hidden Track) 1:14 2.1 –XTC Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go) 2:34 2.2 –XTC Atom Medley: Intro The Atom Age / Hang On To The Night / Neon Shuffle 6:52 2.3 –XTC Life Begins At The Hop 2:57 2.4 –XTC Reel By Reel 3:45 2.5 –XTC When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty 3:21 2.6 –XTC Helicopter 3:30 2.7 –XTC Towers Of London 6:07 2.8 –XTC Generals And Majors 5:03 2.9 –XTC No Language In Our Lungs 4:52 2.10 –XTC Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me) 3:37 2.11 –XTC Paper And Iron (Notes And Coins) 4:08 2.12 –XTC Crowded Room 4:03 2.13 –XTC Senses Working Overtime 3:32 2.14 –XTC Snowman 5:07 2.15 –XTC Ball And Chain 4:21 3.0 –XTC Shaving Brush Boogie (Hidden Track) 12:02 3.1 –XTC Punch And Judy 2:35 3.2 –XTC Fly On The Wall 3:18 3.3 –XTC Yacht Dance 4:32 3.4 –XTC Jason And The Argonauts 5:59 3.5 –XTC Love On A Farmboy's Wages 3:47 3.6 –XTC Wonderland 4:23 3.7 –XTC Ladybird 4:36 3.8 –XTC All You Pretty Girls 4:13 3.9 –XTC Wake Up 4:12 3.10 –XTC Everyday Story Of Smalltown 4:13 3.11 –XTC Grass 2:55 3.12 –XTC Let's Make A Den 2:26 3.13 –XTC Meeting Place 3:51 3.14 –XTC Dear God 4:10 4.1 –XTC As The Dukes Of Stratosphear Brainiac's Daughter 4:04 4.2 –XTC As The Dukes Of Stratosphear Vanishing Girl 2:45 4.3 –XTC Terrorism 3:21 4.4 –XTC Find The Fox 2:37 4.5 –XTC Season Cycle 3:22 4.6 –XTC Troubles 3:17 4.7 –XTC Mayor Of Simpleton 2:48 4.8 –XTC King For A Day 3:15 4.9 –XTC Chalkhills And Children 5:07 4.10 –XTC Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead 5:34 4.11 –XTC Omnibus 3:21 4.12 –XTC Disappointed 3:21 4.13 –XTC Bungalow 2:50 4.14 –XTC Didn't Hurt A Bit 3:54 4.15 –XTC Books Are Burning 4:48
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Andy Partridge (tracks: 2.13, 3.14) Artwork – Andrew Swainson Bass – Colin Moulding (tracks: 3.14) Bass, Guitar, Vocals – Colin Moulding (tracks: 4.1, 4.2) Bass, Keyboards, Vocals – Colin Moulding (tracks: 4.11, 4.13, 4.15) Bass, Vocals – Colin Moulding (tracks: 1.1 to 1.16, 2.1 to 2.15, 3.1 to 3.4, 3.7, 3.10, 4.5, 4.9) Drums – Dave Mattacks (tracks: 4.11, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15), Ian Gregory (2) (tracks: 4.1, 4.2), Pat Mastelotto (tracks: 4.9), Pete Phipps (tracks: 3.7, 3.10), Prairie Prince (tracks: 4.5), Terry Chambers (tracks: 1.1 to 1.16, 2.1 to 2.15, 3.1 to 3.4) Guitar [Solo], Percussion, Vocals – Andy Partridge (tracks: 4.14) Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals – Colin Moulding (tracks: 4.14) Guitar, Bass, Vocals – Andy Partridge (tracks: 4.1, 4.2) Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Andy Partridge (tracks: 1.12 to 1.16, 2.1 to 2.15, 3.1 to 3.4, 3.7, 3.10), Dave Gregory (tracks: 3.1 to 3.4, 3.7, 3.10, 4.1, 4.2, 4.11, 4.13, 4.15) Guitar, Mellotron, Drum Programming – Dave Gregory (tracks: 3.14) Guitar, Percussion, Vocals – Andy Partridge (tracks: 4.11, 4.13, 4.15) Guitar, Piano, Vocals – Dave Gregory (tracks: 1.12 to 1.16, 2.1 to 2.15) Guitar, Vocals – Andy Partridge (tracks: 1.1 to 1.11, 4.5) Handclaps – Frances Tomelty (tracks: 2.3), Sting (tracks: 2.3) Keyboards, Vocals – Barry Andrews (tracks: 1.1 to 1.11), Dave Gregory (tracks: 4.5, 4.9) Mastered By – Ian Cooper Other [Essay] – Harrison Sherwood Performer, Vocals – Andy Partridge (tracks: 3.5, 3.8, 3.12, 4.3, 4.6, 4.7, 4.10, 4.12), Colin Moulding (tracks: 3.6, 3.9, 3.11, 3.13, 4.4, 4.8) Trumpet – Guy Barker (tracks: 4.11) Vocals, Percussion – Andy Partridge (tracks: 4.9) Written-By – Andy Partridge (tracks: 1.1 to 1.4, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4 to 2.7, 2.9 to 2.11, 2.13, 2.14, 3.1, 3.3 to 3.5, 3.7, 3.8, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5 to 4.7, 4.9 to 4.12, 4.15), Barry Andrews (tracks: 1.10, 1.11), Barry Gray (tracks: 1.6), Colin Moulding (tracks: 1.5, 1.7, 1.12 to 1.16, 2.3, 2.8, 2.12, 2.15, 3.2, 3.6, 3.9, 3.11, 3.13, 4.2, 4.4, 4.8, 4.13, 4.14)
Notes: Track 1.1: CBS Demo. Tracks 1.2 and 1.3: Live at Eric's in Liverpool 13/08/77. Track 1.4: 'White Music' version. Tracks 1.5 to 1.7: 'White Music' out-takes. Track 1.8: Single version. Tracks 1.9 to 1.11: 'Go2' out-takes. Track 1.12: First rehearsal. Track 1.13: First recording, unused. Track 1.14: Demo. Track 1.15: 'Drums And Wires' version. Track 1.16: 'Drums And Wires' out-take. Track 2.0: Band chatter. Recorded at the Townhouse Studio, London, England, during sessions for Drums and Wires. Tracks 2.1 and 2.2: Live at the Marconi Club, Sydney, July '79. Track 2.3: Unused American single recording. Tracks 2.4 to 2.6: Unused single recordings. Track 2.7: Rejected single recording. Track 2.8: Rehearsal tape. Tracks 2.9 and 2.10: 'Black Sea' version. Tracks 2.11 and 2.12: Live at the Lyceum, London, 12 October '80. Track 2.13: Early work tape. Track 2.14: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, 21 May '81. Tracks 2.15 and 3.1: Unused single recordings. Track 3.0: Live in studio. From the "Drunken Jam Sessions". Recorded during sessions for English Settlement. Tracks 3.2 and 3.4: 'English Settlement' versions. Track 3.3: Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test. Tracks 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 4.6, 4.8 and 4.12: Home demos. Track 3.7: 'Mummer' version. Track 3.10: 'The Big Express' version. Tracks 3.11 to 3.13: Home demos. Track 3.15: Band demo. Tracks 4.1 and 4.2: 'Psonic Psunspot' versions. Tracks 4.3 and 4.4: Home demos. Track 4.5: 'Skylarking' version. Track 4.7: Early work cassette. Track 4.9: 'Oranges And Lemons' version. Track 4.10: Early demo. Tracks 4.11 and 4.13: 'Nonsuch' version. Track 4.14: 'Nonsuch' out-take. Track 4.15: Live on the Late Show, BBC Television Studios, London, early '92.
In all, 41 of the 60 tracks here have never before been released
The set also includes a 60-page booklet affixed to the center |