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Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner. Apart from the facility's use as a recording studio, the premises have also been used to remaster many of the classical music recordings made at Kingsway Hall. It is most notable for being the venue in the 1960s for innovative recording techniques adopted by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and others.
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Nonsuch Palace
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Swindon
Swindon () is a large town within the borough of Swindon and county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east. In the 2001 census, the population of the Swindon urban area was 155,432, while the wider borough of Swindon had a population of 184,000.
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Townhouse Studios
Townhouse Studios (officially named The Town House) was a recording studio in west London. Built by Richard Branson in 1978, and managed by Barbara Jeffries as part of the Virgin Studios Group. The Virgin Studios Group was acquired by EMI when Richard sold Virgin Records to EMI in 1992. The Sanctuary Group bought the studio from EMI in 2002. Al Stone, a recording engineer and producer, who trained at The Town House, ran the studios for Sanctuary in 2006, only to see Universal close it around April 2008 after a Sanctuary buy-out.
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Bob Dylan
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Colin Moulding
Colin Ivor Moulding (born 17 August 1955 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England) is a bassist, songwriter and vocalist. He is a founding member of the band XTC. Though less prolific than bandmate Andy Partridge, Moulding wrote many of the group's most popular songs, including their first three UK hit singles: "Life Begins At The Hop", "Making Plans For Nigel", and "Generals and Majors". "Making Plans For Nigel" was also a Top 20 hit in Canada, and "Generals and Majors" was the band's first U.S. chart entry, peaking at #104 in 1980.
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Dave Mattacks
Dave Mattacks (born David James Mattacks, 13 March 1948, Edgware, Middlesex, England) is a rock and folk drummer. He began as a trainee piano tuner before taking up the drums. He played with several jazz bands before joining the electric folk band, Fairport Convention, in August 1969. He replaced Martin Lamble, who had died on 12 May 1969 in a road accident, on the M1 motorway. He left Fairport Convention in early 1972 to join The Albion Country Band. Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician, and as a performance artist.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He has worked with his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.
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Gus Dudgeon
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Hugh Padgham
Hugh Padgham is a British record producer. He has won a string of awards, including four Grammys, with Producer of the Year (1985) and Engineer of the Year amongst them. A 1992 poll in Mix magazine voted him one of the world's Top Ten Most Influential Producers.
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Jerry Wexler
Gerald "Jerry" Wexler (January 10, 1917 – August 15, 2008) was a music journalist turned music producer, and was regarded as one of the major record industry players behind music from the 1950s through the 1980s. He coined the term "rhythm and blues", and was integral in signing and/or producing many of the biggest acts of the last 50 years, including Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers, Chris Connor, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield and Bob Dylan. Wexler was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Jerry Wexler was one of the most highly-regarded A&R; men in popular music history, a status bolstered by his accomplishments with Aretha Franklin.
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Jesus Christ
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John F. Kennedy
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John Leckie
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Mr. Mister
Mr. Mister is an American pop rock band of the 1980s. The band's name came from an inside joke about a Weather Report record called Mr. Gone where they referred to each other as "Mister This" or "Mister That", and eventually selected "Mr. Mister." Mr. Mister may be considered as representative of the melodic sound of 1980s pop rock. The band consisted of Richard Page on vocals and bass guitar, Steve George on keyboards, Pat Mastelotto on acoustic and electronic drums and Steve Farris on guitars.
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Pat Mastelotto
Pat Mastelotto (born Lee Patrick Mastelotto, 10 September 1955, Chico, California) is a rock drummer who has worked with Mr. Mister and King Crimson, amongst others. For King Crimson he initially formed part of the "double trio" lineup, joining Bill Bruford on drums. He is scheduled to tour Europe in April, 2010 with experimental super-group HoBoLeMa.
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Paul Fox (producer)
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Peter Gabriel
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Prairie Prince
Prairie Prince (born Charles Lempriere Prince, May 7, 1950, Charlotte, North Carolina) is a rock drummer. He was a member of The Tubes and a founding member of Journey. He has also worked with Chris Isaak (on his first four albums), Todd Rundgren, Brian Eno, David Byrne, XTC, Tom Waits, Paul Kantner, George Harrison, Dick Dale, Glenn Frey, Richard Marx, Bill Spooner, Neil Hamburger, John Fogerty, Tommy Bolin, Phil Lesh, and former Tubes and Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnick.
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Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British industrialist, best known for his Virgin Group of over 360 companies.
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Robert Fripp
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Russell Mulcahy
Russell Mulcahy (born 23 June 1953 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian film director. His work is easily recognized by his use of fast cuts, tracking shots and use of glowing lights.
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Shriekback
Shriekback are a rock band formed in 1981 in Kentish Town by Barry Andrews, formerly of XTC and League of Gentlemen (keyboards/synthesizers/vocals), and Dave Allen, formerly of the Gang of Four (bass), with Carl Marsh, formerly of Out On Blue Six (guitars/vocals) soon added to the line-up. They were joined by Martyn Barker on drums in 1983. Other members included: Linda Nevill, Emma Burnham, Brian Nevill, Pedro Ortiz, Claire Hirst, Lu Edmunds, Wendy and Sara Partridge (from Electric Guitars), Steve Halliwell, Even Moon, Ivan Julian, Mike Cozzi, and Jessica Palin/Jose Fina Cupido.
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Steve Lillywhite
Steve Lillywhite (born 1955) is an English Grammy Award winning record producer. From his early work with Ultravox in 1976 through to the present day, Lillywhite has produced a variety of musicians including U2, Dave Matthews Band, Joan Armatrading, Darius Danesh, Big Country, The Pogues and The Smiths, through to Beady Eye and Evanescence in recent times.
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Terry Chambers
Terry Chambers (born 18 July 1955, Swindon, Wiltshire) was the English drummer and a founding member of XTC, appearing on all studio and live albums until his departure during the 1983 sessions for Mummer, on which he played on "Beating of Hearts", "Wonderland", "Love On A Farmboy's Wages" and a B-side, "Toys".
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Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings as solo artist, and during the seventies and eighties with the band Utopia. He has also been extremely active as a producer and engineer on the recorded work of other musicians.
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karaoke
Ich glaube, daß die Welt sich nochmal ändern wird - Und dann Gut über
Böse siegt - Daß irgendjemand uns auf unser'n Wegen lenkt - Und unser
Schicksal in die Hände nimmt - Ja, ich glaube an die Ewigkeit - Und das
jeder jedem mal vergibt - Alle werden wieder voreinander gleich - Jeder
kriegt, was er verdient - Ich glaube daß die Menschheit mal in Frieden
lebt - Und es dann wahre Freundschaft gibt - Und der Planet der Liebe
wird die Erde sein - Und die Sonne wird sich um uns drehn
Das wird die Zeit, in der das Wünschen wieder hilft
Es wird einmal zu schön, um wahr zu sein - Habt ein letztes Mal
Vertrau'n - Das HIER und HEUTE ist dann längst vorbei - Wie ein alter
böser Traum - Es wird ein großer Sieg für die Gerechtigkeit - Für
Anstand und Moral - Es wird die Wiederauferstehung vom heiligen Geist -
Und die vom Weihnachtsmann
Es kommt die Zeit, in der das Wünschen wieder hilft
Komm und wünsch DIR was
[Verse 1]
It started with a touch but it wasn't enough for me, no
Now the damage is done cause she looks like the one for
me now
Say what you're thinkin we've been through this so many
times
I'll have what you're drinking so just say baby what's
on your mind
[Chorus]
I can't see anything and I can't even breathe
She makes me feel alive she's my XTC
You know that I'm trouble and she's got me seeing
double
She knows that I'm addicted got me hooked like a
prescription
She make me feel alive she's my XTC
She's my XTC(x2)
[Verse 2]
Is this like a nightmare or am I just stuck in a cloud
It's you that I'm taking your loves got me spinning
around
Say what you're thinkin we've been through this so many
times
I'll have what you're drinking so just say baby what's
on your mind
[Chorus]
I can't see anything and I can't even breathe
She makes me feel alive she's my XTC
You know that I'm trouble and she's got me seeing
double
She knows that I'm addicted got me hooked like a
prescription
She make me feel alive she's my XTC
She's my XTC(x2)
She's my XTC
She's my XTC
She's my XTC
She's my XTC
[Chorus]
I can't see anything and I can't even breathe
She makes me feel alive she's my XTC
You know that I'm trouble and she's got me seeing
double
She knows that I'm addicted got me hooked like a
prescription
She make me feel alive she's my XTC
Another day I want to see
Another place I want to be
[whispered] Another day I wanna see
Another place I wanna be
Another day I wanna see
Another place I wanna be
Another day I wanna see
Another place I wanna be
Another day I wanna see
Another place I wanna be
Find a place in my mind
where I loose myself inside your paradise
So I close my eyes
and start to rise
As your body wraps around me
...paradise
(Another place I want to be)
(Another day I want to see)
(Another place I want to be)
(Another day I want to see)
(Another place I want to be)
Now I come to you
Now you want me too
I'll never let you go
Nothing here can get you
Nothing can get you
Nothing can get you
Nothing can get you
Nothing can get you
Nothing can get you
See where I long to be
all the demons I have conquered to be free
Now I come to you
'Cause you want, want me too
Step into a fairy tale that has come true
(Another place I want to be)
(Another day I want to see)
(Another place I want to be)
(Another day I want to see)
(Another place I want to be)
Now I come to you
Now you want me too
I'll never let you go
Nothing here can get you
[whispered] Amystika
(Another day I want to see)
(Another place I want to be)
(Another day I want to see)
(Another place I want to be)
(Another day I want to see)
(Another place I want to be)
[whispered] Another day I wanna see
Another place I wanna be
Another day I wanna see
Another place I wanna be
(Another day I want to see)
(Another place I want to be)
[whispered] Amystika
[whispered] Amystika -
(Another day I want to see)
(Another place I want to be)
(Another day I want to see)
(Another place I want to be)
[whispered] Another day I wanna see
Another place I wanna be
Another day I wanna see
Another place I wanna be
[whispered] Another day I wanna see
Another place I wanna be
Another day I wanna see
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Summer’s Cauldron
- Grass
- The Meeting Place
- That’s Really Super, Supergirl
- Ballet for a Rainy Day
- 1000 Umbrellas
- Season Cycle
- 25 O'Clock
- Bike Ride to the Moon
- My Love Explodes
- What in the World??...
- Your Gold Dress
- The Mole from the Ministry
- Garden of Earthly Delights
- The Mayor of Simpleton
- King for a Day
- Here Comes President Kill Again
- The Loving
- Poor Skeleton Steps Out
- One of the Millions
- Scarecrow People
- Merely a Man
- Cynical Days
- Across This Antheap
- Hold Me My Daddy
- Pink Thing
- Miniature Sun
- Chalkhills and Children
- Respectable Street
- Generals and Majors
- Living Through Another Cuba
- Love at First Sight
- Rocket From a Bottle
- No Language in Our Lungs
- Towers of London
- Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)
- Burning With Optimism’s Flames
- Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
- Travels in Nihilon
- Smokeless Zone
- Don’t Lose Your Temper
- The Somnambulist
- Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)
- Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)
- Buzzcity Talking
- Crowded Room
- The Rhythm
- Red
- Beatown
- Life Is Good in the Greenhouse
- Jumping in Gomorrah
- My Weapon
- Super‐Tuff
- I Am the Audience
- Are You Receiving Me?
- River of Orchids
- I’d Like That
- Easter Theatre
- Knights in Shining Karma
- Frivolous Tonight
- Greenman
- Your Dictionary
- Fruit Nut
- I Can’t Own Her
- Harvest Festival
- The Last Balloon
- Playground
- Stupidly Happy
- In Another Life
- My Brown Guitar
- Boarded Up
- I’m the Man Who Murdered Love
- We’re All Light
- Standing in for Joe
- Wounded Horse
- You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful
- Church of Women
- The Wheel and the Maypole
- Science Friction (CBS demo)
- Spinning Top (live)
- Traffic Light Rock (live)
- Radios in Motion (White Music version)
- Let’s Have Fun (White Music outtake)
- Fireball XL5 / Fireball Dub (White Music outtake)
- Heatwave MKII Deluxe (White Music outtake)
- This Is Pop? (single version)
- Are You Receiving Me? (Go 2 outtake)
- Things Fall to Bits (Go 2 outtake)
- Us Being Us (Go 2 outtake)
- Life Begins at the Hop (first rehearsal extract)
- Life Begins at the Hop (first recording, unused)
- Making Plans for Nigel (demo from Swindon Town Hall)
- Ten Feet Tall (Drums and Wires version)
- Sleepyheads (Drums and Wires outtake)
- Playground
- Stupidly Happy
- In Another Life (excerpt of original demo)
- In Another Life (jug band version)
- Some Lovely
- Boarded Up
- I’m the Man Who Murdered Love (early other song cassette)
- I’m the Man Who Murdered Love (Tamla demo excerpt)
- I’m the Man Who Murdered Love
- We’re All Light (early cassette idea)
- We’re All Light
- Standing In for Joe (lounge version)
- Standing In for Joe
- Wounded Horse
- You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful
- Lie for a Lie (cassette demo)
- Church of Women
- The Pot Won’t Hold Our Love (early cassette idea)
- Everything Decays (early cassette idea)
- The Wheel and the Maypole
- Beating of Hearts
- Wonderland
- Love on a Farmboy’s Wages
- Great Fire
- Deliver Us From the Elements
- Human Alchemy
- Ladybird
- In Loving Memory of a Name
- Me and the Wind
- Funk Pop a Roll
- Frost Circus
- Jump
- Toys
- Gold
- Procession Towards Learning Land
- Desert Island
- Playground
- Stupidly Happy
- In Another Life
- My Brown Guitar
- Boarded Up
- I’m the Man Who Murdered Love
- We’re All Light
- Standing In for Joe
- Wounded Horse
- You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful
- Church of Women
- The Wheel and the Maypole
- River of Orchids
- I’d Like That
- Easter Theatre
- Knights In Shining Karma
- Frivolous Tonight
- Greenman
- Your Dictionary
- Fruit Nut
- I Can’t Own Her
- Harvest Festival
- The Last Balloon
- River of Orchids
- I’d Like That
- Easter Theatre
- Knights in Shining Karma
- Frivolous Tonight
- Greenman
- Your Dictionary
- Fruit Nut
- I Can’t Own Her
- Harvest Festival
- The Last Balloon
- Speech
- Life Begins at the Hop
- Scarecrow People
- No Thugs in Our House
- No Language in Our Lungs
- Making Plans for Nigel
- The Rhythm
- This Is Pop
- Roads Girdle the Globe
- Opening Speech
- Life Begins at the Hop
- Scarecrow People
- Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
- Ten Feet Tall
- Garden of Earthly Delights
- Runaways
- When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
- I'm Bugged
- Another Satellite
- You're the Wish You Are I Had
- Crosswires
- Roads Girdle the Globe
- Life Begins at the Hop
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Generals & Majors
- Respectable Street
- Senses Working Overtime
- Ball and Chain
- No Thugs in Our House
- Love on a Farmboy's Wages
- Funk Pop a Roll
- This World Over
- Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
- Grass
- Dear God
- Earn Enough For Us
- The Mayor of Simpleton
- King for a Day
- Chalkhills and Children
- The Disappointed
- The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
- Science Friction
- Statue of Liberty
- This Is Pop?
- Are You Receiving Me?
- Life Begins at the Hop
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Ten Feet Tall
- Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down
- Generals and Majors
- Towers of London
- Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
- Love at First Sight
- Respectable Street
- Senses Working Overtime
- Ball and Chain
- No Thugs in Our House
- Extrovert
- Ten Feet Tall
- Mermaid Smiled
- Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen
- Respectable Street
- Looking for Footprints
- Over Rusty Water
- Heaven Is Paved With Broken Glass
- The World Is Full of Angry Young Men
- Punch and Judy
- Thanks for Christmas
- Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)
- I Need Protection
- Another Satellite
- Strange Tales, Strange Tails
- Officer Blue
- Scissor Man
- Cockpit Dance Mixture
- Pulsing Pulsing
- Happy Families
- Countdown to Christmas Party Time
- Blame the Weather
- Take This Town
- History of Rock ’n’ Roll
- Real by Reel
- Life Begins at the Hop
- When You're Near Me
- Respectable Street
- Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
- No Language in Our Lungs
- Ball and Chain
- Paper and Iron
- Love at First Sight
- Roads Girdle the Globe
- Scissor Man
- Towers of London
- Burning With Optimism's Flames
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Living Through Another Cuba
- Generals and Majors
- Opening Speech
- No Thugs in Our House
- Runaways
- You're the Wish (You Are) I Had
- Poor Skeleton Steps Out
- Crosswires
- Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
- Real by Reel
- Into the Atom Age
- Meccanik Dancing
- Ten Feet Tall
- Scarecrow People
- I'm Bugged
- Dance Band
- Jason and the Argonauts
- One of the Millions
- Roads Girdle the Globe
- Life Begins at the Hop
- Burning With Optimism’s Flames
- Love at First Sight
- Respectable Street
- No Language in Our Lungs
- This Is Pop
- Scissor Man
- Towers of London
- Battery Brides
- Living Through Another Cuba
- Generals and Majors
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Are You Receiving Me?
- Science Friction
- Statue of Liberty
- This is Pop
- Are You Receiving Me
- Life Begins at the Hop
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down
- Generals and Majors
- Towers of London
- Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
- Senses Working Overtime
- Ball and Chain
- Science Friction
- Statue of Liberty
- This Is Pop?
- Are You Receiving Me?
- Life Begins at the Hop
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down
- Generals and Majors
- Towers of London
- Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
- Senses Working Overtime
- Ball and Chain
- Great Fire
- Wonderland
- Love on a Farmboy's Wages
- All You Pretty Girls
- This World Over
- Wake Up
- Radios In Motion
- Cross Wires
- Let's Have Fun
- Fireball XL-5
- Science Friction
- I'm Bugged
- New Town Animal...
- Hang On to the Night
- All Along the Watchtower
- She's So Square
- Making Plans For Nigel
- Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down
- 10ft Tall
- Officer Blue
- Disco (Looking for Footprints)
- Chain of Command
- When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
- Scarecrow People
- Mayor of Simpleton
- Medley: Senses / Grass / Farmboy
- Blue Beret
- Medley: Great Fire / Dear God / Big Day
- King for a Day
- Medley: Millions / Hungry Heart Beats / Earthly Delights
- Train Running Low on Soul Coal
- Poor Skeleton Steps Out
- Here Comes President Kill Again
- King for a Day
- Garden of Earthly Delights
- Scarecrow People
- One of the Millions
- The Meeting Place
- Earn Enough for Us
- Life Begins at the Hop
- Burning With Optimism's Flame
- Love at First Sight
- Respectable Street
- No Language in Our Lungs
- This Is Pop
- Sensor Man
- Towers of London
- Battery Brides
- Living Through Another Cuba
- Generals and Majors
- Set Myself on Fire
- Science Friction
- Statue of Liberty
- This Is Pop
- Are You Receiving Me
- Life Begins at the Hop
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down
- Generals and Majors
- Towers of London
- Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
- Senses Working Overtime
- Ball and Chain
- She’s So Square
- Dance Band
- Hang On to the Night
- Heatwave
- Instant Tunes
- Pulsing Pulsing
- Don’t Lose Your Temper
- Smokeless Zone
- The Somnambulist
- Blame the Weather
- Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)
- Punch and Judy
- Heaven Is Paved With Broken Glass
- She’s So Square
- Dance Band
- Hang On to the Night
- Heatwave
- Instant Tunes
- Pulsing Pulsing
- Don’t Lose Your Temper
- Smokeless Zone
- The Somnambulist
- Blame the Weather
- Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)
- Punch and Judy
- Heaven Is Paved With Broken Glass (remix)
- Don't Lose Your Temper
- Smokeless Zone
- Living Through Another Cuba / Generals and Majors
- Scissor Man
- The Somnambulist
- Set Myself on Fire
- [radio commentator intro]
- Runaways
- Jason and the Argonauts
- Snowman
- Ball and Chain
- Senses Working Overtime
- All Along the Watchtower
- Towers of London
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Living Through Another Cuba
- Generals and Majors
- [radio commentator outro]
- Real by Reel
- Life Begins at the Hop
- Generals and Majors
- Respectable Street
- No Language in Our Lungs
- Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)
- Love at First Sight
- Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)
- Towers of London
- This Is Pop?
- When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty
- Are You Receiving Me?
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Bushman President
- Beatown
- Real by Reel
- When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
- Life Begins at the Hop
- The Rhythm
- Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)
- Ten Feet Tall
- Helicopter
- This Is Pop
- Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)
- Crowded Room
- Complicated Game
- Making Plans for Nigel
- [encore break]
- Radios in Motion
- Are You Recieving Me?
- [encore break]
- Outside World / Dance Band
- Statue of Liberty
- [radio announcer outro]
- Real by Reel
- When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty
- Life Begins at the Hop
- The Rhythm
- Roads Girdle the Globe
- Ten Feet Tall
- Helicopter
- This Is Pop?
- Battery Brides
- Instant Tunes
- Crowded Room
- Complicated Game
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Radios in Motion
- Are You Receiving Me?
- Science Friction
- Real by Reel
- When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
- Life Begins at the Hop
- The Rhythm
- Roads Girdle the Globe
- Ten Feet Tall
- Helicopter
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Helicopter
- Day in Day Out
- When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty
- Ten Feet Tall
- Roads Girdle the Globe
- Life Begins at the Hop
- Chain of Command
- Limelight
- Real by Reel
- Millions
- That Is the Way
- Outside World
- Scissor Man
- Complicated Game
- Beatown
- Real by Reel
- When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty
- Life Begins at the Hop
- The Rhythm
- Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)
- Roads Girdle the Globe
- Ten Feet Tall
- Helicopter
- This Is Pop
- Battery Brides
- Instant Tunes
- Crowded Room
- Complicated Game
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Outside World
- Dance Band
- Statue of Liberty
- Ball and Chain
- No Thugs in Our House
- Senses Working Overtime
- All Along the Watchtower
- No Language in Our Lungs
- Towers of London
- Making Plans for Nigel
- Living Through Another Cuba
- Generals and Majors
- Real by Reel
- Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
- Life Begins at the Hop
- Jason and the Argonauts
- Snowman
- No Thugs in Our House
- Runaways
- Dance With Me, Germany
- Beat the Bible
- A Dictionary of Modern Marriage
- Clap Clap Clap
- We Kill the Beast
- Commerciality
- The Day They Pulled the North Pole Down
- The Forgotten Language of Light
- Steam Fist Futurist
- Shore Leave Ornithology (Another 1950)
- Cairo
- The Rotary
- Madhattan
- I Sit in the Snow
- Work Away Tokyo Day
- New Broom
- Melt the Guns
- It’s Nearly Africa
- English Roundabout
- Knuckle Down
- Down in the Cockpit
- Leisure
- Snowman
- Fly on the Wall
- Radios in Motion
- Cross Wires
- This Is Pop
- Do What You Do
- Statue of Liberty
- All Along the Watchtower
- Into the Atom Age
- I’ll Set Myself on Fire
- I’m Bugged
- New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage
- Spinning Top
- Neon Shuffle
- Wake Up
- All You Pretty Girls
- Shake You Donkey Up
- Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
- This World Over
- Red Brick Dream
- Washaway
- Blue Overall
- The Everyday Story of Smalltown
- I Bought Myself a Liarbird
- Reign of Blows
- You’re the Wish You Are I Had
- I Remember the Sun
- Train Running Low on Soul Coal
- The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
- My Bird Performs
- Dear Madam Barnum
- Humble Daisy
- The Smartest Monkeys
- The Disappointed
- Holly Up on Poppy
- Crocodile
- Rook
- Omnibus
- That Wave
- Then She Appeared
- War Dance
- Wrapped in Grey
- The Ugly Underneath
- Bungalow
- Books Are Burning
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XTC ~ Senses Working Overtime
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:35
- Updated: 30 Oct 2012
From 1982
http://wn.com/XTC_~_Senses_Working_Overtime
XTC-Making Plans For Nigel #258.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:32
- Updated: 29 Oct 2012
XTC-Making Plans For Nigel #258.
http://wn.com/XTC-Making_Plans_For_Nigel_258
XTC Live on French TV 1978
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:32
- Updated: 27 Oct 2012
Rare footage of XTC performing Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!), This is Pop and Red on some french TV programme in 1978.
http://wn.com/XTC_Live_on_French_TV_1978
XTC - Yacht Dance Live (Old Grey Whistle Test)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:04
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
XTC performing "Yacht Dance" on the Old Grey Whistle Test in January 1982. This was recorded less than two months before Andy Partridge's nervous breakdown, and this is in fact the only time the band ever played this song live.
http://wn.com/XTC_Yacht_Dance_Live_Old_Grey_Whistle_Test
XTC - Generals and Majors
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:45
- Updated: 28 Oct 2012
Promo for the "Generals and Majors" single. Apparently this was shot at the last minute after a meeting with Richard Branson, hence all the shots of him goofing around, and also the band's presence in the grounds of his manor! All very peculiar. As John Lydon once said, everything's "ho ho chortle chortle" with Branson, isn't it? Jolly japes.
http://wn.com/XTC_Generals_and_Majors
XTC - Mayor of Simpleton
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:30
- Updated: 30 Oct 2012
video of my favourite song by XTC
http://wn.com/XTC_Mayor_of_Simpleton
Xtc - Love On A Farm Boys Wages
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:58
- Updated: 30 Oct 2012
Another real gem from the fab three
http://wn.com/Xtc_Love_On_A_Farm_Boys_Wages
XTC - Stupidly Happy
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:14
- Updated: 27 Oct 2012
Uplifting song featuring some uplifting characters with one role in life.....to cheer us up!
http://wn.com/XTC_Stupidly_Happy
XTC - Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me) [totp2]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:06
- Updated: 28 Oct 2012
[Video] XTC - Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me) [totp2] (Wiggy St Helens UK 2008)
http://wn.com/XTC_Sgt_Rock_Is_Going_To_Help_Me_totp2_
XTC - The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:57
- Updated: 29 Oct 2012
http://wn.com/XTC_The_Ballad_Of_Peter_Pumpkinhead
XTC MDMA Ecstacy Drugstest Nr 3 Spuiten en Slikken (English Subtitles)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:40
- Updated: 29 Oct 2012
Spuiten en slikken", crazy dutch TV-show with this hillarious guy who tests a new drug each episode. Now with English Subtitles
http://wn.com/XTC_MDMA_Ecstacy_Drugstest_Nr_3_Spuiten_en_Slikken_English_Subtitles
XTC: King for a Day, live
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:11
- Updated: 29 Oct 2012
XTC playing live on David Letterman, circa 1989
http://wn.com/XTC_King_for_a_Day,_live
XTC - Great Fire/Dear God (acoustic medley)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:44
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
Live from the acoustic tour 1989.
http://wn.com/XTC_Great_Fire_Dear_God_acoustic_medley
XTC - Statue of liberty
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:21
- Updated: 30 Oct 2012
XTC - Statue of liberty video
http://wn.com/XTC_Statue_of_liberty
XTC - King For A Day
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:33
- Updated: 30 Oct 2012
Oranges & Lemons
http://wn.com/XTC_King_For_A_Day
XTC THEN SHE APPEARED
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:45
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
MARILYN MONROE , Gilmore Girls song
http://wn.com/XTC_THEN_SHE_APPEARED
On XTC
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:26
- Updated: 27 Oct 2012
Guy dancin' while he's on xtc
http://wn.com/On_XTC
XTC That's Really Super, Supergirl
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:21
- Updated: 23 Oct 2012
From Their 1986 Album Skylarking. Lyrics: I can't hold you down If you want to fly Can't you see I'm all broke up inside Well just you use your two X Ray eyes Hurt like Kryptonite Put me on my knees Now that I've found out just what you're doing With your secret identities That's really super Supergirl How you saved yourself in seconds flat And your friends are going to say That's really super Supergirl How you're changing all the world's weather But you couldn't put us back together Now I feel like I'm tethered deep Inside your Fortress of Solitude Don't mean to be rude But I don't feel super Supergirl I won't call again Even in a jam Now I realise you could be on a mission Saving some other man That's really super Supergirl How you saved yourself in seconds flat And your friends are going to say That's really super Supergirl How you stopped the universe from dying But you're never going to stop me crying And I feel like you're trying hard To sweep me like dirt underneath your cape Well I might be an ape But I used to feel super Supergirl That's really super Supergirl How you saved yourself in seconds flat And your friends are going to say That's really super Supergirl How you're changing the world's weather But you couldn't put us back together Super Supergirl How you stopped the universe from dying But you're never going to stop me crying Super Supergirl I'm here in your Fortress of Solitude Don't mean to be rude But I don't feel super
http://wn.com/XTC_That's_Really_Super,_Supergirl
XTC-THE DISAPPOINTED
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:29
- Updated: 23 Oct 2012
From the album NONSUCH another gem from this group , after THE BEATLES the bigger english group ever !
http://wn.com/XTC-THE_DISAPPOINTED
XTC - Are You Receiving Me?
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:56
- Updated: 30 Oct 2012
Promo for the single "Are You Receiving Me?"
http://wn.com/XTC_Are_You_Receiving_Me?
XTC - This Is Pop
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:03
- Updated: 27 Oct 2012
The promo for the single
http://wn.com/XTC_This_Is_Pop
How Drugs Work - Episode 2: XTC
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 57:01
- Updated: 30 Oct 2012
The second episode of the serie: How Drugs Work. This episode is about the drug XTC.
http://wn.com/How_Drugs_Work_Episode_2_XTC
XTC - All of A Sudden
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:48
- Updated: 28 Oct 2012
Promo for the "English Settlement" album track - brief intro from Andy Partridge
http://wn.com/XTC_All_of_A_Sudden
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XTC Live on French TV 1978
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:32
- Updated: 16 Oct 2012
Rare footage of XTC performing Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!), This is Pop and Red on some french TV programme in 1978.
http://wn.com/XTC_Live_on_French_TV_1978
XTC Live-"Respectable Street"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:24
- Updated: 08 Oct 2012
http://wn.com/XTC_Live-Respectable_Street
XTC: King for a Day, live
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:11
- Updated: 13 Oct 2012
XTC playing live on David Letterman, circa 1989
http://wn.com/XTC_King_for_a_Day,_live
XTC - Statue of Liberty (Live Old Grey Whistle Test)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:44
- Updated: 25 Sep 2012
XTC - Statue of Liberty (Live Old Grey Whistle Test)
http://wn.com/XTC_Statue_of_Liberty_Live_Old_Grey_Whistle_Test
Making Plans for Nigel - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:18
- Updated: 01 Oct 2012
Making Plans for Nigel - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)
http://wn.com/Making_Plans_for_Nigel_XTC_Live_Washington_DC_1980
XTC - Rockpalast (February 10, 1982)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 70:48
- Updated: 18 Oct 2012
Respectable Street Towers of London Runaways Jason and the Argonauts Burning With Optimism's Flames Snowman Ball And Chain Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) No Thugs In Our House Senses Working Overtime Making Plans For Nigel Living Through Another Cuba Generals and Majors Real By Reel Life Begins At The Hop
http://wn.com/XTC_Rockpalast_February_10,_1982
XTC - Life Begins at the Hop / Generals & Majors LIVE 1980
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:09
- Updated: 12 Sep 2012
Festival Hall Melbourne September 1980 from the 'lost' Nightmoves concert.
http://wn.com/XTC_Life_Begins_at_the_Hop_Generals_Majors_LIVE_1980
XTC live in Australia 1979
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 54:47
- Updated: 16 Oct 2012
Beatown/Meccanik Dancing/Making Plans for Nigel/The Rhythm/Roads Girdle the Globe/Science Friction/Life Begins at the Hop/This is Pop?/Battery Brides/Crosswires/Outside World/I'm Bugged/Crowded Room/Radios in Motion/Are you Receiving me/Set Myself on Fire Many thanks to Mark Garland (aka Skatole Grudnick) and Ab Stammeshaus for kind permission to use their photos.
http://wn.com/XTC_live_in_Australia_1979
xtc-snowman live 1982 oxford road show
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:34
- Updated: 07 Oct 2012
xtc preforming snowman live on the on the oxford road show in 1982
http://wn.com/xtc-snowman_live_1982_oxford_road_show
XTC Senses Working Overtime Live TV
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:22
- Updated: 25 Sep 2012
XTC Senses Working Overtime Live TV
http://wn.com/XTC_Senses_Working_Overtime_Live_TV
XTC - live at MTV Studios - Part 1/3 - Scarecrow People
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:29
- Updated: 15 Oct 2012
XTC performing Scarecrow People in a rare live acoustic performance at MTV studios. One of the greatest songs of all time, IMO. UPDATE: This video is up here for anyone who might enjoy it, not for babbling fundy gits to post inane crap on. Any more comments of that nature will be deleted.
http://wn.com/XTC_live_at_MTV_Studios_Part_1_3_Scarecrow_People
XTC - Living Through Another Cuba and Generals And Majors (Live April 17th 1981)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:40
- Updated: 18 Oct 2012
*Update: I noticed there is another upload of these same songs from this same concert. I'm going to leave my upload up though as the pitch of the other upload seems to be off. 15th and 16th songs of the concert. This is a radio recording (The concert was broadcast live!) Which is why its in such fantastic quality. Concert was in Emerald City at Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
http://wn.com/XTC_Living_Through_Another_Cuba_and_Generals_And_Majors_Live_April_17th_1981
THIS IS POP - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:36
- Updated: 09 Aug 2012
THIS IS POP - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)
http://wn.com/THIS_IS_POP_XTC_Live_Washington_DC_1980
XTC - live at MTV Studios - Part 3/3 - King for a day
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:30
- Updated: 06 Oct 2012
XTC close this brief acoustic set with King for a day. Enjoy!
http://wn.com/XTC_live_at_MTV_Studios_Part_3_3_King_for_a_day
XTC - Yacht Dance Live (Old Grey Whistle Test)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:04
- Updated: 08 Oct 2012
XTC performing "Yacht Dance" on the Old Grey Whistle Test in January 1982. This was recorded less than two months before Andy Partridge's nervous breakdown, and this is in fact the only time the band ever played this song live.
http://wn.com/XTC_Yacht_Dance_Live_Old_Grey_Whistle_Test
LIFE BEGINS AT THE HOP - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 14 Oct 2012
LIFE BEGINS AT THE HOP - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980 )
http://wn.com/LIFE_BEGINS_AT_THE_HOP_XTC_Live_Washington_DC_1980
KYPER - XTC - LIVE @ BOOGIE NIGHTS (HOLLYWOOD CASINO) January 20th, 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:00
- Updated: 03 Jun 2012
What a memorable Night! Kyper - Live! - Singing "XTC" for an energized Crowd @ Boogie Nights (Hollywood Casino - Baton Rouge) on Friday Night, January 20th, 2012. Last time I seen Kyper was January 13th, 1989 (23 Years ago!!) at the Zoo Club in Baton Rouge. Kyper was nice enough to sign (3) Records which I brought to Boogie Nights - "XTC" - Sealed Condition, "Throw Down", and "Conceited" - Traction Labels. I will always cherish these signed vinyl records. Also I took a picture with Legendary DJ from The Zoo & 2010 - Jeff Gilmore (DJ Danger) - extremely nice guy who took the time to talk to me about Music & DJ Stuff. It was so Much Fun to see people I've known from over 20 Years ago. Keep the "Old School" Music flowing - It's still very Much ALIVE!!
http://wn.com/KYPER_XTC_LIVE_@_BOOGIE_NIGHTS_HOLLYWOOD_CASINO_January_20th,_2012
Ilegalne Emocije - Hell On XTC // live @ Fluc 28.07.2012 Wien
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:14
- Updated: 10 Aug 2012
camera: Staffan Sladik & Emil Demirovic edit: Staffan Sladik → LINE IN Yourself 2012 → Samstag, 28. July 2012 → Ort: fluc, Praterstern 5, 1020 Tamara Dinka and Nikola aka Nitkov are two quite controversial individuals, who combine the non compatible components from their own fields of imagination in a domain of music, painting and comics. Attracted by mutual ideas and fascination obtained from the different genres in music, they've met and formed the band with the silly name Illegal Emotions. Illegal Emotions begun to function in 2004., at first as an answer on of that time popular Electroclash music, not with the aim to caricature it, but with the truly devotion in accomplishing ideas in electronic, punk and pop music. Their music is pretty raw and analogue, connected with all mentioned genres, but again-by its subject and form very different. Texts are outermost philosophically naïve, frank, aroused under the influences of underground culture. On their concerts you can meet not only fans and friends, but very variable population, from punks and clubbers, to freaks and diplomats. www.nauk.rs www.discogs.com www.myspace.com www.facebook.com
http://wn.com/Ilegalne_Emocije_Hell_On_XTC_live_@_Fluc_28072012_Wien
Green Jello - Trippin' On XTC (Live)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:34
- Updated: 04 Oct 2012
Green Jello live at the American Theater St. Louis 1993
http://wn.com/Green_Jello_Trippin'_On_XTC_Live
Boys Noize open XTC "Ecstasy One For Me" FRONT ROW CENTER LIVE @ Mezzanine SF 11/28/11!
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:08
- Updated: 17 Oct 2012
Boys Noize opening up his live set at the Mezzanine in San Francisco on 11/26/11. I started recording right when his opener ended and Boys Noize walked onto stage, so the start of the video you see them transitioning from one to the other. He starts up around 1:45, if you're impatient. I was front row center, as you can see, and the audio quality is pretty good. Ecstasy - One for me, though I don't know what the name of this song is. Update: It now appears the song is titled "XTC", to be released August 6th 2012!
http://wn.com/Boys_Noize_open_XTC_Ecstasy_One_For_Me_FRONT_ROW_CENTER_LIVE_@_Mezzanine_SF_11_28_11!
XTC - Making Plans For Nigel (live at rockpalast).mpg
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
http://wn.com/XTC_Making_Plans_For_Nigel_live_at_rockpalastmpg
XTC - Making Plans For Nigel (Live Jan 29th, 1980) Song 13 of 18 (Part 14 of 21)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:21
- Updated: 01 Oct 2012
Location: Paradise Theatre, Boston, MA, US. Note: Thismatches third party content so it may be removed in the future. XTC played two different shows on this date, I think this is the second show due to the setlist though maybe the setlist I read is wrong.
http://wn.com/XTC_Making_Plans_For_Nigel_Live_Jan_29th,_1980_Song_13_of_18_Part_14_of_21
Daruma Vision //BOYS NOIZE XTC LIVE @Bugged out! birthday
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:56
- Updated: 13 Sep 2012
FILMED BY : DARUMA VISION - www.facebook.com Join Daruma now!!! Bugged out!: www.buggedout.net www.facebook.com
http://wn.com/Daruma_Vision_BOYS_NOIZE_XTC_LIVE_@Bugged_out!_birthday
8:32
XTC Live on French TV 1978
Rare footage of XTC performing Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!), This is Pop and Red on some f...
published: 02 Apr 2012
author: InlandEmpire91
XTC Live on French TV 1978
Rare footage of XTC performing Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!), This is Pop and Red on some french TV programme in 1978.
published: 02 Apr 2012
author: InlandEmpire91
3:24
XTC Live-"Respectable Street"
...
published: 31 Mar 2012
author: CubitaChubby
XTC Live-"Respectable Street"
4:18
Making Plans for Nigel - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)
Making Plans for Nigel - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)...
published: 07 Aug 2011
author: BarnstoneworthTown
Making Plans for Nigel - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)
Making Plans for Nigel - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)
published: 07 Aug 2011
author: BarnstoneworthTown
70:48
XTC - Rockpalast (February 10, 1982)
Respectable Street Towers of London Runaways Jason and the Argonauts Burning With Optimism...
published: 12 Aug 2011
author: misleadingsilhouette
XTC - Rockpalast (February 10, 1982)
Respectable Street Towers of London Runaways Jason and the Argonauts Burning With Optimism's Flames Snowman Ball And Chain Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) No Thugs In Our House Senses Working Overtime Making Plans For Nigel Living Through Another Cuba Generals and Majors Real By Reel Life Begins At The Hop
published: 12 Aug 2011
author: misleadingsilhouette
8:09
XTC - Life Begins at the Hop / Generals & Majors LIVE 1980
Festival Hall Melbourne September 1980 from the 'lost' Nightmoves concert....
published: 11 Jun 2009
author: mondoprune
XTC - Life Begins at the Hop / Generals & Majors LIVE 1980
Festival Hall Melbourne September 1980 from the 'lost' Nightmoves concert.
published: 11 Jun 2009
author: mondoprune
54:47
XTC live in Australia 1979
Beatown/Meccanik Dancing/Making Plans for Nigel/The Rhythm/Roads Girdle the Globe/Science ...
published: 05 Jan 2012
author: PeteCrunchy
XTC live in Australia 1979
Beatown/Meccanik Dancing/Making Plans for Nigel/The Rhythm/Roads Girdle the Globe/Science Friction/Life Begins at the Hop/This is Pop?/Battery Brides/Crosswires/Outside World/I'm Bugged/Crowded Room/Radios in Motion/Are you Receiving me/Set Myself on Fire Many thanks to Mark Garland (aka Skatole Grudnick) and Ab Stammeshaus for kind permission to use their photos.
published: 05 Jan 2012
author: PeteCrunchy
4:22
XTC Senses Working Overtime Live TV
XTC Senses Working Overtime Live TV...
published: 08 Nov 2010
author: TheMaturePassion
XTC Senses Working Overtime Live TV
4:29
XTC - live at MTV Studios - Part 1/3 - Scarecrow People
XTC performing Scarecrow People in a rare live acoustic performance at MTV studios. One of...
published: 22 Oct 2006
author: RT83
XTC - live at MTV Studios - Part 1/3 - Scarecrow People
XTC performing Scarecrow People in a rare live acoustic performance at MTV studios. One of the greatest songs of all time, IMO. UPDATE: This video is up here for anyone who might enjoy it, not for babbling fundy gits to post inane crap on. Any more comments of that nature will be deleted.
published: 22 Oct 2006
author: RT83
9:40
XTC - Living Through Another Cuba and Generals And Majors (Live April 17th 1981)
*Update: I noticed there is another upload of these same songs from this same concert. I&#...
published: 18 May 2010
author: oldmusicrevisited
XTC - Living Through Another Cuba and Generals And Majors (Live April 17th 1981)
*Update: I noticed there is another upload of these same songs from this same concert. I'm going to leave my upload up though as the pitch of the other upload seems to be off. 15th and 16th songs of the concert. This is a radio recording (The concert was broadcast live!) Which is why its in such fantastic quality. Concert was in Emerald City at Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
published: 18 May 2010
author: oldmusicrevisited
2:36
THIS IS POP - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)
THIS IS POP - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)...
published: 16 Aug 2011
author: BarnstoneworthTown
THIS IS POP - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)
3:30
XTC - live at MTV Studios - Part 3/3 - King for a day
XTC close this brief acoustic set with King for a day. Enjoy!...
published: 22 Oct 2006
author: RT83
XTC - live at MTV Studios - Part 3/3 - King for a day
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XTC
A short film about the feeling of well being. The childlike extacy of being alive, below t...
published: 25 Nov 2010
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XTC
A short film about the feeling of well being. The childlike extacy of being alive, below the surface of the sea, a reflection of on-self and your inner desires...
http://www.wickedwaxpictures.blogspot.com
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4:04
XTC - Yacht Dance Live (Old Grey Whistle Test)
XTC performing "Yacht Dance" on the Old Grey Whistle Test in January 1982. This ...
published: 01 May 2007
author: theradiator
XTC - Yacht Dance Live (Old Grey Whistle Test)
XTC performing "Yacht Dance" on the Old Grey Whistle Test in January 1982. This was recorded less than two months before Andy Partridge's nervous breakdown, and this is in fact the only time the band ever played this song live.
published: 01 May 2007
author: theradiator
3:35
LIFE BEGINS AT THE HOP - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)
LIFE BEGINS AT THE HOP - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980 )...
published: 06 Aug 2011
author: BarnstoneworthTown
LIFE BEGINS AT THE HOP - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980)
LIFE BEGINS AT THE HOP - XTC (Live Washington DC 1980 )
published: 06 Aug 2011
author: BarnstoneworthTown
4:00
KYPER - XTC - LIVE @ BOOGIE NIGHTS (HOLLYWOOD CASINO) January 20th, 2012
What a memorable Night! Kyper - Live! - Singing "XTC" for an energized Crowd @ B...
published: 22 Jan 2012
author: klassicjam
KYPER - XTC - LIVE @ BOOGIE NIGHTS (HOLLYWOOD CASINO) January 20th, 2012
What a memorable Night! Kyper - Live! - Singing "XTC" for an energized Crowd @ Boogie Nights (Hollywood Casino - Baton Rouge) on Friday Night, January 20th, 2012. Last time I seen Kyper was January 13th, 1989 (23 Years ago!!) at the Zoo Club in Baton Rouge. Kyper was nice enough to sign (3) Records which I brought to Boogie Nights - "XTC" - Sealed Condition, "Throw Down", and "Conceited" - Traction Labels. I will always cherish these signed vinyl records. Also I took a picture with Legendary DJ from The Zoo & 2010 - Jeff Gilmore (DJ Danger) - extremely nice guy who took the time to talk to me about Music & DJ Stuff. It was so Much Fun to see people I've known from over 20 Years ago. Keep the "Old School" Music flowing - It's still very Much ALIVE!!
published: 22 Jan 2012
author: klassicjam
4:14
Ilegalne Emocije - Hell On XTC // live @ Fluc 28.07.2012 Wien
camera: Staffan Sladik & Emil Demirovic edit: Staffan Sladik → LINE IN Yourself 2...
published: 02 Aug 2012
author: Staffan Sladik
Ilegalne Emocije - Hell On XTC // live @ Fluc 28.07.2012 Wien
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| XTC | |
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 XTC after a show in Toronto on 3 October 1978. From left to right: Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Terry Chambers, and Barry Andrews |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | The Dukes of Stratosphear, Terry and the Lovemen, The Three Wise Men |
| Origin | Swindon, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | New Wave, alternative rock, psychedelic pop |
| Years active | 1977–2005 |
| Labels | Cooking Vinyl, Geffen, Idea, Virgin |
| Website | www.ape.uk.net |
| Past members | |
| Andy Partridge Colin Moulding Dave Gregory Terry Chambers Barry Andrews |
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XTC were a New Wave[1] / pop band from Swindon, England, active between 1977 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" (1979) and "Senses Working Overtime" (1982), but are perhaps even better known for their long-standing critical (rather than commercial) success.
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History[link]
Early days: 1972-1976[link]
First coming together in 1972, the core duo of Andy Partridge (guitars & vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass & vocals) went through many band names (including The Helium Kidz and Star Park) over the next five years. As the Helium Kidz, they were featured in a small NME article as an up-and-coming band from Swindon. Drawing influence from the New York Dolls, particularly the "Jetboy" single,[2] and the emerging New York punk scene, they played glam rock with homemade costumes and slowly built up a following. Drummer Terry Chambers joined in 1973. Keyboard player Jonathan Perkins followed, replaced by Barry Andrews in 1976, and the band finally settled on a name: XTC.
Touring years: 1977–1982[link]
In 1977, XTC were signed by Virgin Records. They recorded the 3D - EP that summer, and followed it up with their debut LP White Music in January 1978. These and future XTC releases would find Andy Partridge writing and singing about two-thirds of the material, while Colin Moulding would write and sing approximately one-third. (White Music also featured a cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower", sung by Partridge.)
White Music received favourable reviews and entered the British top 40, but lead single "Statue of Liberty" was banned by the BBC[3] because of its supposedly "lewd" reference to the famous statue ("in my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt"). The group also picked up a cult following in Australia thanks to the support of the Sydney rock radio station 2JJ (now Triple-J) and the nationally broadcast weekly music TV show Countdown, which screened all of the band's early videos (beginning with their first Australian single release - "This Is Pop"); thanks to this interest, the group made two well-received tours there in 1979 and 1980.[citation needed]
Their second album Go 2, released later in 1978, featured a typewriter-text cover (designed by Hipgnosis) and early pressings were accompanied by a bonus disc Go +, a collection of dub mixes of songs from the album. Following its release, Barry Andrews left the group; the group initially sought a new keyboard player and Thomas Dolby was among those who auditioned[3]) but they eventually selected guitarist and keyboardist Dave Gregory. Andrews went on to form Shriekback and also worked with Robert Fripp's League of Gentlemen.
Coinciding with Gregory's arrival, XTC scored their first charting single in the UK with "Life Begins at the Hop", which was also the first XTC single penned by Colin Moulding. The replacement of Andrews' keyboard playing with Gregory's 1980s-influenced guitar style steered the band on a path towards a more traditional rock sound; Gregory also contributed occasional keyboards (and later, string arrangements). Their third album Drums and Wires contained the band's first major hit single "Making Plans for Nigel" (another Moulding composition), which caused a minor controversy because of its lyrical reference to British Steel.[citation needed] Drums and Wires also marked their first sessions at London's Townhouse Studios. The studio was at the time much sought after for its highly reverberant "live" drum room, and it was greatly favoured by their producer Steve Lillywhite and his engineer Hugh Padgham, who were at that time also creating influential recordings with Peter Gabriel and Genesis[citation needed]. The Lillywhite-Padgham connection also led to Dave Gregory contributing to Gabriel's third solo album.
During this period, Partridge released a solo LP of dub in 1980 under the name 'Mr Partridge'. The album, Take Away/The Lure of Salvage, featured dub reconstructions of music from the preceding XTC albums. Later the same year Moulding and Chambers released the "Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen" single under the name "The Colonel". In March 1980 XTC released a non-album single, the reggae-styled "Wait 'Til Your Boat Goes Down", but it failed to chart. Hoping to crack the American market, they undertook a gruelling US-Canada tour which included numerous support spots with The Police. The band opened three shows for The Cars at Madison Square Garden and the Nassau Coliseum between their own headline gigs at smaller area venues.
Their fourth LP Black Sea (Sept. 1980) featured the singles "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" and "Generals and Majors", both of which made the UK Top 40, with the album reaching #1 in Australia.[3] In the film clip of 'Generals and Majors' (directed by Russell Mulcahy), Virgin Records founder and chair Richard Branson has a cameo role as one of the 'majors'.
The last major hit of XTC's touring phase was "Senses Working Overtime", the first single from their double album English Settlement (February 1982) and their first top 10 hit in the UK. At the peak of their popularity, the band embarked on a major tour, but Partridge suffered a mental breakdown on stage during one of the first concerts of the tour in Paris on 18 March 1982.
On 2 April 1982, a Friday night, XTC were scheduled to play at the Palladium in Hollywood, California, but did not appear. The audience milled about the open festival floor for a long 45 minutes/hour after opening act Oingo Boingo departed the stage, and then finally it was announced that XTC would not take the stage due to the "illness" of one of the band members (later revealed as Andy Partridge's ongoing fight with stage fright in Chris Twomey's book XTC: Chalkhills and Children). XTC never played another tour date.[4] (XTC would perform several acoustic sets for radio only in 1989.[5])
Studio years: 1982–1998[link]
Andy Partridge's breakdown, which manifested itself as uncontrollable stage fright, was reportedly precipitated by his wife throwing away his supply of Valium. According to the band's biography, the drug was prescribed to him as a teenager during his parents' divorce but he was never withdrawn from the drug and became dependent on it. Concerned about her husband's dependence on the drug, Partridge's wife threw his tablets away—without seeking medical advice—just before the Paris concert. Partridge particularly needed the medication to cope with the grinding monotony of concert touring, which he had always hated, but had endured for the good of the band.[6] The sudden withdrawal of medication brought on anxiety attacks of such severity that he was soon forced to withdraw from performing permanently. The European and British dates were cancelled and after completing only one show in San Diego the whole US leg was also abandoned. Since then, XTC became exclusively a studio band, apart from occasional live-to-air performances from radio stations, and a handful of TV appearances.
Terry Chambers left the band shortly thereafter, during the recording of their 1983 album Mummer (his last recording on the track "Toys"). He was unhappy working in confines of the studio, and also felt the loss of income that resulted from their withdrawal from touring, since he did not write songs for the band and so received no publishing royalties. Another major factor was Chambers' relationship with his Australian girlfriend; they subsequently married, and Chambers migrated to Australia and settled in Newcastle, New South Wales. Rather than finding a replacement, XTC used a series of session drummers over the years, including Peter Phipps, Prairie Prince of The Tubes, Dave Mattacks of Fairport Convention, Pat Mastelotto of King Crimson and Mr. Mister, Chuck Sabo, and Dave Gregory's brother Ian (as "E.I.E.I. Owen").
Mummer took the group's music in a more pastoral direction with songs like "Love on a Farmboy's Wages". Their next album, 1984's The Big Express marked a return to the harsher and more abrasive sounds of their early albums, but the combination of the group's 'no touring' status and the growing disenchantment of their label made it their poorest selling LP to date. The album was nonetheless a personal high point for Partridge, who ranks songs such as "(The Everyday Story of) Smalltown" and "Train Running Low on Soul Coal" amongst his best work.
Later in 1984, the members of XTC created their alter-ego, "The Dukes of Stratosphear" (a suggested band name that the group had considered when they first formed). With this project, they reunited with original producer John Leckie to record a series of affectionate parodies that indulged their love of classic 1960s psychedelic music. The first Dukes release was the EP 25 O'Clock, issued on April Fools' Day 1985.
In 1986, the band travelled to Todd Rundgren's rural studio in Woodstock, New York to record Skylarking. Although the pairing of XTC and Rundgren was highly anticipated by fans, the sessions were less than enjoyable for the band. Rundgren had been hired to trim the band's studio excesses and return them to commercial success. Prior to the recording sessions, Rundgren listened through demos of the songs, chose 15 for the record and worked out a sequence for the album. Being accustomed to creative independence in the studio, Partridge resisted Rundgren's decision-making role as producer. Rundgren and Partridge clashed frequently during the recording of Skylarking and when it was finished Partridge said that he was not at all happy with the resulting product. Partridge has since softened his view, describing the album as "a summer's day baked into one cake." Nevertheless, it was praised highly by both fans and critics alike.
Skylarking spawned the controversial track "Dear God", which was originally issued as the B-side of the album's first single, "Grass". Interest in the song saw the US album re-pressed with "Dear God" included and the new version of the LP sold 250,000 copies in the USA, reviving the band's commercial fortunes and earning critical accolades. "Dear God" replaced "Mermaid Smiled" on the American version of the album and the latter track was finally reinstated for the remastered reissue of Skylarking CD in 2000.
XTC released the LP Psonic Psunspot, another Dukes of Stratosphear recording, in 1987. Although it was a full-length album, it was not intended to be the follow-up to Skylarking. The tracks from this album and the 25 O'Clock EP were combined for the CD Chips from the Chocolate Fireball, which also came out in 1987.
The band released their official follow-up to Skylarking in 1989. This album, Oranges and Lemons, produced by Paul Fox, was their biggest seller yet, with the videos for "The Mayor of Simpleton" and "King for a Day" getting heavy airplay on MTV and other international music TV programs. Sonically lush and tightly produced, the album continued along the psychedelic influence of Skylarking while drawing from the energetic pop sound of their earlier work. Like it's predecessor, it was also well-received critically. It was during this period that Partridge began a relationship with an American fan, Erica Wexler, the niece of famed American record producer Jerry Wexler.[7] Although signs of the failing of Partridge's first marriage were evident as far back as English Settlement (notably on the album's closing track, "Snowman"), it was some time before the still-married Partridge felt comfortable with Wexler's advances and his mixed feelings about the situation were chronicled in the song "Another Satellite". The relationship finally came to fruition after Partridge's first wife Marianne left him.
Their 1992 album Nonsuch (named after Henry VIII's fabled palace), united them with UK producer Gus Dudgeon, known for his 1970s work with Elton John and drummer Dave Mattacks (Fairport Convention). The album featured the US and UK hit tunes "Dear Madam Barnum" and "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead", the latter bringing the band perhaps its greatest success after the early 1980s. (The video for the song drew intriguing parallels between the deaths of Jesus Christ and John F. Kennedy.) In spite of the LP's success, soon after its release a contractual dispute with their label, Virgin Records, saw XTC go "on strike" from 1992 through 1998, which finally resulted in the termination of their contract. They released no new material during this time, although Virgin did issue two compilations - the US-only greatest hits collection Upsy Daisy Assortment, and the 2-CD set 'Best Of' collection Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992, which featured remastered versions of their singles, including many tracks not previously issued on CD.
Management and contractual problems had dogged the band throughout their career, and around the time of the recording of Nonsuch they had to make a legal settlement with their former manager. Although most fans assume (and the lyrics of "I Bought Myself a Liarbird" from The Big Express imply) that there was some financial impropriety involved, the terms of the settlement imposed a "gag" on the band and have prevented them from speaking publicly about the matter.
By now, XTC's relationship with their label had almost totally broken down; the final straw was Virgin's scuttling of their 1992 single "Wrapped in Grey". Vinyl 7" singles, CD singles and a few cassette singles were pressed but the vast majority were recalled and destroyed by the label, who unilaterally decided it had no prospect of charting: the few copies that made it in to circulation are now highly prized collector's items. The band asked that Virgin either allow them to re-negotiate their contract or release them from it, but the label stalled for years until finally agreeing to release them after a change of management at the company.
Independent years: 1998–2005[link]
After leaving Virgin, Partridge had their accounts audited and it was discovered that the company had withheld substantial royalty payments from them. The settlement of the accounts provided the group with much-needed cash flow, allowing Partridge and Moulding to install fully equipped studios and work comfortably at home.
Though able to record the majority of their work themselves, they also used major commercial studios (including Abbey Road Studios in London) for some sessions. Finally released from Virgin, they formed their own label, Idea Records, and embarked on the recording of the ambitious "Apple Venus" project, a collection of the best material written during the band's dispute with Virgin. The band's initial plan had been to record a double album, featuring one disc of acoustic and orchestral songs and one of electric songs. Financial constraints forced the band to abandon the double album plan and finish and release the first volume (released 1999) before completing the second (2000).
Dave Gregory left the band during the recording sessions for Apple Venus Volume 1 after 20 years' service. Ostensibly, this was due to "musical differences" -- Gregory was unhappy with the plan to record an album whose arrangements relied largely upon orchestral instruments and keyboards rather than guitars. What was not mentioned at the time was that the cutting back of his involvement in the new XTC recordings, (the string arrangements having been taken over by Andy Partridge), meant considerably fewer "points" in the calculation of royalties; as Gregory never wrote any songs for the band, this put a significant dent in his potential income from the album, basically reducing his payments to that of a session musician.
In the end, Gregory was credited as a session musician rather than as a band member on the finished album, as he left before it was completed. Partridge later claimed in a press interview that he and Colin were going to sack Gregory anyway because of his sullen attitude during the recordings, and that they had waited for him for six years to write the orchestral arrangements, and had finally told him that they would not let him stop the project.
Dave Gregory's contribution to the XTC sound had been immense; the technical skill of his guitar and keyboard playing, and his orchestral scoring, had facilitated a huge expansion in the group's sonic possibilities. His skills also encouraged, perhaps goaded Partridge to new heights of musicianship. It is some measure of how fond of him the XTC fanbase were that they slammed Moulding & Partridge for forcing his departure on the band's official forum—and some measure of their mutual respect for their fans and Gregory that the criticism went uncensored. The three got back together for a charity reunion of their Dukes of Stratosphear alter-egos years later, and in late 2006 Partridge revealed that he and Gregory had rekindled their friendship.
The band's next record, Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) was the guitar-heavy collection Gregory would have preferred. Partridge and Moulding then released instrumental and demo versions of the two Apple Venus albums. In October 2005, the two original albums and the demo versions of the albums were reissued together in the four-CD Apple Box collection.
Having left Virgin, relations between XTC and their former label improved and Andy Partridge released a series of albums of demos of his songs (mainly from the Virgin years) under the title of Fuzzy Warbles beginning in 2002, on a new label imprint APE. Colin Moulding declined to contribute his demos to the series. The Fuzzy Warbles series eventually included eight volumes along with a bonus CD, Hinges.
A four-CD compilation—Coat of Many Cupboards—spanning the band's time with Virgin, was also released in 2002.
Break-up and recent activity: 2005-present[link]
The 2005 inclusion in Apple Box of the first new XTC tracks in five years ("Spiral", written by Partridge and "Say It", by Moulding), offered hope that the band might continue. These songs were available to purchasers of the box set in digital format only, with the use of a special download code. A follow-up internet-only single, Moulding's "Where Do The Ordinary People Go?", was issued in December.
However, in November 2006, Partridge told several interviewers that Moulding no longer had any interest in writing, performing or even listening to music. Partridge has said he would not continue XTC without Moulding, and that therefore he has been forced to regard XTC "in the past tense," with no likelihood of a new project unless Moulding should have a change of heart.[8]
Partridge said, in an interview on a Todd Rundgren fansite in February 2008, that Moulding had moved and changed his phone number, effectively ending all contact between the two. The only correspondence they had is through emails via their manager, discussing the division of the band's assets. Partridge also said he and Gregory—their differences now resolved—have considered working together again.[9]
On 30 July 2008, Partridge summed up the status of the band on the news website Swindon Advertiser, in his "Ask Andy" column:
Yes I believe my musical partnership with Colin Moulding has come to an end. For reasons too personal and varied to go into here, but we had a good run as they say and produced some real good work. No, I won't be working with him in the future.[10]
In a December 2008 internet radio interview on RundgrenRadio.com, Moulding resurfaced to confirm his recent disillusionment with music, but revealed that he was thinking of working on solo material. His given reasons for the break-up were financial discord, disagreement over the extent of the Fuzzy Warbles project, and a "change in mindset" on Partridge's part, but he stated that they were again communicating directly by email.[2]
Newly remastered re-issues of several XTC albums have been released or are in the works. Included are re-worked previously unreleased tracks with contributions by Moulding.[2] The first of these releases, expanded versions of 25 O'Clock and Psonic Psunspot, have been released by Partridge's APE House record label. These re-issues began in 2010, with expanded CD editions of English Settlement, Skylarking, and Oranges & Lemons making up the first wave. APE also released vinyl editions of the re-issued records.[11]
In 2009 Partridge's Ape House label reissued the Dukes of Stratosphear recordings as a limited-edition boxed set which included heavyweight vinyl pressings of the original EP and LP in gatefold sleeves, a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle, a t-shirt and the single, "Tin Toy Clockwork Train".[12] Other XTC side projects include a Viz promotional single as "Johnny Japes and his Jesticles", a Christmas-themed single as "The Three Wise Men" and a guest appearance on their own tribute album Testimonial Dinner as "Terry and the Lovemen" (named after a rejected album title for Black Sea).
Discography[link]
Main article: XTC discography
Albums[link]
- White Music (1978)
- Go 2 (1978)
- Drums and Wires (1979)
- Black Sea (1980)
- English Settlement (1982)
- Mummer (1983)
- The Big Express (1984)
- Skylarking (1986)
- Psonic Psunspot (1987, as The Dukes of Stratosphear)
- Oranges & Lemons (1989)
- Nonsuch (1992)
- Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999)
- Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) (2000)
Extended plays[link]
- 3D - EP (1977)
- 25 O'Clock (1985, as The Dukes of Stratosphear)
References[link]
- ^ Allmusic XTC bio
- ^ a b c Doug Interview of Colin Moulding Rundgren Radio (fansite), 7 December 2008, Retrieved 9 December 2008
- ^ a b c "H2G2 - XTC". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/approved_entry/A3100285. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ MOJO, March 1999, Partridge describes his illness following soundcheck.
- ^ "Radio shows, 1989". Optimismsflames.com. http://www.optimismsflames.com/Gigs%20Text%20Only.htm#1989. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Twomey, Chris, XTC: Chalkhills and Children. Omnibus Press, 1992. P. 2.
- ^ James McNair (30 November 2006). "Day In The Life: Andy Partridge, guitarist and chief songwriter with XTC, and the founder of Ape House records: 'Music is too important to be wallpaper'". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/day-in-the-life-andy-partridge-guitarist-and-chief-songwriter-with-xtc-and-the-founder-of-ape-house-records-428061.html. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
- ^ In February 2007, Partridge told music website Pitchfork Media he had lost contact with Moulding, who he said was "not interested in music anymore, and doesn't want to write."[1]
- ^ "''blogtalkradio.com''". Blogtalkradio.com. 17 February 2008. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/runt/2008/02/17/rundgren-radio/. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Andy Partridge (30 July 2008). "What's happening with Colin?". The Swindon Advertiser. http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/leisure/music/andysanswers/3558640.What_s_happening_with_Colin_/. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "APE News: Fancy An XTCmas Stocking Filler". APE House. 23 November 2009. http://www.ape.uk.net/news/news_stories.php?newsid=314. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ "Chalkhills XTC Discography". Chalkhills.org. http://chalkhills.org/discog/indexd.html. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
External links[link]
- Chalkhills: Foremost XTC fan site
- Andy Partridge interview: 1989 by Chris Hunt
- Andy Partridge 2 hour interview on RundgrenRadio.com
- Dave Gregory 2 hour audio interview on RundgrenRadio.com
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