XTC as the Dukes of
Stratosphear
Psurroundabout Ride (preorder)
Psurroundabout Ride gathers
all of the Dukes’ material
on a CD/Blu-Ray set, with
both of the band’s albums (plus
2 extra tracks) remixed
in stereo and 5.1 surround
by Steven Wilson (approved
by Andy Partridge).
Produced by John Leckie
(Swami Anand Nagara) and
The Dukes.
Sir John Johns and the
notoriously reclusive E.I.
E.I. Owen will each sign a
number of cards for initial
buyers of Psurroundabout
Ride. The cards will be
randomly allocated, so
purchasers may get either
signature with their
purchase.
* Both
albums + 2 extra tracks
mixed in 5.1 surround by
Steven Wilson on Blu-Ray (with
a final song up-mixed to
surround using the Penteo
audio system)
* All 19 songs in their
original mixes in hi-res
stereo (Blu-Ray)
* 18 songs appear in their
new mixes in hi-res stereo (Blu-Ray)]
* Complete demos from both
albums & instrumental
versions of album songs also
feature in hi-res stereo on
the Blu-Ray
Tracklist:
CD:
19 songs, 18 newly mixed
from the original master
tapes by Steven Wilson.
Blu-Ray:
Complete Dukes’ recordings
in original & new stereo
mixes, 5,1 surround mixes,
instrumental versions &
complete demos all in hi-res
sound.
NTSC, Zone ABC
DTS-HD MA 5.1 & LPCM 5.1
2019
5.1 mixes, hi-res stereo &
instrumental
25 O'Clock
1 25 O'Clock
2 Bike Ride to the Moon
3 My Love Explodes
4 What in the World??
5 Your Gold Dress
6 The Mole From the Ministry
Psonic Psunspot
7 Vanishing Girl
8 Have You Seen Jackie?
9 Little Lighthouse
10 You're a Good Man Albert
Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)
11 Collideascope
12 You're My Drug
13 Shiny Cage
14 Brainiac's Daughter
15 The Affiliated
16 Pale and Precious
Additional tracks
Later recordings
1 Open a Can of Human Beans
*
2 Black Jewelled Serpent of
Sound (Radio Caroline Edit)
3 Tin Toy Clockwork Train
* upmixed from original
stereo master via Penteo
Original stereo mixes,
hi-res stereo
25 O'Clock
1 25 O'Clock
2 Bike Ride to the Moon
3 My Love Explodes
4 What in the World??
5 Your Gold Dress
6 The Mole From the Ministry
Psonic Psunspot
7 Vanishing Girl
8 Have You Seen Jackie?
9 Little Lighthouse
10 You're a Good Man Albert
Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)
11 Collideascope
12 You're My Drug
13 Shiny Cage
14 Brainiac's Daughter
15 The Affiliated
16 Pale and Precious
Demos
25 O'Clock
1 25 O'Clock (Demo)
2 Bike Ride to the Moon
(Demo)
3 My Love Explodes (Demo)
4 What in the World??...
(Demo)
5 Nicely Nicely Jane (Demo)
6 Susan Revolving (Demo)
Psonic Psunspot
7 No One at Home (Vanishing
Girl Demo)
8 Little Lighthouse (Demo)
9 Collideascope (Demo)
10 Shiny Cage (Demo)
11 Brainiac's Daughter
(Demo)
12 The Affiliated (Demo)
DTS-HD MA & Stereo 24/96
2019
stereo mixes
25 O'Clock
1 25 O'Clock
2 Bike Ride to the Moon
3 My Love Explodes
4 What in the World??
5 Your Gold Dress
6 The Mole From the Ministry
Psonic Psunspot
7 Vanishing Girl
8 Have You Seen Jackie?
9 Little Lighthouse
10 You're a Good Man Albert
Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)
11 Collideascope
12 You're My Drug
13 Shiny Cage
14 Brainiac's Daughter
15 The Affiliated
16 Pale and Precious
17 Open a Can of Human Beans
**
18 Black Jewelled Serpent of
Sound (Radio Caroline Edit)
19 Tin Toy Clockwork Train
Sometimes it pays to be a
studio band... Between 1980
(when they were still
performing live) and 1989,
XTC wrote, recoded and
released a series of albums
from Black Sea to Oranges &
Lemons that cemented the
band’s reputation as
songwriters and recording
artists almost without
parallel in the UK. They may
not have sold as many as
some and they tended to sell
more in Japan and America
than on home soil. They may
not be as famous as other
bands of the era but, to
many of those with
discerning ears, they’re
rated among the very best,
the select few who rise
above their contemporaries...
As if six stellar albums in
ten years including two
double LPs, in an era when
the advent of digital
technology and CDs left many
artists struggling to issue
one or two albums in the
same period, wasn’t enough,
the band also issued two
albums under completely
different names as The Dukes
of Stratosphear, an
unashamedly psychedelic
ensemble which phased and
flanged in and out of
existence in 1985 and 1987
respectively... (Though
rumours continue to
circulate of an earlier
proto Merseybeat/Brit Blues
incarnation of the band
under yet another name..)
No need for mushrooms,
simply position yourself
between 6 speakers, play the
blu-ray, relax and float
downstream, as the music
takes you to places
unimagined, even in the
original summer of love...
Robyn Hitchcock and Andy
Partridge - Planet England
From
two of the UK’s finest
songwriters, comes the first
recordings from their recent
collaborations.
Planet England
represents a unique coupling
on dazzling form. 4 track 10" vinyl EP/CD
in a card wallet.
A veritable Clash of the
Titans of English Pop music...
a musical meeting of minds
to rival King Kong Vs.
Godzilla but, sadly, with no
Ishirō Honda to chronicle an
event of such magnitude and,
with both participants being
English, the actual meeting
was less the cause of
earthquakes and tsunamis,
more a case of...
...Tea and a chat, followed
by some - typically for both
- fine pop song writing,
recording, mixing, a
celebratory glass of wine
and a trip to a restaurant
for a curry and a pint of
beer… all traditions as
English in their longevity
as the day they arrived on
these shores from somewhere
else...
"Right now I weigh more than
Andy on account of the
cheese. He feeds me cheese
when I go round there, which
is comforting. I only really
get in fights with myself,
which I always lose"- Robyn
"Rather than these two big
planets and their similar
odd gravities repulsing each
other, as might be
anticipated. I can
cheerfully tell you that
it's been one rather
beautiful crashing creative
event. ...that I want to
repeat. Feels like being in
a group again." (no
dinosaurs were harmed during
the making of this EP). -
Andy
"Andy and I are the same age
and suffer from the same
record collection,
especially the B’s: Barrett,
Beatles, Beefheart. He’s a
Scorpio and I’m Pisces, so
we’re the same astrological
team as Richard Burton and
Liz Taylor, except neither
of us is Welsh, sadly." -
Robyn
English (and British popular
music generally) has
consistently proved capable
of absorbing, refreshing,
renewing and placing a
distinctive twist on a
melange of sounds and
influences from almost
anywhere in the world while
managing to preserve, in
many cases, a distinctly
local, but not parochial,
flavour.
"Robyn's fierce
inventiveness is a joy to
work with. Like bathing in
the sparks from some surreal
angle grinder." - Andy
"Andy is the only person
that I can easily write
songs with. They simply
appear, as if we were at a
seance. He’s perhaps more
logical than me, but it’s
not really a contest, is it?
A lot of song-writing is
solving a puzzle that you’ve
set for yourself; I really
enjoy going round to his
place in Swindon and
puzzling with him. I live
just up the road, in
Nashville..."
Tracklist:
1. Turn
me on, Deadman
2. Flight Attendants, Please
Prepare for Love
3. Got My...
4. Planet England
collects the best from the
band's six momentous and
stupendous shows at the
Swindon Arts Centre in
October and November 2018.
The
concerts featured many
XTC classics that had
never been performed live.
"I’d
never heard a lot of these
tunes in any concert hall
and I felt I deserved a
chance to put that
right….yes a bit of TC&I too,
but my songs have been stuck
in the closet too long, and
I wanted to dry clean them
and give them an evening
out, or six…” - Colin
Moulding
Includes signed postcard
(while stocks last).
Tracklist:
01. Say
It
02. Ten Feet Tall
03. Scatter Me
04. Wonderland
05. Grass
06. The Meeting Place
07. Bungalow
08. Big Day
09. Standing In For Joe
10. Generals and Majors
11. Making Plans For Nigel
12. Statue Of Liberty
13. Life Begins At The Hop
Colin Moulding - Bass
guitar and lead vocals Terry Chambers -
Drums Gary Bamford -
Keyboards, guitar and vocals Steve Tilling - Lead
Guitar and vocals Lee Moulding -
Percussion and vocals Susannah Bevington -
Soprano voice on Scatter Me
WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT NOISE?
An XTC Discovery Book
From
Mark Fisher,
the editor of The XTC Bumper
Book of Fun for Boys and
Girls, comes a musical
exploration of one of the
most essential pop groups of
the 20th century. In this
compelling 228-page book,
some of the world's leading
musicians and keenest fans
come together to discuss
what makes XTC so very
special.
Every member of XTC also
makes an appearance,
including Andy Partridge on
mixing, Dave Gregory on
arranging and Barry Andrews
on the piano – not to
mention an in-depth review
of Colin Moulding and Terry
Chambers playing live as
TC&I for the first time in
36 years.
That's in addition to
interviews with XTC drummers
Pete Phipps, Pat Mastelotto,
Ian Gregory, Prairie Prince,
Dave Mattacks and Chuck Sabo.
Contributing musicians
include:
● Chris Butler: The
Waitresses
● Tracey Bryn: Voice of the
Beehive
● Rick Buckler: The Jam
● Chris Difford: Squeeze
● Jason Falkner: Jellyfish
● Andrew Falkous: Future of
the Left
● Peter Gabriel
● Mike Keneally
● Dennis Locorriere: Dr Hook
● Steven Page: Barenaked
Ladies
● Debbi Peterson: The
Bangles
Plus Anton Barbeau, Todd
Bernhardt, Chris Braide,
Mikey Erg, Anne McCue, Jim
Moray, Erich Sellheim, Rosie
Vela, Mark Vidler and David
Yazbek, as well as members
of Big Big Train, bis,
Cosmic Rough Riders, Fassine,
New York Dolls, Odds, Tin
Spirits and many more...
Everyone who orders before
midnight on Sunday 27
January 2019 will be
inducted into the Venerable
League of Neon Shufflers and
have their name published in
the book.
01. Unwrap You At
Christmas
(Writer:
Andy Partridge)
02. What Would Santa
Do
03. Mele Kalikimaka
04. House Of Broken
Gingerbread
05. The Christmas Song
06. Christmas Party
07. Jesus Christ
08. I Wish It Could Be
Christmas Every Day
09. Silver Bells
10. Wonderful
Christmastime
11. Snowfall
12. Angels We Have
Heard On High
13. Merry Christmas,
Baby
Andy
Partridge - Apples
& Oranges / Humanoid Boogie
"1967’s Summer of Love has probably been
written about, in retrospect, by more
people than were directly affected by
the original – assuming that something
more than simply buying “A Whiter Shade
of Pale” as a single is required to
count as affected. The revolutionary
fervour of 1968, the myriad
demonstrations & upheavals in a variety
of cities & countries probably had more
enduring legacy – even if the political
gains seemed few at the time.
Irrespective of how history either
lionises or demonises the years in
question, it’s undeniable that both
years were gifted with enduring
soundtracks of epochal importance in pop
& rock’s great firmament as the first
era of psychedelic music blossomed in
the UK, USA & beyond.
Given his musical history, it is perhaps
no surprise to discover that Andy
Partridge has a special affection for
the music of that era or to find that it
was the English bands with whom he feels
a particular affinity – one would have
been more likely, albeit only marginally,
to encounter Dantalion’s Chariot on the
radio in Swindon than say, The
Charlatans (San Francisco variety) or Os
Mutantes.
So when it came to making initial
recordings in his newly upgraded studio
at the end of 2017/start of 2018, it was
to favoured tunes of half a century ago
to which Mr. Partridge returned,
specifically: Syd Barrett’s Apples &
Oranges (originally the A side of the
third Pink Floyd single issued in
November 1967) & Neil Innes’ Humanoid
Boogie (originally the Side Two opener
from “The Doughnut In Granny’s
Greenhouse”, the second album by The
Bonzo Dog Band released in November
1968). Andy was one of those few who
bought & loved the Floyd single & its
equally fab B side Paintbox – it was
their first not to chart in the UK,
while The Bonzos, having featured in
Magical Mystery Tour, went on to a
regular, much watched TV slot on “Do Not
Adjust Your Set” which was broadcast in
1968/69, making the album a ‘must buy’
when it appeared.
Meanwhile in 2018, with the songs
recorded & pleased with the result, the
next question became how best to release
them & a 4 track (both songs in Stereo &
Mono, naturally) 10” vinyl EP format in
a picture sleeve with neither song
identified as an A side became the
format of choice.
Additionally, the EP is being released
as a limited edition of 1,396 copies,
available exclusively here..
Emerging from the late 1970s punk
and new wave explosion, XTC amasses
a devoted following with hit singles
like 'Making Plans For Nigel' and
'Mayor Of Simpleton'. Presenting a
journey into the world of the band,
the film includes newly filmed
interviews with Andy Partridge,
Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory and
Terry Chambers. Through a mixture of
animation, archive and
specially-shot sequences, the film
explores the minds of principle
songwriters, Partridge and Moulding.
Do you love XTC?
This is a
documentary every
fan should see, and
one you'll want to
show to non fans as
well. Only available
by streaming via
subscription
channels, and an
occasional
television airing,
this petition is an
attempt to prove
enough interest to
get a blu-ray or DVD
made and available
for purchase.
Please add your name
if you would be
interested in a copy
of this fantastic
documentary, with
bonus material.
Including Andy on
how he wrote THIS IS
POP and BOOKS ARE
BURNING, Dave
demonstrating guitar
parts, Steven Wilson
deconstructing songs.
XTC -
Black Sea (cd/blu-ray preorder)
Black Sea is the fifth in a series of expanded
XTC album reissues, including 5.1 Surround mixes,
2017 stereo mixes and High-Resolution stereo
mixes by Steven Wilson, along with a wealth of
extra audio and visual material.
All pre-order copies sold through Burning Shed
come with an exclusive postcard signed by Terry
Chambers.
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Steven Wilson produced the mixes with the input
of founder band member Andy Partridge and the
full approval of the band.
This cd/blu-ray edition is presented in special
packaging with an expanded booklet and
sleeve-notes by Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding,
Terry Chambers, Dave Gregory and Hugh Padgham.
• CD: Features a 2017 stereo album mix by Steven
Wilson with bonus tracks (many featuring Steven
Wilson mixes).
• Blu-Ray: a 5.1 Surround mix in 24bit/96khz
mixed from the original multi-track tapes
available in LPCM and DTS HD MA.
• Additional Blu-Ray features include:
- The 2017 stereo album mix in 24bit/96khz LPCM
audio.
- Additional songs from the album sessions in
stereo and 5.1 (several featuring 2017 Steven
Wilson mixes)
- The original stereo album mix in hi-res stereo
+ bonus tracks.
- Instrumental versions (mixed by Steven
Wilson), and several bonus mixes in 24bit/96khz
LPCM audio.
- Many album tracks in demo form as recorded (mostly
live) at Phonogram Studios prior to the main
album sessions.
- Three Andy Partridge demos from Phonogram
studios.
- Three Andy Partridge demos from Swindon Town
Hall.
- Promo films for Towers Of London, Generals &
Majors & Respectable Street.
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A definitive edition of XTC's Art Pop classic
from 1980.
The debut EP by TC&I sees Colin Moulding
and Terry Chambers put their XTC past
behind them in order to create some truly
original music (well…maybe and nod and a wink
here and there….).
CD in digipak. We have copies signed by Colin
and Terry.
Tracks:
1. Scatter Me (4:32)
2. Greatness (3:53)
3. Kenny (4:33)
4. Comrades of Pop (2:23)
Format: cd
Artist: TC&I
Availability: 03-11-2017
CatNo: TC&ICD001
FRIDAY SEPT 15
19:00 (7PM)
– Doors Open at the backroom of the Southbrook
Inn pub
• the pub will have food and drink available for
purchase
19:30 – 22:30 (7:30-10:30PM)
– Open Mic
• play an instrument, sing, dance, karaoke,
poetry reading, or just get up and introduce
yourself to the group! No set format, just make
sure it’s XTC related and don’t hog the stage,
so that everyone who wants to get up there in
front of the mic will have a chance to.
22:30 – 23:00 (10:30-11:00PM)
– Finish your food and drinks and prepare for
the next day
SATURDAY SEPT 16
10:00 – 11:45 AM
– Walking tour of Swindon
• Gaz will lead you around Swindon, pointing out
various XTC related sites
11:45 – 12:00 – After the tour Gaz will lead the
group in a parade to the Southbrook Inn pub for
the convention
OR
11:00 – 12:00 – If you want to skip the walking
tour you can come straight to the Southbrook Inn
pub where Tim will welcome you.
12:00 – 12:30
– Everyone arrives by this time
12:30
– Opening remarks by event organizers
13:00 – 14:00 (1PM-2PM)
– QUIZ
14:00 – 14:30 (2:00-2:30PM)
– Raffle
14:30 – 15:30 (2:30-3:30PM)
– Panel Discussion (participants to be announced
later)
15:30 – 16:00
– Nothing scheduled
16:00 – 17:00 (4PM-5PM)
– Video presentation
17:00 – 19.00 (5PM-7PM)
- Nothing scheduled
• This can be your time to stop back at your
hotel or maybe grab a bite to eat somewhere
• But the room will still be ours, and the pub
will serve food and drinks, so you don’t have to
leave at all if you don’t want to!
19.00 – 22:30 (7:00-10:30PM)
– Tribute Band(s) play (participants to be
announced later)
22:30 – 23:00 (10:30-11:00PM)
– Clean up the room, if everyone helps out it
should go quick
September 2017
SUNDAY SEPT 17 09:30 – 09:55
– Everyone meets at ______ (starting point will be announced later)
10:00 –14:00 (10:00AM - 2:00PM) – Buses/coaches will take us to Uffington White
Chalk Horse, with a few stops along the way,
including the Swindon bandstand where Andy &
Dave were filmed doing acoustic version of Train
Running Low On Soul Coal NOTE: Buses/coaches will leave promptly at 10AM,
with or without you, so do plan to arrive
earlier than 10AM
14:00 – 14:30 (2:00-2:30PM)
– Buses/coaches return us to our starting place
and we say our goodbyes!
Put together by founding editor Mark Fisher,
The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls
brings together 256 pages of XTC goodness to
celebrate the fanzine's 35th anniversary and the
band's 40th anniversary.
2017 highlights of this new edition include:
• Andy Partridge on childhood, children and
creativity
• Colin Moulding and Terry Chambers on the art
of the rhythm section
• Dave Gregory on Drums and Wires, Black Sea and
English Settlement
• Comedians Phill Jupitus, Kevin Eldon, Stewart
Lee, Joanna Neary and Paul Putner on their
favourite XTC songs
"This special anthology edition is varied,
surprising and fun." Samantha Burke,
Cent Magazine, September 2017
Full contents list here
Limelight was a fanzine created for and by the
fans of Swindon's finest. In those far-off
pre-internet days, it was one of the few ways
people could keep up to date with what XTC were
up to.
Like its Canadian sister fanzine, The Little
Express, Limelight featured news, interviews and
articles about all things XTC. Every edition
sold out and original copies have become
collectors' items.
Like the band, the contents were varied,
surprising and fun. There were articles about
Victorian architecture, discussions about the
band's artwork, illustrations by Andy Partridge
and interviews with fellow musicians.
It was great. And now it's back – with even more
essential reading than ever.
Back after 25 years,
the classic 1980s fanzine about XTC is on sale again.
The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls is a
256-page edition of Limelight, featuring the
original copies published between 1982 and 1992 plus
new material for 2017, including interviews with
Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory and
Terry Chambers.
Skylarking is the fourth and perhaps most
anticipated release in a series of expanded XTC
album reissues, including 5.1 Surround mixes,
new stereo mixes and High-Resolution stereo
mixes by Steven Wilson, along with a wealth of
extra audio and visual material.
---------
Steven Wilson produced the mixes with the input
of founder band member Andy Partridge and the
full approval of the band.
This cd/blu-ray edition is presented in special
packaging with an expanded booklet and
sleeve-notes by Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding
and Dave Gregory.
Help with adjusting your player settings (if
necessary) can be found here:
http://www.opusproductions.com/disc/setup.html
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* CD features the 2016 Steven Wilson stereo
album mix plus four bonus tracks mixed by Steven
Wilson.
* Blu-ray features:
- A 5.1 Surround mix in 24bit/96khz mixed from
the original multi-track tapes available in LPCM
and DTS HD MA.
- The 2016 stereo album mix in 24bit/96khz LPCM
audio.
- Four additional songs from the album sessions
in stereo and 5.1 mixed by Steven Wilson.
- The original (uncorrected polarity) stereo
album mix in hi-res stereo, plus 1 non-album
track.
- The original (corrected polarity) stereo album
mix in hi-res stereo.
- Instrumental versions (mixed by Steven Wilson)
of all 2016 mixes in 24bit/96khz LPCM audio.
- A complete alternate album in demo form (as
per Todd Rundgren's original suggested running
order based on the demo recordings).
- Numerous additional demo and work tape
sessions showing the evolution of the album and
associated recordings.
- Promo films for Dear God and Grass.
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Sequenced and produced by the legendary Todd
Rundgren, 1986's Skylarking is perhaps the most
acclaimed of all XTC's releases.
An album unlike anything else in the band's back
catalogue, dense orchestrations and a more
organic soundscape were deployed in servicing
some of the band's most melodically rich and
sophisticated songs.
With its distinctive cover depiction of the
Uffington White Horse and its more prominent use
of acoustic guitar, XTC's 1982 studio release
was immediately hailed as a significant
departure for the band and a future masterpiece.
While looking for the (still 'lost in the
archives') multi-track tapes to enable Steven
Wilson to undertake new stereo and 5.1 surround
mixes of the album, the original half-inch
master tapes were discovered and used as the
source from which engineer John Dent has
prepared this 2016 'original master edition'.
An album which set standards on its release
sounds, if anything, even better now.
Pre-order 22nd July release.
Tracks
01. Runaways
02. Ball And Chain
03. Senses Working Overtime
04. Jason And The Argonauts
05. No Thugs In Our House
06. Yacht Dance
07. All Of A Sudden (It's Too Late)
08. Melt The Guns
09. Leisure
10. It's Nearly Africa
11. Knuckle Down
12. Fly On The Wall
13. Down In The Cockpit
14. English Roundabout
15. Snowman
Credits
Colin Moulding - lead vocals, backing vocals,
fretless bass, Fender bass, mini-Korg, piano,
percussion
Andy Partridge - lead vocals, backing vocals,
electric guitar, semi-acoustic electric
12-string guitar, semi-acoustic electric guitar,
acoustic guitar, mini-Korg, Prophet V, anklung,
alto sax, percussion, frog
Dave Gregory - electric 12-string guitar,
electric guitars, nylon-string Spanish guitar,
semi-acoustic electric 12-string guitar, Prophet
V, mini-Korg, backing vocals, percussion, piano
Terry Chambers - drums, drum synthesiser,
percussion, backing vocals
with:
Hugh Padgham - backing vocals on Ball and Chain
Hans de Vente - backing vocals on It's Nearly
Africa
XTC -
English Settlement - Deluxe Vinyl Edition (double
vinyl)
A
deluxe double vinyl version of XTC's 1982
classic English Settlement.
Including:
* 2 x 33rpm, 200g heavyweight vinyl
* 12" 16 page booklet with song notes by band
members
* Lyric sheet
* 2016 cut from original half-inch master
sources
* CD mastered from the same original master
sources
* All contents packaged in a sturdy slipcase
While looking for the (still 'lost in the
archives') multi-track tapes to enable Steven
Wilson to undertake new stereo and 5.1 surround
mixes of the album, the original half-inch
master tapes were discovered and used as source
masters from which engineer John Dent cut new
lacquers for this heavyweight vinyl edition.
An album which set standards on its release
sounds, if anything, even better now.
UK orders will be sent by courier.
Tracks
Side 1:
1. Runaways (4:34)
2. Ball and Chain (4:32)
3. Senses Working Overtime (4:50)
4. Jason and the Argonauts (6:07)
Side 2:
1. No Thugs in Our House (5:09)
2. Yacht Dance (3:56)
3. All of a Sudden (It's Too Late) (5:21)
Side 3
1. Melt the Guns (6:34)
2. Leisure (5:02)
3. It's Nearly Africa (3:55)
4. Knuckle Down (4:28)
Side 4:
1. Fly on the Wall (3:19)
2. Down in the Cockpit (5:27)
3. English Roundabout (3:59)
4. Snowman (5.03)
A
deluxe double vinyl version of the Corrected
Polarity edition XTC's ever popular Todd
Rundgren produced Skylarking.
Including:
* 2 x 45rpm, 200g heavyweight vinyl
* 12" 16 page booklet with song notes by band
members
* Lyric sheet
* Cut from corrected polarity master
* CD of corrected polarity master
* Both album sleeves - sleeve as released and
original proposed design
* All contents packaged in a sturdy slipcase
A definitive edition of one of Pop's finest
albums, produced by one of Pop's best producers
and performed by one of Pop's greatest groups at
their most popular.
Tracks
A1 Summer's Cauldron
A2 Grass
A3 The Meeting Place
A4 That's Really Super Supergirl
B1 Ballet For A Rainy Day
B2 1000 Umbrellas
B3 Season Cycle
C1 Earn Enough For Us
C2 Big Day
C3 Another Satellite
C4 Mermaid Smiled
D1 The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
D2 Dear God
D3 Dying
D4 Sacrificial Bonfire
The Monkees
celebrates its 50th anniversary with the group's
first new album in 20 years.
The album features all three
surviving band members - Micky
Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter
Tork. The unmistakable voice of the
late Davy Jones is also included
with a vintage vocal featuring on
one song.
The album contains tracks written
specifically for the band by some of
the music world's most gifted
songwriters including Andy Partridge
(XTC), Rivers Cuomo (Weezer), Ben
Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie), Noel
Gallagher and Paul Weller. It also
contains songs originally written
for the group during the 1960s by
Neil Diamond and Harry Nilsson.
Developed from a series of
interviews conducted over many
months, Complicated Game details
Andy Partridge songs from throughout
XTC's career and provides a unique
insight into the work of one of
Britain's most original and
influential songwriters.
Filled with anecdotes about
Partridge, his XTC bandmates, and
the band's adventures around the
world (all told with AP's legendary
humour), Complicated Game casts new
light on the writing of lyrics, the
construction of melodies and
arrangements, the process of
recording, and the workings of the
music industry.
The book includes pages from
Partridge's songwriting notebooks,
reproductions of his original
artwork designs, a guide to Andy
Partridge's Swindon and a foreword
by Steven Wilson.
Pre-order for 31st March release.
All pre-orders sold through Burning
Shed/APE come signed by Andy
Partridge.
paperback
150 x 215 400 pages with 16 page photo
insert
