October 22, 2011

XTC - 1998 - Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions

Andy Partridge (guitars & vocals)
Colin Moulding (bass & vocals)
Dave Gregory (keyboards)

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Disc one
1."Opening Speech" – 0:49 [John Peel Show: Recorded 10-8-79; Aired 10-15-79]
2."Life Begins at the Hop" (Colin Moulding) – 4:19 [David "Kid" Jensen Show: Recorded 5-21-79; Aired 5-31-79]
3."Scarecrow People" – 4:13 [Richard Skinner Show: Recorded 3-16-89; Aired 4-5-89]
4."Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her" – 4:21 [Bruno Brookes Show: Recorded 10-11-84; Aired 11-20-84]
5."Ten Feet Tall" (Moulding) – 2:53 [John Peel Show: Recorded 10-8-79; Aired 10-15-79]
6."Garden of Earthly Delights" – 5:33 [Andy Kershaw Show: Recorded 3-16-89; Aired 6-11-89]
7."Runaways" (Moulding) – 4:41 [David "Kid" Jensen Show: Recorded 1-14-82; Aired 1-25-82]
8."When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" – 3:07 [David "Kid" Jensen Show: Recorded 5-21-79; Aired 5-31-79]
9."I'm Bugged" – 3:34 [John Peel Show: Recorded 9-21-77; Aired 9-26-77]
10."Another Satellite" – 4:21 [Sunday Live Show: Recorded and aired 2-22-87]
11."You're the Wish (You Are) I Had" – 3:24 [Bruno Brookes Show: Recorded 10-11-84; Aired 11-20-84]
12."Crosswires" (Moulding) – 2:10 [John Peel Show: Recorded 9-21-77; Aired 9-26-77]
13."Roads Girdle the Globe" – 5:03 [John Peel Show: Recorded 10-8-79; Aired 10-15-79]

Disc two
1."No Thugs in Our House" – 5:23 [David "Kid" Jensen Show: Recorded 1-14-82; Aired 1-25-82]
2."One of the Millions" (Moulding) – 4:26 [Andy Kershaw Show: Recorded 3-16-89; Aired 6-11-89]
3."Real by Reel" – 3:48 [John Peel Show: Recorded 10-8-79; Aired 10-15-79]
4."The Meeting Place" (Moulding) – 3:08 [Sunday Live Show: Recorded and aired 2-22-87]
5."Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go!)" – 2:36 [John Peel Show: Recorded 11-13-78; Aired 11-23-78]
6."Poor Skeleton Steps Out" – 3:27 [Richard Skinner Show: Recorded 3-16-89; Aired 4-5-89]
7."Into the Atom Age" – 2:27 [John Peel Show: Recorded 9-21-77; Aired 9-26-77]
8."The Rhythm" (Moulding) – 2:55 [John Peel Show: Recorded 11-13-78; Aired 11-23-78]
9."This World Over" – 4:33 [Bruno Brookes Show: Recorded 10-11-84; Aired 11-20-84 - actually the 7" version misfiled]
10."Snowman" – 4:42 [David "Kid" Jensen Show: Recorded 1-14-82; Aired 1-25-82]
11."Dance Band" (Moulding) – 2:40 [John Peel Show: Recorded 9-21-77; Aired 9-26-77]
12."Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding) – 4:06 [David "Kid" Jensen Show: Recorded 5-21-79; Aired 5-31-79]
13."Jason and the Argonauts" – 5:42 [David "Kid" Jensen Show: Recorded 1-14-82; Aired 1-25-82]

Disc three
1."Radios in Motion" – 3:21
2."Crosswires" (Moulding) – 2:06
3."Science Friction" – 3:34
4."Statue of Liberty" – 2:58
5."The Rhythm" (Moulding) – 2:55
6."I'll Set Myself on Fire" (Moulding) – 3:27
7."New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage" – 1:55
8."All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 5:58
9."Beatown" – 3:24
10."This Is Pop?" – 2:37
11."Dance Band" (Moulding) – 2:49
12."Neon Shuffle" – 4:32
All tracks recorded for Sight & Sound In Concert at The Hippodrome, Golders Green, London, March 9th, 1978 except tracks 3, 5 & 9 recorded In Concert at Paris Theatre, London, January 17th, 1979.

Disc four
Live in Concert, Hammersmith Palais, December 22nd, 1980
1."Life Begins at the Hop" (Moulding) – 3:55
2."Burning with Optimism's Flames" – 4:29
3."Love at First Sight" (Moulding) – 3:03
4."Respectable Street" – 3:52
5."No Language in Our Lungs" – 4:58
6."This is Pop?" – 2:49
7."Scissor Man" – 4:58
8."Towers of London" – 5:13
9."Battery Brides" – 7:20
10."Living Through Another Cuba" – 3:29
11."Generals and Majors" (Moulding) – 4:37
12."Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding) – 4:21
13."Are You Receiving Me?" – 3:16

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