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Track Listing
DISC 1: STUDIO SESSIONS:
1. Opening Speech
2. Life Begins at the Hop
3. Scarecrow People
4. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
5. Ten Feet Tall
6. Garden of Earthly Delights
7. Runaways
8. When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
9. I'm Bugged
10. Another Satellite
11. You're the Wish You Are I Had
12. Cross Wires
13. Roads Girdle the Globe
DISC 2: STUDIO SESSIONS:
1. No Thugs in Our House
2. One of the Millions
3. Real by Reel
4. Meeting Place, The
5. Meccanic Dancing
6. Poor Skeleton Steps Out
7. Into the Atom Age
8. Rhythm, The
9. This World Over
10. Snowman
11. Danceband
12. Making Plans For Nigel
13. Jason and the Argonauts
DISC 3: 1978/1979 LIVE IN CONCERT RECORDINGS:
1. Radio's in Motion
2. Crosswires
3. Science Friction
4. Statue of Liberty - (1978)
5. Rhythm, The
6. I'll Set Myself on Fire
7. Newtown Animal in a Furnished Cage
8. All Along the Watchtower
9. Beatown
10. This Is Pop
11. Danceband
12. Neon Shuffle
DISC 4: LIVE IN CONCERT HAMMERSMITH PALAIS 12/22/80:
1. Life Begins at the Hop
2. Burning With Optimism's Flames
3. Love at First Sight
4. Respectable Street
5. No Language in Our Lungs
6. This Is Pop
7. Scissor Man
8. Towers of London
9. Battery Brides
10. Living Through Another Cuba
11. Generals and Majors
12. Making Plans For Nigel
13. Are You Receiving Me?
| Details | | Distributor: | TVT Records | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
TRANSISTOR BLAST is culled from sessions recorded at BBC Studios, London, England between 1977 and 1989 as well as a live concert at The Hammersmith Palais on December 22, 1980.
XTC includes: Andy Partridge, Dave Gregory, Colin Moulding.
Includes liner notes by Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding.
This four-disc set is a treat in every regard, pulling together selections recorded for the BBC-some in the studio, some in concert. TRANSISTOR BLAST makes a compelling case for what a strong live act XTC was before it retreated from the stage (around the time of the release of the ENGLISH SETTLEMENT album). The set also shows the band to be vibrant in the time subsequent to its retirement from live performance.
Live-in-the-studio versions of songs such as "Scarecrow People," "Poor Skeleton Steps Out," and "The Meeting Place" show XTC at their peak, albeit sans audience. Two discs are devoted to concert performances from 1978 to 1980, while the other two are culled from studio sessions during the '80s. The beautifully packaged TRANSISTOR BLAST is an effective entry point for anyone unfamiliar with the output of XTC as well as an essential title for any already established fan.
Industry Reviews
...From 1977 to '82, it turns out that XTC were a pretty ferocious live band....if you're curious about a minor rock & roll tragedy, here's a sonic elegy for the world's most infamous prisoners of stage fright. - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (12/11/1998)
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