XTC - Coat of Many Cupboards (Remastered) (2002)

13 May, 10:16
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Artist: XTC
Title: Coat of Many Cupboards (Remastered)
Year Of Release: 2002
Label: Virgin Catalogue
Genre: New Wave, Pop Rock, Alt Rock, Post-Punk
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks)
Total Time: 03:40:26
Total Size: 541 Mb / 1,5 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1:
1. Science Friction (CBS Demo) 3:32
2. Spinning Top (Live At Eric's Club) 3:00
3. Traffic Light Rock (Live At Eric's Club) 2:06
4. Radios In Motion (2001 Remaster) 2:55
5. Let's Have Fun ('White Music' Out-Take) 1:20
6. Fireball XL5/Fireball Dub ('White Music' Out-Take) 3:24
7. Heatwave Mark 2 Deluxe ('White Music' Out-Take) 1:48
8. This Is Pop? (Single Version; 2002 Digital Remaster) 2:43
9. Are You Receiving Me? (2001 Remaster) 3:23
10. Things Fall To Bits ('Go 2' Out-Take) 2:26
11. Us Being Us ('Go 2' Out-Take) 2:56
12. Life Begins At The Hop (First Rehearsal Extract) 1:09
13. Life Begins At The Hop (First Recording) 3:59
14. Making Plans For Nigel (Swindon Town Hall Demo) 4:16
15. Ten Feet Tall (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:14
16. Sleepyheads ('Drums And Wires' Out-Take) 4:53

CD 2:
1. Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!) (Live In Sydney) 2:34
2. Into The Atom Age/Hang On To The Night/Neon Shuffle (Medley) (Live In Sydney) 6:52
3. Life Begins At The Hop (Unused American Single Recording) 2:57
4. Reel By Reel (Unused Single Recording) 3:45
5. When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty (Unused Single Recording) 3:21
6. Helicopter (Unused Single Recording) 3:30
7. Towers Of London (Rejected Single Recording) 6:07
8. Generals And Majors (Rehearsal Tape) 5:03
9. No Language In Our Lungs (2001 Remaster) 4:52
10. Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me) (2001 Remaster) 3:37
11. Paper And Iron (Notes And Coins) (Live At The Lyceum) 4:08
12. Crowded Room (Live At The Lyceum) 4:03
13. Senses Working Overtime (Early Work Tape) 3:32
14. Snowman (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon) 5:07
15. Ball And Chain (Unused Single Recording) 4:21

CD 3:
1. Punch And Judy (Unused Single Recording) 2:35
2. Fly On The Wall (2001 Remaster) 3:18
3. Yacht Dance (Live On 'The Old Grey Whistle Test') 4:32
4. Jason And The Argonauts (2001 Remaster) 5:59
5. Love On A Farmboy's Wages (Home Demo) 3:47
6. Wonderland (Home Demo) 4:23
7. Ladybird (2001 Remaster) 4:36
8. All You Pretty Girls (Home Demo) 4:13
9. Wake Up (Home Demo) 4:12
10. The Everyday Story Of Smalltown (2001 - Remaster) 4:13
11. Grass (Home Demo) 2:55
12. Let's Make A Den (Home Demo; 2002 Digital Remaster) 2:26
13. The Meeting Place (Home Demo) 3:51
14. Dear God (Band Demo) 4:10

CD 4:
1. Brainiac's Daughter (2001 Mix) 4:04
2. Vanishing Girl (2001 Mix) 2:45
3. Terrorism (Home Demo; 2002 Digital Remaster) 3:21
4. Find The Fox (Home Demo; 2002 Digital Remaster) 2:37
5. Season Cycle (Remastered 2001) 3:22
6. The Troubles (Home Demo; 2002 Digital Remaster) 3:17
7. Mayor Of Simpleton (Early Work Cassette) 2:48
8. King For A Day (Home Demo) 3:15
9. Chalkhills And Children (2001 Remaster) 5:07
10. The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead (Early Demo) 5:34
11. Omnibus (2001 Remaster) 3:21
12. The Disappointed (Home Demo) 3:21
13. Bungalow (2001 Remaster) 2:50
14. Didn't Hurt A Bit ('Nonsuch' Out-Take) 3:54
15. Books Are Burning (Live On 'The Late Show') 4:48

Coat of Many Cupboards finishes the job that the 1990 collection Rag 'N' Bone Buffet started, unearthing a deluge of outtakes, demos, home recordings, acoustic versions, and rare live tracks from XTC's long, adventurous existence. Buffet and the band's other singles collections and box sets only scratched the surface of what's out there; any serious XTC collector knows about the mountains of material that have been recorded throughout the band's 26-year existence, living in third-generation tapes passed around from fan to fan. The four-disc Cupboards tracks an awful lot of it down, cleans it up, and puts it all together, showing off the overwhelming creativity and songcraft that XTC's Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding have displayed over the decades. In all, 41 of the 60 tracks here have never before been released, with lo-fi versions of favorites like "Dear God" turning this into an interesting journey for casual fans and a dream collection for die-hard fanatics.

Precious and rare live material pops up early on the first disc in the form of "Spinning Top" and "Traffic Light Rock," documenting a jagged, brash sound that seems a far cry from the meticulous approach and intricate layers of later records like 1989's Oranges and Lemons. The first two discs track that evolution in detail, exploring the band's early Clash-like pop-punk and the skewed social commentary of records like 1980's Black Sea, while offering up intriguing nuggets like a demo version of "Senses Working Overtime" from the amazing English Settlement. The last two discs comprise XTC's later incarnation as a studio band after Partridge's mid-'80s mental breakdown and subsequent retirement from the stage. Moving through the revolutionary Skylarking, including a stunning demo of "Grass," the music slowly morphs into the densely produced, late-Beatles sound of Oranges and 1992's Nonsuch.

The set also includes a 60-page booklet as well as track-by-track commentary from Partridge and Moulding, making this a must-have for collectors even if they have somehow tracked down all this stuff themselves. One final note: the band does leave off material from Apple Venus Pt. 1 and Wasp Star (Apple Venus Pt. 2), but only because it's already been well-documented with the outtake records Homespun and Homegrown. --Matthew Cooke

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