XTC: BBC Sessions (Drums and Wireless)

“We would trundle down to the BBC Studios in London with our little amplifiers and, in a day, recreate more-or-less-live versions of four songs. You would play the track, get maybe one overdub and then sing it, so they were basically shoot-from-the-hip versions.”

 Andy Partridge

So I raved about one of my early encounters with XTC (though "Making Plans for Nigel" got strong radio play in Canada) and their ineffably wondrous single "Senses Working Overtime" HERE yesterday. Today, however, I can begin unleashing the out-of-print goodies on Swindon's finest (only?) rock n' roll misfits. . (For more on XTC go HERE.)



Drums and Wireless contains immediate versions of songs from all over the XTC catalog. It includes a variety of sessions from 1979-1989, all mixed up to ensure you can hear the consistency of Partridge and Moulding's song-writing.


Tracklist
1         Opening Speech     0:48    
2         No Thugs In Our House     5:24    
3         Runaways     4:42    
4         You're The Wish (You Are) I Had     3:26    
5         Poor Skeleton Steps Out     3:26    
6         Crosswires     2:10    
7         Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her     4:21    
8         Real By Reel     3:48    
9         Into The Atom Age     2:27    
10         Meccanik Dancing     2:35    
11         Ten Feet Tall     2:55    
12         Scarecrow People     4:11    
13         I'm Bugged     3:34    
14         Dance Band     2:41    
15         Jason And The Argonauts     5:42    
16         One Of The Millions     4:25    
17         Roads Girdle The Globe

Track 6 recorded 20/6/77
First broadcast on the John Peel Show 24/6/77
Tracks 9, 13 and 14 recorded 21/9/77
First broadcast on the John Peel Show 26/9/77
Track 10 recorded 13/11/78
First broadcast on the John Peel Show 23/11/78
Tracks 1, 8, 11 and 17 recorded 8/10/79
First broadcast on the John Peel Show 15/10/79
Tracks 2, 3, and 15 recorded 14/1/82
First broadcast on the David Jensen Show 25/1/82
Tracks 4 and 7 recorded 11/10/84
First broadcast on the Bruno Brookes Show 20/11/84
Tracks 5 and 12 recorded 16/3/89
First broadcast on the Richard Skinner Show 5/4/89
Track 16 recorded 16/3/89
First broadcast on the Andy Kershaw Show 11/6/89

So do you want to hear more rare XTC, MRML readers?  If so, let us know in the COMMENTS section (where you'll find the BBC Radio Sessions link).

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