Coat of Many Cupboards explained

Coat of Many Cupboards
Type:Box set
Artist:XTC
Cover:XTC - Coat Of Many Cupboards.jpg
Released:25 March 2002
Recorded:1977–2001
Genre:Pop rock
Length:220:01
Label:Virgin Records
Chronology:XTC other
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Prev Year:2001
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Next Year:2002

Coat of Many Cupboards is a box set by English rock band XTC, released in 2002. It acts as an anthology of their 15 years on Virgin Records. It is their first compilation of any kind to include tracks by their alter-ego, the Dukes of Stratosphear.[1]

The set includes demo versions, live recordings, rehearsal tapes and other rarities, as well as band favorites. 41 of the total 60 tracks had never been released before this compilation. The set also includes a 60-page booklet with an essay by Harrison Sherwood.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where otherwise noted.

Disc one

  1. "Science Friction" [CBS Demo] – 3:32
  2. "Spinning Top" [Live] – 3:00
  3. "Traffic Light Rock" [Live] – 2:06
  4. "Radios in Motion" [''[[White Music]] Version] – 2:54
  5. "Let's Have Fun" [''White Music'' Outtake] (Colin Moulding) – 1:19
  6. "Fireball XL5/Fireball Dub" [''White Music'' Outtake] (Barry Gray) – 3:24
  7. "Heatwave Mark 2 Deluxe" [''White Music'' Outtake] (Moulding) – 1:47
  8. "This Is Pop?" [Single Version] – 2:42
  9. "Are You Receiving Me?" [''[[Go 2]] Outtake] – 3:23
  10. "Things Fall to Bits" [''Go 2'' Outtake] (Barry Andrews) – 2:26
  11. "Us Being Us" [''Go 2'' Outtake] – 2:55 (Andrews)
  12. "Life Begins at the Hop" [First Rehearsal Extract] (Moulding) – 1:09
  13. "Life Begins at the Hop" [First Recording, Unused] (Moulding) – 3:58
  14. "Making Plans for Nigel" [Demo Version] (Moulding) – 4:15
  15. "Ten Feet Tall" [''[[Drums and Wires]] Version] (Moulding) – 3:14
  16. "Sleepyheads" [''Drums and Wires'' Outtake] (Moulding) – 4:52

Disc two

  1. "Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go)" [Live] – 2:34
  2. "Atom Medley: Into the Atom Age/Hang on to the Night/Neon Shuffle" [Live] – 6:52
  3. "Life Begins at the Hop" [Unused U.S. Single Recording] (Moulding) – 2:57
  4. "Real by Reel" [Unused Single Recording] – 3:44
  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, Demo Version] (Moulding) – 5:02
  9. "No Language in Our Lungs" [''[[Black Sea (XTC album)|Black Sea]] Version] – 4:51
  10. "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" [Listed as the ''Black Sea'' Version, but is in fact the edited single version] – 3:37
  11. "Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)" [Live] – 4:08
  12. "Crowded Room" [Live] (Moulding) – 4:03
  13. "Senses Working Overtime" [Early Work Tape, Demo Version] – 3:31
  14. "Snowman" [Live] – 5:06
  15. "Ball and Chain" [Unused Single Recording] (Moulding) – 4:21

A track is hidden in the pregap of this CD: "Wanking Man" (Live Studio Chatter) – 1:37

Disc three

  1. "Punch and Judy" [Unused Single Recording] – 2:35
  2. "Fly on the Wall" [''[[English Settlement]] Version] (Moulding) – 3:17
  3. "Yacht Dance" [Live on the [[Old Grey Whistle Test]], BBC TV] – 4:31
  4. "Jason and the Argonauts" [''English Settlement'' version] – 5:59
  5. "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" [Home Demo] – 3:47
  6. "Wonderland" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 4:23
  7. "Ladybird" [''[[Mummer (album)|Mummer]] Version] – 4:36
  8. "All You Pretty Girls" [Home Demo] – 4:13
  9. "Wake Up" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 4:12
  10. "The Everyday Story of Smalltown" [''[[The Big Express]] Version] – 4:13
  11. "Grass" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 2:55
  12. "Let's Make a Den" [Home Demo] – 2:25
  13. "The Meeting Place" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 3:51
  14. "Dear God" [Band Demo] – 4:10

A song is hidden in the pregap of this CD: "Shaving Brush Boogie" (Live Studio Recording) – 12:26

Disc four

  1. "Brainiac's Daughter" [''[[Psonic Psunspot]] Version] – 4:03
  2. "Vanishing Girl" [''Psonic Psunspot'' Version with alternate ending narration] (Moulding) – 2:44
  3. "Terrorism" [Home Demo] – 3:20
  4. "Find the Fox" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 2:37
  5. "Season Cycle" [''[[Skylarking]] Version] – 3:21
  6. "The Troubles" [Home Demo] – 3:17
  7. "Mayor of Simpleton" [Early Work Tape, Demo] – 2:47
  8. "King for a Day" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 3:14
  9. "Chalkhills and Children" [''[[Oranges and Lemons (album)|Oranges and Lemons]] Version] – 5:06
  10. "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" [Home Demo] – 5:34
  11. "Omnibus" [''[[Nonsuch (album)|Nonsuch]] Version] – 3:20
  12. "The Disappointed" [Home Demo] – 3:20
  13. "Bungalow" [''Nonsuch'' Version] (Moulding) – 2:49
  14. "Didn't Hurt a Bit" [''Nonsuch'' Outtake] (Moulding) – 3:54
  15. "Books are Burning" [Live on [[The Late Show (BBC2)|The Late Show]], BBC TV] – 4:48

Personnel

XTC
Additional musicians
Technical


Notes and References

  1. Web site: Forthcoming XTC Box Boasts Rarities Galore . January 29, 2002 . . February 19, 2022.

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