« Back to Top Level | XTC

XTC - Transistor Blast

Track listing:
  1. Opening Speech (Intro) 0:49
  2. No Thugs In Our House 5:23
  3. Radio's In Motion 3:21
  4. Life Begins At The Hop 3:55
  5. Life Begins At The Hop 4:19
  6. One Of The Millions 4:26
  7. Crosswires 2:06
  8. Burning With Optimism's Flame 4:29
  9. Real By Reel 3:48
  10. Scarecrow People 4:13
  11. Science Friction 3:34
  12. Love At First Sight 3:03
  13. The Meeting Place 3:08
  14. Statue Of Liberty 2:58
  15. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her 4:21
  16. Respectable Street 3:52
  17. Meccanic Dancing 2:36
  18. Ten Feet Tall 2:53
  19. The Rhythm 2:55
  20. No Language In Our Lungs 4:58
  21. Poor Skeleton Steps Out 3:27
  22. I'll Set Myself On Fire 3:27
  23. Garden Of Earthly Delights 5:33
  24. This Is Pop 2:49
  25. Runaways 4:41
  26. Newtown Animal In A Furnished Cage 1:55
  27. Into The Atom Age 2:27
  28. Scissor Man 4:58
  29. The Rhythm 2:55
  30. All Along The Watchtower 5:58
  31. When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty 3:07
  32. Towers Of London 5:13
  33. Beatown 3:24
  34. I'm Bugged 3:34
  35. This World Over 4:33
  36. Battery Brides 7:20
  37. Snowman 4:42
  38. Another Satellite 4:21
  39. This Is Pop 2:37
  40. Living Through Another Cuba 3:29
  41. Danceband 2:40
  42. Danceband 2:49
  43. You're The Wish You Are I Had 3:24
  44. Generals And Majors 4:37
  45. Making Plans For Nigel 4:06
  46. Neon Shuffle 4:32
  47. Crosswires 2:10
  48. Making Plans For Nigel 4:21
  49. Roads Girdle The Globe 5:03
  50. Jason And The Argonauts 5:42
  51. Are You Receiving Me 3:16

Notes


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