XTC - Transistor Blast

Genre:	Rock, Pop
Singer:	XTC
Title:	Transistor Blast
Short-info:	Label: Cooking Vinyl ‎– COOKCD152 Type: 4 x CD Box Set Country: UK Date of released: Nov 1998 Category: Rock, Pop Style: New Wave
MP3 album size .rar:	1841 mb
APE album size .rar:	1633 mb
Digital formats:	MP3 FLAC MP2 AHX MP4 TTA AU MIDI MP1

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Tracklist Hide Credits

Studio Sessions
1-1	Intro Voice – Andy Partridge	0:49
1-2	Life Begins At The Hop	4:20
1-3	Scarecrow People	4:13
1-4	Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her	4:21
1-5	Ten Feet Tall	2:54
1-6	Garden Of Earthly Delights	5:34
1-7	Runaways	4:41
1-8	When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty	3:07
1-9	I'm Bugged	3:35
1-10	Another Satellite	4:21
1-11	You're The Wish You Are I Had	3:24
1-12	Crosswires	2:10
1-13	Roads Girdle The Globe	5:03
Studio Sessions
2-1	No Thugs In Our House	5:23
2-2	One Of The Millions	4:26
2-3	Real By Reel	3:49
2-4	The Meeting Place	3:08
2-5	Meccanic Dancing	2:36
2-6	Poor Skeleton Steps Out	3:27
2-7	Into The Atom Age	2:27
2-8	The Rhythm	2:55
2-9	This World Over	4:33
2-10	Snowman	4:42
2-11	Danceband	2:41
2-12	Making Plans For Nigel	4:07
2-13	Jason And The Argonauts	5:42
1978/79 Live In Concert Recordings
3-1	Radio's In Motion	3:21
3-2	Crosswires	2:06
3-3	Science Friction	3:34
3-4	Statue Of Liberty	2:58
3-5	The Rhythm	2:55
3-6	I'll Set Myself On Fire	3:27
3-7	Newtown Animal In A Furnished Cage	1:55
3-8	All Along The Watchtower Written-By – Bob Dylan	5:58
3-9	Beatown	3:24
3-10	This Is Pop	2:37
3-11	Danceband	2:49
3-12	Neon Shuffle	4:33
Live In Concert Hammersmith Palais 22.12.80
4-1	Life Begins At The Hop	3:55
4-2	Burning With Optimism's Flames	4:29
4-3	Love At First Sight	3:03
4-4	Respectable Street	3:52
4-5	No Language In Our Lungs	4:58
4-6	This Is Pop	2:49
4-7	Scissor Man	4:58
4-8	Towers Of London	5:13
4-9	Battery Brides	7:21
4-10	Living Through Another Cuba	3:29
4-11	Generals And Majors	4:47
4-12	Making Plans For Nigel	4:21
4-13	Are You Receiving Me?	3:16

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Golders Green Hippodrome, London
Recorded At – Paris Theatre, London
Recorded At – Hammersmith Odeon
Copyright (c) – BBC
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – D2180
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – D2181
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – D2182
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – D2183

Credits

Artwork – Andrew Swainson, Andy Partridge
Bass, Vocals – Colin Moulding
Drums – Terry Chambers
Engineer – Dave Dade (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-9, 1-12, 1-13, 2-3, 2-5, 2-7, 2-8, 2-11), Mike Robinson (tracks: 1-7, 2-1, 2-10, 2-13), Ted De Bono (tracks: 1-3, 1-6, 2-2, 2-6), Tim Durham (tracks: 1-3, 1-6, 2-2, 2-6)
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Dave Gregory
Guitar, Vocals – Andy Partridge
Liner Notes [CD1 & CD2] – Colin Moulding
Liner Notes [CD3 & CD4] – Andy Partridge
Mastered By – Ian Cooper
Piano, Organ, Vocals – Barry Andrews
Producer – Bill Aitken (tracks: 1-2, 1-8, 2-12), Chris Lycett (tracks: 3), Jeff Griffin (tracks: 4), John Sparrow (tracks: 1-7, 2-1, 2-10, 2-13), Malcolm Brown (tracks: 1-9, 1-12, 2-7, 2-11), Nick Gomm (tracks: 1-2, 1-8, 2-12), Pete Watts* (tracks: 1-3, 1-6, 2-2, 2-6), Phil Ross (tracks: 1-10, 2-4), Ted De Bono (tracks: 1-4, 1-11, 2-9), Tony Wilson (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-13, 2-3, 2-5, 2-8)
Written-By – Andy Partridge (tracks: 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-11, 1-13, 2-1, 2-3, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-13), Colin Moulding (tracks: 1-2, 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4, 2-8, 2-11, 2-12)

Notes

Subtitled "The Best Of The BBC Sessions" on the bottom of the box.

CD1 and CD2 contain studio-recordings made for & transmitted on various radio shows (recorded/transmitted) by the BBC:
• John Peel Show: 1-12 (20.6.77/24.6.77); 1-9, 2-7, 2-11 (21.9.77/26.9.77); 2-5, 2-8 (13.11.78/23.11.78); 1-1, 1-5, 1-13, 2-3 (8.10.79/15.10.79).
• Kid Jensen Show: 1-2, 1-8, 2-12 (21.5.79/31.5.79); 1-7, 2-1, 2-10, 2-13 (14.1.82/25.1.82).
• Bruno Brookes Show Oct. 1984: 1-4, 1-11, 2-9 (-/19-22.11.84).
• Sunday Live: 1-1, 2-4 (-/22.2.87).
• Richard Skinner Show: 1-3, 2-6 (16.3.89/5.4.89).
• Andy Kershaw Show: 1-6, 2-2 (16.3.89/11.6.89).

CD3 contains recordings from two live performances in 1978 and 1979:
• recorded for Sight & Sound In Concert at The Hippodrome, Golders Green, London (9.3.78): 3-1, 3-2, 3-4, 3-6 to 3-8, 3-10 to 3-12.
• recorded for In Concert at Paris Theatre, London (17.1.79): 3-3, 3-5, 3-9.

CD4 was entirely recorded for In Concert at Hammersmith Odeon (22.12.80) and is identical to XTC - In Concert-246

Released as paper-laminated cardboard box with 4 printed slim jewel cases (4 colors of plastic) and a 12 page booklet with liner-notes by Colin Moulding and Andy Partridge.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 7 11297 15522 8
Barcode: 711297155228
Label Code: LC 7180
Matrix / Runout (CD1, Mirrored): D2180 COOKCD 152 DISC 1 ꞉∙ 1:0 [Nimbus logo]
Matrix / Runout (CD2, Mirrored): D2181 COOKCD 152 DISC 2 ∙ 1:1 [Nimbus logo]
Matrix / Runout (CD3, Mirrored): D2182 COOKCD 152 DISC 3 ∙ 1:0 [Nimbus logo]
Matrix / Runout (CD4, Mirrored): D2183 COOKCD 152 DISC 4 ∙ 1:0 [Nimbus logo]
Mastering SID Code (CD1, Written twice): IFPI L123
Mastering SID Code (CD2 to CD4, Written twice): IFPI L122
Mould SID Code (CD1): ifpi 2335
Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 1): ifpi 2304
Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 2): ifpi 2312
Mould SID Code (CD3): ifpi 2304
Mould SID Code (CD4): ifpi 2322

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
TVT 3240-2, COOK CD 152	XTC	Transistor Blast ‎(4xCD, Comp + Box)	TVT Records, Cooking Vinyl	TVT 3240-2, COOK CD 152	US	1998
PCCY-01309	XTC	Transistor Blast ‎(4xCD, Comp + Box)	Canyon International	PCCY-01309	Japan	1998