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- From: Kjetil.Svarstad@delab.sintef.no (Kjetil Svarstad)
- Subject: Re: XTC
- In-Reply-To: emp1@crux2.cit.cornell.edu's message of 18 Dec 92 02:31:06 GMT
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 16:32:24
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- >>>>> emp1@crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Ernest M. Paik) writes:
-
- > stuarts@coch5.alleg.edu (Scott Stuart) writes:
-
- >>[...] "Wait till Your Boat Goes Down" by Andy, and it sounds about
- >>from the English Settlement/ Mummer period.
-
- Actually, it was released in between _Drums and Wires_ and _Black
- Sea_, in the beginning of 1980 if I remember correctly. The b-side on
- the single was "Ten Feet Tall" from _Drums and Wires_.
-
- > [...]
- > If you're NOT an XTC completist, then this CD may be what you're looking for.
- > Otherwise, I'd suggest getting all the XTC albums (they're all excellent),
- > and buying "Waxworks" for "Wait 'Til Your Boat Goes Down".
- > [...]
-
- I haven't looked at the _Waxworks_ CD, so I don't know if this is
- really relevant. Anyway, for completists:
-
- When _Waxworks_ was released as an LP, it was sold with a free bonus
- LP featuring all the b-sides of the _Waxworks_ singles. The name of it
- was, of course, _Beeswax_! Some of the XTC songs that ended up as mere
- b-sides are in fact great songs, two of my five favourite XTC songs
- ever are in that category, namely "Don't Loose Your Temper" and
- "Smokeless Zone". These two plus "Wait 'til Your Boat Goes Down" plus
- two more were also on a 5-song 12" EP called _5 Senses_ (Virgin US?).
-
- -- Kjetil
-