Fuzzy Warbles Volume 1 is the first volume in the Fuzzy Warbles series released in December 2002. The Fuzzy Warbles Series brings together demos, rarities and side projects from XTC

XTC

XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Senses Working Overtime" , but are perhaps even better known for their long-standing critical success.- Early years:...

 founding member Andy Partridge

Andy Partridge

Andrew John "Andy" Partridge is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has been known as Sir John Johns and Melchior and rose to fame as a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the pop/new wave band, XTC. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, where he was raised.Partridge also...

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UK CD: APE CD 001

1. Dame Fortune – 2:40
2. Born out of Your Mouth – 2:48
3. Howlin' Burston – 0:36
4. Don't Let Us Bug Ya – 2:43
5. That Wag – 4:52
6. That Wave
   Nonsuch (album)
   Nonsuch is the eleventh studio album by XTC, released on 27 April 1992. In a 1992 MTV interview, Andy Partridge said that he had selected the name of the album after encountering a drawing of Nonsuch Palace and, thinking that the archaic word "Nonsuch" meant "does not exist" rather than, as he...
   
    – 3:43
7. Ocean's Daughter – 1:13
8. Everything – 3:17
9. MOGO – 2:16
10. Goosey Goosey – 3:54
11. Merely a Man – 2:49
12. EPNS – 2:40
13. Summer Hot As This – 4:15
14. Miniature Sun – 4:22
15. I Bought Myself a Liarbird
    The Big Express
    The Big Express is the seventh studio album by the British band XTC, released in 1984. It was one of XTC's harder-edged albums, in contrast to the pastoral Mummer and Skylarking which were released in sequence with it. The seventh track, "I Bought Myself a Liarbird" is about their former manager,...
    
     – 3:03
16. Complicated Game
    Drums and Wires
    Drums and Wires is the third studio album by the British band XTC, released on 17 August 1979. It reached No. 34 on the UK album chart, and No. 176 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. It contained the successful single "Making Plans for Nigel", which was released on 14 September 1979, and reached...
    
     – 2:42
17. Wonder Annual – 4:03
18. Space Wray – 1:46
19. Rocket – 5:21

Personnel

• Andy Partridge
  Andy Partridge
  Andrew John "Andy" Partridge is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has been known as Sir John Johns and Melchior and rose to fame as a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the pop/new wave band, XTC. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, where he was raised.Partridge also...
  
   – instruments
  Musical instrument
  A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the...
  
   and vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
   on all tracks
• Dave Gregory – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   on 5, 13, bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   on 13, recording engineer on 12, 13
• Colin Moulding
  Colin Moulding
  Colin Ivor Moulding is a bassist, songwriter and vocalist. He is a founding member of the band XTC. Though less prolific than bandmate Andy Partridge, Moulding wrote many of the group's most popular songs, including their first three UK hit singles: "Life Begins At The Hop", "Making Plans For...
  
   – bass on 5
• Dave Mattacks
  Dave Mattacks
  Dave Mattacks is a rock and folk drummer. Best known for his work with Fairport Convention, Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician, and as a performance artist...
  
   – drums
  Drummer
  A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
  
   on 5
• Barry Hammond – recording engineer on 5
• David Lord and Glenn Tommey – recording engineers on 7

Credits

All songs were recorded at Andy's home except 5 at Chipping Norton Studios, Oxfordshire, 7 at Crescent Studios, Bath and 12, 13 at Dave's home.

• Mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis Mastering, London
• Sleeve art by Andrew Swainson

Thank you thank you Steve Young for handling it all. Mark Thomas for the beautiful Ape logo and Erica for the biggest love.

Big thanks to Virgin Records

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

for making this series possible and to Dave Gregory for cleaning and supplying master tapes for 5, 12 and 13.