Fuzzy Warbles Volume 3
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Fuzzy Warbles Volume 3 is the third volume in the Fuzzy Warbles series released in February 2003. 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 003

  1. My Train Is Coming – 2:43
  2. Lightheaded – 3:29
  3. Goodbye Humanosaurus – 3:11
  4. Humble Daisy
    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...

     – 3:15
  5. You Like Me? – 4:45
  6. Great Fire
    Mummer (album)
    Mummer is the sixth album by the group XTC which was released on 30 August 1983. It reached No. 51 on the UK album chart and No. 145 on the U.S. Billboard album charts....

     – 3:38
  7. Work – 3:03
  8. Mopti Fake 1 – 0:58
  9. Collideascope
    Psonic Psunspot
    Psonic Psunspot is the ninth studio album from XTC which was released under the pseudonym The Dukes of Stratosphear in 1987.Like the previous album 25 O'Clock, this album is inspired by the 1960s psychedelia...

     – 3:00
  10. Mopti Fake 2 – 1:03
  11. When We Get to England – 2:17
  12. Train Running Low on Soul Coal
    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,...

     – 4:18
  13. Holly Up on Poppy
    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...

     – 3:02
  14. Strawberry Fields Forever
    Strawberry Fields Forever
    "Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and attributed to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. It was inspired by Lennon's memories of playing in the garden of a Salvation Army house named "Strawberry Field" near his childhood home."Strawberry Fields...

     (Lennon
    John Lennon
    John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

    /McCartney
    Paul McCartney
    Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

    ) – 4:01
  15. Autumn Comes Around – 1:05
  16. Child's Crusade – 2:38
  17. Little Lighthouse
    Psonic Psunspot
    Psonic Psunspot is the ninth studio album from XTC which was released under the pseudonym The Dukes of Stratosphear in 1987.Like the previous album 25 O'Clock, this album is inspired by the 1960s psychedelia...

     – 5:15
  18. This Is the End – 5:05
  19. Put It on Again – 0:55

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 – All instrument and backing vocals on 14, recording engineer of 14
  • Erica Wexler – Suzy Wong voice on 5

Credits

All songs were recorded at Andy's home except 14 at Dave's home.
  • Mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis Mastering, London
  • Sleeve art by Andrew Swainson

Thank you thank you John Relph, Wes Long and other web slingers. Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, Carmine Infantino, Steve Ditko, Jack Cole, Ron Embleton, Frank Bellamy, Norman Saunders, Millar Watt, Fortunino Matania, Eric Parker and all other inspirational kiddie paper gods. Erica for love and laughs.

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 the use of track 14.


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