Fuzzy Warbles Volume 4 is the fourth 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 004

1. Tunes – 0:24
2. Bumpercars – 3:59
3. The Art Song (Something Good with Your Life) – 2:51
4. I'm Playing My Fano – 1:11
5. Zonked Right out on Life – 5:17
6. All I Dream of Is a Friend – 3:43
7. Peck the Ground Like a Chicken – 1:26
8. That's Really Super Supergirl
   Skylarking
   Skylarking is XTC's eighth studio album, released on 27 October 1986 and produced by American musician Todd Rundgren. Skylarking is a "life-in-a-day" semi-concept album which displayed songwriting and arranging heavily influenced by The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Kinks...
   
    – 3:40
9. Brainiacs's Daughter
   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...
   
    – 1:48
10. Blue Beret – 3:07
11. Gangway, Electric Guitar Is Coming Through – 1:50
12. Mechanical Planet – 3:54
13. Helicopter
    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...
    
     – 3:51
14. The Ugly Underneath
    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...
    
     – 3:13
15. OMGO – 2:03
16. Where Is Your Heart? – 2:57
17. Hey, It's Alan Burston! – 0:22
18. Season Cycle
    Skylarking
    Skylarking is XTC's eighth studio album, released on 27 October 1986 and produced by American musician Todd Rundgren. Skylarking is a "life-in-a-day" semi-concept album which displayed songwriting and arranging heavily influenced by The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Kinks...
    
     – 4:51
19. Countdown to Christmas Partytime – 5:36

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 – Synth guitar on 12, recording engineer on 12, 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...
  
   and backing vocal on 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
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   and backing vocal on 13
• Terry Chambers
  Terry Chambers
  Terry Chambers is an English drummer and was a founding member of XTC, appearing on all studio and live albums until his departure during the 1982 sessions for Mummer, on which he played on "Beating of Hearts", "Wonderland" and a B-side, "Toys".He moved to his wife's native Australia, drumming...
  
   – 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 13
• Dave Morgan - psychedelic pensioner on 18
• Steve Warren and Bubble - Recording engineers on 13

Credits

All songs were recorded at Andy's home except 12 at Dave Gregory's home and 13 at Redbrick Studio, Swindon Town Hall.

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

Thank you thank you Debbie Swainson for typing out all my gibber and for the translation on the cover of Warbles 3. Swindon

Swindon

Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...

 for having something to kick against and Erica for being smart.

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 12.