Fuzzy Warbles Volume 7
Encyclopedia
Fuzzy Warbles Volume 7 is the seventh volume in the Fuzzy Warbles series released in September 2006. The Fuzzy Warbles Series brings together demos, rarities and side projects from XTC
founding member Andy Partridge
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Thank you, thank you Pamela Green
, June Palmer
, Vicky Kennedy
, Rita Landre
, Maxine, Harrison Marks
and especially Rosina Revelle but Erica is better than all of them.
Big thanks to Virgin Records
for making this series possible.
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 014
- 2 Rainbeau Melt – 3:36
- Thrill Pill – 0:46
- Sonic Boom – 2:50
- I'm Unbecome – 4:04
- Ballet for a Rainy DaySkylarkingSkylarking 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...
– 3:12 - 1000 UmbrellasSkylarkingSkylarking 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...
– 1:39 - Ejac in a Box (MGOO) – 3:08
- C Side – 0:20
- Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss HerThe Big ExpressThe 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,...
– 3:38 - LadybirdMummer (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....
– 5:15 - Candymine – 2:24
- Visit to the Doctor – 3:29
- Cherry In Your Tree – 2:53
- Desert Island – 5:14
- Scarecrow People – 4:17
- Hold Me My Daddy – 4:13
- Books are BurningNonsuch (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...
– 4:23 - Bobba De Boop De Ba De Boobay – 0:31
- Open a Can of Human Beans – 4:44
Personnel
- Andy PartridgeAndy PartridgeAndrew 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...
– instrumentsMusical instrumentA 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 vocalsSingingSinging 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 - sitarSitarThe 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
guitar and MellotronMellotronThe Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
on 19 - Ian Gregory - drumsDrummerA 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 19 - Colin MouldingColin MouldingColin 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...
- bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
on 19
Credits
All songs were recorded at Andy's home except 19, partly recorded at Idea Studio, Wiltshire.- Mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis Mastering, London
- Sleeve art by Andrew Swainson
Thank you, thank you Pamela Green
Pamela Green
Pamela Green was an English glamour model and actress, best known at the end of the 1950s and early 1960s...
, June Palmer
June Palmer
June Palmer, also known as June Power, was possibly the most famous Harrison Marks model in the 1960s, featuring in his publications Kamera and Solo...
, Vicky Kennedy
Margaret Nolan
Margaret Nolan, also known as Vicky Kennedy, is a British artist and a former actress and glamour model.-Career:...
, Rita Landre
Pamela Green
Pamela Green was an English glamour model and actress, best known at the end of the 1950s and early 1960s...
, Maxine, Harrison Marks
Harrison Marks
George Harrison Marks was a British glamour photographer and director of nudist, and later, pornographic films who was active in the fields for several decades.-Kamera and Pamela Green:...
and especially Rosina Revelle but Erica is better than all of them.
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.