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[ A Linear Look at XTC's Albums ]

I love music. I collect music. I love music so much that I collect too much of it, spending any spare cash on and devoting any spare space to my ever-growing collection. XTC is one of the few bands of which I am an extremely avid collector and, although I've only been seriously collecting their albums for the past 2 years, I've gathered quite a bit.

I am an avid collector of music on vinyl. At last count, my husband and I had over 12 feet worth of records. (We stopped counting the records individually a couple of years ago.) That was over 6 months ago, so I'm sure we have more by now.

One of the reasons that I love vinyl (other that the beautiful sound quality of virgin vinyl), is the packaging. If the packaging on CDs was half as cool as the packaging on some of my vinyl, I'd be gung-ho for them too. XTC has some of the coolest packaging on their 7" releases. For instance, "No Thugs in Our House" has a paper that's printed with characters from the song that you can cut out and use on the "stage" that is the record sleeve. (I'll have to post a photo of this soon.)

Vinyl

I won't bore you with more talk about my obsession with audio-vinyl... Here's a chart with the XTC releases that I own on vinyl. They are listed alphabetically by format.

Click on a linked title to see an image of that item. I don't have photos of all items yet, but I'm working on it.

Title Format Year Condition Country of Origin Other Are You Receiving Me? 7" Single Record 1978 Very Good UK picture sleeve; b/w Instant Tunes General and Majors 7" Single Record 1980 Mint France picture sleeve; b/w Don't Lose Your Temper Great Fire 7" Single Record 1983 Very Good US b/w Gold; picture sleeve with wave graphics and clear plastic sleeve (one side has black waves to match the paper sleeve) Limelight 7" Single Record 1979 Mint US b/w Day In day Out and Chain of Command; 33rpm No Thugs in Our House 7" Single Record 1982 Mint UK includes character sheet; "set" is intact; b/w Chain of Command, Limelight and Over Rusty Water Respectable Street 7" Single Record 1981 Mint US picture sleeve; b/w Strange Tales, Strange Tails and Officer Blue Senses Working Overtime 7" Single Record 1982 Very Good US b/w English Roundabout Senses Working Overtime 7" Single Record 1982 Mint UK fold out poster sleeve; b/w Blame the Weather and Tissue Tigers Senses Working Overtime 7" Single Record 1982 Mint US both sides are Senses Working Over Time; "Demonstration Not For Sale" Sgt Rock 7" Single Record 1980 Mint France picture sleeve; b/w Strange Tales, Strange Tails and Officer Blue Ten Feet Tall 7" Single Record 1979 Very Good US b/w Helicopter and The Somnambulist This World Over 7" Single Record 1984 Mint UK includes all postcards intact; b/w Blue Overall Wait to Your Boat Goes Down 7" Single Record 1980 Very Good UK b/w Ten Feet Tall; spot on picture sleeve from price tag Wonderland 7" Single Record 1983 Mint UK picture disc; b/w Jump Love on a Farmboy's wages Double 7" Record 1983 Very Good UK "wallet" foldout All You Pretty Girls 12" Single Record 1984 Good US   Grass 12" Single Record 1986 Mint UK b/w Extrovert & Dear God Grass 12" Single Record 1986 Very Good UK b/w Extrovert & Dear God King for a Day 12" Single Record 1989 Very Good UK 12" version b/w 7" version & Happy Families Love on a Farmboy's Wages 12" Single Record 1983 Mint UK b/w Burning with Optimism's Flame, Cut it Out, and English Roundabout Love on a Farmboy's Wages 12" Single Record 1983 Mint UK b/w Burning with Optimism's Flame, Cut it Out, and English Roundabout Love on a FarmBoy's Wages 12" Single Record 1983 Poor US   The Loving 12" Single Record 1989 Mint UK b/w Cynical Days & The World is Full of Angry Young Men Senses Working Overtime 12" Single Record 1982 Very Good Canada   3D EP EP Record 1977 Very Good UK   5 Senses EP Record 1980 1981 Very Good Canada price stickers on cover All You Pretty Girls EP Record 1984 Mint UK b/w Wake Up & Shake You Donkey Up Ball and Chain EP Record 1982 Very Good UK   Go+ EP Record 1978 Mint UK   Great Fire EP Record 1983 Good US   Live & More EP Record 1981 Mint Japan Picture Disc; pristine obi; Tracks: Don't Lose Your Temper, Smokeless Zone, Living Through Another Cuba/Generals and Majors, Scissor Man, The Somnambulist, Set Myself on Fire The Mayor of Simpleton EP Record 1989 Very Good US   The Meeting Place EP Record 1986 Very Good UK inlcudes home demos The Meeting Place EP Record 1986 Very Good UK inlcudes home demos Wake Up EP Record 1985 Very Good UK   You're a Good Man, Albert Brown EP Record 1987 Very Good UK Dukes of the Stratosphere; includes: You're a Good Man, Albert Brown (I Curse You, Red Baron); Vanishing Girl; The Mole from the Ministry; My Love Explodes BeesWax LP Record 1982 Very Good US This is not the mate to my copy of WaxWorks Big Express LP Record 1984 Very Good UK cover is a cut in a circle (on purpose) Big Express LP Record 1984 Mint Japan includes Japanese lyric sheet; cover is cut in a circle (on purpose) Black Sea LP Record 1980 Good US punch out; price sticker still on cover Black Sea LP Record 1980 Good US includes green paper outer wrapper Black Sea Tour '81 LP Record 1989 Very Good US bootleg Drums and Wires LP Record 1979 Very Good US some ring wear English Settlement LP Record 1982 Fair US Missing some tracks from double LP version; different color green &? has a different XTC logo too; cool inner sleeve Go 2 LP Record 1978 Very Good US inside sleeve is pristine Go 2 LP Record 1978 Poor US   Homespun LP Record 1999 Mint UK high quality vinyl! Mummer LP Record 1983 Mint US   Oranges & Lemons LP Record 1989 Mint US   Skylarking LP Record 1986 Very Good US first pressing - includes Mermaid Smiles instead of Dear God Skylarking LP Record 1986 Very Good US second pressing - includes Dear God instead of Mermaid Smiles WaxWorks LP Record 1982 Very Good US Sticker on front advertising "2 for 1" with Beeswax; this is not the mate to my copy of Beeswax though White Music LP Record 1978 Very Good Canada spot from price sticker on front of cover English Settlement Double LP Record 1982 Mint UK   Homegrown Double LP Record 2001 Mint UK high quality vinyl! Not a gatefold. Wasp Star Double LP Record 2000 Mint UK high quality vinyl!

CDs (no particular order)
CDs aren't very exciting/interesting to me. Anyone with access to a Wal-Mart or a Sam Goody can collect CDs...
+ Big Express
+ Black Sea
+ Mummer
+ Rag and Bone Buffet
+ Oranges and Lemons
+ Drums and Wires
+ English Settlement
+ Upsy Daisy
+ Skylarking
+ nonsuch
+ Apple Venus, Vol. 1
+ Homespun
+ Apple Venus, Vol.2 - WASP Star
+ Homegrown
+ Coat of Many Cupboards (boxset) — signed by Andy Partridge & Colin Moulding

I'm quite sure that I've forgotten something... I guess it's time to re-index my music again.