Coat of Many Cupboards

~ Release by XTC (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

# Title Rating Length
  CD 1
11 Science Friction (CBS demo) 3:32
22 Spinning Top (live) 3:00
33 Traffic Light Rock (live) 2:06
44 Radios in Motion (White Music version) 2:55
55 Let’s Have Fun (White Music outtake) 1:20
66 Fireball XL5 / Fireball Dub (White Music outtake) 3:24
77 Heatwave MKII Deluxe (White Music outtake) 1:48
88 This Is Pop? (single version) 2:43
99 Are You Receiving Me? (Go 2 outtake) 3:23
1010 Things Fall to Bits (Go 2 outtake) 2:26
1111 Us Being Us (Go 2 outtake) 2:56
1212 Life Begins at the Hop (first rehearsal extract)
1:09
1313 Life Begins at the Hop (first recording, unused)
3:59
1414 Making Plans for Nigel (demo from Swindon Town Hall)
4:16
1515 Ten Feet Tall (Drums and Wires version)
3:14
1616 Sleepyheads (Drums and Wires outtake) 4:53
  CD 2
11 Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!) (live) 2:34
22 Atom Medley: Into the Atom Age / Hang On to the Night / Neon Shuffle (live)
6:52
33 Life Begins at the Hop (unused U.S. single recording)
2:57
44 Real by Reel (unused single recording)
3:45
55 When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty (unused single recording)
3:21
66 Helicopter (unused single recording)
3:30
77 Towers of London (rejected single recording) 6:07
88 Generals and Majors (rehearsal tape) 5:03
99 No Language in Our Lungs (Black Sea version) 4:52
1010 Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) (Black Sea version) 3:37
1111 Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins) (live) 4:08
1212 Crowded Room (live) 4:03
1313 Senses Working Overtime (early work tape) 3:32
1414 Snowman (live) 5:07
1515 Ball and Chain (unused single recording)
4:21
  CD 3
11 Punch and Judy (unused single recording) 2:35
22 Fly on the Wall (English Settlement version) 3:18
33 Yacht Dance (live) 4:32
44 Jason and the Argonauts (English Settlement version) 5:59
55 Love on a Farmboy’s Wages (home demo) 3:47
66 Wonderland (home demo) 4:23
77 Ladybird (Mummer version) 4:36
88 All You Pretty Girls (home demo) 4:13
99 Wake Up (home demo) 4:12
1010 The Everyday Story of Smalltown (Big Express version) 4:13
1111 Grass (home demo) 2:55
1212 Let's Make a Den (home demo) 2:26
1313 The Meeting Place (home demo) 3:51
1414 Dear God (band demo) 4:10
  CD 4
11 Brainiac’s Daughter (Psonic Psunspot version) 4:04
22 Vanishing Girl (Psonic Psunspot version) 2:45
33 Terrorism (home demo) 3:21
44 Find the Fox (home demo) 2:37
55 Season Cycle (Skylarking version) 3:22
66 The Troubles (home demo) 3:17
77 Mayor of Simpleton (early work tape) 2:48
88 King for a Day (home demo) 3:15
99 Chalkhills and Children (Oranges & Lemons version) 5:07
1010 The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (early home demo) 5:34
1111 Omnibus (Nonsuch version) 3:21
1212 The Disappointed (home demo) 3:21
1313 Bungalow (Nonsuch version) 2:50
1414 Didn’t Hurt a Bit (Nonsuch outtake) 3:54
1515 Books Are Burning (live) 4:48

Relationships

composer:
Colin Moulding (tracks 1.12–1.15, 2.3, 2.15)
Andy Partridge (tracks 2.2, 2.2, 2.2, 2.4–2.6)
lyricist:
Colin Moulding (tracks 1.12–1.15, 2.3, 2.15)
Andy Partridge (tracks 2.2, 2.2, 2.2, 2.4–2.6)
remaster of:
Ten Feet Tall by XTC (track 1.15)
ASIN:
UK: B00005V94X [info] [ Remove | Edit ]
US: B00005V94X [info] [ Remove | Edit ]
medley of:
Hang On to the Night (track 2.2)
Into the Atom Age (track 2.2)
Neon Shuffle (track 2.2)
recording of:
Ball and Chain (track 2.15)
Helicopter (track 2.6)
Life Begins at the Hop (tracks 1.12–1.13, 2.3)
Making Plans for Nigel (track 1.14)
Real by Reel (track 2.4)
Ten Feet Tall (track 1.15)
When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty (track 2.5)