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XTC

XTC were a new wave rock band from Swindon, England, led by songwriters Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding and active between 1976 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" (1979) and "Senses Working Overtime" (1982). Despite their three-decade career, XTC were a performing and touring band for only six of those years: they retired from live performance in 1982. For the remaining twenty-three years of their existence XTC were a studio-based project involving session players around a nucleus of Partridge, Moulding and Dave Gregory. The band are perhaps better known for long-standing critical acclaim rather than commercial success. (read more on wikipedia)

Links To Peel 

Peel discovered the group when the band sent him a poster for a gig in London and demos of their material. According to Andy Partridge on an interview with the John Peel Centre, Peel attended their gig in London and liked the band so much, that he invited them for a session, despite the group not having a record deal. After the session was played, different record companies tried to sign them on, which at the end was succeeded by Virgin in 1977. The band did four sessions for Peel and also performed the Pickin' The Blues intro on 15 October 1979 with Partridge impersonating Peel with his voice and intro of made up artists performing on the show. In 1978, XTC released a dub album called Go 2, which Peel played tracks from. Unfortunately Peel played one of the tracks at the wrong speed and instead of three minutes of dub, it ended up as seven with Partridge's singing in a very turgid voice.

Sessions

All sessions are available on Drums And Wireless - BBC Radio Sessions 77 - 89 (1994, CD, Nighttracks)

1. Recorded: 1977-06-20. Broadcast: 24 June 1977. Repeated: 20 July 1977, 29 August 1977, 11 October 1977, 04 September 1980

  • She's So Square / Crosswires / Radios In Motion / Science Friction

2. Recorded: 1977-09-21. Broadcast: 26 September 1977. Repeated: 28 October 1977, 17 February 1978

  • Into The Atom Age / Heatwave Mark 2 / I'm Bugged / Dance Band

3. Recorded: 1978-11-13. Broadcast: 20 November 1978. Repeated: 18 December 1978, 17 January 1979

  • Meccanik Dancing / The Rhythm / New Town Animal In A Furnished Cage / Super Tuff

4. Recorded: 1979-10-08. Broadcast: 15 October 1979. Repeated: 20 November 1979, 22 April 1980

  • Opening Signature Tune And Speech / Scissor Man / Roads Girdle The Globe / Ten Feet Tall / Real By Reel

Other Shows Played

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X is for... XTC

Andy Partridge of XTC being interviewed by the John Peel Centre

1978
1979
1980
1981
1983
1992
1994
  • 28 October 1994: Intro / No Thugs In Our House (LP - Drums & Wireless) Nighttracks
1996
1998
  • 01 December 1998: Intro / Life Begins At The Hop (LP - Translator Blast: The Best Of The BBC Sessions) Cooking Vinyl 
1999
Others

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