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Homespun (XTC Album)
''Homespun'' is a demo album by XTC. It was released by Cooking Vinyl and Idea Records. A companion to '' Apple Venus Volume 1'', it has the same running order as its parent album. It was reissued in 2005 as a part of ''Apple Box''. Track listing CD: COOKCD 188 All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted. #"River of Orchids" – 4:10 #"I'd Like That" – 4:47 #"Easter Theatre" – 4:52 #"Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:38 #"Frivolous Tonight" (Colin Moulding) – 3:06 #"Greenman" – 6:01 #"Your Dictionary" – 3:14 #"Fruit Nut" (Moulding) – 2:44 #"I Can't Own Her" – 5:06 #"Harvest Festival" – 5:17 #"The Last Balloon" – 5:17 Personnel XTC *Colin Moulding *Andy Partridge Andrew John Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who founded the rock band XTC. He and Colin Moulding each acted as a songwriter and frontman for XTC, with Partridge writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Moulding
Colin Ivor Moulding (born 17 August 1955) is an English bassist, singer, and songwriter who was one of the core members of the rock band XTC. Though he was less prolific a songwriter than his bandmate Andy Partridge, Moulding wrote their first three charting UK singles: " Life Begins at the Hop" (1979), "Making Plans for Nigel" (1979) and "Generals and Majors" (1980). Life and career Moulding is self-taught as a bass player; he was learning rock riffs at the age of 15. He cites Andy Fraser of Free as an early musical influence, and has stated a preference for an intuitive approach to writing and playing rather than study.DouInterview of Colin Moulding ''Rundgren Radio'' (fansite), 7 December 2008, Retrieved 9 December 2008 When writing songs Moulding has used guitars and keyboards rather than the bass guitar. Outside his work with XTC (and their alter-ego side project The Dukes of Stratosphear), Moulding released a non-charting solo single ("Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen" b/w "I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork Media
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music publication (currently owned by Condé Nast) that was launched in 1995 by writer Ryan Schreiber as an independent music blog. Schreiber started Pitchfork while working at a record store in suburban Minneapolis, and the website earned a reputation for its extensive coverage of indie rock music. It has since expanded and covers all kinds of music, including pop. Pitchfork was sold to Condé Nast in 2015, although Schreiber remained its editor-in-chief until he left the website in 2019. Initially based in Minneapolis, Pitchfork later moved to Chicago, and then Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Its offices are currently located in One World Trade Center alongside other Condé Nast publications. The site is best known for its daily output of music reviews but also regularly reviews reissues and box sets. Since 2016, it has published retrospective reviews of classics, and other albums that it had not previously reviewed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idea Records Albums
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Cooking Vinyl Albums
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1999 Albums
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Apple Box
''Apple Box'' is a box set by XTC compiling '' Apple Venus Volume 1'' and '' Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)'' along with their respective demo albums '' Homespun'' and '' Homegrown''. It is the third box set of their career following '' Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions'' and ''Coat of Many Cupboards'', released by Idea Records. Track listing UK CD: IDEACD 007 All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted. ;''Apple Venus Volume 1'' #"River of Orchids" – 5:53 #"I'd Like That" – 3:50 #"Easter Theatre" – 4:37 #"Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:39 #"Frivolous Tonight (Colin Moulding) – 3:09 #"Greenman" – 6:17 #"Your Dictionary" – 3:14 #"Fruit Nut" (Moulding) – 3:01 #"I Can't Own Her" – 5:26 #"Harvest Festival" – 4:15 #"The Last Balloon" – 6:39 ;''Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)'' #"Playground" – 4:17 #"Stupidly Happy" – 4:13 #"In Another Life" (Moulding) – 3:35 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Venus Volume 1
''Apple Venus Volume 1'' is the thirteenth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released in February 1999. It was the first on the band's own Idea Records label through Cooking Vinyl and distributed in the United States by TVT Records. The album relies heavily on strings, acoustic guitars and keyboards, expanding upon the more orchestral approach developed on the group's previous LP '' Nonsuch'' (1992), whilst its lyrics tackle paganist themes, middle age, blossoming romance, and rebirth. ''Apple Venus Volume 1'' was met with critical acclaim and moderate sales, peaking at number 42 on the UK Albums Chart and number 106 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. Bandleader Andy Partridge, who wrote most of ''Apple Venus'', characterised the work as "orchustic", a portmanteau of "orchestral" and "acoustic". He meant the album title to refer to "a beautiful woman". The album effectively marked a comeback for XTC, who spent half the decade on strike against their former label Virgin Reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demo (music)
A demo (shortened from "demonstration") is a song or group of songs typically recorded for limited circulation or for reference use, rather than for general public release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas in a fixed format, such as cassette tape, compact disc, or digital audio files, and to thereby pass along those ideas to record labels, producers, or other artists. Musicians often use demos as quick sketches to share with bandmates or arrangers, or simply for personal reference during the songwriting process; in other cases, a songwriter might make a demo to send to artists in hopes of having the song professionally recorded, or a publisher may need a simple recording for publishing or copyright purposes. Background Demos are typically recorded on relatively crude equipment such as "boom box" cassette recorders, small four- or eight-track machines, or on personal computers with audio recording software. Songwriters' and publishers' demos are recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Partridge
Andrew John Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who founded the rock music, rock band XTC. He and Colin Moulding each acted as a songwriter and frontman for XTC, with Partridge writing and singing about two-thirds of the group's material. While the band were a formative punk rock, punk group, Partridge's music drew heavily from 1960s songwriters, and his style gradually shifted to more traditional pop music, pop, often with pastoral themes. The band's only UK top 10 hit, "Senses Working Overtime" (1982), was written by Partridge. Partridge is sometimes regarded as the "godfather" of Britpop. Since the 1980s, he has worked, written with, or produced for many other recording artists—efforts which include collaborative albums with Peter Blegvad, Harold Budd and Robyn Hitchcock. From 2002 to 2006, Partridge's APE House record label released several volumes of his demo (music), demos and songs as part of the ''Fuzzy War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homegrown (XTC Album)
''Homegrown'' is a Demo (music), demo album by XTC, released a year after its parent album Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) on Idea Records and TVT Records. It was reissued in 2005 as part of the ''Apple Box''. Track listing CD: IDEACD 004 All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted. #"Playground" – 4:25 #"Stupidly Happy" – 3:45 #"In Another Life" (Excerpt of original demo) (Colin Moulding) – 2:02 #"In Another Life" (Jug band version) (Moulding) – 3:44 #"Some Lovely" – 3:57 #"Boarded Up" (Moulding) – 2:56 #"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (Early 'other song' cassette idea) – 2:36 #"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (Tamla version excerpt) – 0:39 #"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:33 #"We're All Light" (Early cassette idea) – 1:14 #"We're All Light" – 4:32 #"Standing in for Joe" (Lounge music, Lounge version) (Moulding) – 2:41 #"Standing in for Joe" (Moulding) – 3:34 #"Wounded Hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of The BBC Sessions
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