''Apple Box'' is a box set by

XTC XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972. Fronted by songwriters Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals), the band gained popularity during the rise of punk and new wave in the 1970s, later playing in ...

compiling '' Apple Venus Volume 1'' and '' Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)'' along with their respective

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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 ''Coat of Many Cupboards'' is a box set by English rock band XTC, released in 2002. It acts as an anthology of their 15 years on Virgin Records. It is their first compilation of any kind to include tracks by their alter-ego, the Dukes of Strato ...

'', released by

Idea Records XTC released 12 original albums and over 30 singles for Virgin Records, between 1977 and 1992. They signed to Cooking Vinyl for their final two albums in 1999 and 2000. Albums Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Other albums Ex ...

Track listing

UK CD: IDEACD 007

All songs written by

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 writing and sing ...

, 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 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 t ...

) – 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 #"My Brown Guitar" – 3:51 #"Boarded Up" (Moulding) – 3:23 #"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:44 #"We're All Light" – 4:39 #"Standing in for Joe" (Moulding) – 3:42 #"Wounded Horse" – 4:11 #"You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 4:18 #"Church of Women" – 5:06 #"The Wheel and the Maypole" – 5:55 ;''Homespun'' #"River of Orchids" – 4:10 #"I'd Like That" – 4:47 #"Easter Theatre" – 4:52 #"Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:38 #"Frivolous Tonight (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 ;''Homegrown'' #"Playground" – 4:25 #"Stupidly Happy" – 3:45 #"In Another Life" (Excerpt of original demo) (

) – 2:02 #"In Another Life" (

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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" (

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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" (

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version) (Moulding) – 2:41 #"Standing in for Joe" (Moulding) – 3:34 #"Wounded Horse" – 4:22 #"You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 3:46 #"Lie for a Lie" (Cassette demo) – 1:43 #"Church of Women" – 4:36 #"The Pot Won't Hold Our Love" (Early cassette idea) – 1:38 #"Everything Decays" (Early cassette idea) – 2:26 #"The Wheel and the Maypole" – 5:33 Purchase of the box set also provides instructions for downloading two non-album XTC tracks: #"Spiral" (Partridge) #"Say It" (Moulding)

Personnel

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– photography *Ian Cooper – mastering *Steve Gullick – photography *

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– photography *Andrew Swainson – design

''Apple Venus Volume 1''

;XTC * Dave Gregory –

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, keyboard programming,

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(Gregory left the band during recording) *

–

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– vocals, guitars ;Additional musicians *

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l arrangements for "Greenman" and "I Can't Own Her" * Haydn Bendall – keyboards *

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–

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and flugelhorn solo on "The Last Balloon" * Nick Davis – keyboards *

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– drums,

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* Steve Sidwell – trumpet solo on "Easter Theatre" *All arrangements played by The London Sessions Orchestra under their leader Gavin Wright ;Production *Haydn Bendall – original

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*Nick Davis – additional production, engineering, mix *Simon Dawson – mix assistance *Alan Douglas – recording engineer *Barry Hammond – recording engineer *Tim Young – mastering

''Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)''

;XTC *

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– vocals,

;Additional musicians *

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–

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* Nick Davis –

*Simon Gardner – flugelhorn *Patrick Kiernan –

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*Peter Lale –

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* Holly Partridge –

on "Playground" *

– drums (2, 3, 4, 12) * Chuck Sabo – drums (1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) *

Kate St. John Kate St John (born October 2, 1957) is an English composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Classically trained on oboe, she gained a music degree at City University London. Her first band was The Ravishing Beauties with Virginia A ...

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*Matt Vaughn – programming *

Gavin Wright Gavin Wright (born 1943) is an economic historian and the William Robertson Coe Professor of American economic history at Stanford University. He received his B.A from Swarthmore College and his Ph.D. with distinction from Yale University. He ...

– violin ;Production *Haydn Bendall – recording engineering *Nick Davis – producer, mixing, recording engineering *Simon Dawson – mix engineer *Alan Douglas – recording engineering *Barry Hammond – recording engineering * Bob Ludwig – mastering

''Homespun'' and ''Homegrown''

References

{{XTC Albums produced by Nick Davis (record producer) Idea Records albums XTC compilation albums 2005 compilation albums