 Album detailsName: Mummer First released: 30/08/1983 Working Title(s): Fallen from the Garden; Fruit; and Fruits Fallen from God
Version 1 Track Listing: | Side: A | | 1 | | Beating of Hearts | | 04:00 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | | 2 | | Wonderland | | 04:54 |  | | | | | | Colin Moulding |
| | | 3 | | Love on a Farmboy's Wages | | 03:58 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | | 4 | | Great Fire | | 03:48 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | | 5 | | Deliver Us from the Elements | | 04:36 | | | | | | | Colin Moulding |
| Side: B | | 1 | | Human Alchemy | | 05:11 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | | 2 | | Ladybird | | 04:33 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | | 3 | | In Loving Memory of a Name | | 03:16 | | | | | | | Colin Moulding |
| | | 4 | | Me and the Wind | | 04:18 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | | 5 | | Funk Pop a Roll | | 03:03 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
Releases | UK | LP | Virgin - V 2264 | 30/08/83 | | | printed inner sleeve; custom label design |
| UK | MC | Virgin - TCV 2264 | 30/08/83 | | |
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| UK | LP | Virgin - OVED 142 | 01/01/86 | | | mid-price reissue |
| UK | MC | Virgin - OVEDC 142 | 01/01/86 | | | mid-price reissue
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| AU | LP | Virgin/CBS - V 2264 | 01/01/84 | | | |
| CA | LP | Virgin/PolyGram - VL 2264 | 16/09/83 | | | matte printed inner sleeve; different label design
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| CA | MC | Virgin/PolyGram - VL4 2264 | 16/09/83 | | | custom label design |
| DE | LP | Virgin/Ariola - 205 338-320 | 02/09/83 | | | printed inner sleeve; custom label design |
| DE | LP | Virgin - 205 338-270 | 01/01/86 | | | reissue |
| ES | LP | Virgin/Ariola-Eurodisc - I-205338 | 01/01/84 | | | matte printed inner sleeve |
| FR | LP | Virgin - 205 338 | 01/01/84 | | | printed inner sleeve |
| FR | MC | Virgin - 405 338 | 01/01/84 | | | |
| GR | LP | Virgin/EMI - V 2264 | 01/01/84 | | | UK cover and inner sleeve |
| IT | LP | Virgin/Ricordi - V 2264 | 01/01/84 | | | matte printed inner sleeve |
| IT | LP | Virgin - OVED 142 | 01/01/87 | | | reissue |
| JP | LP | Virgin/Victor - VIL-6042 | 21/09/83 | | | obi; insert of pictures b/w lyrics; insert with liner notes b/w translation |
| NZ | LP | Virgin/RTC - V 2264 | 01/01/84 | | | |
| SE | LP | Virgin - V 2264 | 01/01/84 | | | |
| US | LP | Virgin/Epic - BFE 38516 | 26/05/83 | | | cancelled
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| US | LP | Virgin/Geffen - GHS 4027 | 01/01/84 | | | matte printed inner sleeve
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| US | MC | Virgin/Geffen - M5G 4027 | 01/01/84 | | | |
| ZA | LP | Virgin/Principal - VNC 5045 | 01/01/84 | | | |
Notes Typically the record came with a glossy inner sleeve with a photograph of the band in Mummer costumes on one side and lyrics on the other.
Version 2 Track Listing: | Side: A | | 1 | | Beating of Hearts | | 04:00 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | | 2 | | Wonderland | | 04:54 | | | | | | | Colin Moulding |
| | | 3 | | Love on a Farmboy's Wages | | 03:58 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | | 4 | | Great Fire | | 03:48 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | | 5 | | Deliver Us from the Elements | | 04:36 | | | | | | | Colin Moulding |
| | | 6 | | Gold | | 03:35 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| Side: B | | 1 | | Human Alchemy | | 05:11 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | | 2 | | Ladybird | | 04:33 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | | 3 | | In Loving Memory of a Name | | 03:16 | | | | | | | Colin Moulding |
| | | 4 | | Me and the Wind | | 04:18 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | | 5 | | Funk Pop a Roll | | 03:03 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
Releases | AU | MC | Virgin/CBS - TCV 2264 | 01/01/84 | | | |
Notes Adds "Gold" to Version 1.
Version 3 Track Listing: | Side: 1 | | 1 | | Beating of Hearts | | 04:00 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 2 | | Wonderland | | 04:54 | | | | | | | Colin Moulding |
| | 3 | | Love on a Farmboy's Wages | | 03:58 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 4 | | Great Fire | | 03:48 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 5 | | Deliver Us from the Elements | | 04:36 | | | | | | | Colin Moulding |
| | 6 | | Frost Circus (Homo Safari Series No.5) | | 03:52 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 7 | | Jump | | 04:40 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 8 | | Toys | | 04:20 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 9 | | Gold | | 03:35 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 10 | | Procession towards Learning Land (Homo Safari Series No.6) | | 03:44 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 11 | | Desert Island | | 04:48 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 12 | | Human Alchemy | | 05:11 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 13 | | Ladybird | | 04:33 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 14 | | In Loving Memory of a Name | | 03:16 | | | | | | | Colin Moulding |
| | 15 | | Me and the Wind | | 04:18 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 16 | | Funk Pop a Roll | | 03:03 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
Releases | UK | CD | Virgin - CDV 2264 (255 338) | 16/03/87 | | | |
| UK | CD | Virgin/EMI - CDV 2264 (0777 7 866 | 12/12/92 | | | |
| CA | CD | Virgin/EMI - V2 86687 | 01/01/93 | | | |
| JP | CD | Virgin Japan/Victor - VJD-28111 | 01/03/89 | | | |
| JP | CD | Virgin Japan/Pony Canyon - VJCP-23137 | 01/04/92 | | | reissue - obi; 24-page booklet |
| US | CD | Virgin/Geffen - GEFD-24374 | 19/03/91 | | | |
Notes Adds six single B-sides to Version 1.
Version 4 Track Listing: | Side: 1 | | 1 | | Beating of Hearts | | 04:00 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 2 | | Wonderland | | 04:54 | | | | | | | Colin Moulding |
| | 3 | | Love on a Farmboy's Wages | | 03:58 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 4 | | Great Fire | | 03:48 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 5 | | Deliver Us from the Elements | | 04:36 | | | | | | | Colin Moulding |
| | 6 | | Human Alchemy | | 05:11 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 7 | | Ladybird | | 04:33 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 8 | | In Loving Memory of a Name | | 03:16 | | | | | | | Colin Moulding |
| | 9 | | Me and the Wind | | 04:18 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 10 | | Funk Pop a Roll | | 03:03 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 11 | | Frost Circus (Homo Safari Series No.5) | | 03:52 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 12 | | Jump | | 04:40 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 13 | | Toys | | 04:20 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 14 | | Gold | | 03:35 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 15 | | Procession towards Learning Land (Homo Safari Series No.6) | | 03:44 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
| | 16 | | Desert Island | | 04:48 | | | | | | | Andy Partridge |
Releases | UK | CD | Virgin/EMI - CDVX 2264 | 11/06/01 | | | reissue - digitally remastered |
| JP | CD | Virgin/Toshiba-EMI - TOCP-65716 | 16/05/01 | | | reissue - digitally remastered; obi; cardboard sleeve; paper sleeve; foldout insert |
Notes Adds six single B-sides to Version 1, in a different order from Version 3 (CD Version 1).
The Japanese edition is one of the "XTC Original Paper Sleeve Collection" series. The disc label reproduces the original LP's design, and does not list the six bonus tracks.
UK Singles:
Recording Data: Produced by Steve Nye/XTC except "Great Fire." "Wonderland," "Deliver Us from the Elements," "Human Alchemy," and "Funk Pop a Roll" remixed by Alex Sadkin and Phil Thornalley/XTC. "Great Fire" produced by Bob Sargeant and XTC.
Basic tracks recorded at The Manor, Oxfordshire, and Genetic Studios ("The House of Rushent"), Berkshire, September-December 1982. Mixed at Air Studios, London. Engineer: Steve Nye. "Wonderland," "Deliver Us from the Elements," "Human Alchemy," and "Funk Pop a Roll" remixed at RAK Studios, London. Engineer: Phil Thornalley (for Alex Sadkin). "Great Fire" recorded and mixed at Odyssey Recording Studios, London, February 1983. Engineer: Mark Dearnley (for Bob Sargeant). Assistant engineers, tape jockeys, tea makers, gophers etc.: Jim Russell, Howard Gray, Gavin Greenaway, Marcellus Frank, Mike Nocito. Disc mastering: Ian "half-cut" Cooper at The Town House.
Personnel: Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory - voices and instruments. Peter Phipps - drums. Terry Chambers - drums on "Beating of Hearts" and "Wonderland." Steve Nye - mini Korg on "Beating of Hearts" and Mellotron on "Deliver Us from the Elements." Gavin Wright and Nigel Warren-Green - strings on "Great Fire." Thanks to Hans the wind for De Vente.
Trivia:
The band photo on the inner sleeve was originally to be on the album cover, but the idea was scrapped by Virgin.
An alternative cover, with a picture of the four members as gardeners with "fruit" heads, was designed to match the album's working title "Fruit," but did not see the light of day. Andy hoped that the album would be released with four different covers that all smelt of different fruits.
Songs written, demoed, rehearsed, and/or recorded around the Mummer days include:
"Desert Island" ("Love on a Farmboy's Wages" single B-side);
"Disque Blue" (demo version released on Jules Verne's Sketchbook);
"Do the Dwarf (Wordy Rappaport)" (unreleased);
"Dripping Basin" (demo version released on Jules Verne's Sketchbook);
"Glow" (demo version released on Jules Verne's Sketchbook);
"Gold" (version one) (outtake, unreleased);
"Gold" (version two) (unfinished and unreleased; re-recorded version released on "Great Fire" single B-side);
"Frost Circus (Homo Safari Series No.5)" ("Great Fire" 12" B-side);
"Happy Families" (demo version released on Jules Verne's Sketchbook, band's re-recorded version released on "King for a Day" single B-side, US remix version released on She's Having a Baby soundtrack album);
"Jump (Love and Swimming Pools)" ("Wonderland" single B-side);
"Moonlit Drive" (instrumental, early version of "Broomstick Rhythm," demo version released on Jules Verne's Sketchbook);
"Motorcycle Landscape" (unfinished and unreleased, demo version released on Jules Verne's Sketchbook);
"Procession towards Learning Land (Homo Safari Series No.6)" ("Great Fire" 12" B-side);
"Raising a Family in a House Full of Mice"* (unreleased);
"Spare a Penny"* (unfinished and unreleased);
"Teasing the Fool" (unreleased);
"Toys" (formerly called "The Toy Song," "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" single B-side);
"War Dance"* (unreleased, later rewritten and released on Nonsuch); "World Colour Banner" (unreleased);
"The World Is Full of Angry Young Men"* (unfinished and unreleased, later partially re-recorded and released on "The Loving" single B-side); and
"Young Cleopatra" (unfinished and unreleased, demo version released on Jules Verne's Sketchbook).
All songs written by Andy Partridge and *Colin Moulding.
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