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Album details

Name: The Compact XTC -- The Singles 1978-85 (comp.)

First released: 01/01/1986

Working Title(s):

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Track Listing:

Side: 1 
1
 Science Friction 03:12
    Andy Partridge
 
2
 Statue of Liberty (edit version) 02:25
    Andy Partridge
 
3
 This Is Pop (single version) 02:39
    Andy Partridge
 
4
 Are You Receiving Me? 03:03
    Andy Partridge
 
5
 Life Begins at the Hop 03:47
    Colin Moulding
 
6
 Making Plans for Nigel (edit version) 03:53
    Colin Moulding
 
7
 Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down (remix) 04:34
    Andy Partridge
 
8
 Generals and Majors (edit version) 03:42
    Colin Moulding
 
9
 Towers of London (edit version) 04:38
    Andy Partridge
 
10
 Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) (edit version) 03:36
    Andy Partridge
 
11
 Senses Working Overtime (edit version) 04:34
    Andy Partridge
 
12
 Ball and Chain 04:30
    Colin Moulding
 
13
 Great Fire 03:48
    Andy Partridge
 
14
 Wonderland (edit version) 04:03
    Colin Moulding
 
15
 Love on a Farmboy's Wages 03:58
    Andy Partridge
 
16
 All You Pretty Girls (long version) 03:59
    Andy Partridge
 
17
 This World Over (edit version) 04:46
    Andy Partridge
 
18
 Wake Up (edit version) 03:41
    Colin Moulding

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UKCDVirgin - CDV 2251
01/01/86
UKCDVirgin - CDV 2251 (610 385)
01/01/87
reissue
UKCDVirgin/EMI - CDV 2251 (0777 7 864
01/01/93
reissue
CACDVirgin/A&M - CDV 2251
01/01/92
CACDVirgin/EMI - V2 86476
01/01/93
reissue
JPCDVirgin/Toshiba-EMI - 32VD-1113
22/07/87
obi; fold-out lyric sheet b/w liner notes
JPCDVirgin Japan/Victor - VJD-28114
01/03/89
reissue - obi; 28-page booklet
JPCDVirgin Japan/Pony Canyon - VJCP-23140
01/04/92
reissue - obi; 32-page booklet

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A CD version of Waxworks, with six additional tracks. All but two A-sides ("Respectable Street" and "No Thugs in Our House") released up to 1985 are here. As with Waxworks, on this CD "Making Plans for Nigel" is a little shorter and "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" is a version remixed from the single. The "1978-85" in the title should have been "1977-85"!

The disc in the first UK issue is made in Japan and its back inlay does not have a bar code printed on it.

"Senses Working Overtime" on all three Japanese editions is unedited and is longer than on the other editions.

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UK Singles:
Ball and Chain
Love on a Farmboy's Wages
Great Fire
Are You Receiving Me?
Life Begins at the Hop
Science Friction
Statue of Liberty (edit version)
This Is Pop (single version)
Generals and Majors (edit version)
Towers of London (edit version)
Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) (edit version)
Senses Working Overtime (edit version)
All You Pretty Girls (long version)
Wonderland (edit version)
Wake Up (edit version)
This World Over (edit version)

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