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Track Listing:

Side: 1		1		Opening Speech (BBC session)		00:49

		2		Life Begins at the Hop (BBC session)		04:19
				Colin Moulding

		3		Scarecrow People (BBC session)		04:11
				Andy Partridge

		4		Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her (BBC session)		04:21
				Andy Partridge

		5		Ten Feet Tall (BBC session)		02:55
				Colin Moulding

		6		Garden of Earthly Delights (BBC session)		05:33
				Andy Partridge

		7		Runaways		04:39
				Colin Moulding

		8		When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty (BBC session)		03:06
				Andy Partridge

		9		I'm Bugged (BBC session)		03:34
				Andy Partridge

		10		Another Satellite (BBC session)		04:20
				Andy Partridge

		11		You're the Wish You Are I Had (BBC session)		03:24
				Andy Partridge

		12		Cross Wires (BBC session)		02:09
				Colin Moulding

		13		Roads Girdle the Globe (BBC session)		04:58
				Andy Partridge

Side: 2		1		No Thugs in Our House (BBC session)		05:24
				Andy Partridge

		2		One of the Millions (BBC session)		04:24
				Colin Moulding

		3		Real by Reel (BBC session)		03:48
				Andy Partridge

		4		The Meeting Place (BBC session)		03:07
				Colin Moulding

		5		Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!) (BBC session)		02:34
				Andy Partridge

		6		Poor Skeleton Steps Out (BBC session)		03:26
				Andy Partridge

		7		Into the Atom Age (BBC session)		02:26
				Andy Partridge

		8		The Rhythm (BBC session)		02:55
				Colin Moulding

		9		This World Over		05:36
				Andy Partridge

		10		Snowman (BBC session)		04:41
				Andy Partridge

		11		Dance Band (BBC session)		02:39
				Colin Moulding

		12		Making Plans for Nigel (BBC session)		04:06
				Colin Moulding

		13		Jason and the Argonauts (BBC session)		05:43
				Andy Partridge

Side: 3		1		Radios in Motion (BBC live version)		03:21
				Andy Partridge

		2		Cross Wires (BBC live version)		02:06
				Colin Moulding

		3		Science Friction (BBC live version)		03:35
				Andy Partridge

		4		Statue of Liberty (BBC live version)		02:58
				Andy Partridge

		5		The Rhythm (BBC live version)		02:55
				Colin Moulding

		6		I'll Set Myself on Fire (BBC live version)		03:28
				Colin Moulding

		7		New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage (BBC live version)		01:55
				Andy Partridge

		8		All Along the Watchtower (BBC live version)		05:58
				Bob Dylan

		9		Beatown (BBC live version)		03:25
				Andy Partridge

		10		This Is Pop (BBC live version 1)		02:37
				Andy Partridge

		11		Dance Band (BBC live version)		02:49
				Colin Moulding

		12		Neon Shuffle (BBC live version)		04:33
				Andy Partridge

Side: 4		1		Life Begins at the Hop (BBC live version)		03:56
				Colin Moulding

		2		Burning with Optimism's Flames (BBC live version)		04:23
				Andy Partridge

		3		Love at First Sight (BBC live version)		03:10
				Colin Moulding

		4		Respectable Street (BBC live version)		03:51
				Andy Partridge

		5		No Language in Our Lungs (BBC live version)		04:59
				Andy Partridge

		6		This Is Pop (BBC live version 2)		02:48
				Andy Partridge

		7		Scissor Man (BBC live version)		04:49
				Andy Partridge

		8		Towers of London (BBC live version)		05:21
				Andy Partridge

		9		Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian) (BBC live version)		07:21
				Andy Partridge

		10		Living through Another Cuba (BBC live version)		03:28
				Andy Partridge

		11		Generals and Majors (BBC live version)		04:37
				Colin Moulding

		12		Making Plans for Nigel (BBC live version)		04:21
				Colin Moulding

		13		Are You Receiving Me? (BBC live version)		03:16
				Andy Partridge

Releases

UK	4CD	Idea/Cooking Vinyl - COOKCD 152	16/11/98

AU	4CD	Idea/Cooking Vinyl/Festiv - D89943	01/01/99

JP	4CD	Idea/Cooking Vinyl/Canyon - PCCY-01309	02/12/98
		obi; 60-page booklet

US	4CD	Idea/TVT - TVT 3240-2	08/12/98

Notes

Following the Radios in Motion promotional CD six years before, this is the second time radio is used as a motif in XTC's works. This four-disc set includes the entire contents of the two previously released CDs, Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77-89 (on disc 1) and BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (on disc 4). It is supplemented by some more BBC studio sessions and the first BBC In Concert in its entirety, plus three tracks selected from the second In Concert, which was Barry Andrews' last gig with the band.

"Another Satellite" on disc 1 is previously available. "This World Over" on disc 2 is actually the 7" version without Andy's vocals before the drums come in at the beginning!

Disc 3 starts and ends with presenter Pete Drummond's intro and outro.

The 12-page booklet has liner notes provided by Colin as well as Andy.

Japan's Pony Canyon prepared a thick box to accommodate an extra 60-page booklet that is crammed with original lyrics, translation, and liner notes. The standard 12-page booklet is printed on glossy paper as opposed to the matte paper used for the original. Also included a contest postcard to send in for a chance to win an art postcard ("FROM XTC TO ALL OUR FRIENDS IN JAPAN") featuring a water colour painting by Andy. The silkscreened, fluorescent coloured slimline cases were imported from the UK, and were then shrinkwrapped (after Japanese CDs were placed within!).

TVT imported the box, the special slimline cases, and the booklet to combine with domestically pressed CDs. The package included a postcard (with the tuning dial picture on it) to send in "to get on TVT's mailing list and be the first to get info on the band's new albums, including the forthcoming APPLE VENUS (vol 1)".

Discs 1 and 2 (in chronological order): "Cross Wires" recorded for the John Peel show, 20 June 1977. First transmitted 24 June 1977. BBC producer: Malcolm Brown. Engineer: Dave Dade. The unreleased tracks from this session are "She's So Square," "Radios in Motion," and "Science Friction."

"Into the Atom Age," "I'm Bugged," and "Dance Band" recorded for the John Peel show, 21 September 1977. First transmitted 26 September 1977. BBC producer: Malcolm Brown. Engineer: Dave Dade. The unreleased track from this session is "Heatwave Mk.II."

"Meccanik Dancing" and "The Rhythm" recorded for the John Peel show, 13 November 1977. First transmitted 23 November 1977. BBC producer: Tony Wilson. Engineer: Dave Dade. The unreleased tracks from this session are "New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage" and "Super-Tuff."

"Life Begins at the Hop," "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty," and "Making Plans for Nigel" recorded for the Kid Jensen show, 21 May 1979. First transmitted 31 May 1979. Engineers: Bill Aitkin and Nick Gomm. All recordings from this session have been released!

"Opening Speech," "Real by Reel," "Ten Feet Tall," and "Roads Girdle the Globe" recorded for the John Peel show, 8 October 1979. First transmitted 15 October 1979. BBC producer: Tony Wilson. Engineer: Dave Dade. Note that the BBC version of "Scissor Man" on the UK "Towers of London" double-pack single completes the recordings of this session.

"No Thugs in Our House," "Runaways," "Snowman," and "Jason and the Argonauts" recorded for the Kid Jensen show, 14 January 1982. First transmitted 25 January 1982. BBC producer: John Sparrow. Engineer: Mike Robinson.

"You're the Wish You Are I Had" and "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her" recorded for the Bruno Brookes show, 11 October 1984. "You're the Wish" first transmitted 19 and ""Seagulls" first transmitted 21 November 1984. BBC producer: Dave Griffin. Engineer: Ted de Bono. The unreleased tracks from this session are "This World Over" and "Reign of Blows (Vote No Violence!)."

"Another Satellite" and "The Meeting Place" recorded for Sunday Live. Transmitted live 22 February 1987. BBC producer: Phil Ross [producers credited as Martin Colley and Jonathan Russle and engineer as Frank Key on the "Dear God" single?]. For the BBC version of "Another Satellite," see also "Dear God" and Rag & Bone Buffet. The unreleased track from this session is "Earn Enough for Us."

"Scarecrow People," "Garden of Earthly Delights," "One of the Millions," and "Poor Skeleton Steps Out" recorded on 16 and 19 March 1989. Produced by Peter Watts. Engineered by Ted de Bono and Tim Durham. "Scarecrow People" and "Poor Skeleton Steps Out" first transmitted on the Richard Skinner show, 5 April 1989. "Garden of Earthly Delights" and "One of the Millions" first transmitted on the Andy Kershaw show, 11 June 1989.

Disc 3: All tracks except "Science Friction," "The Rhythm," and "Beatown" recorded for Sight and Sound In Concert at The Hippodrome, London, 9 March 1978. First transmitted 25 March 1978 on BBC 2 TV and BBC Radio 1. BBC producer: Jeff Griffin.

"Science Friction," "The Rhythm," and "Beatown" recorded for In Concert at Paris Theatre, London, 17 January 1979. First transmitted 27 January 1979 on BBC Radio 1. BBC producer Chris Lycett.

Disc 4: Recorded for In Concert at Hammersmith Palais [credited as Hammersmith Odeon], London, 22 December 1980. First transmitted 7 February 1981 on BBC Radio 1. Produced by Jeff Griffin. Previously released as BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert.

Personnel: Colin Moulding - bass and vocals. Andy Partridge - guitars, vocals, keyboards, zippy zither, and drum programming. Barry Andrews - piano, organ, and vocals up to early 1979. Dave Gregory - guitars, keyboards, vocals, and drum programming from early 1979 onwards. Terry Chambers - drums up to late 1982.

All tracks mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis Studios, London.

Andy and Colin selected these BBC tracks from all the tapes given by the BBC. Tracks not included in this box set may have been lost or erased by the corporation, or simply, at the duo's discretion, were not chosen (performance was not deemed to be up to the standard to merit release, for example).

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